New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-05
THE GERMAN VINB-GROIHERS Nv
MISSOURI.
Conesporderce Of The N. Y. Tribune.

| Conesporderce Of The N. Y. Tribune.
ST. LOUIS, May 90, 1853.
After making tie visit described in my last 10 tbs
German village OF Hermann the Missouri crossed
the river TO examine come other German settlements.
steam ferry. boat took over and finding vehicle
| on the other bank, begged seat in large wagon
which was being driven to the village wished TO visit.
We crossed first the rich river bottoms, soil too rich
for wheat where corn has grown in uxurisnce now for
quarter of a century without particle of manure
from human hands What wheat growing was
already some two feet high some fields the Indian
was just sprnging above ground and in others
regro boys and girls were blowing, without apparently
cry overseer or older hand being them. Our road
psssed neatly through groves Of cottonwood and syca-
more trees of immense size.
The cleared land here is valued usually al from $50
TO $50 al eere We reached at the edge of evening
the village, collection of log houses, surrounding
white church, in large clearing, with some hills
which seemed vipe.covered on the outskirts OF the
fores. could rot find the gentleman was in search
OF, but at length CHANGED a relative Of his, who
received kindly. In visiting the different houses.
il struck the people did not live in az much comfort
a. those over the river Tae whole was probably
settlement; sal every family seemed 70 nave
liz horses and cattle, and many possessed good VINE
Yards. Here again, observed no signs of drunken
1ess or Of the vices which spring from strong drink
There seemed 10 be only few Amer ans in the town.
In passing che large, desOl .te-looking brek house,
With spacous fields about 1t, my companion "a Ger
an ssid that belonged 10 wealthy squire, slave
holder, and that il was once & beautiful property,
yielding several thousand bushels Of grain every year
q but the nggers ere using it up IN few years we
" Germsns shall buy out and they will all have 10
" 60 to Te1ssw Ny friend said he had known OF one
planter who had used up fire psrta OF tobacco III
Virginia and now after wasting another ne one mere.
tai gone 70 the South. asked him whether the Ger
mans and the Shareholders never fraternized, and
whether bis ceuntrymen were never induced 70 hold
slsves No." he raid " We hate these men, and we
csnno: bear to have slaves about u.s. They the mas.
ters are proud lszy set and they pretend 10 despse
us though they have not often half our education. We
do rot want to meet them and they very seldom trou-
BE US. though they know Free-Soilers rhsps
one reason is that never interfere with the slaves,
e1cep by showing what free labor can do
He sisted that the only Germans who had ever held
ssvesin that nsghborhood were some banshed srsto-
crats and roblemen, who had taken them for house.
serysr and these despsed by their courtrymen.
In ore house wss asked 10 the supper they all
ea.ng-eggs, con-cskes and coffee-but German
maze coffee ard different sort OF meal from the
grease -sosked food would usually partske Of 10
American pioneers c.bin. The man-our host--dd
lot know wss an American and in reply to question
from ne in Gennsn about the village, ne s.f, Tie
Germans, especially the vine growers we're succeed
"rg very well there but the Americans could not Get
'oI. Americans are TOO lazy, you kHor, a"d b4ry'-
L,s and they cannot work for themselves tae G'r-
mana drive them all out" AZ ! was going men.
toned tho. IEas American, upon wh'ea ne seemed
very much ,rsubleX ard began 70 make various
apologize; but toli hin vss g'sd TO Lear suea eA
p,ess'ca a. trey stswed WIS. We the Ius enec' OF