CHAPTER X.. _river Scenes_.

River Scenes.

FROM ST. LOUIS TO NEW ORLEANS.

MISSISSIPPI--Good-natured Weakness Mississippi v. Missouri Stale Anecdote revived Marriage Certificate Folly--Description of Steamer Inspection Farce described Corporal Punishment--Illustration Captain of Mizen Top v. White Nigger Scenery Mississippi--Good night Screecher & Burster--A Race Captain leaves us Bed--Alarm--Wreck Brutal Heartlessness River Wreckers NEW ORLEANS Wrecks, Causes and Remedies Anecdotes of Blood