New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-12


only hope In such dilemma 10 to appear - ears'sss
and sociable - possible. THIS myexpsrisses IN
almost every place where stopped bat especially
in the little City Of Rome, In Georgia no bigger Aan
many frtcasss village in the North. II vss mn.
nicpsl election day when arrived, consequently tAs
crowd of loaer 10 the hotel vas that acrsase3.
Ordering . fire in my room, bsd to wait, - ssssl,
nearly an hour before il rssdy, end In The
time had to make myself a. comfort sSls q could
in the common room, filed with these very esmmss-
looking people, who immediately made ne shs sstjset
of their undertore remark and the object Of their
surveillance; esch new ccmer into the room voaA
fret cs.t look Q, me and then walk up to The sgs-
ter and examining for some MINUTES the only recent
name recorded on its pages, would return toward he
6re place sprtipg grea. jet Of tobacco juice ovss
tie heads Of ttoes sitting before into the ssAss On
the heGth and wedg pg himsef into the circle case
at me such a steady gare % almost unncrved me,
while could only reply to bis sturdy b'utsnssss .
polite Good evening"" and appear very much inter-
ested in the conversation which vss gong on drop
ping an OCCASIONAL remark to prove thst know siI
about II, and even laughing at jokes the points OF
which was not sufficiently "postsd" in TO enable No
the polls that day, and sud ispy ftund the 6rs too
wYm for me as heard the particulars cooy related
by some who might have been participants in Tho
fray; and clipped away to my room with dr0ps Of
cold perspiraton on my forehead.
Away from these villainous village taverns Jon viii
find the country peoplethe poor white people in the
mountainous districts-gnorsnt, but comparatively
honeet simple hearted and industrious; while in the
owsnds which constitute the great body Of the ooan-
try you win find them as Ignorant a. the others, and
lazy idle and vicious in the last degree being but ht-
tie removed from barbarian. The land, excepting %
the large m not cultivated, not even cleared
and how the people live, whose miserable pig sty-
looking huts are tcatteIed about in the woods, 10
mystery to their neighbors The plantations even
are Only cleared by the soverlv method OF grdlsg,
or cutting of ring Of the bark around the trunks OF
the trees, foot or two above the ground to prevent
the sap from flowing. Consequently you sec an over
the country immense forests Of dead trees In all ASss
of decay-from those nearly killed. with suths braDcAes
and twigs upon them to the fields Of white bsrklss
branchless trunks, which stand, slowly rOttsg away
and ready to fall at the slightest bresse. This lasy
and thrftless manner of clearing the land pokes q
as very advantageous to the coil, inssmuch y The
Juices of the rotting trees ferise the land. very
capital manure to be sure, but how extravagant Iou
cam OF but mourn for that noble timber al doomed 70
destruction every stick Of which would be worth nom
$50 to 500 at any sswml in the country, 10 say n0th-
ing Of wood enough to supply the whole Unioa for
many years in fencing and fuel In few yssrs those
rich botom.lands, with their stately ive.oaAs white
oaks ash and hickory trees larger than you cen ever
see at the North will lie barren, impoverisAsd vasee
the trees gone and the land wasted, - already he
the greater part Of the bossed estaes Of Virginia and
the Csrolinas "Does thsr clsr ther lswnd IN thsf
"psrts wbsr you from, captain p said one OF The
natives "to the born" on the Goose River, IN
Alabama, one day, in answer to remark OF mine az
pressing surprise ct their not cutting and selling their
timber in preference to this wholesale destruction Of
II; and be expressed much greater surprise In rsnss,
when informed that they did do so whore came nom.
This man was fair specimen Of bis kind. Long,
labk and csdaveroui, with mop Of wrey hsir hang
irg about his and sprinkling OF beard, whose
tcantiness indicated the bareness OF the soil 1t grew
upon, sprouting from bis chin . low forehead and
lantern jaws, which onkantly wagged In the moaea
of chewing; pair Of stooping shoulders from which
dappled two arms Of about the thickness Of broom.
.ticks proving as conclusvey do the long nails OF
the Chinese lady, the hsbtual aziness Of the weasr
shirt or smockfrock of blue cotton cloth worn OUT
wardy, and pair Of lose trousers Of the same ma
teral with souch hat and boots, constituted
the tout ensemble of this gentleman, not 10 mention
tho pipe and Q heavy knife in leather scsbberd ~
bis waist. He was no sort Of man, without hb knife,
to stand up in any regular knock down hgh and aay
of the boys In one Of our city gymnssinrns could
tumble him over the bank into the first ditch without
the slightest difficulty.
II were endless to relate in this desutory manner, s
that cne may sse in tour through the SOUTH ilasr"'
inp the practical operation Of their
how II ssps the moials eneebles the constituents sad
wastes the land casting blight everywhere ever one
OF the farest portions Of Gods cresion. have thos
far confined my rem rks almost entirely to my oosef-
vstiops upon the rch and poor white people, ana the
land which they inhsbit leavcg my readers TO form
their own conclusions In relation TO the system, from ~
effects upon the people and their domain. or poor
slave. the miserable newer Of wood and drawer OF
water the scuon, lsborer and drudge Of the ndoenf
white man, have left myself no room 70 speak. The
horrors which are wsey kept from view, the scenes
behind the curtain, which stranger " rarely per-
mited to in casual visit, those which ffss
queLuy core TO light through the columns Of the
ewspspen il the shape OF fendish outragss pssps.
trated by negroes sgan,t their masters, fos God
knows what heart t-sickenibg atrocities Gro daily To-
f,cted by them upon their slaves. All this, Of which,
TO use IN old proverb We may judge BY little whss
. good deal mssns, the Southron imsgnes TO be hid
den from ight when he invites the Nofthssnef 10
70 South and see for himself how well they treat
"their nigaers." A gentleman Of large Southern eI-
persnes said in my hearing one day, in reply 70 ss
argument like this from young man, who had ped
AyIg visit South, and had, usual been Isssssd snd
asttsred ont Of oil ability &, his own eyes ~ see
log, You need only to be in the South FIVE minutes
to enough TO convince you Of the evils Of svery
And 20 need you II you only 20 with your eyes OPEN.