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sewing from morning untill night. As yet there is no one on board who has made any advancements to forming her acquaintance, and as for your humble servant, you know that he is bashfull. On deck there are about two hundred Negro Substitutes on their way to Vicksburg, they have plenty of money, and are gambling it away as fast as possible. Yesterday we had quite a snow storm All most enough for Sleighing. There is some little ice floating down the Ohio but not enough to do any harm. My passage cost me $29.40 that is a little more than I expected, but succeeded in