The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-07-31

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This boat, with the others OF
this line, are perfectly
RECONSTRUCTED.
On the upper deck they have {
FREEDMAN's BUREAU CABIN,
equally as good, with as nice &C
commodations as those for the
whites. We saw on board many
colored passengers. They sit any,
where on the deck for airin 9
without disturbance. Their meals
arc served up in the officers Or
dinary: adjoining the principal
| saloon. Strange to say: however,
with all this, some colored ones
are not disposed to be satisfied,
but must associate and patronize
! with the whites, Or no 60 for
them.
"THE MISSISSIPPI AND ITS LAND
INGs."
We are now on the father OF
waters, rolling down a vast vol
ume Of turbid, muddy waters.-
Along it's banks are innumerable
landings. Every FIVE or eight
miles the boat utters a "bellowing
cry" Of itsintention, swings round,
puts off it's freight and resumes
its wonted ways. Here and there
may be seen, up in this section, q
good dwelling. The citizens ap-
pear to be as perfectly contented
as Icelanders, and would not ex-
change this fever and aguish look
ing country for any other in the
world. Nevertheless, we cannot
blame them, for here lies land
that bears in it's bosom the wealth
Of many Potosis. There is an in
dication that means business
Some not very distant day, an in
Vulnerable, bustling, industrious
population will prove here is the
VALLEY OF HEALTH,
containing the greatness and
strength Of a mighty nation.
The lower down you get on the
Mississippi, the more. numerous
and better the buildings. Evi-
dences and sights of once splendid
mansions and magnificent planta-
tions before the war, strike the
eye as you steam on by; now di-
lapidatcd and growing up in un-
dergrowth. Here and there the
river, during its inundations since
the war, has spread ruin and de-
vastation, sweeping away large
portions of land.
AS you go steaming down, pass
ing tens Of thousands Of small cot
! ton trees that line this river, you
can see occasionally resting on
the waters, fastened to some cot
ton tree stump, or out on the land
some 20 feet off, a small shanty,
which is nothing more nor less
than a small building s by 10,
built on a fiat; attached are one
or two small skiffs or dug outa-
THIS is the residence Of the
MISSISSIPPI CAT FISHER.
Wherever this being finds q place
where fish can be caught, there
he pitches his tent. This is gen.
orally at the mouth of some small
stream. There he stretches out
his taut line and spreads his seine,
AS soon as he gets some hundred
or so, he hauls up his peg, locks
up his shanty, floats down the
Mississippi to Vicksburg, disposes
of his cargo, plays off the pro.
ceeds at Faro, mustang, poker
has a good Zine Of it, and returns
when his pockets are emptied, tc
replenish his exhausted stores.-
The cat fisher of the Mississippi is
a tall, guant fellow, with a sallow
complexion and a sombrero look
ing cast. In his pocket looms out
the irrcpressible bottle and the in
evitable plug Of tobacco. The cat
fisher is not particular in his NOR
ais. lie wouldn't mind making 6
dig for your jugular, if a five dol
lar bill was discernible. He is ar
habitual shaker, the ague to him
is the happiest part of his life. HI
loves to shake. To be without
the ague would throw him into {
fever. He sleeps all day and fshe:
all night. He is decidedly Of s
retiring disposition, and seeks the
most lowly, sickly. uncivilizec
places, far away from any body
else. lie loves the place where
the mosquito, in countless my
riads, pours out his dulcet strain:
and bites with q bloody venge
ance. What cares the cat fisher
of the Mississippi! With the hide
Of an alligator, the stomach of al
ostrich, and the constitution Of
horse, he is mosquito, snake, agu'
and whiskey proof: No floods
frighten him; no sickness kill!
him nothing deters him; and ht
plods his life along as careless anc
as independent as a wood-sawyer
S.
P. S.-Ncxt will commence with
the city Of Vicksburg, crops, &c.