Show i k A AN i old we would k scarcely 0 he tather father of waters three par 8 ao ago tile the broad boli bosom oril odthe aile 1 mississippi I mi ssi r vas everywhere dotted with those boam will steamers which are arc the peculiar pride and boast of the west innumerable towns and cities were springing ing up lip alone ale her r b banks a na s a and n d everything bore 1 1 1 1 1 tho impress 0 f a prosperous and ll 11 happy appy people T the ie change now 1 presented is sickening and dis below tl tin ii heartening s P jouit int i scarce a steamer r is to ue e met and even it at ill memphis 0 ill P 1 is an arrival at tile the levee is a matter of great moment and a new of orleans leans boat boa t is one of tile the sensations sensation s 0 of fal the d day ay plantations are deserted towns 1 and cities are going to waste except it at those points where e waves the ow fla flag 0 or of america and the logs of war 1 poking grim 0 kisag I 1 cs from tile the embrasures embra stires proclaim tile the place i fl a military y post at all other points even residence is ig dangerous on oil account of the predatory bands of guei guerr rilla iHas wh who lay the country llad under r tribute consequently little land is atil cultivated va and thousands of the ille in habit habitants anti have fled to escape the horrors of such a state of affairs affair S |