Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico : With Sketches of Popular Manners and Geological Notices (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Barnum's Hotel at Baltimore; 2. Ascent of the first Alleghany Ridges; 3. A Virginia hotel in the mountains; 4. The celebrated White Sulphur Springs; 5. State of society at Compulsion Row; 6. The system of Alleghany Ridges caused by an upheaval from below, and the White Sulphur Springs a consequence of the movement; 7. Paying beforehand as bad as not paying at all; 8. Depart on foot across the mountains to Fincastle; 9. Cause of some confusion in the designation of the Alleghany Ridges explained; 10. A pleasant party in a stage coach; 11. A Negro-driver in mourning for a great patriot; 12. Indian practice of burning the underwood to enable the natives to pursue the game; 13. Description of Nashville; 14. The religious sect of the Campbellites; 15. Leave Nashville; 16. Leave Louisville, and take to the stage-coach again; 17. A remarkable barrow; 18. Purchase a waggon; 19. Departure from St. Louis; 20. Taplitt and Perry's lead mines; 21. Mine la Motte; 22. Big Black River.