CHAPTER VIII.

Depart for Louisville--tellandsea, or Spanish moss--Natchez--the yellow fever--cotton plantations--Mississippi wood-cutters--freshets--planters, sawyers, and snags--steam-boat blown up--the Chickesaws--hunting in Tennessee--electioneering--vote by ballot--trade on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers--the People--the President's veto--finances--government banks--Kentucky--the Kentuckians--court-houses--an election--universal suffrage--an Albino--Diluvian reliqua