New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-07

Inc occupants hn W Wo Wot NJ - saes~l
table, painfully anxious Tat tie Dlssss - -.
must b. rnsed in Missouri water; lat IL ~
cloth will not be Of the eleanest and that ~ min
will be sure to have gwen out. N. B-Ths Mn
il always giving out on these Western wstsm ~
supper bell rings Q second time, and We tAks our
turn: and 80 for the third fourth tine before an
are fed.
Now for bed. Imagine Q closet a by 5besds
the berrhs; for furniture, looing glass room
lighted by yentilstor, SC cslIed-no chairs-no
wash basIn--no nothing.
You turn in in fear and trembling. Fear, h.t
the stout man in the upper berth should cons down
upon you; and trembling enough from the motion
OF the boat (~htn IN notion.
Did you ever see the Rayels IN the spectacle Of
Mazulm, or The Night Osl'" Do you remen-
Der the scene where huge press fails upon hs
clown, and he is hattened To- paDeakel
Such, TRIBUNE, Vas nearly the fate last night
Of your correspondent. happily be escaped. Hap
ply be sf preserves his natural forrn-terss stgse
rotusdus.
In tie watches of the night, when an eves save
the faithful belmsmans were closed in oblivion.
and the boat was lying comfortably on = sand BAL.
Twas awakened bys sudden crash. | had but
time 10 throw up my rightsarm, when the ava
lsnche descended. Ny room mate, Q schd man
turned in bic berth-rash man These berths wers
not made 10 turn in. The motion was 100 much
for the slats-they bent yielded, and down esms
the threatening mass, sold man. mattress, sA.s and
bed clothes ia one heterogeneous whole. Now
mark the foresight of the owner OF this boat In pro-
vidng such low berths and small state roous
Had the distance been greater, the acquired 10
mentum would have been greater too, and should
have been crushed TO jelly. As 1t was, | ee->pei
scsthless.
IL the morning sally forth for wah. Ne need
to inquire the way. zee a cue rxieodIag from the
wash-room far into the cabin l await my turn.
In due time il comes. We have three small hanns
zone out of order for two hundred persons. Ba.
hold Deduct seventy-hye for those who sey9
wash their faces, and we have only enc hundred
and twenty-five for the three basins.
draw the Missouri water and rinse my facet
cannot be said to wash it. l wipe upon the con-
mon towel. To the evident surprise Of the waiting
crowd proceed to clean my teeth in the ons
tumbler provided for that purpose. This, By TIA
way, is an operation have seen performed her
but by two pcrsOns-myself and dsrkey.
Place aux dames. This morning had secured,
with Infinite difficulty and the tenacity OF bulldog,
place at the frst table Already felt con-
Portable assurance Of plates tOleraby Clean and Oh
rare luxury, milk TO my coffee, when-horrible
sight II saw three women advancing upon NE.
"Ihese ladies have no places, gentlemea" Oh,
Benton, Benton politically you arc humbug, but
reverence You prsndislly.
The bell rings sgsn--the large one this tina
We approach landing. On high Dsd bank sfe
two houses and barn. But where is the wharfi
Nowhere. The boat runs her nose into the mud;
the stage (eapg plank is thrust ashore. One Of he
hands runs out with Ens, and tasens it TO tree.
The men carry the freight up the bank, mud up to
their ankles, and deposit it 10 the mud. No shel.
ter, and il ia raining hard The rope is united, the
boat shoves Of. She makes few revelations.
Bump, bump, bump, she goes and We just escape
striking upon a saDd-bar.
The passengers arr grouped into knots-soms
playing cards, some singing glees, some reading,
some writing-all splitting.
The women are in the ladies' parlOr, tho ehiireu
are crying, the rain is pouring, and tho beat Is
sground-pity the sorrows of Kansas emisrsnt
IA word upon Slavery. Missouri is only honi.
nally Slave State. Intelligent men In al parts Of
the State predict that in egh. year, she will bo free.
Slavery now shows none OF the horrors OF the inst.
tuition as it exists in the Southern States. Almos.
all the slaves here held are house servants; but kw
field hands. There are no sverseers, with the IN
eviiable whip. The Missourians are becoming
convinced, from the flow of emigration into KAnsas,
that it ia for their interest that Missouri shoa be
free. Convince them Of this and Slavery will soon
be abolished. H.