Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-10

Ans echoes back each sird Impulse.
'IaH an TIE world to me-
SCENES ON THE mISSTsSrPPI.
BoWIE KSIvEs IN ARKANsAs-rHE corros
COUNTRY sEES THROUGH ENGLISH SPEC,
TACLEs.
Prem the Eez York Leassr
an starting from Memphis, and going fol
fourier five DAYS down that mighty food. the
Mississippi, first to Baton Rouge, and then on
% New Orleans.
] have just come on board the Pevtona. 4
hrst-clsss racing steamer, and having dismis.
sed the black man who brought down my blaek
portmantean with the red diamonds, an now
F" free Niger myself, ready for anything,
from an explosion dOvvnWards The PevtpDs
derives its hsrmoniouslT LIQUID name from 3
celebrated racehorse on which many a cotton
plantation has been stsksd, and in whose
honor many revolver has been revolved, to
the increase OF lawyers fees and The lessening
Of what political economists CO available
population" j"
an, 10 tell The whole truth, athsr glad 70
get away from Memphis; which is a dirty.
dangerous unfinished sort Of place, swarming
with rats and rowdies, not 70 mention The
vulgar {" drummsFs," as the touting bagsmen
OF the northern houses Of commerce are gen
orally cslledin America The hotel is large and
1lAdl-lllAEs alA AlE NAAilffa are confused nT
iostling crowds Of lazy, slorenlv walters, who
run about and butt each other, and knock
down piles Of plates and pyramids Of glasses
fsuz Dc jOie and periodical grand crshes.
Now, as ! look back at the town from the
steamboat deck, the steep earth cliffs ar Iurid
with bonfres, foT there is an election meeting
tonight, and they are burning tsr-barrels op
The Mississippi shore, in honor of Judge Doug
las. Lower down there are blscks-for night
turns us all 70 negrOes-ruDning about with
long poles, at the end Of which are real
medieval cTsssets-iron baskets full Of blazing
pine knobs. There are men, too, dragging
down cotton bales-part Of the Pevtona's
lsding; and every now and then they seem 10
blow my head Of with splitting salutes, for, at
election meetings al through America, they
uss cannon
Boom-bsng-bsng- boom they 20, as If a
giant were knocking In nail in some room Of
bis sky paTlor that was out Of repair, OF as if
after clamping it on the other side, be had
slammed his outer door and shut himself in
for the night. America, however, is not the
only country where, in politics particularly,
noise Is supposed to be q proof OF earnestness,
talent and patriotism; so ] let the guns 20
on, and bless them, though they do give me a
headache.
The remarkable feature Of a steamboat about
20 start, whether OF river OF sea, Is, that it is
impossible to get anywhere where one is not
10 the way. ] believe positively. that II
were TO 60 and stand on nv head on the main
truck, in five minutes some Cesar OF Pompsy
would ask ne to move and let him put down
the "gensrslman's box" Wheeled trucks
full Of brown horsehide chests banded with
black, such as Americans affect, pour in, snd
block up sverv passage in the boat, down from
the burning fiery furnace up TO The place where
the cotton bales wall Us in.
As an going to spend a considerable seq
ment Of nv life on board this boat, The Pey-
t0ns. proceed 10 overhaul it and examine
its points Of danger and safety; for, although
ny business in this chapter IL more especially
4" the cotton country mpst briefly describe
ny floating castle, which is DO more ike an
English steamboat than a London penny
steamer is like N0shis ark, the Warrior, or
the Great Eastern.
Our racing beat lie huge floating tbree-tisr
csrd-house, or rather, one Of those little pa
godss Of. diaphsnous barlsy-sugar that crown
the centre table at a public dinner. The t0p
story, the pinnacle Of this tower Of Babel, is
tie little square gisss-houss is which our pilot
struggles with the wheel. In anxious mo-
ments, when the good boat Is entaREled in q
net Of ssBd-bars, be looks to nv mind like
madman struggling with a wheel Of fortune
Below him, on The second floor, is sort Of
fat-roofed crystal palace, where the captain
and an the officers have their bsrths, and
where, when of watch, they read dime novels,
smoke, and do ct o9ieTa. On this ievel-which
is sheeted with thin lead, for fear Of sparks
are rows Of arm-chsirs, where one can cit and
shoot pelicsns and slligators, muse, read OF
sleep. The deck here is made very thin for
Ightness. and It vibrates as you walk round
the two tall tunnels that rise through it. Be-
low this spTugy and alarming deck comes the
floor on which the glass doors Of the grand
saloon open. Here, under a penthouse formed
by the upper deck. are also chairs, inteTmin-
gied with luggage, where men alec smoke,
etc, read, and sleep; looking out upon the
mighty monoton0us river.
Below this stage is The ground floor, where
the negro sailors and steerage passengers are,
and where the furnaces blaze and glow. All
ever this deck, unprotected by any tarPaulin
from the furnaces or fre-sprinkling pine knots,
are huge piles Of square fluffy cotton bales,
hound round with irrn bands. Below this bar
sfbrur,. I suppose, is more stowage room; but
lower did not, IN this vessel venture.
As for the saioOn-to return to the focus OF
the vessel-it is a splendid affair, with draw
inc room at one end for the ladies, innumera-
bis chandeliers multiplying themselves in mir
rors and fespienfent psnnsiing, white and gold.
T-bere sofas and ottomans and piano, with
roerr for cards. conversation, business, flirting
snd dancing. On either side OF this long ball
onsn the doors Of our neat and spacious bertns.
Nv The entrance Of the saloon, on either side,
sTe the psrroom snd'purser's ONCE; outside ~
.ae bsrber's, where the negroes congregate 10
prsctice the banjo-for We baTe nightly very
creditsble esncsrts on board, and nearly all
nerross are musical. Here, sometimes, when
I stroll IN, fnd the grsy-besrded negro bar
her asleep 10 bis chair, with bis professional
ror,b stuck in bis own crisp locks Some
,rbere here, too, is kent, believe, the sacred
cong which announces our frequent and lu1u-
rious meals.
am singulsrly comfortable, for ny cAoin IS
.f-y and has windows opening on the outer
t..i.onv- rot far from where the black walters
is,,gh. ioke, and clean the dishes; and l pave
- sgreesble berth companion, Mr. Elias Mad
80. a aim young scboolmaster, who has lef'
BufsIo, and is going to try bis fortune ID
D'-T. rSi.. n pleasant locking fellow, but iit.
ae of the pedsnt He is very emaeiated Jas.
- ,-irb = rerent attack Of the "5one fever"
that has been seoufglng lbe ool--i. -.t:Iato.
Svhiie poyyders-I believe qa.nihe--as -
.-sfnst more Of Il, every morning when ne % I,
.s.s-, - fesr a return Of either bis hot or coie
stf- Put he il an intelligent, kind, harm
- F.flovV- and is never tired OF explaining
~ rarer American dishes 20 ne az alhlel
~ points ne out, too the ear9-sLia PeIs' anI
feaehss me how to disdneuisD tae psoFle !.
the different Ststes-the VIA - -. -. l.1.,
go, tbe poIishsd VirgiBian; the nos-DIai !. p.
T,s-olins man from the caleuiatlng nollo,
so,rs- of Connecticut tbe Eallow hs slt-ffsnei Z,
native Of Louisiana from The tall oony Aen
Buf 70 the Cotton Country. an goinl ~
down that river, 50 aVfully grand ION -. ~
-erv duIIness and mon0lony, which rises VI VI
thousand miles from the spot where y einP-Le' -
ifssf into the Calf Of Mekico-shet ~ -.
ssI,. L.st, bsSore Il reaches the arms Of It's long
..-s-t. NJ Tower. ths sea, has bad given y D.
,s.'rs for It, dorrry the four great streams
~ ohio. the Arkansas, The Red h,Vsr' an
tbs Nissouri--s mighty stream a. y Is, l tla
-srriss blessings 70 half continent s.Iesi
fSst has ss great destiny before H. az me vas
new country it irrisates.