Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-20

"ei's SKINNED of during tb, nror.ss aCb,,lt,
h'u evaporation. In the fourth boile, IN, 900
" Hghi straw colour. From hi
Jus i"'o me Coolers, holding a hn. snesd a.
s''"' 't"h whfnce IN u few hours IT /
'e"nP 10 put III the hossbeads Tha.a s,aa.
~ what is called the Pafg,ri, nm, -.
oo''ohl, or 1pon beams, over large watts wb,rl
receive 'he molssses.-ln ten DAYS or a tor,
"'sn' RON The tIhe the cane il cut tha suea,
s"ihcI nuy drained To be shipnel. Th,
"""ie process Is very simpe-althnueh fear
me description - not very plain. From eieb,
!" 'eh hoS'haads afe generally made in a
NV anu ''eAr. al dve, cents "A ponnd are worth
p" e''n' ufnn some plantations nine nun
d'eh had thousand bogsheads are made in i,
year. ~ y
The Sugar plaaters here raise nothing else
ihey purchase all their Corn. beef pork, ricp.
.'''e, NC SO mat, alihongh their Profits NAV
DC great the expenses at even moderate sized
Pi'"'hiioh are very Cons deTable. Slaves are
""llh rom tive to seven hundred ani even
thousand dollars each II ID necessary to have
on every plantation sugar boiler, vne OF more
oRerseefs, and negro-dliver.
OF SeY-Oreans can tell Won hut lirle tor
my stay there was short owlag 10 a pfef.rear.
lor other places. The ancient city !, entlrply
Fteneh I" ITS narrow srreets, iis low tie wnod
en- "hIllhIss'lts homeIy men, good booking wo-
inrn, anu rs language. Ia tie modern mart
"i the - s. :. "herr the Americans hasr mad.
ino Dads, blocks OF brick bulldogs have r,,+n
ike the issue of Banquo, with .iit Of riecl.
ment upoh TIL stylr OF the IN century but
The work OF fegeneratlun or reform. will not
be completed untl the Ancricans becomr
maJortg aud get the gov rnment into taelr own
hands IA donDtui peuod--'or The clecilous, II
Is brleyed, are duriag the Summer, aud the
Americans sacrifice the . glorious rights of
election Ia tasiIdio0s notions about the climate
Had they the philosophy oi oT Luciu5 y Irig
grr, thay " ond remember that there Is very
snug lying IN the Abbey" IN case OF an unfIrlu-
nate liqnef'Cti,o. IL requires bat huh exam
NATION 10 ascertain tnat there is more fear than
danger
The good cliizens have the advantage OF
Canu OF old, for they have stopped the
" proud waves Of the Mississippi by means
ol high aud eKpensiV ltvee. The whole civ
II $" 10" that ~ the spring the water runs con
siannt from the river to l. IKE Pouchartrain
o. the Swamp in tie rear. In 1Sl5 the water
made what Is tcrnsd . cIcVasse' about SIX
mlt's above. aud oprrh ,ped The greatest pot
ton of the town should thr same thing occur
again. III march oil ne whoe place towards
tho Bllza vii be much morr rapil than agree.
all. Tho parable of the house but upon tle
sand Is LHeraily true, in more than one respect,
wden applied mere.
Nv Orleans Is better lighted than any oil
or cities, hy means OF large lamps with redrc-
tors, hung in the centre OF the streets nj every
CORNER in addition to which IT has often benn
nOtIced thai III warm atitudps the moon aud
the stars appear 10 stand out from their mag
nlhcent canopy aud II shine Wjth IA more
intense an yiVid light There arc few public
buildings OF any note the Catholic Cathedral
II massive structure. but the hunidty Of tue
atmosphere discolors every thing white, and
gives an appcarance Of great antiquity IA mod
err works The Interior work Of the CathedrnI
il more solid, than that in the Catholic Church
at Baltimore, but It's decorations are not SO
beautiful.
The most interesting aud amusing resort is
the marSrt.hause, IN the morning. II is un-
doLhtedly the spot whre Babrl Stood, and n
bout which there has been 50 much uncertainty
Here arr Blleks, Whites, aud Yellows; Eng
lDsh, Irish, Scotch, French, SpnnIsh, SWISS aud
Italians; Cnlckasnws, hOctaws, Ouowaws
md AL sorts III Aboriginal and Angl1 -Aner-
cans ; malrs and females, buying aud selling
ami each speaking his own mother tongue
Black women handling the cieaveT with tn
drxlerity of protested butchers QIaire- unes,
with heir clan bandanna head-dIesses, aud a
basket of 2 llbirs above, steering through the
moving m ISIS with The skill OF pilot, among
snlgs ant sawyers; Girls, preparing. over a
fire OF sticks, hot gttub0, of wnIch the negroes
parialke upon the spot Sqnaws, each with a
p1poose aud lDad OF baskets upon her back !;
Men, wi h the disnifed stride of Macready
on a blanket lit ior Damon in the highest
ltgbtof his ilsanify; Europeans ,peddling every
thing that has a name, from paper OF pms
upwards; Slaves or Consicts bound TO their
labor each with a heavy chain from his aakle
10 bis grille Fish, spread upon palm raves
on tho ground, in one place, aud the heads Of
slaughtered cattle piled IN anotheri Every
variety OF the dog species,
MdsiIn, greyh0 and, mOngrel grim,
Hound Or sItamsl, branch or Yum,
Or bobtall tike, or trundIe tail.
coursing, yelling, barking aud biting. The on-
ly distinguishablr arDiCnlate sounds IN this Ba.
bel are " unpiCaltom" (the nam by which the
six and-a-qparier cent piere IS known IN :" the
further West") "pil, pa, u" piasfe" an some
other denomuati ,ns oil the root OF Cvil.
Through t,is Heterogeneous mass moves the
guard with his arms atimbO, HI. sword ny his
side, appar ly Ms muca engaged IN his inedi-
tations as If lac were IN the midst Ui prairIr.
Ia few hoIrs the purchases made the
wants OF the population apparently supplied.
aud silence taxes the place Of all this racket
aud confsion.
The census gives the city nearly 10000 in
hahi;ants, bat Il is no. mentioned in the papers
what proportion are black. II must be
siderably more than half. Ia a square com
prislng most Of the business, aud threiore
tie greater portion OF those who have neither
! families nor servants, the total population, ar
curdlhg to the Official return, IS, IN ronnd NUN
| hers ~ 900 OF which 1900 are whites, 5000
slaves, and 5000 Tree blacks. There Is n frhc-
/ ton of about 100, to he divided among the
three classes. When the returns from the
country shall he completed, the whites will sp-
pear in frishlful minority. Ga plantations,
/ where there are rot more than five or SIX adult
! whites, viii he found 300 ana 400 negroes.
/ lhese negroes are generally. al least 50 far As
/ | had opportunity Tor observation, well fed
clothed 4 housed s. the planters seen 10 feel, 4;
PROBABLY do feel, a,secure aslhose OF Mary land
or K enrucky. Whether they are actually SO or
not IS u proplem, and the whole sdbjectIs one,
which Is mol pleasant to contemplate, and IN