New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-10
gyY sOUTHgRN STATES OF TIE
NORTH AMERICAN UNION
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I.~;d.n,s win occur h the bestreguIntsd fsua'ss,
and rain u o me in the best sAs'asee N 'nc ~ono'
q, have bad convincing proof WITHIN me iss' 'en
dsya To be weather. bound anywhere oso' uoco"-
for able. tantalisug; but 70 be vssaher'oound 40
inp-s, that On American IN 10 Q counSy-to"h-"
re~itiou which might rouse the gods INTO impaaebcs'
For travellers N most parts of Europe the weather -
CEASED 10 have any importance, and for travellers
most parts Of the UDaed States it Is likewise MATER
of DO great moment; but, In some OF the South
western States-sDd Mississippi is among the nano~
lit sti retains it's ancient supcemsey. There are
some places ont Of which there only two WAYS OF
eeturg-in stsgecosch or on horsebock aad aha
these, when once the rainy season hAs ses m at
tsnGed with horrors that have been unknown N hn-
gland sa one hundred years or more. The stage in
this part Of the world is unlike ts English prototype
snly In the lowpes of its center of gravity a1d the
Absence Of outside tsats. Il ID about - CONT Ttsbe,
| and fully a. vel hoised, but instead o. resting On
reel syringe, II lie siuna leather stsps. II ON
hardly be called Q vehicle. A brig or sloop, or
schooner or g berk or craft of some sort, you'd
be . much more appropriate sppellanon ls rolls aud
pxcbee and toeses heeyes and urcaee heels over sud
"A taken aback 10 thrown tH be IN ends, sod, In
verd goes through every dee sri ption Of msiime m'-
tons and psneuvers. 1t travels day sod aight sous
times with four horrs, often with sI, along tracks
| through the forest which no rosd-maker cave Dame
Nature has ever touched over ruts and holes, and
rayLes and through torrents and swamps and ac<ose
| brehen park bridges aid corduroy caasewsys, and
through oceans of mud. Ii e either upset on niu'
ride or breaks down through idge or sticks fast
| n Quagnne, or u carried away by torrent, or run
swsy with by the horses, 81 east once 10 the twenty
four hours or rather, once IN every Zip let the UP
| be long or short Men talk OF 1t IN bAsToouH, S
boatutn in 6ehing vilsee talk Of c.sf that have
been caught at Tea In gale. They make euesses az
70 what bss happened to this tims," feeling a.
,pred that something or other must have happened it,
Psssagers, wien they get to ,he< Journey eld teu
mems blood cold bat here hardly call forth .se
ng remark. Long walks on foot, knee-deep IN mud,
hrous forests in pchy darkness; the rsa OF angry
streams thu ougb the il terror OF The yehise yavninx
r.vipss revealed by flashes of ghtnipg jast a. the
of. wheels srsze the brink; the horrible gloom OF
svsmps on which muddy waters run TO ard fro IN -
light Of sonny moon w'pog out all trace OF ros1 a
hydee and Lew ng the luckless Jehu, and more luck
Ss traveller 70 the dubious instincts VI the horses all
IA, sc and more are incidents OF nightly occurrence
and daily narrative In no country in which the dis
tsncss be Isversed were NOT 80 enormous, ana IN
which Residences and love of Ocomoon we're not
prevalent a. in America, would s'aSe-coSches. undsr
| e1istirg circumstances have ever been thought Of
In the Southern States they combine every LANCER and
dtsaerIrent known in travelling. aud are only tolera
BIZ for their tolersble epeed md the partial profession
| they afford against RAM When Winter has once
| powed up ,he roads, they become merely meckery,
| deluaon and 6 snsre. The passenger u almost in.
ysnably obliged TO walk ia precisely those paris OF
the road In which he would pay any sum Ia reason for
copyeyance ar has TO perform IN addition the dis
agreeable duty Of hauDg them out Of the mud every
| time they stick fsst. hoieeback 49, aer Gi, thst
| mode of ppos ression which, W the season OF heavy
rans and long nights alone suits the rover 10 the
South, Who dees not went, or cannot have, railway
II enables to choose his Own road and hs own
stopping ces and nearly bid defiance to mud and
torrent The horse IL never upset, never rods; OF
| pitches or hesves sticks fRt. But he 10 dean
animal ont here He costs double the price one pays
for him in England. The sum You lay down fr
4 an,I. 10 In Yha nj axlup
try on hunter mat would do you credit Cotton
simxhty omnipre sent omnivorous, slsbsdrbng COT
ton see to cherish the direst aItpatby to the no
best and the best blood, whether 10 men or AMI
mails Hoyses and the Caucasian species flee before
IT, mules and negroes follow In its track, wstch eva
IT, cherish it. and live by it. Mules do al the farm
work in the cUtton States. Planters rely on them
alone for the cultS alton OF their crops The horse,
hey ssy too tender TOO delicate ana hghspirised to
be he fellow. worker or the slave OF the negro The
heavy hand and rough ways of the latter would soon
quench his IRE aud dry up bis strength Tne mule, 90
the contrary 10 too tough and too hardy TO be easily
broken down. He tolls in the cotton-plOw, and
"hsuls" the bales miles and miles over roeds t1st
right daunt wnipper-in-inpefvous to abuse; and
uD6u ching under blows and hard WORK. man.
said small farmer to me, in Holmes County, was
mot complete without woman, and l xuees males
"were MADE 10 be the helpmstes O. niggtn. HOY
ever this may BE- in most Of the Southern States, little
or no at. niiOn given 70 b pebreeding: Any ons
who raises stock TO any extent raises hybnds, a.
reonbipg lees care and meeting vth reader market
The best mares are devoted ~ this purpose But II
point of fact Iearfy all The horses and mules to be
fc md IN Alabama MiSTsippi and Loulsians are
brought by jobb.r every Autumn and Winter, from
Tepnesse GO and Kentucky, who drive them, In great
herds from town Ia town, and county to county, aud
dspose Of them along the road Of the various piants
nous The prices they AK and get are enormous.
bose that would sell fer f0 in England is considered
cheap At ESQ Mules Of no great SIZE and No great
power bring G40 and upward, and they - vel. a. The
negroes. are becoming dearer every year The gen
ersI 7, sui IT, that ssddjebor-es desenera'ing.
Each generation Of planters is less and less OF riding
generation. There il no open country 70 hunt over
and when they undertake journey, II they DO not
Lac the st.ge they generally prefer driving In buggy
20 sittirg ia = sso0l,. The bred of horsss most In
favor sre heavy.quatered, heavy .shouldered, thick
pecksd lov-bred but strong ro.dstere great o.
dead pull AID brilliant 10 dep mud Your delicate
lin bed EDglsh blood would make sorry figure
going through . clearing, or ever Q corduroy road.
fBut handsome lie that handsome does" Cotton and
the TUT have no manner Of affinity.
Hust protest far my personal experience goes
again at the notion generally carent The other size of
the waer that travellers in this country are apt to be
baiied BY imp. rsiDent curiosity As far a have seen IN
DO country in he world 90 bnly settled and jn which
traveller il still In some sort book which his enicr-
tanner bss the hi TO reao, could reserved mans
ieIve be more risidjy respected. Yoa come and 20,
in ,be moet outofthe-wsy pisces, pass Idle, listles
dogs in small owls, where every nan knows or hinAs
be ougbt 70 know, every other man for twO handrrd
miles round you may be s,raI sely dressed Strange
in voice in scc+ NJ, in msnner bur no ever pre-
tnds TO feel .nus curosi abou. You to b. un,be to
conceal it. Your genuine Sou,herner Ii independ
ebt and too prud 70 manifest much interest 10 other
people Remain eiien. you may at suent
10 the most del 0aTroOm, Dc long a. you please
BE cnnuLica'ive, and you viii find your c0m1uai-
csons received il quiet, calm way which scsep's
ire. ly wtst is given, bat seeks for no more ba'
have never Witnessed TIE slightest attenPt ~ NC
pun y sDy Daa sbo did tot chooee 10 oe pump -.
sn certain eoulc Lon have ioGen three huaafed ues
trough OIL agricultural dent 10 Ecfls"o sna uG'
With 70 little radeIe e or ncvl'ry, and 20 nun "'
tive eiyiIiiy, So have met With mere Iou Inu "a