The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-08

heir qualifications There are ei"ays I
R;cbmond. whose business ir is 10 collect slave
~, ,hs ,n'hsrn MARKET and, until gang is fesG
N STAFF for the south, they are kept here ven ie
md ne cheerful as possible. 10 court OF tneJAI'
xhere they are lodged, lsee them every aay anus
inv themselves by playing at qaoiis. nov nIae.
this traffic Is sbhorred, even oy nose WIZ SsS
sse n ia shown by the low social position heiu
ne dealer. even when he has made a large loi
me When they conduct gangs oil MY slaves
lime ACROSS the mountains 10 me onio tsel,
nsusIly msnacle some Of the men, put on .esen
ma the Ohio they have no longer any ie aShscLi,
attempting an escape, and they tnen 9hshae
hen That the condition Of slaves IN Virginia
s,eadily improving, all here seem agreed ''i L.
P. 81. a. IN. ss,,ration O
antilles; and some persons nave peen 49, -.
make great sacrifices in order % 90 lheI GUY :,
heir de pendants whom they might pfonsaoiy nav
thIown on the world, in other words, sent 10 naiA
AtH,oeton further sJuth in Georgia, Sn onas
Lqell had an opportunity OF examining me se, a1
,eoul,,sd estate There seems 10 be mueh mo-
iuSl attachment between the master and me siase
%. $40 blacks on the properly, some a4e S-1,
,eraunuated live at theiT ease ~ separate houses
n the society Of neighboTs and klnsIo'k.
- no restraint, rather every encouragement "
narriage. The outdoor lsborers have sePafah
1ouses 'sas neat as the greater part OF eosIsses
scotiaad''-no ALTERING compliment, observe
,ur author himself Scot; thelI hours oil dDot az
rom six in the morning, with an interval OF a.
honr till Two or three. In summer Ihey dlvce theh
roIk and t,ke a cool sIesta IN The micdie OF u'
d.y. Ia the evening they make merry, chat, pray
and sing psalms. There is hospital 10 conn'
tercalance all this there IS the oVeiseer ana tns
xhip, not heavy one, and rarely used-ont SIM
here is a whip; though the number Of strlPes J.
generally limited, lis teIIo's seem " "~'s So
effect
The most severe punishment required in the las
forty wears for a body of $40 negroes, at hoPeton
vas FOX the theft of one negro from anoiner: IL
that period there has been no criminal act OF int
highest grade, for which a delinquent could De
committed 10 the penieDtisy in Georgia, and thef'
nave been onIy six cases of assault and battery.
As a race, the negroes re mild and iorgNins, snO
oy means Prone TO indulge N drinking as ins
while man or the Indian. There were more serious
| auarrels and mole broken heads among the Irish
| in few years, when they came TO dig The bruins
| wick canal than had been known among The ne
groes in all the surrounding plantations lor pan
century. The murder Of a husband BY black wo-
man, whom he had beat violently, Is the greatest
crime remembered in this part OF Georgia Tor Z
| great length of time.-Vol. l., 2. 2oS.
| The Baptist aud Methodist missionaries were ioT
/ some time the most active in eyangellzng the ne
groes. Since DR.. Elliott has been Bishop OF 0ecI-
sia the Episcopaians have labored with much
zeal and success. The negroes have no faith IN
| the efficacy of baptism, except with a complete
washing away Of sin; the bist oP has wisely adopt
ed the Tubuc which allows inla-ersion:-
| Il nav be true that the poor negroes cherish .
suPsrstitious belief that The washing out OF even
taiut of sin depends mainly on the particular man
ner of performing The rite, Bnd the principal cham
10 the black women in the ceremony Of total i'm
meIsion consists in decking themselves out IN
| white robes like brides and having their shoes
trimmed with silver. They well know that the
waters of the Alatamaha are chilly. and that they
and the officiating mnistar run no small risk o.
catching cold, but to this Penance they mos
cheeriGily submit-Vol. l., p. 363.
| SIR Charles Lyell attended at Savannah first 6
black Baptist church with black preacher, anc
then black Methodist church with q white
preacher. The black preacher delivered an ex
Iempore sermon, for the most part in good Eng
fish, with only q few phrases in ''talkee talkee,
TO come more home 10 his audienee:-
He got very successfully through one Aish
about the gloom OF the valley OF the shadow O
death ard, speaking of the probationary state o
pious man left for a while 70 his own guidance
and when 10 danger of falling saved by the grac'
OF God, he compared il 10 an eagle teaching IL;
lnewly-fedgcd offspring to fly BY carrying il NJ
high into the air, then dropping II, and, II she see
II falling 10 the earth, darling with the speed o
lightning 10 save il before II reaches the ground
Whether any eagles really teach theiryourg to q,
IN this manner, leave the Osniihoogist TO decide
but when described in animated and pictuIesqu,
language, vet by no means inflated, the imagerT
vas well calculated 10 keep The attention OF BIZ
practical maxins OF morally, and told them the,
were TO look to future state OF rewards ard pun
ishmsnts, 10 which God would deal impariisil,
with ''the poor and the rich, she black man AM
the whlte.-Vel H., p.
In neither ofthese churches did that odor, which
is said 10 keep ;he two races apart, at all offens
the sense. AT another black Methodist church a
louisville, in Kentucky, built BY subscription B.
The blacks themselves, and well lighted with gas
he heard another oaTk divine, tive regret TO sav
hat Sir Chfries compares him with white Pa
| seyiIe EpiscOpalian, not much TO the advantage o
the lattSEl This preacher was a full black, spok,
gosd English, and quoted Scripture well. he isi.
down, il is true, metaphysical pOints of doetrin,
with confidence which seemed 10 increase il
proportion as the subjects ranscended human IN
derstanding; but in this we discern the sect ralhe
Than the cOlGr. Our black Chrysostem received
signs OF assent-no! the ri1tOns cspping of hand
which spplauded him OF Coaslantinople, ncI tn,
Sighs and gIoanP, so well known in other places
ike those which are heard above the torrents
5rawl on the hill sides IN Wales II was said OF
celebrated metropolitan preacher or The last GET
Grafton, that he had taken lessons OF Mr.. Kembie
our sable brother (ls be would be called az Excite
Hal) was a manifest imilstoT Of an eminent Am Z
lean actor who had been playing IN those parts
We must not omit one point nnore:-trom his ex
plantation OF 'N hose image and supefscrption i
Ihisl'' il was clear that ne supposed that Casa
had set his signature TO a d0llaf note. Our auihO
afterwards attended 10 Phi ladelphia free blae'
Episcopal church, in which the mOre solemn am
quiet Anglican services was performed BY blael
clergyman with great propnety. While on thi
point we will add that. according 70 the accoun
of Dr.. Walsh, published many years ego, aud con
filmed, If We remember right, by later travellers
the black Roman Catholic priests in Brazil con
duct the ceremonial OF their faith with much great
er imPEessiyeness and dignity than those of Euro
Pean Descent.
;, Bsfore we close these bsstiIv.vr;,fao hnt no
less deliberstely-considered opinions on the e1
pediency, the necessity Of peace, 10 the develop
ment of American wealth, happiness, virtue: OF
the majestic position which the United States ma,
take in The history Of man, by showing herself gu
pericr TO the fClly, the inoIication, the madnes,
of wsr-of war which cannot be necessary as self
J defence, and therefore must Do wanion and wick
ed; we would look on one other peril, which sp
pears 10 us ii more remotely, 10 threaten her in
ternal peace. Her growth must be in wealth
and wealth, even under the most leveling insiitu
tons, will accumulate 10 masses There will b,
individuals. there viii be classes high above IN,
! rest in opulence, in luxury. This will be, o
course, more manifest in the great cities, which
as they grow Ia size will become more uumanaSe
able; and notwithstanding the constant vent in In,
oackwoods for turbulent and violent spirits, viii
leave a still larger class of those who feel tha
they have a right be m rich as others ana ar,
not. There must be an aIistocracy and thai xris
tocracy an object of hatred and jealousy 10 some
by whatever title u may be held up 10 seorn o
luminosity; ga white-sloved sristocracy," Sc.
0c.;--snen class there must be, where capital
commercial industry, enterprise, even fortune
are LEFT TO their free course. IL is 10 De seer
whether there pnbllc, or republics, will havs
strength, courage and determination 10 defend pro
perry, as the basis Of human freedom and happi
ness. TT
Thus far that spirit has not been wsn,in,-,h.
sovereign people, on more occasions than we ar,
aware OF here, has not scrup ed 10 use the olf