New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-30

bsck fhrous rcos bearing uut. thc s-e Of yiie feli
tcs', nd 70 sic'- 81 by T-hry hui fros,. The
1o's sie nci hiel b. .ay .e e'le. aor. Of incne'-
arlu 6gd bel TrOra.-t.i .ie fa.-f -.r. 11 a. they
I're'la'e d.e, l'-, tala.ie iPrs, cotton ''7s. the
s,'r'h caraot le ,'.. F.' u oriin--y ea,'.7s:o1
Nr. IN Oh he. tbour 30 .lsvc- 75 of which fdi
iand. The p.o1tft. T. tor:aine i.-9 ,cre.. ssi gls
b'Deh, for <ll 600 IN Lac. The tlaia-s -. rather
FooT the soil Is o4yoy loan. toeraby I-ye the uAturll
oath osk hesoh. pre shd sone oher wooi Thelsni
has been good dcl b ccainacd cava = ~ cs;-
to- The rutous Of tho negroes each Geld hanI
o. woman, q lbs. Of bacon and md half pocks Of
corn mosl rer week 70 othsr haads and 70 each boy
erd er cut of TIE nursery tao and hall To-. Of bacon
erd 'nf pccl Of meal per week. To the above s aiol
potetces ear -en egotahcs MIX moasss sad fruits q;
ysrious tIo,s.
1b' cct.ng furn shtd j. 20 each man AMI boy Eooan
cot par woOen pants, pair wcolen socks, wo,en
th r. vol bat, pair Of hoes 10 be delivered the
18th Of November each year. ard woolen blanket every
chcr year. Or he frat Of each June, cotton shirt plr
coiion pauis straw lat pair Of hoes.
To eech woman aud gid, woolen fr)ck cotton sAin
pair ezines pair sboes cotton head anlkerchief
sumner su of iock and shit and to such work in
the fed sooer cape, sa blanket every second year.
or If tie hss thsu child two bisnkots.
CLildrcL Bcer 10 yetrs winter and summer suit.
Tie extra drcsrcs, some Of which are fno ani gay,
which Wo often sco upon the negroes the
PRODUCTS Of, oyar-gork, crops ra.ed for their
own benefit which is allowed by all good masters, by
the sale Of eggs and poultry which nearly all flles
keep generally for the supply Of the family in the big
house, for which they ply literally The negroes
upon tbs plantation carefully -truced in rel gi'u'
docrues though not taue read hat is contrary to
law On Sunday afternoon they were all called into tie
"big room Of the mansion and catechssd aud eetarel
nv sla and
On this plantation the marriage relation Il enforced AMI
respected and the negroes all live in families in comorta
be cabins Their wage are their food and clothing care
ana sindEes in sickness and the re apparently happy
st people strongly in contrast with those the
road oneraiing 10 Texas.
Fro Wood lie TO Bayou Sarah Tie Mississippi, 20
mles, thcre rail, upon which 'hcre train day.
which usually makes the trip in g. hour, rather slow bI
better than hauling cotton through the mud Ii those who
1efoIm the labor Of growing cotton owned the SOIL or
ceved more wsgos for their services there would be more
railroads in co,iondCm. Between Woocvie and Dayo1
Sarah some Of the old cotton lands have been
planted with cane, end very produci in sugar
One Of the first and most successful epemeutcs in this
lew branch was Dr. Wilcox, on place eight miller from
the river lie made ico hcsebseds whore h had usually
made $50 10 10 baos Of cotton
Mr.. Foii, eno,hcr planter him, made two hogs
heads of sugar The upon land lint on gave hall
bae Of cotton.
Ruffn Barrow, in the neigborhood, makes 200
o. l5oO hogsheads OF sugar year He owns 400 slaves
kegs oyor.eer, makes his own and bacon, anil
tex The people that is their and h. expects hom to take
care o. il not let ohe- Olkss halfstaryel negroes
steal it, AMI that be kno they viii not for he orders
pourds of bacon week weighed out to each man an1
that is all they can eat, and more too
Mr.. William Carter, miles from Jackson, La,
4. - NJ 10
os first crop lGi hos eads of sugar and 20 gallons Of
no'asses The land had been cleared ard planted twelve
yeors In cotton ard corn. AnoIeT madS - hogs
heads from l2I acres.
The road oIa Wcodvllc which is Tho last town IN Ms
sissipp 10 Jackson Ia, rescmbed weworked mortar
led in a bncF.yail. - those who tho roads never
work them they in just such condition throughout cu
The slave States night vel be expected from pc pie
who have interest whether they are good Or
bad smart gang Of ten Yankee road-workers will do
more work in day Than hundred negroes. and - il
better
Dec ll.-Speut tie night with Gen. VI iusiin nine
niles ho Woodville ana one nile soIih Of the Louisiana
line whore he commenced in lsO3 aud in laJo sod his
crcpfor 32 cents pound His home plantation contained
OCO acres of cultivated land worked by sixty field hands
.-:ho average annual crop 300 bales Besides this he
owns two ohei pintaons-sll The wages OF somebody's
labor applied during fifty years under his direction, "a be
cnme from Antrim, ireland, with little but his hands
Betwccn here and JacA'on, passed scvera. plantations
from which the owners hal withdrawn all the hands 10
make srcar on the river lands leaving the fields 10 grow
ND with broon-scdge and old field pines and the1encos
and buildings to tumble into ruin giving the county
Irost dosolaie appearance end making thnk what
pity that % many should le andess in the worIi while
Others have 10 much more thon they can use.