Southern shield., 1852-05-22

I he called a model plantation, IS copied from ,be N. o. Courier, and we are only sorry that the perfect system and management described below, should not be more com monlv practiced in this highly favored land of ours. There's good time coming,' however, and the next generation cannot fail, with the lights before them, of making some progress in the great science of agri- culture.
 ASouTHERN FARm--- -Black River against hs JVold!-The Castahula Advocate has the following item:
 To THE EDITORS OF THE ADVOCATE The Troy plantation (W. II. Huntngdon's) has made this year, under the management of B. Hamilton, who worked only 36 hands. inc large crop of 35O bales of cotton, already gathered, and l50 vet in the field, 10 pick, and about 6,000 bushels of corn. This tells for our Black and Little River hands, when well managed. C. D.
 People must not infer from the above that these 36 hands were either worked twelve and fourteen hours out of the twenty-four, like eastern operatives, or that they were confined 10 the cultivation of cotton and
 
 From our knowledge of Col. Huntingdon we will present a short sketch of his plan tation operations, and leave it to our friends of the 'Advocate' to say whether it be ac- curate or not. His negroes are well hous- ed and we'll fed. They receive three full suits of wel-made and substantial clothing year, including hat, blanket, and often two pair of shoes. At night they have roustng log fires and sleep on comfortable nattrasses and bedsteads.
 They receive 3 or lbs of mess pork or bacon per week, and a peck or more finely ground meal; besides, in their season, peas, potatoes, turnips, and greens in profusion. They get molasses very often and milk al- most every day; frequently flour, coffee and sugar, and the sick, the aged and the young, areinvariably doctored, nursed and fed like members of the family. They go to work at daylight, stop an hour for breakfast, one hour in winter, and three in sun,Ger for dinner, and leave the fields 2t dark. They have nothing to do afterwards but eat their suPpers and go tc sleep-no night work 10 care for t..e morrow.
 Halt Of every Saturday is allowed them 10 wash their clothes; for all are required to appear clean and tidy every Sunday morn ing. A piece of land from half an acre to two acres is allowed to each grown hand to grow corn and roots on private account; and they raise poultry dd A6itum. These are either bought by the master at market prices or sold by his permission to the new settlers, or in the villages; and some of these ne- if. +b, season.
 The Sabbath is sacredv observed as a day of rest; and divine services are either performed on the premises by colored preacher, or the slaves are allowed to at tend the neighboring churches.
 They have all the holydays-at Christ mas week, including New Years day !; and then, and once or twice besides during the year, "bg dinner" or festival is given to all hands on the plantation. Visit their cabins on Sunday and you will find every thing neat and clean-their tables set out, covered with white cloth, and very often surrounded with visitors from the ad- iacent plantations, enjoying their coffee, bacon and eggs, fried chicken and batter cakes.
 Col. Huntingdon's negroes never run away, and corporeal punishments are rare ly inflicted All the abolitionists in the world could not persuade them to quit their old master or his family. He cutivates the domestic relations among them-encour- ages them to marry-and when they die, buries them with funeral ceremonies, he and his whole family following them to the grave.
 The plantation is in apple pie order.- There are shelters for the stock; good fences; good fruit; plenty of vegetables; an abun- dant dairy; table spread with deicacies, dispensed with beautiful and graceful hos pitality; and flowers and shrubberies throw ing their fragrance over all.
 Besides this, the Colonel has his hunter and his fisherman, his carpenter and black smith; and if you ask his worthy overseer, he will tell you that four or five of these thirtv-six negroes were often taken from the field, by the Colonel very much to his annoyance, for some fancy operation, boat building job, or something of that sort; for the Colonel is a man of science, believes somewhat in book farming, and always makes the heaviest crops when he leaves things generally to his overseer, especially if he be such q one as he has now got.
 But enough of this. Our object is mere ly to show how happy our slaves are here how prolific our soil is--how rich the returns that await industry and skill, super intended by benevoience and kindness.
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