New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-25
Gu. ard re. before me some cold cornSre.s and fat


tacon.
before ! bad finished eating my supper, however,
i,y isih quite changed their n4Dner, aod the Won
ap.lopiz.d having made coffee. The COOK hid
ptn. lo bed and The IRE ont tbe said. Sue pres
h. order, Byron, BIZ br ught NY saddle III, 70
get son. iight-wood' and make fire; said she was
afraid bad made poor supper and set char by tue
IRE Iiaee foI NE as drew away frOln u, table.
Piled the vitn inquiries about his burinssS,
got MIN mreretted IN poa,s of difference bet ecu
kurtLerp and southern agriculture and soon had hh
ia very sociable ana communicative humor. lie
gave me nuch oyerseer's lore a5out cotton ealtlrs,
rrer sn1 cattle msades the proper mrde Of k--ih"S
potago.s etc.; snd when proposed TO ride over
~, tlit,a,iUn with bin 10 'he morning, be SAID ne
eouIc be very than kful VI ny company
thUs they gov, up their owl bel 70 ne for IL Vas
double had -lept in since the stets were bsi
,hsrg.d. Tie room Was Rarnisbed with priois ana
other ar ammunition, role OF negro-soth, SHOES
Ind bate han, eufs, a large medicine chest, and seV-
ers boOks medical and surgical subjects and fai-
rery; lille articles of both men and women wear
ite sppaf,l HING against the walls, which were aro
eo"Iaied with large patept med'cine posters
REVIEW or A FIRST RATE COTTON PLANTATION.
W. tGd good breakfast in the norning, And I'M
nedaie al erwgrd mounted and rode " Worry large
co,ton 3D. where the whole held force VI the plan'
ton vas .ngsg.d
II WIS iIst-rste plantation. On the highest ground
stroo "a large and handsome inauslon, but IL hah no
been occupied for several years. and II Was more tnan
two y.srr the rsser had Seen the owner lie
lived several hundred miles away, and tbs overseer
won d Of believe that dd mol Know Dit, lDf 10 was
d rich uan aid honorable, and had several tunes
been where 4 caLe fion-New Il Ork.
The sL,. piantsuon, Iueiuding the swamp LAID
ar, una H. and owned with IT, covered several square
lies. Ii wGs -four miles from the settlement W the
leaie-t ei.hbor's house There were betse-n thir-
,et and fourteen hundred under cultivation with
cotton cOTI AID .tner hoed crops, and two hIddrei
b, u rum ing large 10 the swamp. IL WAS tie iln
ton thet corn and pork enough should DC ralsed 10
hep III. ,lsv,s and catte. Inis year. however, has
been found Deee-sJy 10 purchase largely, and sucn
WIS probably usually the case, though the oyereef M
TN NJ, tb. owner Lad BEEN dispieased and he " dld
not NJ n W tie Iaugut % bad az IN.
There were 49, rIayes, big and little, OF which %
went ~ field r.gu.arjy-equsI the oyerseer Thought
e. To abl, tod, hand. side the sd-nands, tl7e
were mechanics blacksmith, carpenter and wheel
y rigftl sesmstr.ss o. cook stable servant eat
te-teBder, 1 hog-iender, teanster house servant
loverseef COOK and one midwife and nurse. IuesS
w,Ie al hIst cass hAIdz most Vi them would be wota
u ore II hey for sale, the oSerseer said, can tae
bert held hands There was aiso driver Of the noe
gang who DID LABOR pers na ~ aud foreman OF
ia, glow gang. Teese two ac'ed as petty officers In
he hel-, Snd Hlterra tely in TIE quarters
There was d Dur5.ry Tor sucklugs at The quarters
aid ~ eLIy women at this tuie who Ielt their WORK
four times each day for alf hour % nurse Their
youIg ONES and " HON The ovefseer counted as hail.
Lspde-thal L. expected TO do halt ordinary day .
work
DEsEKTERs AND DETECTIVES.
He had 10 ruDaways out at this time, but had inst
sold a bad enc IA 20 Texas. Hc wac whipping the
fellow when he turned and tried 10 stab hlin-tlen
broke from hin AID sway. lie had hun canghs a.
Lost l. n.diaiel, BY the dOg-. After catching han, be
kept hiu III I'LL ne bad chance sell Liln HIS
Iegers cid uCt very often away, be SAID bscaase
tb,y weI, allpCst sue 70 be caught. AS soon as lie
W Lrat one gone be put The dogs on aud II ram
I'D DOT just fallen, thy would soon NM him. SoAe
tia e. though they would outwit the dogs. out II they
they almost al %sys kept IL the neghborhOod be
use tiles odd Dot ike to go ~Defe they could not some
tunes get back and their fsmles, and no would
4. l.. LII .stfu
cone round their quarters TO their families and -
get fos O and as roou he knew II, nc would mn
Ihr trac KS and put tue dogs on again. Two mouths
was the longest any OF them ever kept out. Iney
had dogs AIMED pur pose 70 run al er nggers, and
ueN er let Out for any thing else.
DRIVING.
We found in the field thirty plows, moving together
inning the earth from tbs cotton plants, aud iron
Unity 10 orty boers, the latter mainly women, with
bacb driver walking about among them VITA "mp,
whnh be often cracked at then, sometimes allowing
tie Iash 10 fall lightly upon their shoulders. lie Wa
constantly urging them sho wllh Lis voice. All worked
v.Iy II. sdy though the presence Of stranger on
tie plntetICD must have been rare, saw none ralre
or tnrn his head To look Each gang
.ld.d Nv waier-toier, that OF the no, gang being
"a straight slrgbuy, plump lutte black girl, whose Pi:-
ture she ttood balancing the bucket npon her head
RI aoilg bright eye VILE one hand, and holding out
"a abash with he other 10 msinttn her Pose, wouid
have been n worthy study Tor Murilo.
DAYS AND hours or LABOR.
| asked st what time they began 10 work in the
morning.. well said the oveIse,r, 81 do better
b, nv 6isgsrs than most / keep EN- right smart a.
ueir ork while they do work, but generally knock
IN off e. o clock in the morning Saturdays, and
give en- all The rest of the day " themselves, and 1
always gives I'm Sundays, the whole day. PIckin'
TN e. aLC " hen tfe craps rad In grass soms ines
Keep en- 10 il ill about tunset, Saturdays, bus never
work EN- Sundays
How eslly GO you start them out in the morning,
usually - -,
EXCEPT tis III tick IN tu, then may be get EN- out
quar- er Of an hour before But KEEP EN- night smart
20 work through the day." He showed MI evident
,Iioe la tie vigilance OF his driver, and called my
ttetion 10 the large of ground already hoed over
tLat morning; veil hOed, TOO, as be sad
AT vlat time do they ca | asked. They ate
theIr suaoks In u cir cabins, ne said, before they
cane out in the morning that Is before dayhglttnr
,o ri,iue at ibis time little before hy1 aud the
CAV da " ing, probably an hour earlerI then a. l.
O'Clock their dinner brought to them III cart
one toe plOw gang and one ioi the hoegsng'
II. boc.gang ate its dlDnfr III The held AID oniy
stoned work long enough 20 eat IT. The plo w-ging
dtoI. If teans 10 the weather homes open si5ds
eIetted for The oee IN Different ptrts OF Tie Piau
op under " hch were c's;srns filled With rain Wafer,
tr, M v ct tie wat.rtoer5 carried drink W uuse AZ
soJk The mules were fed as much oafs I'm straw,
com and fodder ss they would eat In two hours; ths
forage having te.n brought 10 the weather hou es oy
apub.r cart The plowmen had nothing 10 do but eat
their dinner in all hs time. All worked a. iate as
t.y could RTE 10 work we'll AID had more food nor
test III nj they returned 10 their cabins Az ~ Clock
the dri, ers, each an alternae hight, bleS h)rn
md at 10 ysited every cabin 70 zee that It's occupants
oeIe al rest End not Ia king about and spnndng their
rIenQ il fooeri.s, and thai The fires were sae-ayery
VI usuA preoaulop; the rogoes are generally a. liberty
after their Gats work Il done I'LL they are Called III
the morning. When WA hing and patching we're done,
wood hauled and cut for the fres ground, ete,
oio not ia n probably al chores not OF daily necessity
s.re resery I'd Tor Saturday. Custom varies IN THIS rs
srct In general with regard TO fuel for the CABINS
AZ, p,yro.s are len 20 look out Tor Themselves and
thew Often have 10 60 to the swamp for II, or al
eat il il as been bauied 70 70 convenient size
O., II, d. "a work /, dune The ailO " iIIce OF food