New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

The beam Of tbs lever end and 70 the k A4nde, bye
vide but 10 sde to land about foot. Il turns tbs
four inches upon the other eight, and thus goes
over the ground as fact as The YANKEES pog. The
holder Of The Cracker plow has little power over The
base Of the pillow IL sniy four inches square Hence,
when the ploy stops tucdepy at root or rock, the
ipretus OF the mule JERKS the forws end OF the beam
down, and 'Cuflee Is thrown up on the handles.
I, il n suohab eight 10 see large number Of boys
and girls plowicg II the rev felcs, where some of
them are beng cor s.antly tossed up in this manner.
TIE kayros Is seloom used except in so wing grain,
and not often then 1t u easily made aud more easily
described as i. is wholly constructed OF the Top Of
tree dragged over the grourd too foremos, haviag the
limbs upon the lower side cut of TO such length that
they serve AZ teeth in The barrow
Thr or-poke IL Straight stick of hard PINE square
bewp about four il chez thick six inches wide asd from
four 10 five feet loug-of equal size the whole length.
II Is rot ike the Yankee yoke, crooked down between
the oxen snd excavated on the necks-adased TO sat
easy and no, chaf-havpg sufficient strength with the
les 81 possible weght-anc so Me oxea
can apply their reks and shoulders IN the bes; manner
10 move the he aviest load with tho least brute force
and loss of muscular strength. psie OF oxen will
draw twice as heavy load IN the kihee yoke As III
those used in Georgia
One regularity in the Crackers mode Of travelling
10 market always nmuses the Yankee Instead OF sea-,
ing bmsef in his wagon, TO gsde The horse, the
Cracker rides bis horse, ard the wagon comes along
laughed heartily at seeing Cracker With two sore
footed httie rctro boys, all en- one jacksss, with
vac onoed of cabbage sttschsd, following after.
The most repulsye features of plantsioalGe are
depicted in the following extract;
/ srent few days near s large plantation in the
county whose gner bad five hundred slaves; AMI
had fte access 10 their butts. They were never 70
uuircd 10 labor hard, the master only desired to
make the plantation support itself. His ony profit
was the increase of the slaves, which amounted some
times TO twenty-five thousand dollars a year. But
though The slaves were not overtoSN ed, they were
proyidec with only peck of corn week. Ills over
seer was odee 10 procure coarse walled cloth enough
10 make each Of tn6m two garm hts year. Hats
snd shoes were provided in Winter for the wood
choppers and iepce.bu der-, but for M Others The
whole exper se for food ami clothing, reckoning the
price of the corn end cloth at the NAL et value could
not have exceeded zen dollars 10 each slave.
There was yery little labor done on 'ha Plantation.
One northern man would perform much a. five If
those slaves. And yot never saw more miserable,
degraded, departing family OF human beings Deots,
ard expenses of ell kinds were paid oy the sale
of slaves ard tie soud driver was an almos, weekly
visitor There was not unbroken tamlly smony
thcn-not even psreLts end childo living together,
excepting the mothers who were nursing tbeir iniabs
frequently cav those mothers take their niaus
and their cake at the sound OF Tho horn at Day
break and march in slow and solemn pccessl On 70 the
corn tolcp. Wien they reached the place where they
Lad left their Loes the evening before, o6g distance
from The huts-ns the feds hear by had been worn
ofs "-iIouehs cut in logs-aLd each one hoea long
row out and back in season 10 nonrsh tao infants AMI
eat he dinntr-cake at noon linen they hoed Two
more lows before returning 10 the cherries buts 10
lest their weary limbs at night. When they reached
the huts they took quart of each, ead putting
il iUto mortar-meGe by tlem.elves by burning
hole into the end Of pine los-tney pounde It mo
coarse meal with wooden or iron petite After ths
they put one-hird OF it toto tbe ke,le aud boiled l.
for supper and ten knoaded the remaioder into
cake aid put it into the embes to be BAKED for break
fast end diner the next day. They tkel laid down
on tie grouEd-es the Luts had no flOors-a slept,
some on few fhy old rags, others thin layer of
lice straw, uni tie horn ea he'd them az n to perform
iEsir daily rouId Of cheeass toll. Gee look at those
flayes-aud they hao kind master, if by kndness Is
only meant not 10 whip Overtaskwould have been
sufficient to convince any norherl man that happiness
is incOmp a,ibe with such 4 CONDITION.
When provisions very scarce, the slaves suffer
much rom hunger on some OF the large plantations
II have known taVes 10 suffer 30 much from hunger
said gentleman 10 ire residing in p ace cale |
Gave Run South Carolina " That they were accus-
toned unclsGn beasts and birdie fish insects an'
reptiles. have known them 10 eat alligaots, VS.,
oWls, &c. and other things that nobody would eat IT
SUI cent wholesome food cend be obtained to Keep
them from siervaionV
- The cogs" IL added fare hotter than the slves
with some uaseIs-because whipping will not pre-
vent the dog from stealing sh,e) or 10 lis when he 10
hungry"
wien was a small boy" said faithful slave
belonging 10 j. Il. OF Cave Run, g SO. cook.
iD2 aligators Tor masters bounds, aud Old slave
w,man frequently came to me 10 beg some OF the
! cooked alligator TO eG. She would say she was hun-
! sry-aDd could ! OF refuse her so,ne dogs meat.
L" II qnite large business, he 'on'inusd, " to
cock for thirty dsgs AID il had 20 be done in style
was often whipped foo letting the dogs dioner burn
for letiiig tho NJ steal their food between meas-l-
though | vGs not allowed 70 whip tbem-,r for not
having enough cooked ready forteom when they would
come home Unexpectedly from chase. And many a
time have wished rad been maze dsS instead Of
slave, when l saw how much better the dogs Jared
than the slaves, and felt how muSI more Kind their
mat tiers were 10 them than 10 me, and how much be-
ter they were treated in every respect than was. 1t
may seem strange to you, master, but ea5ted Me Dag
his condition."
have heard much said abou. the time sIlowel 70
slaves TO work foe themselves, 10 cutivang gardens
and corn patches raising poultry, Sc. Those slaves
wi are indul ed with such privileges Left geuer
ally to provide themselves with has, and shoes aud
tobacco, any other little articles OF luxury, for
which they must spend the avais Of their abors the
Sabbath or in tbo hight when they need to rest Bat
tie Lumber that are permitted 20 labor AZ all for such
pUlposes is very small. lndeed, must say that very
little tgaId had 10 the comfort OF the great OF
the slave population here are many honorable itdt-
| tidudi, and u few NGgh6oJk00d exceptions. But the
reat object of the master TO derive tho greatest pos
si5le profit at the least possible expense provided that
be does OF endaI ger the life and health and value Of
his slaves This lie all tn is comprehenc ei in the Pc
cuI larry idea Of slave labor.
| In relation 10 the punishmeDts to which slaves are
exposeo, and often subjected it is my purpose to
give any detailed account Occasional Instances came
uEce my Lo'ice, which have narrated 10 connection
with other incidents. In this manner the reader III "
bn The facts quite as correctly, ana much m IRA
agreeably TO himself han he could by perusing
lire chOper OF suItrlDgs and torUres. IL Is enough
| fer aIy WHO undeIs ands an thing of human La
ture TO know that The slave is helpless 20 yeress
protected, i'll the han5e of his Admitting that
sl,yes 10 verse than other men, i cannot be 9TH