. The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a decription of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads -business and . passed the flower ofhis years in bondage ; and his mother was an old woman,living to thank God that her son was free at last. The master,a rich man, had as yet no idea of the existence of that will, bywhich he was to be held responsible for the payment of overforty years wages to his unlawful bondman. From another of these documents, made by a white master,I
. The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a decription of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads -business and . passed the flower ofhis years in bondage ; and his mother was an old woman,living to thank God that her son was free at last. The master,a rich man, had as yet no idea of the existence of that will, bywhich he was to be held responsible for the payment of overforty years wages to his unlawful bondman. From another of these documents, made by a white master,I copied the following suggestive paragraph: It is also mylast will and desire that my beloved wife Sally Dandridge,and 7711/ son Harrison, and mi/ daughters Charity and Julia,should be free : and it is my wish and desire for them to beemancipated hereafter, and for them to remain as free paragraph gave them property. Tiiis will, like nearly SUPPRESSION OF WILLS. 345 all the rest, had heen registered and proved; and, hke them, ithad been suppressed, — the beloved wife and son and daughtersremaining in bondage, until the slave system went down withthe Rebellion, and a day of judgment came with the Freed-mens A MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT. 347 CHAPTER XLIX. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI. At Memphis I took passage in a first-class Mississippi steam-packet for Vicksburg. It was evening when I went on extensive saloon, with its long array of state-rooms oneach side, its ornamental gilt ceiling, and series of dazzlingchandeliers, was a brilliant spectacle. A corps of light-footedand swift-handed colored waiters were setting the tables,—bringing in baskets of table-cloths, and spreading them ; im-mense baskets of crockery, and distributing it; and trays ofsilver, which added to the other noises its ringing and jinglingaccompaniment. About the stove and bar and captains office,at the end of the saloon, was an astonishing crowd of passen-gers, mostly standing, talki
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