New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24
Newalork DAILY Gaibmrs
The Sostherners at Hsms -. No. I.
stva the Jonsnal OF Northern Traveller % Honeeeak
NORTHERN ALABAMA.

NORTHERN ALABAMA.
During the afternoon rode on through q vaHH
narrow and apparently fertile, but the crops v~s
Indifferent The general social characterisslcs ~
| the same that l observed yesterday.
| Az ppht stopped at large house having an u
| usual number of negro cabins and stables about 4
| The proprietor a hearty old farmer, seemed TO b
| a sporting nan; he bOasted much Of his pack d
hounds saying they had pulled down five deer b.
fore they were shot. He was much interested =
! hear about Tex,s, the Indians and the game. He
| reckoned there was "a heap Of big vssmiat cut
thar"
| His crop of cotton did not average two bales 70
the hand and cora not twenty bushels to the aero
| lie amused me much with humorous account @
an oyster supper TO which he had been invited V
| town, and his attempts to eat the nasty tanss
without appearing disconnected before the hdles.
| An A negro took my horse when l agriycd, aad
| half an hour after came to aud asked II wanted
| 10 ace him f;.l. As We walked toward tho stables.
he told me that he always took care MT to forgot
| eentlemen's hOsses, and to treat them we'll wsee
| they stopped there; then, said he, bowing anA
with emphasis, " they looks out ana ooh 'o'gc~"
| treat me WELL.
| The same negro was called to serve me as car
dlestick at bedtime. He held the candle till goe
| into bed. As he retired closed my eyes, but d.
recuy aiterward, perceiving the light return,
| opened them. Uncle Abram was bending over me.
holding the candle, aud grinnng wide his tooih'e..
gums, wukipg. and shaking his head in tho moa
| remarkable manner.
"Wbat the -"
| "Hush massa," he whispered. "You hsint
got something to drink in them saddlcbags, hes
| youi"
BY host wanted very much to buy or borrow
Jude Of me; Offering to return her to me In New
| York, with the best pup, and without expense -
| NE, ii would let him get litter from her.
l have been asked for my dog at every hoHse
where have stopped, and, on an average, twice
day beside on the road, since left NatcheI. Gen
tlemen inquire respectfully: Wouldn't you hAs 70
give away that dog Sir Negroes; s "Dsas =.
Sir, give me that dog;" and children, black aad
wLte. demand it peremptorily: "Gim me dat dog"
The planter told me something about "negrs
doss:" they didn't use fo1hounds, but bocdhounds
lot pure, he thought, but a cross of the Spanish
Bloodhound with the common hounds or curs.
There were many men, he said, in the county below
here who made q business Of nsgrO-huntng and
they had their horses trained as well as the dogs 10
20 over any common fence, or II they cOudat leap
Il. TO break ii down. Dogs were trained whea
pups, to follow nigger-nOt allowed TO catoh one,
however, unless they were quite young, 90 that thg
| couldn't hurt him much, and always taught TO hate
| a negro, never being permitted 10 SEQ one excopse
be put in chase OF hint. He believed that only TIVE
| Of pack we're kept kenneled all the time-thsss
| were old, keen ones who lead the rest when theg
are out; they were always kept coupled together
with a chain, except when trailing. He bad seeas
pack Of thirteen who would follow trail two dsys
| and half Old, il rain had not fallen in the
tine. When it raned Immediately after negro
| got Of they mad TO scour the country whsre tney
supposed he might be, till they scented him.
| When hard pushed, negro always took to strec,
| sometimes, however, they would catch him II an
open field. When this was the case the hnntse
called OF tho dogs as soon as he COULD unless the
| pegro fouebt--"ihnt generally makes em mad ltAe
T. Ia ~...uV
"The owners don't mind having them kind o nis-
"gers tore good deal; rlaaways aia't much se
| "cWlnt no how, aud it makes the rest more afraid
"to run away. when they see how they srs served"
| II they caught tho runaway within two or three
days. they got from $40 to $50; if i. took Ionsse
tune they were paid moro than that; sometiues
| 800. They asked their own price; if al ownsr
should think it exOfbi:ant he supposed thoyd tun
tie Niger loose order him 10 make oil, and tel b.
master 70 catch his own niggers.
| He told Of gentleman OF bis acquaintance wne
bad chased negro, almost without stoapins or eAt
ing for "a hours. The cogs treod him about az
rise AID rs we gaoped up to the tree at full sPsss,
he Was not q little exasperated to hear tho feesv
call out, with laugh, well, 1 gan y1n ne@
| was minister" these rigger minister's" gcncfses
the saucieet niggers."
| br,-. Surday.-I rode on, during the cool oftks
morning. about eight miles, ana stopped Tor tho dAy
at house pleasantly situated by q small stream.
among wooded hills. During the forenoon, sovea
| msn snd three women, with their children peigh-
bors Of the poorer class gathered at the house
AL OF tbem concluded, wero non-slayeholders. =
was cur hest himself; though, as one told ma, "wn
bis five boys he makes heap moro crop IT,
Mrs.. -. who's got forty niggers." How
tat?" swell, shes woman, and sho eaav
make the nigger work; she won't have "a ov8.
seer and niggers won't work, you know, unlss
| there's somebody TO drive en-"
Our host when arrived, had just been putee
weeds ous Of his potato patch, which 10 meotoase
as an apology for not beng q little clcsn. like -
| rest.
Beside the company I have mentioned. and o.
| hosts large family, there another tr.,eses =
myself to dinner, and three bountifui tsoe'
spread, one after another.
The traveller was sad TO be Methodist Pfoso..
but there was 10 Indication of his caIns; e.xS xS
ttot be said grace before meat. and used tno W.
Sabbath for Sunday. He was, however ms. 80
superior intelligence; the rest were nolsa' -.
stupid, though freddy aud ccmnuMcs,,%sc, s 80
asked me I" what good Niger uau corid % 80 -
for in New. YORK;" hs didn't seem erPns
GaLo any further inquiry. when 1 to!d Gun ~v -
NO slaves there Soue askfd mo much absA osyr -
ard when told them my crops et whess ~ ~
years bad avesased tweaty-eight eGsAsaA sos -
| had ouco rssped forty from q ssa9ts scrs
| were snase4 beye1d espSessioa and saxMs
know how PIT is 10. cssaroea 700 F'~'