the express locomotive.   Hayes,
having oysters �killed and 
cooked for him.�   The journey.  Wood-
ing up.       Alighting not at Beau-
regard�s plantation.     On.   Messr�s
or rather Cofieed�s plantation.  Hany
Messer.  A visit to the crevasse.
Return.    Delay.  Cut and run just
at the �creole eggs� appear.    A
hungry ride back, stews and at depot and a make up
for it at the Southern restaurant
Ripley with me.	      Howell
off for Baton Rouge again.           A
good deal with Ripley.   Saw Baker
occasionally.
  30.  Friday.   Letter about cre-
vasse.   Non mi recordo as to de-
tail.    Evening with Hamilton & 
B. Hills to presentation of plate 
to Col. Thorpe,      Slack & Tracy.
H. Hills tells me, secretly, that he
is to become the Lieut. Colonel of a
negro regiment.