The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-10-14
A NEGEO'S ACCOUNT.

now staying with his master, ililiery Eos
: Ter, Esq, at u fashionable watering place
in New York. We are assured tina, Il
emhodes substantially the reflections and
opinions OF the servant. although the lam
guage, Of course. is not exactly his.
EipRipcr liousE.
Sharon Springs, \. J., Aug. q.
Dear fHig ! wrilc to inform YOU that
! am on the point Of starting home, and
expect to sail per Black Warrior from
New York city for Mobile on the oh last
Masters health has so FAX Improved as
70 enable him to get along without me. and
although he regrets to give me up, thinks
it-best for me to return and attend to mal-
tiers in Mobile The furniture. the house
and lot, and the other servants, all, in nlss
ier's and uistresss Judgment, need my At,
ieniion. ! am glad that am soon to see
you and tho family, and to get back once
more 10 Mobile. haze seen gfea. deal
since left home, and viii have much of
interest 10 tell you. am sick of this
country and want to get home not that |
have been mis,rea,pd, but because OF the
sickenng scenes Of poverty ! 90 often
nee. with IN this boosted land OF =" Free.
dom and Plenty" We spen, lew days
in the city Of .ow York before we came
to Sharon. IN any stroll OF three days
through that city, | saw more evidences OF
deslitulioa-- ragged. half clad. mis-
cradle, beggared looking people, than |
ever saw ia Virginia and Alabama. | me,
beegars and ioafe;s at every corner, and,
strange as You may regard it, it is u TACT,
that "a cont Is as gladly received bv these
poor creatures as a dollar would be by any
servant IN the city OF Mobile. often ask
these poor creatures "why they don't 20
to work. Their an8wer invariably is, that
" they can &c, nothing to do, aud have no
lfleuds to help them to get into business.
lhos" who are more fortunate, ard sues
coed Ia procuring employment, are paid
from nothing mp to eight dollars per month
tile loraer relying upon the llbefalhs Of
guests Tor the means of support. The
chanbernA!ds at the hotel a. which we are
now lodged, get 5 per month. atd rerret
itnt The saortuess OF the season (which is
about three monthsl will soon again throw
them upoa the world without a hope o.
sgan being SO prohtably employed until
the return OF another summer. God only
knows how they work through tue winters,
winch aH. informed are tice times as cold
as oars. The porter at this hotel "a white
wan with wife and two childrenl and
myself have become quite intimate. lie u
most extraordinary uiaN Of his class--ia
certainly the best porter | ever saw. It
TABOR be performs every day aud night.
reckon there are an average OF 200 guests
At the hotel. The, are coming and gong
almost hourly, aud each CUES, has one OF
more trunks, weighing, suppose, from 30
To $50 los. THIS man receives and dis
hnrses them all, often claiming story after
story, under these heavy burthens. " hen
no, Otherwise employed during the day, he
.rims amps -i'seli no tHtle ia An estah>
tshmeui Like this Bat this Is not ALL At
the approach OF rests appropriate hour,
When sou and !, aud all southern servants
are slulnbe,iug at our ease, this poor man s
lonely and moss tedious task commences.
II is eleven o'clock all have retired dooys
have to he closed. lights ,yiiugu.shed, and,
worse than an, c,t load of boots are 10
be gathered, numbered, ana black.d. Thus
tltls fortunate northern freeman 4 say for.
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required OF me. and the Privileges ENJOY
They looked ss,onishea when announced
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