, 1859-04-01

The following letter, published originally in
the Owego IL. ~ Tinlts, a copy Of whicl, was
mailed 10 thc POSTMASTER at Aiken, waS the cause
Of the expulsion Of the lady writer and her sick
companion, fr"m the place at which it is dated.
by mob. We published an account of tho
matter day or two ago.
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My DEAR Hno7nEK:-We are in what is called
:hc Pint Wnods District, l.n miles west of
Charleston. Aiken is /, small tuwn If not
place MAS ever iii. All the work thut is done
III this country is lnnc by the slaves, unl they
do Just us little rs they possibly can.
The lnuses arc open and moi half made, with
the doors ttl' the hinges, and the windows won't
slut; YOU conid put Your hand in the cracks al!
around the sasllcS. The whole country las the
appearance Of lazs. shiftcss. dr,cncrating de-
cay. The white people arc The most lazy, shift.
less, dirty, ignorant set ot brings it is possible
II, conceive If. They 20 louuginE aDuut tic
streets md stores all day, Il moving heap Of
rags, dirt and ignorance. looking little better,
aud often KNOWN. trss, than the slayes-tou
proud to work, and too poor 10 1ve-Mr>.
the poor whites If the South, is in nu WAY urrr
drawn, bm "f,sn fails vg IL description Of slviE
des.itu,iou and ignorance
The slaves arr If all culorS and shades from
the Must souty ack to perfect white. There
wAs waiter Ut tht Hotel ut Charleston, wl.,,
was Us Whit as vou ar |, will, blue crcs and
sandy hair, and not the least appearance Of -st-
!ri>lsnau. aud ms husband thought him I'LL
-ine.ican; bnt frnm our hnSt, 10 our surprise.
W found linn n Lc i >1ayc. the property If Il
elantcr :: ttw miles sout!, If Charleston.
Aiken is quite r,>ort for cnusu1nr,iyes. II
iirs OH high ground. and is surrounded by :,
yellow pine forest. TAc climate is mild and
warm, the atmosphere pure and delightful. We
l.ase bttn ont al tl.c n,erning wish"at e!aks sr
>hawls. And ought not To c1snpla!si If i cnu,,-
TRY that yivrs MY daughter health but, in s,t
Of all my wishes, the hours hang heartily u}o,l
mlc. We havc no company except the iva
| young ludicS fran New lork-~tllc one sick and
| tue other to take care oi her, nnd Il gent from
| Ohio, also sick. and trsty old bachelor, which
is worse than tein. sick.
| This nonatonous Tie is occasionally broker
by nccro whipping, The otl!rr day. us WI:
| Wa1kin.. down street. saw quite u crowd al
people. and >oon bcheld in their u,idst Il large
tail ierrr. with Ills arms piuioncd behind him,
who had been driven twelve miles that morninr
by white null the man ridiu: OH 4 Lnrsc and
driving him htf,rc him. using two long ropes IL
| We USE lines tn drive u.,r horses
| The men said that the negro had started tc
| run AWAY, and he Ind caught him and brought
| him back. The negru said tha, he belonged II
| Il N.an = few miles sauth, aud had only lost hi:
way n the woods, and if they would let him, Il,
wond 70 right home They toggcd him. put
him in lt.c calAbnost, Ia negro prison. and wha
has became ef him siuce do not know, but fts
quite sure that they had thr ropcs IN the wro,;
u,aa, for the neZyo MAS much the slnartest look
! ing of the Two,
Last Sunday. just after morning service. n,
heard great noSe in the street, and IN looking
out Vt. saw a b'ark nan trying TO yrt away from
| .t,..
profuScly. Tiny tied his hands behind him
stripped his back bare. took him into their stor'
which il nearly opposite IN our lou>c, tied hin
dnwn to the tloor, nud gave hins fifty laslaes /,
the course If the ncrt half hour-not ali u
once. After eight or ten |pshcs he -roaned mos
pitenusiv at every strake Of the whip. And al
the crime that WI could learn that lie hud com
ing d whistle which he had bought and given tt
his boy, and Eivin. it to his master = b"y. Th
slave aud nurse were 4uurreling about it wle,
the master ca1nc home from church. He cam
into the kitchen, took u,oulding-board AM
broke i, over the slaves head. then struck lin
blow with tue rolliaeoin. The slave rashet
into the street, nud tic noise began that attract
cd our attention.
l have heard many ccnsure the mastcr 70
Whipping Ills ssave M Sunday, but not one thu
he WAS whipped so severely. While wc--poo
craven wresches that VIC arc-havc to wines
such things, and dare not open our mouths il
disarprova! of it. l almost 'dcspisc myself 70
being such q coward; but VIC could moi do til
poor s!ares my good, but oursvlres much harm
| 30 VIC bite our lips and keep silent before folks
but in3 our own rooms we feel as valiant. an
CROW Us independe dentIy as young roosters whe,
they get upon their own dunsAi1l,
And this is life in the South. Here is Soutl,
crn cllivalry, the aristocracy of.America, ii,
constituency Of Il Butler and Brooks. But eir
| mr. my NHrfhrrn home however, hrmffn
would rather be almost anythiur % tcxccnt
doushface) in the frce North, than 10 be mi.
tress Of the best plantation in South Caroliu.