A Southern Steamer

At Brashear City I went on btiard a snioll siediitóï whieï Ret? up aníl down the River Techo. This boat, called the Minnio Avsi-y, has an engiuo of about ten mosquito power. Minnie has a i pltimp bow; a fire in hor bosom, but the piacid deinéaliüï öf á D'uteh fram Her rato of sloivness ia unparaUeled. _ A i boy on the bank astride of a broomstick, a man with a wheelbarrov, could give her a quarter of an hour's start and beat her with ease. Sho stopped, after the innnaer of hoteíe-ears, to pickup passengol's ftnd leaVe tíiem, and ohM wlten 'lie captaiti jumped asliore to tihake habds with an oíd friend, it was ñot found aetíessary to ebeök the heftdwa of the boat. The two friends walked up the bank of the bayou, and, .becoming animated iu con versa tioDj shot oliead of the , boat and disabpeïed fti'onnd tb e bend of [ 6 hall a mije ín ftclvaiicöi We pieked up the captain an hour afterward. i Ho came on board yawaiing foarfully. The interior arrongements of the boat i were peculiar. The steward and the wiiitcrs always carne tlirough a small hole iu fee guarde wift fee -limier on their jii'iuis. Even a coffee-cnp in the hands f 011e of theru, or an egg, would have rendered the ascent impracticable. The meals were of the Sternest simplicity. The diahes, grier and clobe (and I arn not fiiu-o bout the orthography) were püzzïers, especialiy wlien a askcd me if I wcrald have a dog or grayhound, as I nndoMtood it. He was not insulted when I expressed a preferenoe for beef. ' The flessert ponsisted of a very small pudding, tile öpeeiflc gïavity of whicli must have taxed the carrying capacity of : tho boat to the utmost. Tliis marvelous .boat was allowed by act of Congress to oarry twenty-six pasBengeïS. , The bar was not capaoious enougli to ! support a door. The barkeeper eütered ; his domiiin hêad forcmost through a small hole, cxhibiting the solea of liis sboes iu tlio transit mucli after the manlier of Harlequin in a pantomime, when that sprightly individual leaps through tho face of un (vghtílíiy dock to escape i the ptirsuii of tho clown. The ; compariaon was more obvioiis and ludierous from the fact tbat the thirfty clowns in the boat made a desperate etlort to j low the bal-keeper, but stoppecl short at : the opening and consoled themselyea j with an iniinite variety of intoxicating ! ñuids. The orew were marvels of ness and one of them, who bore ecattered patches of whisker liko a partial eclipse, was of such depth of gloom that he cast a hailow over the foreea3tle, and could have iitterly defied the sun. ïhe captain of the boat ivas a reckless ; savage who had never even heard of the Radical party. At one of the laudings he sang out t'o his crew : " Borne oí' yon nigycr get ont that plauk." The gers got it out with most provoking slowness, nnd George, the blackest of our colored brother3, having taken a j ir.e ishore, made twotuvna withitonnd a. post, and bending over that ■ tion to uavigation, went to sleep in a ; state of complete exhaustion.