The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-03-10
From the Randolph County Journ al
Southern Sketches.
BArnN ROCHE Ii.

Southern Sketches.
BATON ROGUE, La, Feb 9.
BRo. DIGGs You have concluded no doubt.
that have forgotten my promise to write to you
l have no excuse, except that when | did write
| wanted to give you my views of the peculiar
institution as | see it around Us. aud have tried
to dlvest myself Of prejudccs SO as to be able TO
look upon it in all its bearings
! That the most horrd descrip ions | have ever
read OF the curse of Slavery had failed to give a
true picture of the reality and with all the euorm-
lty heaped upon the poor slave, | am convert
to the belief that they happier than their
II IsteF5. After eight weeks mingiing with mas
ter aud slave, (for although there may have been
some danger ia it, still have conversed with the
slave,J | am prepared to say ia TRUTH | would
rather be the oppressed that the oppressor
We left Cincinnati Dec. 18th; had pleasant
trip TO New Orleans. The passengers being
nearly all EOrtAerners, we had it pretty much
our own way. Two ladies', with their servants,
were on the Covingron side of the river which
our boat crossed for. We learned through the
walters (which were all colorei persoas1 that
they had tod their slaves if they took the N
across the river the abolitiouists would catch
them They Will yet learn that their slaves
are not 50 Ignorant as they hatter them
selves they are. The name of "abolitionist" is
used 70 Tighten the slave, like the threat of dis.
union to trlghten the North and both are losing
their force.
d
and girl talking about what they would Do when
they got t. Canada.
oDs evening way down. about dark, a
heavy fog set IN and we ran ashore at a planta-
ton aaI wooty,rd. The oveFsaer came down
To sol! wood tac negroes To sell pccans aud chick
ems to get their Carstmas money There was
another boat llSt below rs, and in passing it. we
cam uoon a gro holding a horse. lie asked
m Tor tobacco, which / did not have. He then
asked here our boat was from told him from
'..t... .,+t II a.
hov | WISH was there :" | asked him if he had
to work hard. % yes, uassa, work like dogs, aud
get hut little 70 eat or wear" Poor feiioie!
" Aau | went back 10 the boat the servant
boys F-re singing aai Pla,ia<, which all seemed
70 ei'F. Hutii they sEug song tle sentiment of
The poor old slave has gone 70 rest:
There let him be, for n5w he Is free"
This c3oed their ardor for singing and they
cadet fora speech. This WAS the 9Th night on
the boa. and we had been having speeches be-
fore. We bad Il youu- maa aboard from North
erH Ohio, who hl3 deciamei Tor Us. whom thee
had named Lord Byron" They called him ont
but Eot mote than some of them bargaiued for
lie gave Us an original speech upon gambling
and iLte#pegaEce. lie said il was a shame shat
the captains of the fine steamers woald alIov Iiq
uor sold or gambling upon them. That these gea
temen were miserable set OF coE4ris aal QUAD.
reis that one Of the miserable scanps lad tae
Impotence 10 AK him to gamble wjth h5m but
ae thanked u u Gc had oeta raised or p.ols
@9.Ger. ~ao had taught hia better. aud ~aau4
NJ hE aapaauDE - the ladies 10 shnu these worth
.4ss cae4t.res This was i bumb-shea tn
gamblers, bar keeper. aal few Others were very
wro.h, aud appealed 10 the officers to plt him
ashore The ladies sent FIR the c}agl, and to,i
al.n that If the young Blaa pat ashore they
ere going on-. The officers so0u found Which
vas the popular SIDE, aud tie flss vas sooa dried
APP
We passed Baton Rouge Dec, 2tth. Here we
saw the first oranges upon the trees; and here,
100, we came 10 tie sugar plautatioss They
vere much nicer than The cotton farms above
tLe cotton planter taAes lad ci4isn, deaie-s a
large tract Of land, clears OF the au3erbrusa.
scratches the ground, and plants the cgttoa see3 .
lie ba..ds himself large doa5,e cabin. ple,ja-
chimney out OF doors At each end, with large
open space betweea, looking very mach HAe oar
osi fashioned barns. The Save hats are small .
aud bailt OF roaad poles, The whole plantation
pTeselt!n- gloomy appearance +--saUa are more
pleasant but they are tie ezceati3as. The sug
Az farms are permanent Institutions Iae pIa .ess
lo1se IS 4 splendid affair nearly bid in the rich
grow. a Of otever-feaas; farther back tEe Save hats
ara laid eff Ike q village. with the oyerSeers boase
ia the m3s, o. them. They are a.. bult alike.
are framed AMI wlsteEasae3 g. and frou the river
loeS Eeat and clean.
We arrived a, Naz Orleans u ; O'Clock Christ
mas tl7, II the midst OF ra.a storm sueh as TIE
climate 5 Gotea to--3ascaa5.aE ia torrents
Ne stayed oa the boa. ua,il the next morning.
"a2a "e sent Up to@a aud secured oaarthag IN i
Tery ql.se. n5ee place We remained there aatI :
'he FL os.nE Ncad4y eve2;aE, when ne 20.
aboard he steamer Nebraska aal came here.
where ne arrived Tuesday uloTains, We stopped
here aa hoar aS We weat DO W. aa6 HSai i bet
te- tLan aag @ ace We bai seen be I57y lba aloata
oE the o4jo L IS tas ca e1r5caI % tie S:asa.
.a3 eoata1s a popGialios. of about seven Ihua
>aad. ne2E.E ere half at wares a-e saves Toe
JtoF=rE.sIeUE Ra-rasks S-a-e II .-a ASs~r---s
and PeaIleatAry are located bese, and al lie
ba ti.azs.
Fne Water here has beca vet oas We
have seen 'ce ont three or fp1r times acd no!
0Sec hast a. lacd thick When 1t rs;nizS The
climate : de.3gLtfsI. New Wears sfav nv s;t1
aai self weIt - the oarva Ks We sax assers Of
various ksads N bloom aoi the LADIES' e2rry3ug
paFaSo,s. i WAS very much ike Nay at home
Iao iArsaers are ae4s5y done Plalu1g: be olamo
ard peach trees are 10 bloom; many vegetables
sach = cabbage. turefps. etc. cros Al xiase-.
a1d yet .hey aGsgoEt '-esr saar ksc-s, as they %