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Show T1IB AWFUL SOUTH ERNEUSi Toe writer Is on board of n' MkslssTpp? steamer, southward hound . Hu'says; About 10 u'clocfc.nl night wo heard ouo oi the tntjst terrific cmillict.s cvtr listened tqou the. jtiwcr deck, Ycry!iortly after the captuiit Cinle iu and ittlbrmed us that half a dozen of , the Southerners, hud been butchered in a free -light over a gamaof jioker ) About 11 o'clock a, man came aboard at a woodyurd, whoso image hnmits", tfie still. It seems that he wai a tort of judge among tho tribe known as the Racket)'-sacks.' Racket)'-sacks.' He Was ubout sis uml u half feet, high, aud without hat, shoes or shirt. His sole garments were n pair of bluo cotrou pants, und u green blauket oven bat which was buttoned up to the throat, but so rlpjwd nnd torn hs to show his tawny lildc in a dozen places. His beard, had never .bccii shaved, nor Ids hair combed, uor his face washed, from infancy. His punts were held up by a leather bcH. in which wcrb bung four revolvers, and n,lwo-(oot bowie-knife. On ids shoulder he carried u rifle, aud lit Ids hand a singular-looking cane, Which be look occoiiou to inform us was mado rom two thigh-bones br, p. Northern preacher, tpliecd togctlicr.whom he killed for having siild n negro 1iud a' sQijl. My very flesh crawled on'my bones us ho went on to boast .or Ids deeds of blood, , 'He .declared ,thai he. hud Hcycr bccn'nble to get ln't'b"ofi1eo. 'till he hud cttlicr kuifed or hung seven Ivorthqru men with hrsw'n hatids. He ticverVctit. to'bcd the holo..nlghl, ht kcpt.drltlkin'g whUky and reciting bis murders, and hunts for runaway .negroes with bloodhounds, blood-hounds, till daylight. Earjy Ih the moruiug we. passed n place called the "Devil's; Suck." Vh'at would I not have givctt to have, never seen that placet It Is a species of eddy or whirlpool whirl-pool In the river' that gathers aud retains for days together mailer fiootiug..)nto.,lt. As wb passed it, I counted fifty odd human hu-man bodies twirled to the surface Ut the surging aud muddy waters! But imagine : my sensations when i saw the palacorpse of a young and lovely woman thrown to. the surface, and, upon a kind, of streamer that floated around her, the letters -'A b o !" I clasped my hands in. agony i and held my breath as I beard, immediately immedi-ately behiud me, a voice exclaim; "Death and thunder! if that ain't the. pretty school marm we drowned for teaching a Kr J?1! tho Prd'8 prnycri" JL turucd my head and came faeo to face I with the Rackensackiun my very heart froze with fear and horror! Looking at me a moment, be said, lu. the most drawling drawl-ing and impertinent voice: "Whar did yon come from, stronger whar you gwying, and wlmt'a your polittcbr' 1 was so Scared that t forgot all my! Ictrtificatefaud letter, nnd do verily be- Here that I told him I was from SoHlh, - I '" W, Carolina;' that I had just been orth , ;1 after a fugitive slave, and shot four Abb-f J IK litionists who' had attempted at rescae, M .1 !W$ that all I bad- lost in the combat was my i c BE blue secession cockade, which I wore as- 1 mt captain of my troop of the Knights of the ,f 5 Wi Golden Circlet Tlx; Judge at onco shook ' V 1 mo by the hand, and "proposed lacentl- X- ;j. ncutly to "liuor,sdylng ho wonld for-' giye me for haying been North of. tha ' 1 1 Si i line for the handsome taauuer In which I v t peppered the nfgger thicvcsl We took, a f: jfi drink of regular rifle whisky Just at our' , bell rang for the Memphis landing. . .' j |