Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-04-25

and would steal. lie could better
afford 70 give a "whlte servant SIC
per month. than = "hlack servant 90.
hence he had pa, All hia women in.
% tbe Geld md employed "vhlis ser.
wants" for The house. Another mar.
rated an amusing experiment with a
Emulate man" named Jake, Jake
could not DO tanned. Tie would run
on and would not work. OF course
be had 10 whip Jake and finally send
him on. I should think Jake must be
n Canada or bis grave before lhIa
time. The general conclusion WAS
that slavery was Improbable every
whore except on cotton and sugar
plantations. where the men and NO.
men must be worked together
Whenever = portion OF the country
becomes too poor through slave labor
to afford profitable employment for
slaves i could BE- profitable as breed
Ing grounds. Hence they agreed that
though Virginia and Kentucky and
other more northern slaves states
would cease TO work slaves they would
still cling TO the interest Of tAe South
because Of the prodiablenesa Of
breeding. They talk Of breeding
slaves just as they talk Of breeding
mules. A good slave breeding wo-
man can DO bought at given price.
she can raise, By proper management.
given number OF children. IN given
time, OF given cost, which win bring
given price at q given age, showing
a large margin in favor Of slave raj
sing. over either hogs. or mules or
horses. l will not detail the most
profitable methods suggested, in view
Of the price Of ''men" on the cotton
plantations. Il is enough to say that
the Constitution" knows no conjugal
or parental relations. nor are south
ern gentlemen so much opposed to
practical amalgamation as / bad fool
ishly supposed. | retired from that
circle Of confidential talk, with firm
conviction that il God is the God Of
Justice whom l have worshipped, he
must have controversy with any peo-
pie who countenanoe such crying sin
as this is. according to the testimony
Of lis own friends. ! was convinced
Of sn other fact. The end Of slavery
draweth nigh. | cannot divine how IL
win terminate but is present Is near
It's final struggle. think that both
Raadolpb's and Prensis's opinions
fwil! contribute TO IL. Humpne men
and men Of enterprise will abandon rs
territory. and cireumscribed to It's
present limits. It win kilIitselfin We,
ny short time. I. A. G.
RocKroHr. Ind, April 10. 1856.
DeAn READER: Because ! had .
mind thereto I left the steamer at this
point. | landed after night. but by
moonlight l could easily discover thai
the Rockport Of 1866 is 20 different
from the Rockport OF e5i that It coult
hardly DO rssesaizsd a. in any rssrse
identical. Mills and stores and ware
houses and dwellings have gone up
even faster than | predicted, fyo years
ago. when some old hunkers though
the town was finished. And, unwall
ed cellars. and piles Of lumber, AM
} large. brick yards, assured me that thu
end Of this Improvement is not yet.
was soon convinced that my fears o
1851 were more than realized.
feared then, that | should lose thou
sands Of dollars by not having none.
enough to buy up the rich lands tia
: were then selling at incredibly lov
, rates. They win now average NOR
than triple the prices Olive years age
. and five years more win triple tn
present prices. ioresaw that it coul
0 not be otherwise. Lands almost iden
. teal in quality with the lands Q
: Springfield and Bath townships wer
. selling at from 90 to - per acre, with
k in few miles Of the Ohio river, i
4 healthy neighborhoods.
d soon learned that our forme
i townsmal,, John Rumple, had made
9 fine speculation in buying and movin
e onto some Of these cheap lands. and
!, was satisfied that il some Of those VIII
: are rushing to Iowa. should stop here
. they would better their condition va
n ay. Lands from two to five miles
e the river-good lands. well timbere'
e with poplar, and ash and walnut an
n beech and oak are yet for sale at fro'
ten to twelve dollars pc. acre. / hay
. noticed one thing Of particular nj
., ment. saw large fields Of poplar
a that contain from 1900 to 5000 feet
to lumber, deadened. and the proprieto
n blowing around them waiting for the
ID to fall to be consumed BY FIRE. Ir
ne monstrated against this waste Of tin
u Der, but was told that want Of 50
ie mills was the apology. On inquirin
a. | found that lumber, delivered on Il
OF bank Of the river, two miles from IL
ut 6eld, commands ia cash sic per tho
Of sand for the Iowa market. This "a
y liner informed me that any man