Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-02-11
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in the following lines; but slightly al
tered from their original application.
| a monster Of such horrid misn,
| That to be hated need bat be seen.
Bat seen too oft. familiar to her face,
They soon endure, and in the end embrace.
Many of the planters are northern.
ers. When they have conquered their
prejudices, they become thorough, dri-
wing planters, generally giving them.
selves uT to the pursuit more devoted
ly than the regular bred planter
Their treatment of their slaves is also
more rigid.
So far as | can Judge, as much of the
ton in dress and society, prevails
here, { Matches, as in Philadelphia,
where many residents of the city and
country spend portion of every sum-
mer--certainly more than at New Or
leans, which is by Tar the most fash
ionable city in the United States.
In Mississippi the Presbyterian cler-
gy, unlike those in the Northern states
are generally wealthy. With but few
exceptions, they have after a short re.
sidence IN this country, become plant
ers, some whom have noble incomes.
After retiring to their plantations, they
do not-and mention it with pleasure
altogether resign their ministerial
duties. Some Of them preach in des.
titute churches, from time to time,
while others regularly oficiate to con.
gregations Of their own slaves.
Among northerners, southern plant.
ers are reputed wealthy. This idea is
not far from correct-as class they
are so (; perhaps more SO than any bo-
dy Of men in America.
Most o(the delicately reared Creoles
or Louisiana ladies', are eminenty
beautiful. A Pysche-like fascination
slnmbers in their eloquent eyes, whose
richly ffinged lids droop timidly over
them--soitening but diminishing their
brilliance. Their style of beauty is
unique, and not easily classed. 1t is
neither French nor English, but com
bination of both, mellowed and enrich.
ed under southern sky. They are
just such creatures as Vesta and Ve-
nus would have moulded, had they u
nited to form a faultless woman.
No city in our happy country is
more blessed with health than Match
ez now is-this so often depopuated
place. For several years past its cat
alogue of mortality has been very
much smaller than that of many towns
in Vermont and Maine containing the
same number of inhabitants.
A circumstance which very soon ar
rests the attention of q stranger, is the
number ofgentlemen with riding whips
in their hands, to be met with IN all
parts of Natchez particularly Oh days
when any public meeting is to be held.
Every third or fourth person, is thus,
to northerner, singularly armed. At
the north, few ride except in gigs.
But here all are horsemen ; and it is
unusual to see a gentleman in a gig
or carriage. IF his wife rides out he
attends her cherGl. Instead or gigs,
therefore, which would ill the streets
ola northern town, saddle horses, with
pommeled saddles, and numerous pri-
vatc carriages in which are the ladies
ofthe family, drawn by long tailed
horses, throng the streets and line the
outside ofthe pave.
Many of the wcalthiest planters Of
Natchez are lodged wretchedly; a
splendid side board not unfrequently
concealing a whitewashed bcam-a
gorgeous Brussels carpet laid over a
rough planked foor-while uncouth
rafters, in ludicrous contrast to the
splendor they look down upon, stretch.
ing in coarse relief across the ceiling.
As soon as a young lawyer acquires
sufficient to purchase few hundred
acres Of rich alluvial soil, and few
slaves, he quits his profession at once,
though perhaps just rising into emil
nence, and turns cotton planter. The
bar at Natchez is composed, with but
few exceptions, entirely ofyoung men.
Physicians make money more rap
| idly than lawyers, sooner retire from
practice and assume the planter.
Cotton and Negroes are the constant
| theme-cver harped upon, never worn
out subject of conversation among all
classes.
During the season Of gaiety, in the
winter months, the public assemblies
and private coteries Of Nashville are
unsurpassed by those ofany other city
10 elegance, refinement, or loneliness
Of the individuals who compose them.
If you will bear in mind, that the
southern females Of wealth are usually
educated in the most finished style at