Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-05-30
-ArPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
An Alpesaiau Abroad.

We are allowed to copy the fol-
lowing from letter written by our
fellow. townsman, Henry 5. Seage,
who Is travelling on business, to his
family in this city:
Ont OF Egypt and bondage (for
40 it seems, for the country looks
q, If 1t were in, bondage) and up
the Ohio arrived last evening at
Carlo, a place made famous during
the war as being the great depot
of supplies for the Southeastern
armies. Since the war the town
has taken backward move, and is
now about ready for burial, Well,
at 4 l-2 o'clock p. NJ. this day |
seized my scrip sacks" and wended
nv way down the levee, among
casks of tobacco, barrels aud boxes
of merchandise, and lifeless niggers,
TO the steamer Jim Fisk. After
giving my name, and depositing
$3.50 with the clerk, l was assigned
estate room No. 6, on the left-hand
side, sir" So / deposited my bag
gage In said room, being about 5x6
feet, with two hunks. Then l
strolled out on the forward deck to
watch the operation of loading, but
rs it was most leaving time, my en-
yoyment Of the antics and songs
OF the darkie's was cut short by
the great whistle; the engine bell
rang, and the jim Fisk dragged
her nose out of the mud and
headed up stream, bound for
Paducah. / am now sitting on the
uoper deck, on the Kentucky side,
and as l write the breeze comes
freighted with the perfume of the
yellow willow, now in full bloom,
and Il Is delicious, The contrast oil
its yellow flower, with which the
trees are fairly covered, and the
dark green Of the gum and other
trees, is very marked. Here, now,
we are just passing a rocky bluff
ND the base of which, is growing
in profusion, the English and
American Ivy and other creepers
Here, again, the shore recedes, and
we look around to see the cause
and find the boat headed for the
opposite shore. / ask the mail
agent, ''are we going to landy" "Oh,
no, we are just following the chan
mel, which very often makes very
short angles" Now we have fol.
lowed up the Illinois side around
the big bend, aud are again headed
for the Kentucky side. AS we
near, the grest whistle sounds, and
presently we discover huge los
cabin hidden among the trees
Three or four darkies and long
haired, lank specimen Of white
man are sitting on the bank ane
motion for US to land. So the nos'
of the steamer is headed for thu
bank, the great wheel at the stearr
stops, and we gradually push into
the mud bank until our motion is
stopped. "What you got!" says
the Captain. 1.-Two casks of to-
bscco is all, l reckon, Captain
answers the long haired, lank spec
linen. The bridge is let down, ant
the two casks are soon on board
Up stream we are again headed
and hug the shore so that the leave
and outer limbs of the trees han,
over and brush the rail. Presentl
we shoot off again, and 80 we &C
in and out. We look down to Sc
II we can detect any channel, bu
we see nothing but swift running
muddy water. But we imagin
that the pilot must have eyes tina
he can penetrate the mud and wa
ter mixed, two muds to one water
for now we turn sharply to tn
right then to the left, and so or
While we are at landing the CAY
tain is "Captain for sure" but tn
moment the lines are thrown of
the Captain subsidies, and draw
in out of sight like turtle, for fror
that moment the pilot is the hos
and "don't you forget it." 1t
now getting dark, and ! must wal
for more light" but l can't sto
until first express fervent d.
sire that you were here to enjoy q
these things have written of, an
thousands, of course, that l hav
not mentioned. / know You woul
enjoy 1t as much, and perhaps moi
than / do, as ] am rather ''matte
of fact" kind Of person, and tax
all these things in without an
"gush." will now say good nigh
Carrie, for IL Is too dark to writ
more, and inside the cabin it is to
hot, for the weather prophet la
taken q notion to have a littl
warm weather, and has got in to
much straw, for it is absolutely no
Good night. l.i '
Two-thirty o'clock morn of th
10th May, 1877: u81 ag
Isee l was little .permature j
wishing you "good night" for her
7 am up again and writing, bavin
had only three and one-half hour
sleep. The clerk has just stowe
another man in my room, and NC
relishing appearances. | retire fror
The room and remain up. Five A
NJ, the whistle is sounding. and
rub my eyes open flor ] confess I
having been asleep on the sofa) an