Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-15
Tho TsHasssee airer sieamsrs.

Mr. Tayler, Of the Chicago JsafstaI, gives the
following graphic DESCRIPTION Of me steamers
plying on the Tennessee river;
Tce eieamazs thai EsYigass lEs beautiful Ten
hessee are not gems OF nsVAl sschissclsTe: the
gilded saloons srs IA ihs minds eyo,p The
siais rooms ar5 II atEts Of nature; ths whole
craft IS scoWy % g Gegrcs and Dangerously dir-
II, and yet, IfG.haE ..li1k ihli Cleopatra or the
Dodge OF Venice nsger fi3sssd in barge 60
grAeeEUl &c the Paint Roc-n seemed to ne BE-.
iore ihs battle Of Missionary ridge To be sure,
sae ses OF the EIysT ike g rub, but n ny eyes
''she Wslkei ths waller lac a thing Of lass'
VIII paint Jon Fiesgrs # I csn= lhs isss
throw Of ths locomotive dies- boxes has tumbisd
yen cut a. BIidgoP9lE, vitain un ace 81 your
life, and concluding to take 30 the wafer, you
make 10. tsll snake under the nVeE bank,
and slide down slipPs7y pole, ina tuTbulelt
current u box and baITsl. BESIDE you, sway
ing ike isiheTed elsph8nt in the msnssaTis il
a broed-uOsod, nphi6ious-l5okige animal, sp-
parsnlly built sfound very quEiEs aud greasy
engine, whiis yon can hzzilT p-IsusGa yourself
thas tEs chlnlneya wee Eas Bes up on he end
sad thrust above tbs iTes sops, simply because
there was 10 room Tor them hsiow. On. she
edges around TINS engine ass masses Of blUes
thinly sprinEled with e1r.Fsctcss and zuslsfE.
Here and thaTe 3 geB5iemsa IN black, with &
blacker hEvUrsaeS asill. represents the Christian
eommissi0a, and now End thea a fellow iE neih-
ing ip particular, represents the deTil5--I hasten
70 tel yen !. is only ss inky spiFii ct :hs print
ing press
fOu pick your way amid box and bsie 70
the upper deck, With is va5psd and ercasing
6o0T, and bs'cahin IS bsi05e ycU; tapping
eanTas reared On the slendsress Of nnbrelia
issmas, sod boxing ks the eat 0f sida-show.
Within = neither a1e, 1CE 69ht, nor sest- I0u
plamp down iaconsineasiy upon ths hoor, pro
dpeing csRdls and sandHleh from yo1r
knzpssck, button up your coat, ard lhsr8 you
are, q first eisss passenger Tic sgUi5h steamer
moznsI tha solemn trees e=gin 70 glide along
the river banks, you Gzs under way, and 50.
giving your bisnksi 3 HIsp, yoU fsl 6slssp and
mako night Of il L 5ao gray OF the nom
ing pan look Gus, AID 10 yolr teiighi The Etsam-
er lies With its nose 70 tae snnTs, aid Bridgeport
in plain sighs. You havo Been Hsitng ioT tho
tog 10 ll!s; you have 10. g0le mile. Starved
with hunger, and ccif, you got under tbs lee Of
a iog eabiu, TWO stores lngh, built up square
and strong in the msddis Ct ths deck, ana dis
covering that Is IS the oulles-procf pil0shoEss,
yon czich q ollss :, shlsisg vcu bad lease Oi il.
Ll.lls balls iaiiS. big 5alls uRg, = large rush
Of steam, ths great wheel, hung on behind, hza
reeLss ine stern o. Eu slGlar1115 wagon, 1a-
cGase thef5 was 10 To0D tof il sB5ard, Begins %
turn slow, AMI ths Grass swings shoTswssd, FUst
abreast Of 8 gszden, 50 wood Up. A couple Of
dozen Of aegsoes siresm duslaiY ont nom ihs
lower deck, and the garden feaeaiof red eedsTiis
shipped IN tea 1sinu.es, isssiug lsos rail or 3
wreck behind; innocent onions ana miami cab
bsges, every eseliens Sl3 saecalsns Of tasm 81,
leI to tho tender msEeiss oi hungry pigs and
the cold wOzla. Bang goes The 0s.i, ssa hungry
tires hex aD the swess Laolsais C. cedar, the sl-
gine gives great sgh8 Of oonteni, so rlga braFe-
lE sgalnsi ne eUITon., 4af. suea is HwooainE
up" On the Tsnnsssse.