New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-08

| him the hrst thorough grooming ne mad enjoyed
since owned him. / could not detect the reason
Of bis loss Of appetite. had been advised by an
old Southern traveller TO examine the corn when my
horsc refused to eat-if corn WAS high, might find
that il had been creased. From the actions Of the
boTse, then and subsequently, suspect some trick
| Of this Md was here practiced upon me-
When | returned to the house and asked TO wash,
water was given me in q vessel which, though /
doubted the right Of my host to a medical diploma,
certainly smrlt strongly Of the shOp-t was such a.
is used by spoinecaries for mixing drugs. The title
Of doctor is often peculiarly given at the South to
| druggists md ycnders OF popular medicines; very
,re baby he had been enc, and had new retired to
! The responsibility Of planter.
J,re - saddled and rode On Immediately
after breakfast; but a. soon as the dew had dried
off the srass and could find an abandoned planta.
ton. turned aside from the read and wandered
through the old felGs till came upon thicket Of
bread.leafed black jacks with eades Of grass only
little broken by bushea | then unsadded, and
fastening Belshnzzar with lsrist, where he could
either Craze or lie in the sba de- Of pine tree laid
my blanket on the ground a,Vong the black jacks
and in two minutes was Overtsking very fast my lost
nights rest. awoke at length quietly and gradu-
ally conscious that something wss trenulTsy lit
ing my left elbow. IL it snake1 asked myself,
while was yet ~ little awake as 10 have neither
far nor curiosity concerning it Slowly and softly,
turned my head and looked. No snake; yet it lifts
my elbow with too much strength to be mouse. l
reached over my right hand slightly lifted ny left,
and-I had him, whatever he might be. Very
hard aud very strong. for can scarcely hold him
fact; he squeezes from one finger to the Other and
finally at the interstce between the ring hnger and
the little finger he forces bis head ont notwlth-
standing tighten my grasp with all convenient mus,
culsr pressure. All! a knight i'll mail OF FURNISHED
bronze, with tai, crooked, spiked helmet and
nrNp. short arms, raises his head and looks bravey
in m, fee. Now wriggins between finger and
t1uub, he proves to be a beetle Of some sort.
What if he should not have nane This sug-
pestion so exciting to man who has dAbbled ever
10 little in Natural History, settles his fate. will
lance him nth q pin, aud in a pasteboard sarcO-
pbars ps.I him t. tho Connecticut Society Of
kataral History, which, for SONS equally valuable
contributions and for old friendships sake, names
Inc among its honorary members. But fell
asleep spain, and he escaped nae.
Awakening suddenly l find that Bsshazzar,
excited and at the full length If his rope, has got
close to me- and stands strongly braced, with nos
trils disted eyes and ears bent on the swamp below
us. where a pack of hounds are rushing past III
full, frantic cry. Gradually the nasc dies away IN
the distance; we see nothing. however, OF deer or
fex or niger, hounds or hnnts,Ben BeishazEsr
falls to feed, ard Jude coils down TO sleep again
upon her form. But have slept enough; wash
myself from csnteen and get disner. right up, and
now am Of again. O'Clock p. N.
In the afternoon met negro, of whom asked
the way. and at what house within ~ nles had
better put up He advised me b 80 ~ one more
than IL miles distant.
~ suppose" said /, {" I can stop at any house
along the road here c'px II fhsyl all take In
travellers? 7"
eyes, Sir, if you'll sake rough fare, such trav.
elers has to sometimes. They're all damd ras.
Gals along dis road, for ten twelve miles, and
you'll git nothin' but rough fare. But, l say,
masss, rough fares good enough for dis world;
amt it, mSssal Dis world amt nothin'; dis is
he'll, dis is, calls it; he'll TO what's comm arter,
ha la! IF yOus prepared? you says. don't
look much 81 was prepared, does II nor talk
like it, Duther. De Lord he cum to mo in ny
cabin in de night time, in de year A."
"Whnt' who came to you"
Ode Lord, massa, de Dressed Lord. he cum
to MT in Do night time, III the year 45, aud be says
to me, says he, I'm pare you yet five year longer,
'cld boy! So when 80 cum round | thought
my time had cum, sure; but as l didn't die, |
reckon de LOrt has 'cepted OF me, and specs 1
shall be eavse. dough don't hook much like it,
A little after sunset l to unusually sgree-
abc-looki.g plantation, the dwelling being within
large ipcOsure, in which there was d we'll kept
Southern sward shaded by 6ne trees. The house,
Of the usual form. Was psiated white, and the large
Lumber Of Leaf Out-buildiDgs gave to the place Al
appearance betokening something Of opu'ence ana
good taste in its owner. A lad OF siAteen fecelvee
q G. said could stay; might faaten my horse, and
when the negroes came up they would take care Of
him. unsaddled him and staked him On The grass
blot. Seated on the verandah, the young man began
to question me:
"New-York."
"New-York is big place, expect"
eyes, very big"
"Bip as New. Orleans, is it,"
eyes, much bigger"
"Bipcer'n New.Orleansl 1t must b bully
city"
"Sicky there IOw"
"No, not now: it is sometimes"
Like New.Oreans?" -,
ono never SC bad as New Orleans sometimes is"
Fright healthy place, l expect!"
eyes, believe so, for place Of its SIZE
"Wbat diseasts do they have therel"
can sorts Of diseases-nst So much fever, how
ever, as you have here.
"Measles and hopping cough"
"Yes, most all the time. l dare say"
"AD the time People mast die there rlght
smart Solne.are dyin' most every day, expect
"More than hundred every day, l suppose.
"Gosh! 100 every day Almighty Sickly place
| I must be-" >,
| II don't think it il any more sickly than it is
here. 1t is such large place, you see-7Ooooo
people"
| Of people, amt 1t ~
Here bis father came, and learning. that had
| been in Mexico said
III suppose there's heap Of Americans hockns
il and settling that country, amt there, Sir"
| "NO, Sir, very lew. l saw none, IN TACT only
one or two freshmen and Frenchmen who called
themieyes Americans. Those were the only tor
| eicneIs saw. except negroes
| HEicoerst Where Wero they from !"