The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-08-31
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The following letter was mailed some
days before We lett The South and We reach.
cd home three days before il arrived heres
On THE LowsR MIssissIrri, Aug. II.
Awakening with the dawn Of day,
walked out on the guards this morning and
for the first time tcheh the mighty Missis
sippi ccurs,ns between low banks. We
passed Cairo at - o'clk. last night, and
never having been below the confluence Of
the two rivers, that point where the great
Father takes TO his bosom the less turbid
waters of la belle river, the scene TO me
was entirely new. The river, it is said,
rarely overhowsits banks here, which can
be accounted for only By the grsa, width OF
the stream. The Mississippi here presents
the anofrtaly often before remarked, OF a
river running upon ridge. the land upon
either side being lower than the surface Of
the water.
The weather is excessively hot-thcre is
no comior, to be experienced by day night.
At Cairo We shipped fresh cargo Of mos
qutocs, and as j, is too suffocatingly hot TO
sleep with ones respiration confined TO the
narrow limits Of closed bars, my hands af-
ford undouoted proof this morning Of the
famed proves Of this insect as raised in the
hot-beds Of the delta.
Yesterday. my knowledge Of the days Of
the week told me. was Sunday yet the
scenes transpiriug around me were quite
convincing to the contrary. The Paul An.
derson carries from forty to fifty deck hands,
all Irish. and two very profane mates, 50
between the cursing and swearing Of land
ing an enormous quantity Of unusually heavy
freight, one or two bloody fights, and the
heat Of u day that drove all to the boiler
deck, unwilling witnesses Of We whole, the
day passed anything but pleasantly.
As write an Arkansas gentleman"
passes along the shore on horseback, fol-
lowed on foo, by some thirty or forty rep
resenta;ives of the peculiar institution
Since left the southern border Of the free
State Of Iowa, the truth has been more fus-
ly impressed on ny mind, OF the inimity Of
the institution of slavery to progress. Es-
cry town tina, we passed in Iowa bore the
unmistakeable evidences of prosperity in
the number of buildings of recent construc-
ton, but SO soon as We cross the line div-
ding Us from Missouri, this characteristic
disappears and the houses seem old and d.
lapidatcd, with rarely an exception. But
I'll the better understand the nature and
effect Of this institution after shall have
observed its operations more closely, and
as | anticipate coming IN contact with some
OF its more unpleasant phases in the few
days TO come, forbear at present referring
further TO it.
No incident noteworthy has occurred
since We left 81. Louis. That city is again
tranquil after the most exciting election ever
had there. But "alps we'll that ends well'
in some cases, and this may be considered
one of them, as the Wings succeeded in
electing Kennett and al leas, five other
members of Congress. This augurs well
for the State Of Missouri. and it is TO be ho-
ped that she and Iowa will stand side By side
in their efforts TO retrieve oil that they have
lost 10 the West, BY hitherto blind adhe-
renee ID the false teachings Of "Democra,
cy."
We are running along rapidly and that
small hour of the day is approaching, mark
ed as bright spo. in the monotony Of
steamboat travelling, from its afordng bEef
though pleasant pastimc, and at the same
time comforting strength upon the inner
man. Were it not for eating and sleeping,
in the absence OF something exciting to
read, how maryc.lously dull would the hours
becoma passed on q steamboat. As il is,
time flies on leaden wing. and fain would
have that brief portion cancelled until l
again find myself at home. s.
For the Gazette.
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