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Louisville Oct. 30th 1842 My Dear Wife, After leaving Cincinnati I did not arrive here until Thursday evening, being detained on the way by fog, and getting aground, On my arrival at the Boat the water was within 2 or 3 inches of being enough to put us afloat, I watched it very anxiously for a day or two, and discovered it was falling again. But we soon heard that the rise from above was winding its way down, which finally reached us to day, and set us afloat. We are now laying at anchor in the Middle