Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25

desire and all this in addition TO what each man IA mar
m,eu 10 raise on his own account In the way Of pigs
poutry ana grain Aud 1t should be borne mind that
at least Of the raons are assigned 10
the youngest children The rules OF the plantation are
strict as they should be and whom obeyed there is no
trouble On the of religion the negroes a-e not
without its privileges for there are negro preachers In
abundance and they have regular Sabbath services The
people on an isolated plantation necessarily removed
from the "stated preaching Of cultivated and here
on these Southern plantations, have Thought was
most appropriate sphere for the Northern missionary
enterprise Let the people Of the North send to this
Ieson 'he Doie, With pious missionaries both of which
"ouiu DC always gladly welcomed and keep the fanatics
ana demasoguss at home, and much good might be done
Inc overseer OF plantation Of the great man
~ ano 50 accustomed to absolute rule that he is
very apt to conduct himself before strangers in an au
tnortatve manner; and in speaking Of every thing on
the iarn ne uses to the pronoun Of the
" first person singular" The house that he occupies
Is quile comiorapie ana IN the case before is sup
guns with which he amuses himself during the game
season
Let US now direct our steps to the planters residence
1t IS large, cottageshaped bnildng situated in the
centre OF handsome lawn besprnkled with fYair trees
and clusters of flowers fanked by comfortable
quarters and spacious stables and surrounded with the
tall columns OF the fne forest The spirit Of renune
hospitality reigns supreme and every thing thas rea
sonabe guest desire is his corsmand If refined
polteneas and conversation are expected thew
viii be eaoyed to perfection if the guest have weak
ness for the pleasures os the palate, here will he find
game In abundance, capsaly cooked wines Of the most
famous vnsages, and far above all, tie famous gumbo
which, like the chowder Of Yankee lard and the yea-
soup of Canada, is made Of score OF ingredients If
books ere his hobby, here is well selected library if
asic none can strike the Aeys of the piano with more
grace than the accomplished hostess; sporting is the
ORDER OF the day, he has buo mount horse call for
the darkey Nimrod and his dogs and go forth either to-
kill deer, Wild cat, WOLF. an opossuu a coon or
perhaps bear merely by way Of getting an appetite
for dinner if bcoded horses to his taste he will nd
the stables well supplied if craithoogy is his passion
here may he study the habits of the wild turkey (which
killed by the hundred of TIE partridge and Quail of
many varieties Of the duck tribe the vutrre and the
crow, Of the robin (which becomes intoxicated by feed
ing on the buds of the China tres of the tropical para
uette with its bright green plmage, Of the glorious
nooking bird and OF the whppocrwi whose song is SO
painye II the have fondnsss for creatures of the
reptile genus, the neghboring lakes will supply him with
Of huge agators and the swamps with ratte-
snakes the chicken the ribbon ande moccasin snakes
i studens of geology the limestone bluff of St. Stephens
VIII exhibit to him curious cave with its floor covered
with sea shells, while other localities will supply him
with perihed sharks teeth and deer-horns and whole
ertapins transformed into solid sones And he who NAV
have relish for curious incidents viii be told that upon
his very plantation did Dutch,aan many years ago.
e himself into slavery pay for his passage the
Atlantic; and Is Of the weathiest planters in
Alabama ana also that across peghboring wilderness
,ne hundred miles in width, did white woman who had
oeen deserted by her husband and pursued by In
iians, travel pony with companion but her
lead infant ard that person subsequently,
leader in fashionable life in Washington And now do
take my leave Of ST. Stephens and the 7ombgbee river
md that too with almost much reluctance as was ma
llfested by Mr. Wilson'S body servant fine boy, who
when pretended to be negotiating his purchase wept
Is il his heart would break