New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-20

nIaciug them so they could be easily taken up be
| Law in bed. "SOmetimes man has use Tor tneIn
| VII, lie least expects il. There was gentleman
on this road fcw days agU he was gong 10 Natcnez
| He overlook a runaway and he says to him, bad
company's beter'n none, boy and reckon IL keep
| Won along with me into Naichez.' The Niger APP
neared 10 be pleased 10 have company, and went
| along talking with him very well TIL they came -
thicket place about six miles from Natchez, and then
be told him be reckOned he would not go any fur
Their with him. What you black rascal says ne,
YOU mean you won't 60 in with me; you step out
and 20 straight ahead and if you turn your face one
side till you got into N,tchez, III shoot you.
Aha! massa' says the niger, mighty gOod-na-
tured i reckon you haint got no SHOE TN irons,
and be bolted off into the thcket, and got away
from him."
Fortunately, the carpentry of the house, as usual,
was so bad that did not suffer at all, perceptlby
for ventilation.
AT breakfast Mr. s. came rather late. He bowed
his head as he took his seat and closed his eyes for
second or two; then, looking round with smile,
be said:
IL always think it good place to thank the
Lord for his mercies. I'm afraid solae people IL
think I'm member of the church. | am not, and
never was. Wish / was l am Son, though"
(Of temperance. Give Inc some water, girl;
coffee frst-never too for coffee. And never
too late, ! say. Wait for anything but coffee.
There swell-heads drink their coffee after they've
eaten all their dinner. l want it with dinner, eh
Don't nothing taste good without coffee. reckon"
Before be left, be invited me to visit his planta-
tons giving me careful directions 70 find them, and
saying that if he could not have returned before
reached them lis wife and his oyerseer would give
me any attention if | would tell them he told lie to
visit Them. He said again, and in this connection,
that he believed this was the most inhOsptable cOun
try there was in the world, aud asked "as had
been good deal Of Traveller, didn't think so my
tatIahf
small to permit me to form opinion so contrary to
that generally held. =
If they had reputation for hospitality, he said,
it could only be among their own sort. They made
great swelhead parties; and when they were on
their plantation places, they made il point to have
great deal of company; they would not have any
thing to do if they didn't. But they were all swell
heads, might be sure; they'd never ask anybody
but regular swelhead to see them
His own family, however, seemed not to be ex-
Guided from the Swel-head Society.
Among numerous anecdotes Illustrative Of the
folly of his neighb0rs or his own prejudices and
jealousy, remember none which it would be proper
to publish but the following:
"Do you remember place you passedl' de-
scribiDg the locality.
"Yes," said l.; "a very nice house, with beau
tiful garden and lawn, with some statues or vases
in it,"
81 think it likely; got foreign gardener, ex
pect that's all the fashion with them; Niger Is Mt
good enough for them. Well, that belongs to Mr..
JeDkynes He's got to be very rich man; l sup
pose he's got many as 800 people on all his places
He went out to Europe few years ago. and some
time after be came back he came up to Natchez.
| was there with my wife at the same time, and as
she and Mrs. Jenknyes came from the same section
of country, and used to know each other when they
were girls she thought she must 60 and see her.
She could not talk of anything but the great people
they had seen in Europe. She was telling of some
great nOblemans castle they went to- and the spen-
did park there was to it, and how grandy they lived.
For her part, she admired it so much, ard they
made so many friends among the people of quality,
she said she didn't care if they always stad there;
in fact she really wanted Mr.. Jenkynes TO buy one
Of the castles, and be q nObleman himself; but he
wouldn't, says she, he's such strong Democrat,
you know. Iia la ha ! wonder what old Tom
Jefferson would have said to these swell-head Demo
Gratis"
asked him if there were no poor people in this
country could see no houses which seemed to
belong to poor people.
''Of course not, Slr-every inch OF the land
bought up by the aristocrats on purpose to keep
them away. But you 60 back On to the pine ridge
Good heavens I've heard heap abvut the poor
folks at the North; but if you saw any poorer
people than them, | should like to know what they
i've on. Must be a miracle if they live at all. |
don't see how those people live, and I've wondered
how they do great many times Don't raise corn
enough, great many Of them, to keep shoat alive
through the Winter There's no way they can live,
less they steal"
At the ferry of the HOmochittO fell in with
German originally from Dusseldorf, whence he
came II years ago, first to New-iOrk; atterward
he had resided successfully in Baltimore, Cincinnati,
New Orleans, Pensacola, Mobile and Natchez. By
the time he had reached the last place he had lost
all his money. He soon earned enough again, how
ever, to set him up as trinket peddler; and few
menths afterward was able to buy ga leetle coach
dray." Then he said he made money fast; for he
would go back into the country, among the poor
people, and sell them trinkets, and calico, and hand
kerchiefs, and patent medicines; they never had
any money. "All poor folks, he said, " dam poor;
got no money! oh no; but l say, Dat too bad,
don't Like do dissapoint YOU, my frlend may beyou
got some egg, some fodder, some cheeken or some
Skin vot YOU Kill. / buy dem diDgs vot they have,
and ven gets my load cum do Natchez back aud
sells DEM always dwo or dree dimes so much as dey
coss me; and den l buys some more goods, Not
bad beesnes-no; oh, desc poor people dey deenk
me is Won fool ven | buy dime DER rag vat dey
bin wear; dey calls me de ole Dutchman. But dsy
don't know nottin' vOt it is worth. i deenk dey
uebber see 10 money; may be so dey Glib all de
checker vW dey got for eetle breastpln vot cost
me not so much as Won bit. Sometime dey be
dam crazy fool; dey know not now do make de
count at all. Yees, makes some money, heap.
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NOTES OF A TRIP TO KANSAS.