New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-21

aLawson" said Chapn, you must 20 tins Ne Woo''
Tell your Ford 70 here oncethai b. ma
not DELAY a in gle moment Tell MIN ih-y t-y1s .
MURDER Plat. No~ hurry. boy. Be al the Pine WOOD
by noon II sou XII th- mule -
Ihsp'n stepped into a house ard wrote plss. When
he returned Lawson ~ the door Dounted he mule
Receiving the pass b pee the Whip rght snSry % me
beast; dschsd cot II The yard and turning tn bV'1
on hare glop in les tine Ian hL taken to ds'
cribe The .cene, out of sight
Our Northern negro proved sn ine1pert hand in he
cotten6eId the consequences Of which we're far from
agreeable:
At th. tins had no experience whatever IN cotton
piehnx l. was awkward business indeed. Vale otl'
u,ed both hands so@ehng the Jrten and dePo ting
in The moufi Of tn With precision and deEtef
fhst uconpr h-nsibe 20 ne b>f to seize tn- hol
with band and deliberately draw out the white guihaS
blossom With the other.
Dep sting the cotton in the sack diff
Gully that demrded tie Of both hAn1s and eyes
VAS omp-lleo 10 PICK il from the ground shee Il ~'u'd
fall nearly a. often as from the stalk where I'd grown
made havoc sss with the branches ppf-d Win M ye
unbToken bols the long cumb@rso sack Swinging ieo
eide 10 side in a net allowable 10 cotton nsll
After labCTOus day arrived AZ tbs ginh as7 ~',h
ny lOsd. When the scale determined II vega n % GAY
ninety five I0ubds not hsf the qiauty required "i IN
poors' picker Epps threatened the severesi roZkng bd
il consideration OF my being "fs~ hand cpnci.lel "
pardon me on III occsso1 he ioAo FinS oiy 81 ~,
DAYS succeeding returned Vt night With no o-i,si 81
ses-I EVIDENTLY 10, designed Tor that kna :" 40 "
had not the gif-ih. dsIrerous finger. and quick II
on. Of P.f.by who could hy along side OF 70" "i
cotton stripping 81 Us unGenied and re-cy Fh-nsss
niraculou.ls fat Practice sid sm2Pms were aao ul'
vsirg Epps sAt.hsd Of y az last wore sAs d'
srscs-thst not Et TO Ss-ocs'e with ce't'npcs
rg Niger that coald not pick enough in day 70
psy r ibe trouble Of Weighing H. 4na thai should % mo
The cotton field no more as 40 emPiSysi "a al'noz
ana hauling wood drawing cotton from the Id % e gn
house, and Performed whzieyer other service ga 70
ouir,d sufice 10 say, never permitted 10 be Idle
IL rarely mat Gay passed by ~rhui "n- or more
wkitpDgs This occurred al the tins the cotton as
ves he'd Tie delinquent, whose weight h.1 fs'sn snort
wss taken str made o lie UPON the ground lac.
dovuwsro. wien ~ received punishment prop'Tion-d
10 his ofense IL the literal uuvArnsh-d trnth that M
oraok Of the Lash and the bnkng OF the 81 yes csl o.
head from dark TIL bedtime gu EPp-s pisDt'toh any d."
almost curr the ee period OF the cotton packing season
The ruu Der g., labes gradusted according T. M m
iure Of the Twenty five Ar deemed mere ofa'h
Inflicted for instance when d,y Leaf or pee Oh o'A Is
found in tie cotton when branch - broken Ia th-
ned fy the ordinary penalty folio wig All dehnllen
ci.s If he higher grade one hundr-d - cal-i g"
yfre Il IS the punishment; in cited r the serious oftu'7
Of standing ole the field from one hundred and ny .
tao buncred is bestowed upon him who quIre F,h h-
cxbin mates snd five huoorec, well laid on b''ida tne
eIg Of the dogs, perhaps, II certain % c'7Su n7
poor VI piried runa ssy weeks II pain and agony
A more cheerful scene is presented the plantation
OF Christmas
only repte from constant labor The slave has through
the whole year, Is during the Christmas holidays hPp'
allow US hreOtheIs allow f1ur, tive aud SIX days a.
curdIg the Of their generosity - the ouiy
time 10 which they look forward With any Inereei or -
ure Thew arc Glad when night comes not only becau'e
it brings them few hours rep'se, but because bnnE
them one day Christmas. ltis hailed win ellN
delight by fhe old ana the y"unkf sven NhcS AplAh
CO see coy Andrew Jackson aud Psissy forget, her
many sorrows amid The general hiisy VI ths hoid'y'
IA The tine of feA.trg and fockDs. and hidins -tae
carnival with the children Of pond gs lh7y are
the nbly DAYS when they 0 Red little restricted 10
city. and heartily inoeec do they enjoy II.
1t IL The custom for pap-r to give Chd-t n''
supper" ling tn slaves from uelghbOrDg piAniA"ns
h. uin his he .-nn for instance, one year u
il gwen b. Epps the next by Marshall the neIi ny az
rims, ~ "a On Usually from three - i've ilndfrd a."
asst beo coming together foot 10 carts on
on mute iciBg cuune and triple, sometimes boy An
e at others girl ard two boys, and 4. th-rs sgtn
toy, girl ard old woman Uncle Abram a'inde =
mule with Aunt Phsbs aud P.tey behind him tro,nS 10
VSrd ,hrstuss supper would be no uncommon shi on
Bayou FUuL
selves in the best attire The colt coat been washed
csu tie sump of tslow candle has been apPl'-1 ~ M
shoes, spo If 90 '0reu~c as T. posssst r1I-'' Or
crostless hat j. placed tuntiy on The BE- al ltey are
welcomed with equal c,r, iaii,, hoSuver u hey con
bare beaded sId bare iJuted {" the i-st n genera
fling n. women wear hlndktrch is he'd about th-'r
teaGs bot il chance hAs thr'sn thrir ry hery r-l
ribbon of bonnet of her mistress grand n"-F
sur. IN h. urru on ~ ia ncssson- Rsd-ths de
blood reds d-cd~dy the nv"rts color tin"nk th7 en-
shaved damsels OF t'nce. Il red ribbon doe
lot oLc Gle the neck "a Will D- certain q IA A. IN
bar of their woody heeds ted up WIN red stg' 81 ole
The table spread IN the open aud oaied with
rietts Of ne.t and piles OF yrset.oes Bacon Hnd corn
meat d; such iim,s disp ised win Sometimes M
cooking j, performed th- kitchen on tho plant ii1n
oilers the shsde OF vide bran hing ress IN me Ir-
case o'oh oug in The grou-d AID wood lNd m 40
4 . t-
oickeus ou'ks, tnrkeys pigs and NOT unr-iu-"ty me
entire bodi az Vli Tosted. II,y ar1 tdr1ish d
s,o with -four of which bis uii. ,d-, and "it-u m
peach other preserves wh tars aud every m'unir
and o. ,cpiion Of pies, except the mince ihr hs'og "a
sIicle # rs.tTy yet uuknO~n among them Gay ih-
slave VITO has lived all tie yeirs on hs scHny aIpS ~ "
# meal ard bacon can appreciate such supper "nt1
pfope IN sreat numbers assemble 20 witness TOE CASTRO
noulcsl erjoymeLis
ore side Re frnsle, On the o'her. The W osiFe@n
NJ H. there may have been Ichtug- u - d-rIes,
invariably manage 10 sit opp sits tor the 0map s-nt
Cupo d-0as T. hufl his arroFs into tue -inp- h-t'
4, sl.Vts tuao, ID and rxlltug baJpne-s -h' ~ tn
dark faces of them al The ivory teeth cont Al X O.
their dark omyls exhibit tSO long white So 'ks -
yloe extent II the tase An round tn- ooluifa b,ard
amulitu,- If ~ roll IN stacy Gsylnz ana isu2h'f
and ne cla1 ing Of cutlery and or csrry succeed Cot
fees elbow lunches his ueghD'r s1- ihp--l ~ ~ III
voluntary impulse ct delight. Nelly shakes her h1Ser
Snhn VI ugts sh- knows not way, snd 50 tho iIn A
utuiu,nt hoss on
Wien the visnd- have di-appssr@d, and the hungry
nav. # III. children II Toll -st a. i-u, NIX in me
orc,r Of anu.en, NJ i tn Christmas dances Jy oasl-,
an DAYS alwaSs w. go play the volu. The
African race IS a music LOVING one, prOV-rhiAuy' aIi
nry there were aong my fellow bonisnen ThO, organ
Of tn were tirkh gly developed aud who csud 'hdn1
the bai 10 18th de1t-ry bat # the expense Of
teotstics musi nevertheless declare th~ Way con
sidfred the Ole Bull Of Brut
But We have DO space for further extracts Nor Is IL
necessary as the volume cannot fail 10 gain vide
caton 1t will be read extensively both at the North
and the South We DO not imagine thar much ialf
will be found With the manner 10 which life on the
psptatiou is described At the same time, no one eau
contemplate the scenes which here 50 nsura! set
forth without new conviction Of the hideoasuess o.
the institution from which the subject Of the narrau'e