The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-26

walk iaw-boDe, dango lang
Walk jaw-bone vi De handle down
i Jay bird sestin' on aswingin' limb,
lie Winkid Ct me,--I winkid at's--
Would yon sell that boy, M. Jones, / is.
Iquired-from mere curiosity, Is The render
Twill hereafter learn.--for i had discovered,
Notwithstanding the manner of he master,
THAI there was paternal feeling al The bot
Tom, which those who have never.owned
slaves whom hey have raised, canno, ap.
lpreciale. The near relation existing be.
tween muster and slave in The southern
States, had before attracted my observation,
and | shall have occasion again Is refer 10
this subject IN the course of This history.
Jones smiled, but made no reply 10 my
question, leaving Bob to answer for himself
This gentleman wants to buy you, Bob;
would you like TO go with himi'
Look yer, you think you got money
'nough for buy met tsll'e what, i'm take
q cord o money for dat ar. dat twill. You
buy Bob Jonesi Heaw !haw p and he threw
himself in &. 81 laughter on the ground, Al
the bare idea.
Wait until you 90 home With me, which
you mus. do this evening, and you will see
whether | could afford TO part with him.
Why, SIR, would almost as soon think Of
parting with one ofmy own children Is one
Of these little brals, although they are Of no
service Il present.
Jones consulted Bob about the plopriety
Of giving up the horses for the present, and
We set out to find our way around The field
to the house. We had only gone few steps.
when the buzzards began to pitch down upon
their prey, and some hundreds Of them we're
seen dancing around it. Although had
frequently seen these birds, did not know
till now that they found their prey by the
eye, always having understood that their
sense ofsmell was very keen. and that they
scented ont dead bodies al distance far be-
sond the reach of,sighi. The house Of my
worthy host, for SO Mr.. Jones had now
himself.--was situated OH an
eminence that overlooked his plantation.
The only crop which he cultivated, except
. garden, was ofcoi.on and scorn,' or maize.
Tue place was newly settled, and the larger
trees within his improvement were still
though deadened by the burning
Of the cane which had once SO thickly Gov |
cred The ground, that when cut down and
sci on FIRE, the flames had reached the tops OF
he ,ailest trees. Here then, was ole Of
those primitive dwellings, built Of logs not
ched a. The ends SO IS 10 fi., and laid one a.
bose another until the first Story was form
ed. Il was what is called double peaaed
log cabin, there being two rooms Of the same
size, SCI apar, some Ten feet. the intermedi.
ate space forming kind Of entry. On the /
sides Of each Of these rooms there were shed
rooms, built 81 boards, which served IS lodg-
glng apartments. An uproarions noise salu-
ted rs as soon Is we were discovered ap.
he house. Dogs baked and
ss4atAAe "a 3 AttGttMay HC1l0tles geese Gdtthteus
cattle lowed, and children came running ID |
dozens 70 meet %, Whooping, yelling and
.umbling over each other, neck and heels.
4 required some minutes 10 clear way
through this throDg before We could make to
Ihe house, and i was really gratifying 70 see
Ihe lord Of al tbs host, IS be picked bis way
q keep from treading on the toes of some If
TIE black q while urchins, patting ono On
tie head, scolding another, and ordering
hem 81 Of, i the same tine Thai bis tone
seemed g contradict bis weIds.
We entered The house and was inlrodu-
eed q sMr. Leyman. 81 which name the
reader will know ne hereafter, Tie wife /
of Mr. Jones vas engaged il dressing
wound upon tie foot Of black lad. who ii /
lolne of hls santics' had received severe
lurt
She Immediately aroso and cleared the
'oom ofsesera attendants who had aided ID /
- surgical operations, and sending the
wounded Ia away, With word of caution