New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-15

only Improvement on tie Balls Jacks
'Jims' and 'yeds' of the South observable
here is that william John James,
Edward are substituted.
But now and then az in case Of Uncle Isaac
Copper, a slave gets surname fastened 70 him,
ard holds it in spite of conventional etiquette.
This negro was sometimes dubbed also with the
epithet 4" doctor" being distinguished light both
in the professions OF medicine and divinity. Where
he took bis degree remains mystery 10 this day,
but he was too eminent in his vocation to permit
question either 80 TO his attainment or his native
skill Zone qualif cation be undoubtedly had-he
was confirmed cripple; and be could neither
work, nor would he bring anything if offered for
sale in the market. The old man, though lame,
was no sluggard. He man that made his
clutches do him good service. He was always on
the alert, looking up the sick, and all such as were
supposed TO need his counsel His remedial pre-
scrptions embraced four articles. Fer disease oil
the body, Epson salts and castor oil; for those OF
the soul the Lords Prayer, and hickory SWITCHES ~
The Doctor was q schoOlmaster, it seems in addl-
ton to bis other learned functions Here is spec
linen of The manner in which he trained the ten
der minds Of his charge:
Twas not long at Col. L'oyd's before was placed
nm der the care Of DR.. Isaac Cooper. was seat TO
him with twenty or thirtv other children TO learn the
Ioro's Prayer" found the old gentle man seated
on huge thTe e-egged Oaken stool, armed with sew
ere large hck ~ switches and from his position, he
conld ,tacl-lame a. he was-any boy III the room.
After siaBdi9g awhile TO learn what was expec'ei OF
MS the old gentleman in any other than DEVOTIONAL
tone commanded us 10 kued down. in's done, ne
commenced telling TO say everything he said.
" Our Fniher'-tbs we repeated ater MN
with prompness and uniiormlyi Who art IN
heavon'-was less promptly aud uniformly re-
| heated; and the old gentleman paused in the
| prever to give ia a short lecture upon the con-
seauetces OF matt ntion both immediate and future
and espe, tally those more immaculate ABOUT he-e ne
was absolutely certain for he held IN his night mana
the means Of bring ing al bis predictions and warnings
| 10 psss On he proceeded with the prayer; aud we
with our thick tongues and uuskiled ears followed him
10 the best of our ability This however, as not sui
t.ettt TO please the old gentleman Everybody IN the
South wants tie privilege OF whipping somebody else
Uncle Isaac shared the common passion OF ms country
aud there fore seldom found any means of keeping his
disciples order short Of togging. Say everything
! ssv and bang would come the switch on some
/ moor boy's undevoiionsl head " What yOu looking
| at there =" Stop that pushing and down again
would come the lash
! With regard to the physical condition OF the
slaves, Mr.. Douglasss experience contrad.cts
the frequent belief that they are better off than
the peassnIy Of any country in thu world.
The men and the women slaves on Col. Lloyd's farm
| received az their monthly allowanc' OF food eight
rounds Of picked PORK, or their equivalent IN 1sh
The pork was often tainied and the hsh was OF the
| loorest quality-herrings, which would bring very
little if offered for sale in any northern market With
their pork or fish they had one bushe OF Indian meal
-upboled-of which quite fifteen per cent was Il only
to feed pigs. With ibis, one pat OF sal' was gwen
! and this was the entire mon hly allowance Of full
grown slave working constantly in the open field from
morning until night, every day in the month except
Sunday ind living on fraction more than quarter Of
auoud of meat per day, and less than peck OF corn
ue AL per week There is kind OF work thai man
DO which quires a better supply OF food 10 prevent
! physical exhaustion, than The held-work Of slave
SO much for the slaves allowance OF i0odi no ~ Tor
his Taimcnt The 'arly allowance OF clothing for The
saves on this lam ailon consisted OF two i0s-llnen
sbirt-such linen the coarsesi crash towels are male
Of pair of rowssrs of the same MATERIAL for sum.
ner ano n pair of tIowsers and Jacket OF ~ooleu,
moot slazly togeher for Winter; pGir OF yarn
stockings, and pair of shoes OF the eoar-est de-
scripiion. The slaves entire apparel could not have
cOs more than eight cola per year. The a 10 vance
of food and clothing for the little children was COM
mited TO their mothers or TO the oier slave women
| having the csre Of them Children who unable
10 work in the fed neither ,hoes stockings jack
cts ror tows.rs given them. Their clothing consisted
of two coarse tOw-lILen Satisfactorily described
rer year; and when these faied them, as they oten
old, they went naked until The mex. allowance day.
| Flooks of little children from five to ten years old
might he seen on Col Lloyos plantation, a. destitute
Of clothing a. any little heather the west of
! Africa; this, not merely during The Sum ner
months but during the frosty weather OF March. The
little giIs better of than the boys all were
| nearly IN q state of nudity.
As to beds TO sleep on they were known 10 none OF
the field bands nothing but coarse olanket-not 80
good as those used III the north 10 cover hOrses-was
! given tlem and this only 10 the men and women The
children uck themselves IN holes and corners, ab0ut
the quarters; otn in the corner OF the huge chm
reye with their feet in the ashes to keep them warm.
The want of beds however was not considered very
great privaton. Time TO sleep OF far greater I'M
porance. for, when the days work II dOne most OF
The slaves have tier washing, meDdlng and cooking
to DO; aDo having few none Of the Ordlnary hcl-
ties for doing such things, very many OF their sleeping
hours are consumed in necessary preparations Tor Tie
! duties of the coming day.
The sleeping apartnents-if they may be called
such-have ii, lie egard to comfort or decency. Old
and Young male and female, married and single, drop
! down upon the common clay floor, each covering up
wi his or her banke-rht only protection they have
ON cold or exposure The light, however, Is shot
ered al 10Th ends The slaves work often as long a.
the, see, and are late IN cooking aud mendng Tor
tie coming cay; and the first gray streak of morn
| ing they are summoned 10 the field by the drivers
| LOIn
More slaves are whipped for oversleeping than for
sEy other fault Neither age nor sex mods any favor
The Cyerseer sanOs at the quarter door, armed with
! sti,k end co~ekin, ready 10 whip any who may be
/ few minutes behind time. When the horn is blown
there ruth for the door, and the bindernosi one s
sure 10 get blow from the oyersser. Young mothers
who worked in the field allowed an hour, about
ten o'clock in tie morning, 10 20 home 10 nurse Their
| children. Sometimes they were compelled 20 take
their children with them, and 10 leave them IN the
conner Of the fences 10 prevent los OF time in nurss
ghem 1bc oveTseer genera ly II es about the heid on
! honebGck. A COW skin and hickory stick are bis
COnsi ant com anoIs. The cOgskn Is kind OF w1ip
seldom seen in the Northern States II Is made en-
tir,y of unanned but dried ox-hde, and is about
bard as a weseasoned live oak. IL Is made of various