New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-30
THE WAGEs or sLAvE xaBop ~

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rtr aoe Th.5 wiz ryc out 300 to $40 r, or,l.-r.,
''o 40 .oats Of 'ceG II 100 t1s,el. ci ICED +. ,,, \
'''' a- manure. L vii increase the c-op 7b.u. z,o
'' 'o'.n in TIC stci; aul this i, f.ir re,,s-, of
'nc "'G'ge value q seed, l. is Ct very little r.,
l'd io' eotk and 20 succe.n p,aas have been sdoeI
ioF extracting tac oil quert Of seed 70 each hin Of
corn oP ioor lard viii increase he crop oae.iou-h.
Ncr' 2l-We5m suJny day-fcuily sit with oocn door.
ard Windows. Negroes sowing oats Thee will h.
Flin"d through Ito winter snd peu crJp in fore part
OF June. Two women precedo each pow. beating 3)go
co''onstalks with clubs they can be powei under
II'se sttks are Ike dry buahes young peacb-trees
four or five ioot high Nany planters puu them up and
bum them.
Fruits dr here "a follow e1y York rareripe pesche.
June 20 70 25 early hsryes, apples June 3O carly Ii lt
son peach June 30; snow peach, July q fgs July l;
Strawberries, April 10 to june quinces bloom March
II.
Nor pa real southern collection at Edwards ID .pot
to witness the performance Of travelling circus Numor
Gus ismily cansges like city ones each with black
driver On he box md body eryents m ale and
female, the ooboord behind aud frequaatly couple
more On rnu to welt or the four inside passengers The
carriage is often fanked By squad of young gentlemen
on horsebock Arriving at the spot the horses are taken
oil er3 tied TO swinging limb of some forest.trce and
servant dispatched to the spring for some water while
and corn bead or lardmxed biscuit prepared Then
each cariiage becomes center Of attraction and tAus
hopsand people take their midday meal II is well tia,
they are 30 content for there is public house aud If
there was like ninetonths Of all the country tsyerns in
neerooom could get nothing there bat bread and meat
Of The same sOrt
The negroes outnumber the whites, and outye them in
satstcon not only by the sports the ring but great
deal more and better on tie outside among themselves.
And ths is the reward Of deal of extra toll they have
been nced to by TIE promise OF visit to tbs circus
Among the outsiders, all around anon the trees are nc.
gro victuaers with tables perhaps b ard and two
sums supporei by atake' loadel with bread cakes
pics cold ham, chickens, eggs and sometimes Little root
beer. No whisky allowed, for the trade h mostly with
the s:yes; anu however much tn ir masters may get
drunk they only do by stealth which is no hard
matter rs close b. there is very accommodating store
keeper who takes care sayS all the dimes of the poor
negroes Why should hey no; drink Ali the whites ex-
copt few Sons Of Temperance, set them the example
Their wages for following in the usrous footsteps of
their master, and indulging in little fashionable drunk
enness will be the raw-hidc well laid OF upon striped
back.
Among the negro victualcrs is Old 10. Mon tgomery,
who has served tie master TIL he has raised three
gonerGons Of children. lie is independent of master to-
day as ho is upon all similar days when thrift will turn
penny. ub wages Nit nc tlu Hiuhts Iils
wages for the time spent Of his service, dollar
day. Slaves often hire their time and work on their
account being obliged 20 feed and coihe themselves.
Their wages are just what they make the amour;
paid the master.
Nog. 2aNumorous garden in full bloom. Stopped
with planter by the of Gbson who works twelve
feld-hends and averages seventy-ivc bales OF cotton
year, end makes all the corn and meat required and some
to sell. Negroes look though hcy worked hard and
Jared hard They are not well clothed and live in very
poor log hus but in that respect their master fares the
samehe has not single gbi Of glass ID bis house. This
is log bin with about twenty feet square, and
a lear to on side, divided into bedroom and dining
room; tho windows are provided with wooden shutters
one OF which on the eewar side gen rally be opened
for light; but II lot tha, weiul element in household
economy has 10 nl is wey through numerous cracks or
down the cai-in clay chimney The swner of this panta
ton is man of wealth end intelligence, and his wife
lady of refinement who rides N handsome carr when
She goes abroad from this neegan mansion, where She IS
wont at tiines 10 dispense her hoptacs TO " house
full of cuestsscveral other log cabins in the yard
serving as odging-rcoms The kitchen, matter OF
csmse, is in separate building from the dwelling and
sometimes two or three hundred feet distant.
Nor 30-Pessed sovera families Migrating to Texas,
one Of which with large gang OF negroes, came from
Virginia seven years ago, settled upon trae. OF hill
land in he upper part of Mississippi whore the soil is
LIGHT cut down or killed the forest and actually wore
ont end dcsroyed all the bos portions OF the land with
seven crops and then went off TO destroy more some
where else And this is not individual case, for ten
thousand Others have done us' so before TIL all the cpun
trv south of the Potomac is dotted over and oiemshed
w countless numbers of these old worn out plantations
isn-~cuar feature OF peculiar institution u more
a.. more revolving in the western counties oi MIS-
IAN any where else, because owing to the extreme
s-.i,f f1a asffl n
i was stod on ts way the gulf quicker and with
root.r randty than any other after The srrival Of the
7' - - ,, -, hnFu. up
the cane without care for saving the son Tor iuure
.o Iii common thing oil through this section to see
M co,p and cotton stalks OF the lust crop standing upon
rons will aues between all the So deep os to rem
49, ou f,,rrc cultivation almost impossible and rare!
= ~ undertaken. These grlled folis are nnumeraole
nd f,concpy the bitches arc down twenty, thirty OF
s foot deem and eventually The whole pontaon ruined
and abandoned.
,,,t Of the wares tho world pays Tor cotton Is INC
-, Of millions of fertile acres. and part OF the wages
., Tho saves who have been compelled TO WORK this o'
.,,,cton will be The snshemas OF future generations
rror .. tbe id niggers who wore on 'his oo""u! ;!
tn. Hes the cultivation OF cotton in this couh''!
horn n curse or blessing Most OF tie negroes u
-. ,au,nv some TWO hundred in number, iookea
a. though their owner pnrsued me SAN 0'"'' -
them that he did with his land one oi "'V h,n
stuck il the mud and broken IHO,V o,o,
=. henlastered with the soit plesdc, ye'lo" NOR
~ daicult 20 tell where the dividing hne
w,, ' bet between The mud and he man The white family
- .arod around fre IN The woods she"e'eN
% ~eIo s rsly rain by umbrellas held by 'c ants the
'iVu' .,ooa and took it-hey used to -tha' was
5icsted @ by their vreched for0Fn condition e,t@ny
,d end perhaps half starved. HspPi! such mas
:, rs are not often met with ,-h;o,, =.
Passed small stream called ceo'es ',eYS' a..as