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

| "You are from the North, are you'll and going
South; travelling for pleasure, are yeu, or on bu'i-
ness!' informed him that wss little OF both tbs
trough, ire South. That's right said he, I'm
always glad 10 see Norherners come South. for by
ths, means they get their eyes opened The people in
ire North krow nothing about down here III they
come and see for themselves. think it would be the
beet th1 the South could do il they would Invite the
| whole Moth to come and item, and even pay
their travelling expenses; IT would be money wen in-
vested. They would see how well we treat our nie-
gers and how uoh better of they are than the poor
whites in tte Nor1h for you never hear of one OF our
niegers star wing: and for the foggrg they get no
more than is good for them. You would SEQ that
the Abotobsts lie about u.s. and you would 90 hone
as strong Pro Slavery men ourselves. What part
| Of the North you from ]"
| told was from Pennsylvania
"Pepnsylvanis, al! How far from Philadelphia do
you rssidel7
| Itwss no use had 10 acknowledge ths. vas
from Phadelpbis aud knew that ere org the street
and the Der of my residence wonld be worned cut
| Of me-
Indeed I've been in Philadelphia many times; its
"a besutiful city, You know Mr. So-and-so, perhaps
who lives in Philadelphia, and Mr.. Soand 80 ]" 1
did, and such and such places very familiar to
both of us. How fast was being bound in the bonds
Of friendship Mutual acquaintsnces; what 3 theme
to talk about; why were like old friends At once
At this stage Of the proceeding the merits of the
coItents of a certain little fask which was produced
from my friends pocket, were brought under Discus
sion. He called his fiery comforter corn wnisky; sad
il was from the private still of gentleman whom he
knew; very superior article. After which my friend
said was no use trying to sleep here for We should
have to change abou. midnight, and We might a.
well make zap of il. SO was in for weary
three hours ride with garrulous companion; and
otwthstandng my seepness and fatigue, must remain
| awake to listen to him. Beside my wesriness, this
familiarity was doubly nconvenient to me, considering
the nature of the business which brought me South
which was the purchase Of two girl' the daughters of
G respectable colored man, who had, by the most
strenuous exeItions raised subscriptions for their ran
COM. was pot ashamed Of my errand, believing it
to be perfectly honorable, yet knew that, should
reveal its object to everybody my journey should
probably be tar ed ard festhered for Aboltionist
lopg before reached my destination in Alabama.
NY friend revealed to me that he belonged to the
legal profession; had been practeing over a year;
described the kind of business he did, how psid and
so forth From that he went to his domestic relations;
how he had recently been married to young, besut-
ful and accomplished wife, and rich witha being the
daughter of Judge Sosndso; how much he loved her,
and hated to part from her even for short journey
upon business and this business was also explained;
he going into Georgia to make his annual arrange
nents for hiring some certain men and women, pro-
perty of bis. He then told how these people loved
him. and how much confidence he conld place in them
to send them anywhere and how talented they were;
what each one Of them could do, and what each one
y Il hspt..
ole was foreman in factory, smart boy; one was
hired TO planter end bis two women were al service
in families. Here the pecuasry phase OF the subject
was brought up and triumphantly produced oy my
friend as final and coz elusive argument in favor oil
Slavery.
"Tbs whole North" he said would 60 at the
business of raising nggers at once if they could only
sec how profitable it is There are my five, that l
have had over five years they are worth $500 year
10 me- and do not cost me cent. AL have to do is
10 hire them for year. and l never gee them again
till the next Christmas. Ny two women hire for %
q MONTH except when they are pregnant, when they
lose a month or two; but then the child more than
pay. for the lost time. One Of them Fanny was just
sixteen when got her, and she had boy child that
Spring That boy is nearly FIVE years old, aud in
fifteen years will be worth from 81 500 to $1,000.
am thus paid for the trouble OF raising him about $l0O
year; and have no trouble either for the mother
takes care Of him until he is old enough to hire and
then be will begin to bring wages. She has had
child every Spring since, and now she sends me word
not to hire her for May, for she expects to have
another That viii be five in little over five years.
ard in twenty five years from this tne if they all ive
which they are very likely to do the youngest will be
twenty years Old and if man, worth al least 81 800
There are now two boys and two girls and they will
be worth at least 900 in the aggregate at that tme
| to say nothing Of the that is coming. And the
mother will not stop there; she will have good many
more. II sbe keeps on as she has done, and has a.
many boys a. girls, she will bring $50 600 worth Of
| rigger before she stops Ny other girl, Bet, has
three children So, you see the girls are more profit
able to in the org than the boys, though they
do not brig such hga prices. Fannys two girls will
be worth g. 600 when they eighteen years old but
| they will both be having children before that tims
Bets three boys worth an average of 500 apiece
| to me now. So, you see, it's mOney-making bus-
nes. Why, our richest men have made their fortunes
byii. There's old Squire Brown, who didn't use to
be worth red cert, and always was a. poor as be
could be, now lives in one of the biggest houses 10
Wilmington keeps bis carriage and toddles on TO the
Springs every Summer; and when people wonder how
he got rich fast he tells them they forget that his
Diggers increase as fast S other peOplesi"
| THUS ran on my friend for some time, quoting in
| stances of fortunes made human a.sh by persons
whom he knew, and giving all the details Of the
business the speculstons and calculations OF proht
and lose showing how safe i, was 70 invest money in,
and what large re.urLs made from the business OF
raising nisses, IS he called them. The reader may
i. Il Al. A..