Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-04-22
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M E,uae, Of letter from Rev, T. Roo, HE parents IN
o'"'''0' v" crrrnsvIILr, Bib Co, Alsbama,l
Dearly Beloved Parents suppose you will be surprised to
get letter this place. unless you have lately hesrd
from through Robert kentucky, sister We hough'we
ought the place have lived and abored IN dunng n
last "a yesrs and UPON strength Of this belief We Pached
M sod and away and len unsod seanered de
Effects in Kendcky and much ,snsi The ~ish id'ee and en-
.ie. of our best friends there len one 81 nc fcee
ho4s this world and moved 70 this plhce-Ccnte'e me
county n Bib county, "a de mida Of poor country 81
plnc land Il rich only nnea Of iron, coal md marble
morally rich only the multitude Of drunken sinner and great
destuon preaching Of the right kind We lett cur home
Kentucky the 9th January and arrived at this place on me
OH Februsone months travel We cane most a the way
on board steamboats, down the Kentucky river % the Ohio
dowa Tho Ohio the Mississippi down the Mississippi to New
Oesns from New Orleans 10 Mobile acsc. Lske Ponehanfan
Gulf Of Mexico from Mobile up The rvers Mobile, Alabama
and Black Warrior Tuscaloosa from Tuscsoosa TO this place
10 miles By stage Sailing the Kentucky river, the abrupt
and loy cliff Of any thing atiracted our admiration
TIP the Ohio nsys interesting for the beauty Of the river
ITSELF and for the many brisk and thriving Yankee towns scat
tered along M h.nhs Ner, tho majesty Of the vaien Of the
mighty Mississippi s low, mafhy and extensive bottoms COW
cred in psees with pines and wood seemed almost the
only hsd the edonsncs and dell onoony Of such
journey. Down in Mississippi the long moss which
Lousana loads the forest trees 10 such gloomy pro-
fusion We admired the regularity and heatness Of the appear
anee arrangement Of the neeohouses the very extensive
sugar paniaeas the s0 Tegor Of this vast
Oranges and lemons hanging In sbundanee on the
irceshe hrs bad growing We spent time
10 New Orleans We only IN The dirty part Of the city ~
there any psr westhsr rainy and had
desire remain On The Gulf the wind bev hard. Lecy
sad the little girls erpecpeed severely what Is called sea'ek
ness while enjoyed Of rolling and foamne bIo~s
dashng harmless around e lettering bariue where no
land Bot the tale Of ard suffering Jet 70 be
told We rested the In Mobile the night Of the 2I
Jsns,y Ga the ssh shipped al. freight sad baggage,
ourselves board the steamboat Tuscaoosa" A.
3P ready start bat in Consequence Of tbe wind
blowing gale aeross the Bay did leave the whar ill
aer night We sailed II miles up The river when
she bs, her boilers spreadg death destruction and desosoa
around The immediately took hrc and those who
not killed badly disabled hasisnsd make their escape from
the ses there be another explosion o powder.
AAcr len the boat like Noahs Cove found dry land
upon which ouree Tbs banks lov and marshy
tide up and al the land three fouf feet under
taio hi, water men, and ehdfen had 10 Plunge
and sand-how ong A. ksu long Of eoud Thea tell
There IN the wlier wudeep. with he raia falling torrents
unprotected heads and haeovsed bodies the vivid light
ming pyng is meest eambos and the bunder uteng hi,
boarse terrific Psas qusk srouad us-hers
stood listening The hreks and grozn Of the nanged and
scade5 They cried God and for help bot eed
until the explosion Of thirty kegs Of powder ended all their
earthly suerbes and e ound the solemn Stiffness Of death
sad the gsve Here still in The touhed waters abosc
beneath and souud ke The children Of Israel the Red Sea
baptized in the eosd and In The until the flames bad
ruined the sd er.t to the ws,ers edge With al
earthly ereep, what covered bodies only
IN paaf for which have toed for years and which
$500 siso hour III destroyed
giving very vivid and feeling Illustration Riches take
themselves wings and fy sway" But sufengs
not yet nominations yet ended The
having violently spent itself and passed away blew
bleak and cold the Bay and the severity suffering,
incressed could conjecture tell how when
10 be relieved For myself aud amy IL got land
had rag Of clothes pot dry Al
O'clock A. ~ ssr being Eve this condition and