The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-23

sneering lips HIS eyes were OF fadedout blueness
II the acdity Of bis nature had eaten away their
color; bis forehead was narrow and over-steep
accivly, saliow as we're his thin cheeks. with 1.-THE
fever" wha, Is thais The affection with which
Martin Chuzzlewt wrcstled In the New World. and
strong" Il Is the tite noire o. the 'crackers"
eMuyla which sorely vexed my ol.actories. So l
quickly came 70 my business, ard, as usual was de-
manded an outrageous price for n floating tub, whose
cost could hardly have been the amount 70. three
days hire.
While he spoke nervously drew as far away from
his person as politely might; but his vulturelke
sa mot oIs RECKON es no
lever Amt ye? WAL Use used ter H. sum- an Use
used ter that air SMELL ,ew, that you doan't hike.
Look a-hyere, IT'S burned hulsum. though. Its fGt.
Idly, that IL. woan't you hcv sum on il 70
"What on earth Is that No, thankfully decline y
"Why 'fntidy, doan't you know? We chaws It Tor
Every time he mentioned the fever il was In largo
capitals, ana the vowels were long drawn out HIS
breath rushed in my Taco In perfect gale. and
cognized tho internal odor that OF the horrible drug
ats right PLEASANT when mans kinder used TO NJ
said he; and lett HIM with silent resolve TO shun
his tribe.
THE boat BUILDING.
Nothing could be done now but to build vessel TO
suit the object Of the expedition. sent my chief Of
pioneers In search OF a man who would be willing 10
sell the necessary lumber and myself went see
veteran boat builder known as sold Sam Martin in
oruer TO discuss the proposed model OF the HERALD
barge. This parsonage is well known character IN
Western Florida. and when you behold his venerable
that he is relative OF old Time himself. There may
be distant cousnshp, Tor Old Sam BY unqucs,ioncd
prerorative the Old Probabilities OF Monticello HIS
niallibillty as weather prophet is IN everybody's
mouth. He knows, too, pretty well the lines OF
1t grow beneath his hand from rough and I'M
fashioned timber to grace and stanchness The
model selected contemplated Is ieet OF length with
feet OF breadth AT the BEAM Her Prov Is sharp and
graceful and boldly overrides tho rippler; who her
hull moulded from the hwars astern, 50 that the
very resistance OF the current renders her onward
gliding most easy. Old Sam "reckoned' she would
'shoot'' over the water az lightly wdgeon. and
his saying was more than borne out by her
The ''fatest' Of yellow pine which, with It's resinous
richness, was nearly translucent In tho sunlight
chosen for her Old Sam rolled up his sleeves, seized
his rule and chalk and went his work NTH all the
soul-born enthusiasm OF art Soon busy
and maet, for hours together they made a choer-
fui and unpleasant chorus him who watched
growth OF what was to bear him over the reacherous
os SAM sss han nss'1 hoar h"a
gwen TO the rough timoor the sembanco OF
an Argons,ao ,r craft, shortly ai'erward she
had already appointed 'Brudder' Jake Byrd her
MASTER and tho crew being not yet duty, he worked
and pitch and had finished before dawn the day
fixed for the launch.
The HERALD boat would not compare with the craft
OF the New York Yacht Club; but Tor strength. beauty
tore SKINNED the surface OF the Wacissa Accordingly
she named, in due remembrance OF the virtues Of
pathway, 1.-The Cacque. Placed on a aray drawn by
mules and laden with PROVISIONS ammunition, guns,
compass ana camp furniture, sho conveyed
over eighteen miles Of sandy road 10 the head OF the
Wacissa. There she carefully placed upon tho
beach, and amid the cheers oil her crew. launched
into the ethereal stream
She starts, she moves she seems to feel
The thrill VI life along her keeii
and 10 the HERALD expedition Is ON its way She was
moored, however, at the head oil the until the fol-
lowing morning and the camp pitched tor the night
in the open glade, surrounded by gum and hickory
trees, lestooned by the jessamine and rose bright
fire OF light wood III tho sccnche white and It's
green surroundings AS seated upon my camp chest
alto supper OF partrldges and corn bread. little
later reddish disk began 10 CLEAN through the snad-
OF tho wood, and az length II majcstically
bearded EXPRESSES clustered in the shallow margin Of
the silent water Tho queen OF the night never looked
down upon more romantic scene OF wild loneliness
On the narrow bayou, among the great ybonncts,
II scattered through the hoary limbs the eiul-
eencc slept IN checkered glory; while through the
archcd reach Of yaer II shone back from the crystal
like surface OF the river with IN exquisite
splendor, n Diana horaclf there
rcclined on the glittering floor The Understandable
charm Of the scene tempted to make the virgin
trial OF The Caciquc under her influence, and SO
called to my dusky crew and she was unadcn
and lying lightly at beach il cxpeciant OF hor
triumph chose an inky Gondocr" to pole her
Who had engaged to witness the departure Of the cx
pedtion. He readily boarded The Cacque and We
were OIL From out the overnanging verdure she shot
like arrow as the boatman leaned his whole weight
upon the pole, making the lilies rustic and the
light 10 break aud shver like plates OF glass under
Prov The head OF the river IS really vast akc-lIke
spring which boil up hundred different columns Of
water which passage through lime has rendered IN
almost gddy with sudden ana unexpected sensation.
We seemed suspended on an AIRY nothing. Down deep
down, saw miniature tropical world oil fantastic
verdure, amid which gladcs paved with piisten-
ing shells, and where went sailing along, with eyes
turned upward IN tranquil wonder, hosts OF nsh On
tho bottom were snas tcrrapns and clans, and oc.
casionally in some dark, torbdding chasm, tho black
and loathsome corrugations oil the alligator's hide
could be disccrned he sullenly gded away IRON he
shadow Of our boat Not so obligng, however, is he
always. The negro who welded the pole stimulated
our imaginatons uncomortably and quickcned
pulse beat by describing how mo3er, eighteen feet
long, not long ago attacked q skifrover the deepest
spring in the river to which bottom has been
found, and nearly succeeded i'll shattcring 1t into
pieces before he coua be harpooned ana despatched.
We watched approhensively 70. some relative OF Tho
audacous salrian TO rise up aud ask vengeance, amt
graspcd my rifle firmly. The hoatman, after he nm
ishcd his narrative bup,med song IN the strange
minor cadence peculiar 10 his race
MICRO BOATING SONG.
De ribber smile beneath dc moon,
Dis nigga let his bed right soon.
. lie could not longer stay. IL
An Chloe she done declar she nebber
Viii from dis nigga gol
See, down among dc ribbcr grass,
pe .iackfsh scud abaft
My h-ney's waitin' down dc ribber
n rs, "a ole % dss h,a aIm Ina .,,v
p.s~~. dis darkey's armi
Dc cloud done hide ,,, de sinking moor.
We wske Dc cater an dc coon
ruidsr trust de darkened ribber
Dan white IN ms tongue or heart.
Dcy done tro Chloe dis poor chile sevc,.
e. now we'l nebber part
Role high de torch you nigga derei
Well burn de lowering night.
So let the lghtwood flame and fave,
To glib the ribbcr light
For Chloe she watch way down dc ribber
To catch the red red glow:
An she will shut her bright eyes nebber
Thu ' done to her go.
De done drop into de tide,
DE done out;
But nohber lear, lightly glide,
Scare danger wild q shou'
Along de bosom oh de riSber
lie red torch blaxes high:
Its light upon do ripples sniver
Ar burn into &c sky!
But when do day creep ,hro' de dark
Twill kndlc from Ills light.
An den dis darkey's cypress bark
Will cleave dc night
But Chloe she kiss me down de ribbcr,
When all do work Is done;
De boat lay on dc beach Tor ebber,
Ole IL assa's stint IL wonl
Tho Of words har nm ont with hpav.