New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-25


table set between se 6ossss on u. bar, Grossd,
ard pigs and dogs were nfhiDg snosg our leGs While
ve s,e Clear iss bsoes. fried. snas corn bead and
sliced onions composed our so?psr.
Afser The repast be man sAid 70 as con: "Oh
SAM get me some tobacco, soesy, and Gu, Is sp for
NE, won't you, sonnyf' Il hahn. sos no Sa,is,' 10
piled Tie datfal boy bringing Ne ,Sescooi 20. SAP
| PIPE, and setting the table saucer 81 'ltsd
ard from which trailed coton ref. ssryias sos Q
candle. washed the dishes while she sn,ohst
,.sSS!, Sn, SONY, s%5iy., a. ssain ,s'd my ho.t "Ss. -
some music lor IN hour si,ervNd he TIED .
| the fiddle in tune but failed. Trough he sucessdsS
scratching some strange sousds out Of Il, and saA
much torment, got lew hours sleep toward mesuiAx
June -. The country has become really mountair
ous. Every of the narrow valley through which
the road passes, that is at all free from rock euhi-
vsted The houses average not more than half nile
apart There are freqaeni brooks In one Of which
bs,bed, and found the water Delightfully."- cool end
clear
AT the mills in al this billy country. there sss
thr shing chnes and cotton gins; the people eAn
their grain FIVE miles or more TO have It !hreshed On
the larger fana where there is no water power, Aers
hone e.power which do job work k-ons-tsnth The gan
being the toll for hreshing Straw hes ne value Fiaih
seem TO be entirely out Of use.
VALLEY OF THE TENNESSEE IN ALABAMA.
In the afternoon the landscape grew very huei res
sed mountain walls mile or two apart with valley
between of undulating surface, well waiers1 aDd
wooded l passed several fDe large farms worried
Sy sS.p before " .nd OBSERVED I'd Go
for the frst time
l stopped at u large house, surrounded viii Ane
trees and became the guest Of an excellent elasry
gentleman. He had ffty scres In clover, wnicn ne
used to pasture swine and mich cows uPoa but had
not considered . means Of improving the Land; no
had increased the fertility much Of hs farm, be said
He had eighteen slave. and last year planted sve.sy
five acres Of cotton. Ii the work OF two hssds 70
tend IT, and yielded two and one,hird balss TO haAd
Oat he raised largely for Winter feed for hosses aed
cows but could rot estimate his crop a. Oh, ~ he
tbreshed only for seed. OF wheat he sowsd eoAsso
had Known land to be prepsred-as 1t 70 done ss he
North-for wheat, and the crop ~ss not 20 gooa -
when theusual method was pursued
In a conyersation about climates, he asked did
not prefer the Southern to the Northern. save ss:s
dd decidedly in Winter, and thus far had found me
| Summer climate agreeable: He asked why did ses
come TO the South to reside, l replied that would
but for Slavery that should no. ile to own Or 70 DO
| all surprised by my answer but said be should hko
to procure German or Irish sbore's simself he pre-
ferred however to the whites Who lived hsre
much work ss negro, and If you gave them persmp-
tory directions or reprOved them they wouid 90 OF
| tended and leave you at the time hey we're most
labor If it we're practicable. He had never owned
many negroes, but could have no ides no ss,d, o.
the trouble even few gave him. He did No: like to
trust oyeneer and had to watch them nnssI sgs 20
stantly might perhaps think that there would Dc
some way by which pegro could be encouraged and
made personally interested in his wOrk-by telling him.
for instance that if made good crop and ne vss
industrious and faithful such such piece Of &
| should be his. and he shoud have the money pro-
duced-but il would do no good. He had rcd every
way il seemed If II were impossible TO control tnen
If you lost sight of them for one mnu'e he vsy Dc
Gsved that if they should be set apar without any
further training tO take Of Themselves hey wouio
be the most degraded and baroarous people that ever
existed. He ofen wished i had been 80 ordered sned
| there never had been any negroes in America
| He asked me II didn't fud the people bore more
friendly and civil than in the lower part Of the STATE
l raid that did; very much more 50. Ms hsd nsyei
been but in the lower part OF ne STATE ana %
then thought the people there the most vncivN Ana -
| horpitable he had ever seen.
lie asked what thought Of the Nebrasks bin, and,
laughing as If repeating joke, he SAID ns Missouri
Comprmise had all been rrpe aied 10 1850 The Home;
xesd bin, he informed me, would b@ vetoed by tho
President as uncoDsttutiot al and this he sad. vas
the fist action Of Mr.. Percc's sdniuistrakicn whch
vas not dgracetul il and 10 the country. He wAs
opposed TO the bill because he thought Il would sn-
courage emigration; we had too many forsignsrs ana
| they exercised too much influence upon our pohacs
alresdybesid.s would increase the number OF poor
ard dishorest setilers the puolic lAnds rephed
bad heard that objection urged against the bill seve.
raj times in the South, and did not quite underana
| it. He replied il lived here with toe pablo lands
about ME would have no difficulty In understanding
it, that there was no end to tho annoy offered by
| the poor thevng fellows who settle and make htuo
place close by you stes ing, encouraging your negroes
In bad habits and troubling you in variety OF ways
till you were forced to buy them oat; indeed he some
times believed that they settled these places vim see
sole intention of forcing people to buy heI
| out at high, round price. Nov, while yoe nsd
public lands about ysu and these fellows squatted q
t. you could just go and enter it, paying the Govern
nent price, ard so clear them out. But the Gov.
ernmept gave them 100 acres Of land they would hold
on till you paid them whatever they chose 70 de-
msnd."
served that. although there were mountains on bosb
| sides he was not 30 much troubled by thieves esl
might euppose there sOme 0f course ior ne Do
| leved there was no country entirely Zee run tnem.
His table was excellent, and my herse and dog well
| cared for. ..,.
with mountains On both Sides tho bssh u clear,
nosy brock; little fine grsss by for Bebhasz9,
| and dense shade Of dwarf oaks for myself pleae
ant breeze from the south is drawing through tns nhs
have had most refreshing bath and long nsp, ~
inc with my coat of on saddle blanket and have ses
| yet seen or head Q musketo.
In little village through which passed this morn
ing there TO be Masonic festival eof the cosn-
try people from many miles distant were Hooking m -
witness IT, Most Of them becomingly dressed ID
wnte and rode on horseback with . nding-skir
which, when they slght s LEFT hangsg to the saddle
| Nearly an equal number, however were % foot and
saw two parties in OK oxwAgons: bome of tne poorest
| had made no addition TO their ordinary honsspun
drers, which is much like that Of the pantssos ne
groes with longer, fuller shirt, except handler.
Chief over their shoulders. Some rsoiced 10 prnesd
calico gowns, wore q vail on their sun Dopnets nna
cane on foot carrying their shoes in their nsnds Hse
majority 60 s.1 ss, A.. not
and they are invariably polite and sefpossesssd 70
| remarkable degree. have never koown one fah 70
return my sslustion a. passed them on the road, in
courteous and even friendly manner. me shncrss,
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