New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-01

bec M 10 their neck but skfuy as no: TO lame them
r make them unable work. BY this severe treatncn.
Of his slaves and good management of his plantation he
made the labor Of each hand worth 600 or 500 year to
him. and soon became rich man.
was told in other quarters of seventies similar to this
Tu. ~ general thing the Shareholders in the region
visited were too lazy to drive very hard, and yet the
slaves seemed TO ne work more constantly taan Iree Ia
tors d. The treatment Of the slaves IS gneFay IN The
following way as far could IT, About the break
Of dav they are called up to their work AMI sent imme
aeIy to the field in hoeing time for instance WIN no
hoes. These hoes are great heavy things; VHe u '
would weigh nearly as much as two or three oi tiose
by laborers in the North. They woik with these greai
tlncs. men, women and half-grown boys ami gF' un'u
DIRK without ony time for rest When | observed that
they oocd their horses from the pow for two or 'hre
hours during the wsrmcs part Of the day. asked whether
if oud not be well to let the slaves also rest They told
me that the work of the horses harder for them than
the work of the slaves was for them and besides that the
slaves would take easier when they felt tired but the
horses were driven and could not
For breakfast tho slaves 90, bacon corn bread aud some
kind of milk the same, with the addition OF some vese
tables for dinner and bread and milk for supper Atter
supper when they become sleepy they lie down on the
floor of their cabins and of them sleep all night
in the field If they feel tired lazy to come home
They told me that il woman has child they someone's
give her bed but beds for the common hands are things
not though; Of The slaves the plantations were not SO
so well dressed nor clean those in Norfolk and hch
mend 1t seemed to that the plantation slaves never
GOT change of linen next their skins and that their clothes
were of the coarsest and most common kind The slave
holders have reduced them the state Of bruios in all
things as nearly es possible without mpairing their use-
lns rs laborors or as articles Of sale. This the
mon stoe Of the slave in the district of Virginia which
visited.
We're man 10 reduce me such condition, there Is
nothing worse which he could 90 to without taking
away my Isc Yet the who do such things are re-
oeved into tie churches members and even as instruct
ors and osers in the churches is true that in all the
other relations of life the Shareholders may be and the
most of them a GOOD men, But the Thugs of India
also coed husbands kind fathers, obgng neighoors and
agreeable empanions The Thug at once kills his VIC
tim ard takes what he has. The STAKEHOLDER keeps his
alive that he may through his whole liie not only take
vha. he makes bv his labor but also his children What
despot of Europe does many cruel and unjust things to
his subjects as the kndos STAKEHOLDER does to his slave
And we talk about liberty
Wien in Richmond fell in with free mulaii9. IhIs
man told ne that there great many hard masters IN
Richmond and that many of them starved their savos aud
logged Nh, m without mercy. While he was talking 10 me
an old slave came up to buy some bread Now, says
he there is what have Been telling you sf That Old
man has beped by his labor bring up three genera
tons of whin people but now being nearly so and una
BE to do much they have turned him out to ock about
for himself" / asked him what he meant by knocking
about for himself. He looks about was tie reply
for little Jobs and gets now ard then few cents to buy
br,oJ and man who lives his owner tai'es ply
on the moor old man and lets hun sleep Oh his hayott
But said l. are there laws which bind the SLAYER ooer
20 provide for his old and inrm slaves know not
said he whether there such Laws or no But tcre
were they would enforce Themselves ana wlo wCrit
take the part of that poor old man against popular ana
wealthy family They turn them out all over con
tnues he to die Ike old horses when they can WORK
d" thom no longer.
wien wcs waiting at the depot for me cars on my re-
tu-n home STAKEHOLDER and sat down beside my
fjcr md me and said to him: Have you heard about
- that old man who has been shot p Ny friend said he
had "I feel" the other STAKEHOLDER went on to say
very sorry about IT, for old Peter who has been sho'
- o my vife's slave and knew the most OF any negro
man ever knew saw my friend ana not WISH me
70 hear anythng about it, but began 10 question
the STAKEHOLDER about the murder In answer 10 great
npmber of questions he told that old Peter was nearly
seventy wears od that he had been his slave great part
# his working life: that he had become old and little un-
ll;r to work and since he had been brought to him by
b wife had been so long with him and knew so much nc
,adc up bs mind to sell him, and thus avoid any diicuy
with him that he had allowed him TO choose his own mas
fer thing for which he glad since Things had taken
su,h turn; that his master, VINO gave MN s'o ior
him. was too severe the old man. causing hun, ahouSh
20 wears old TO look work for himself and bring nm nome
"a week and oeging him too severely he did not BRING
50 much a. on receiving very severe fogging the OLD
man fed to the woods that knowing the circumstances ono
of the peiehborng planters had been even so induh' ~
him as not 10 shoot him down when not COMING 10 ni
nj hp out OF the WOODS now
md then TO seek for something to cat and that one day
Dotor r L. told his son to put little powder into his
oun and fash il at the old to ghen him away from
the that the son did fash at the old man. but their
beno something heavier in the gun than powder the OLD
man was shot mor.ay and found dead two or three days
a.orward in such an awful state OF decomposition mat II
could scarcely be determined whether 1t was OLD reter or
ro,. This was his end at last, he added, " out my
conscience is clear-I thank God for It, asked nun
whether they would punish the Doctor and his son.
M said he the Coroner could scarcely determine
whether tie body was old Peters not and the Doctor
feels very sorry that his should have done sueh
thing
When in the cars on my way TO Richmond SAT on inc
seat next behind this same STAKEHOLDER ana thhkS over
IN own mind what he had said about the indulgence Of
M ,sn,e in NOT shooting down the old at once, when
ho did not come to him at his CALI asked him whether
tho laws Of the State allowed white to shoot rum
AWAY slave if the slave dill not come to him when nc
called him The stakeholder thought Little about Inc
oues,ion and then turned on the seat before HIN,
and having conyersed about something with him minute
or two he turned again TO me, anu sad that Inc laws o
VIRGINIA did not allow any such thing Why saidl Be
cause" said he the principles OF the good book would
" No, allow of such thing But, said would white
man DO it. and would the laws punish him There are
very f,w nseed" said he, who would not shoot the