Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-16

Social Life In CharIeatan-Csaduot nm,
Customs Of the Slaves. ..
The Charleston Is. O.) correspondent o
the New York EOening Post writes as fol
lows; ~
There are over 100 walters at the Charles
ton Hotel, hired from their masters by
the landlord at $40 per months. Zone
almost white, and possessing some special
accomplishment, obtains a Sc bonus, am
toid.) When planter or traveller brings
his own slaves to the hotel they are allowed
their board free of charge, giving in return
their services, first to their owners, then TO
the guests in general. s.. .I
SubnlissiUensss of the Slcves.-You equally
OBEY the dictates of good.nature and pru-
uence IN ieelng your waiter, under which
stimulant he becomes as assiduous and defer
ential as hewould be dilatory and Indifferent.
lacking 1t, He remembers your culinary
nkings, will, indeed sometimes zealously
duplicate yeur yesterdays breakfast without
orders, while you read your newspaper.
Approbattve in the EXTREMIST degree, If you
! preface request with "Tll thank you, or,
/ HWIlgou oblige me, orany such unexpected
courtesy, he absolutely cuts caper Of de-
| light before rushing off to obey the mandate.
comporting himself in other respects like a
| grown-up child. ..Is 81
Surveying him and his fellows, generally
lntelhgent-IookiDg negroes, neatly dressed
! most OF them wearing rings, and some watch
| chains, observing their humble, dutiful be-
haVlor Northern man is appalled, to see
now they have accepted their position as
slaves how their every word and action i'm
/ plies their recognition of the unchristiau be-
hef in their essential inferiority. think that
this very submissiveness is in ITSELF a tre-
mendous protest against the Inherent wicked-
ness of the cherished institution.
would 1t be possible to subdue any other
race doubt it. "Gurth, the son of Beo.
! wulf, born thTall TO Cedric the Saxou.n with
his dog collar round his neck, had vet his
| rights and possibilities of emancipation in a
| generation or two he was almost certain of
| becoming freed-man-not SO Quashee or
Sambo. His very lovable qualities conspire
to perpetuate his enslavement. Yet they are
| capable of dreadful transformation. as wi :
ness St. Domingo. The South has no reason
to fear repetition of that awful experime 4
| possibly for some generations, but If it per-
sists In huggiDg this evil, iu believing it to
be the one good desirable thing, that pun
lshment must follow is as certain as death
and judgment. -
To return to the walters at the Charleston
Hotel. 1t IS not difficult to understand how
| the eager obeissnce of slaves gratifies the
| Southern recipient; how he e)mes to con :
| slider it essential to his comfort and well
belngi how, in short, mutual relations grow
! up between slave and slave-owner, render
ing the problem of the extinction of the
! wrong horribly difficult. Its perpetuaton
tatters that instinct toward mastery which
we all possess. Every man with a white
skin below Mason and Dixon's line is an
aristocrat
You observe it in the demeanor of the
Irish walters toward their colored associ-
atesi they would be ipsulted were thev re-
9uired to take their food with "nagurs."
One morning, being in my room. | over
heard an alteration between the chamber
maid and good-looking lnulatto who Of
ticiates as FIRE maker. He had called to her
rather Familiarity, and she, indignant at his
presumption, was rating him soundly. Who
was be talking to? she asked; she would let
him know she was no h0ench, to be spoken to
in that mannerl Individually, he was bv
far the pleasanter looking parsonage of the
two. - =.
Treatment of the S2aves-You verv rarely
hear slave spoken harshly or inconsider-
ately to in large hotel, nor is there occasion
for It. l have heard harsh words from a
drunken man, hardly in any other instance.
Southerners OF education and position are
less eXacting, more tolerant of the short
comings of slaves, than Northern man finds
it easy to be. They seem to allow certain
margin OF error, ldleness or small duplicity
as Incidental to negro position. 1t is an
involuntary recognition of the necessity of
tempering huge injustice with minor
ndulgences. ---
They are liable to be "paddled," however,
This punishment is generally administered at
the guard house, by the Charleston police,
who are all lrishmen. They use thick, fiat
board with holes in it. Any offended master
or mistress sends a slave 10 the place of
chastsement with note, stating the desired
amount which is duly honored. Like
institutions" breed like results all over the
world; in Sala's Journey Due North we find
the same system in operation in Russia.
Atour hotel only white porters are allowed
to handle baggage, as slaves can not be
or give them liquor. OF course they get it
secretly, and have a "high time"
Curious Fedtures.-Theira rapprobstivenessis
curiously manifest in their respect for per-
sons of apparent wealth or consideration.
Thus, man who orders bottle of wine to
his dinner will secure more eattention-always
provided he fees his "boy"-than water
drinker. Let him appear in company of
any recognised Charleston magnates; above
all, let him entertain them at a side table
with the appropriate accompaniments of
Champagne, 30, his "boy" and all the
boys" around henceforth conceive the
highest opinion of him. "My boss real
gentleman" your sable dttdche will say,
Growing over his fellows and feeling his own
importance considerably augmented in con-
sequence of your presumed aristocracy.
Do they listen to the conversation in pro-
gress under their noses ?-the eternal talk of
Secession, of which Charlestoniaus are never
wearied2 Of course they do. Do they un-
deTstand it? L think this very doubtful.
They have certainly become so Incorporated
in the system as to share, to some extent,
the feelings of their masters. To both the
word "abolitionist" is suggestive of nothing
but unqualified, monstrous villainy. Per-
haps the most extraordinary thing in con-
neetion with slavery is the hearing of it dis
cussed for hours together in the presence of
slaves-as any resident of the South can
hardly have missed witnessing scores of
times.
Extraordinary SURGICAL OperatiOn-A Ban
Extracted from "A Mans Head after Re-
mRinins There Twenty. nine Months.
At the last meeting of the Academy of
Medicine, saws a Paris corresnondent an