Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-24
X ExCURSIONISTS.

SAN ANTONIO. May 20. 1877.
Correspondence of tho LEDGER
The Memphis excursioRists who left
Wednesday, the 10th, have had almost
a continuous ovation. Each day its
charms are novelties. At Texarkana-
two hundred and eighty miles from
Memphis sleeping car was placed at
their disposal, and is yet held. Governor
Brown, General Joe Johnston, ex-Gov.
ernor Throckmorton, General Cabell
aud other distinguished citizezs enter.
tanned them at Marshall, Dallas and
Fort Worth.
The party was met at Houston by
Mayor Wilson, aud will stop there on
their return to attend the State fair.
We reached here last night, after travel.
ing ll38 miles, and were met by the citi-
zens and escorted to the hotel. To-day
the party visited Alamo, where Crockett
fell; attended most of the churches,
especially the Mexican Catholic and the
Episcopal; visited the famous and an
cient Missions, aud other points Of rare
interest, and also witnessed G Mexican
cock-fgbt.
Major R. l. Cobb aud his party have
just returned from Villa de Musquiz,
Mexico, much pleased with their trip.
They encountered on their return Pedro
Valdez, colonel of Lerdo's advance
guard to reinstate him as president.
They also met Colonel Garcia, in COM
mand Of the Diaz troops, in pursuit Of
Valdez. This is the commencement Of
a new Mexican revolution. Lerdo's
chances are improving. Escobedo and
staff are here. LerdO has taken the
States Of Sonora and Chewhaw, and part
Of Coahuila, With q small force. Texans
are strictly neutral.
Our party goes to Galveston Tuesday;
thence to Houston, Austin and Sher-
man. Will be home in a week or ten
days. j. Il. M.
bishop Maven Meets n Genuine
CoIOred Brother on the Coast OF
Liberia.
Letter from Africa in lions Herald.l
There's a kinoel' shouted o Liberian
passenger as we came on deck from
breakfast, last Friday morning. "A
WHAT" "a kinoe." pronounce this
with accent on first syllable "Where2'
Right over the lee bow" We looked,
ana there it was-a canoe, looking for all
the wsrld like q bat on the sea, its black
wings rising on the edge Of the wave be-
fore it, and on the edge Of the wave be-
hind, seeming astraddle OF both waves,
and only a little pair Of wings, too-not
more than a half dozen feet long, and in
the twisting Of the waves about the ssme
in width. This "kinoe' contained two
men, who we're padding it dowa upon
Us with great rapidity, dippidg their pan.
like paddles now this side, now that, Of
the shooting she'll How tame appears
college boating to this flying canoe! AS
it comes nearer it pulls itself out and
narrows itself down; so that it is all loog
and no wide, a thin, slim dugout, ten
feet long by fifteen inches vide and lee
1t flies around to the starboard side, and
discloses in the bottom two income ar.
.ayal - a bI,a ebs-t ord ono .rrovod &,
none. The blue shirted gentleman is
the head krooman, coming out for a JOB.
The one 10 none ia his oarsmap. He
had gone ont to fish, and had seen
through the haze, eight miles from shore,
the welcome vessel, and had pulled for
the bigger Rsh than any that swan IN.
der water. Up be leaps the ship side,
bis whole dress Of blue shirt and bagged
trousers that come a little below the hips.
He steps mp on the quarter deck and So
lutes the captain. We look at him. True,
his face is dark, but not disagreeable.
His form is erect, slim, graceful. Through
the middle Of the forehead and the ridge
OF the nose q dark blue line q half an
inch wide descends. Dark blue marks
are ct the outer end Of each eye. This
is his kroo tattoo, the badge Of his tribe,
bis proud honor. You lookst those bare
arms and legs with a sculptors admira-
tion-slim, strongarms slim, strong legs,
No lark or spur heel here, which Living.
stone says the west coast negroes hGse,
but the east have not. his heel runs as
straight down the leg and ankle as a
plumb 1t is very neat. A French boot
would ft it admirably, only it is hand
somer than any Paris boot ever was. The
kroonsp opens a tin cylindrical box
hung about his neck, and pulls out a pile
Of certificates. The captain ends bis
own among them. BE accepts his own
recommendation, aud jim George, for
that is bis name, is installed at the head
Of our long boat, from this place forth 10
the gabooh-a thousand niles below.
Meantime, his subman in the canoe 10
pulling out fish, and scooping ont tho
boat, With hia feet for paddles. BE sits
on his feet, which arc turned up behind
him in u very curious manner, and with
these he kieksthe water out Of the canoe
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