PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Line drawing of a steamboat at shore. Its sidewheel is lettered "U.S. Mail". Workers are present on shore handling cargo. A plantation house can be seen in the distance with crops planted in front of the house. To the left of the house are possibly slave cabins. Another steamboat can be seen in the background. The word "Peerless" is at the top of the picture on the left. In the center of the photo, on top, is an eagle with the caption "Empire takes its way"