Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada
CHAPTER X.
_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