The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-11-15
MOL s.ef!crs Gs"IsR the West. (;
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wig.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30. 1881 ..

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We left the "Que,n City" al o'clucl, p. NJ.
on Friday evening the 18th nSt..--ran all might.
and reached Louisville at p. Nj. the neNl DAY,
where VIC lay, repairing our ruIdrr till 9 O'Clock
Sunday morning, when w AMIN @ot under way:
and here we are ut 10 O'Clock p. NJ. On Thurs
day night, al II. Louis.
The water is deeper below Cincinnati than
above, ana we Gut along without ANY difficulty;
but passed several buais sticking on La4s. On
Tuesday evening we passed the ''SWnn' and
''Trinily'' both agroun4 on the same bar. The
Trinity had been tight and ia, ever sine" sun
day morning, and w st'pod AMI took about
thirty OF her passengers, WHO hod grown i'm
patient. as far as Cairo.
The ONO alter yon GET below louisville j.
moe >lnuous Than ii i. above. and t}' scenery
pretuer. / h boiI rl,i,s frrsjt, an nisapp' a.,
and the country becomes l"v' ! and loses its Will
ness; but presents hi.hiy picturesque and bean
utuI Appearance. I'll" banks are clothed with
Il rich veraure Of trees, IntprSrrrstd here and
There with neat towns and cultivated fields, and
tie rivers edge is 'rin@ed with a luAuriant
growth Of young cotton. wood and willow.
soil and Improvements 1.-THE country. viewing It
from the rivers for on either side you can see
nothing, generally spcnAn~. hHt small. rnsera-
bic looking log-cabinS and hal!cultivated corn
patches.
Between Pittsburg and the mouth ofthc Ohio
there are one hundrcd considerable islands,
many Of them covered with trees Of tl:e most
delicate tlinge, beside. an innumrIahlc number
Of toW-hea Is and sand bars. SCvcniy-fvc nib
utary creeks and rivers empty into it; and over
on" hundred and twenty cities and ion;ishing
town: are situated on its banks. The slightest
description, ever, OF the many places famous in
song and in story. q Which you get a hirt's-eye
view in passing down tho iiyrD would I'll n vol
umn, and shall AT present., remain silent in re-
gard to them.
The majestic Mississippi is very different
river from the Ohio. From the mouth OF the
Ohio 10 st Louis It's medal width will not eA-
coed halfa mile, IN !. III lis present state, It's
tnrbii waters roll SluGgistly on toward the
Ballzc. lis banks arc light loamy soil, and
are continually wearing away. and falling in
huge masses, into the stream keeping il always
muddy Like the Ohio, the Mississippi is at pres
ent low (but at its lowest Stages it has from six
to ten feet OF water in 'he channel,) and the
sand-bars, or rather mud-hanks meet the view
all along. Standing on deck you can sec the
minutes huge log, or tree torn by the water
irom It's native soil flats past you.
There is not so much bottom or cultivated
land along this river as along the ONO; but as
lar as the eye can reach, nothing but an utter
minab'e forest OF cottonwood and other trees
can be seen bordering the banks. On the west
side Of the river bni two miles distant is line
OF bold bluffs; which in some places, however,
run up to the waters edge, presenting rugged
| limestone 'front.' and reminli ling the traveller Of