Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-09-03
Prom the ~ Y. Tribune.
VIEWS OF THE SOUTH.
ny ". AMPnERE.

The last number Of the Rcrue deS Dcur NoRdca
which has come to hand has a continuation of NJ
AMPHERE's sketches of travel in this country, from
which VIC translate for THE TriGiHc, few passages
relating to some Of the principal Southern cities:
| have hardly ever been moro impressed with
Tie power of man, exhibited IN mechanical inycn.
,ions applied to industry than in the machines for
hulling rice which have just visited. Enormous
beams are driven by steam, which descend ON the
kernels Of rice with iust force enough to take of
their light envelope, without crushing them. Such
precision given to the action of those masses, OF
the force which moves them up and down alter
natcy is almost miraculous. Tho intelligence Of
man appears to less advantage in the powerful
impulse which it gives to matter than in the meas
urc and dclicacy Of the action which it enfOrces.
| was present not long ago at II hideous scene.-
forgot all the arguments against the immediate
overthrow Of slavery | have Just seen family
of blacks sold at auction ut noon-day, in the pub
lie square at Charleston. They were placed on u
cart as if for punishment; red flag was hoisted
at their sidc-iit emblem Of crime and of Slavery.
The negroes and ncgresses had the same indiffor-
cnt air as the people who were looking Mt them
The auctonecr, who, was told, was well received
in society," praised in bantcrng way the qualities
of negro, "ycry intelligent, and first-rate gar
dener" Tho purchasers went up to the men, wo-
men and children, opened their mouths, and exam
ined their teeth-bddng then took place, and the
bargains were struck off. Twenty steps of, pre-
cscly in the same manner, they were selling an
ass A horse was also put up. The price of the
man was 500; the horse cost 50 more. y
The day commenced with these horrible impress
sions-was finished on n slave plantation. This
was the aftor-pieco following the tragedy. The
owner of the plantation is German, certainly the
least cruel and the least tyrannical of men; he
seemed to me literally oppressed by his blacks
M#$#& who is human, is unwilling to beat his
slaves. The slaves, by no means grateful, labor
with great carclcssncss and incidence. When he
entered n cabin where the negroes were employed
in cleaning cotton, he merely showed them how
badly their work was done, and explained to us
how much damage was caused to him by their la
zincss The result of these observations was wry
faces and little grumbling. RcmOnstrances adj
dressed By ain Old bachelor 10 his house-kecper,
were never worse received. M**%* said to us,
"you sec how tyrannize over them" was sin
ccrcly moved by the humanity of this man, but I
could not help replying to him, that what he com
planned Of was still an argument against slavery.
lie could have compelled hired laborors to do their
work we'll by threatening to discharge them; but
with slaves there is no alternative but to use the
lash or suffer from their idlcness.
NEW ORLEANS.
1t is difficult to be more disappointed than | was
in seeing New Orleans in the snow and mist; but
in about two hours was Walking under bright
sun in the streets of the City. Now Orleans has
the uniform character which is presented by all the
Cities Of the Union, both at the North and South,
without distncton-that which in an artistic point
of view might be called the absence of character.
hand-bl which met with shows me that | am
in Louisiana, and not in Ncw-England. This hand
bill, in large capitals announces u sale of lands
and siaucs, us if they were two things Of the same
nature. One Of the slaves TO be sOh is represented
as an idiot-to scll an idiot!
1t was not till | arrived Mt the Levoo that OBJ
tanned perception Of the commercial life of New
Orleans, i am astonishod Mt the spectacle which
is presented to me, even after having seen New
York. A vast space extends between the city and
the river; this is covered with casks and balls of
cotton, and crossed in all directions by draws
Their dnys are drawn by mules, and driven by
blacks, giving TO me new aspect of the activity Of
commerce in great American City