The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-28

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rooms Outside the whewash gave them clearly ap-
pearance; inside they dngy and sqaad-no glass
ia tue windows swarms of flies clothes hanging on
nas Ia the boards dressers with broken crockery bed
stead OF rough carpentry; fireplace in which, hot
the Day log lay in embers; couple of tin cooking
utensils in the obscure the occupant male female,
awkward and shy before Strangers and silent till spoken
TO- OF course there no books for tho slaves do not
read They ali seemed respectful To their master
| We saw very old meh aud very old women who were
! the cankcrworrns OF the estate, and doziag
| away into eternity mindful only of homny and pig and
lnolasses Two negro bidders were working their bows
with energy in front OF one Of the nuts, aud crowd of
little children were listening to the music, aud afew
grown up persons Of colorsome of them from the al
joining plantations The children generally dressed in
little sack of coarse calico which answers all reasonable
purposes even IL II be not very clean 1t might be an in
'cresting subject OF nfry TO the natural phiosohors
who fellow crnoogy to determine why J, Is that tbs
i'air Of the infant negro, or q The child up to six
or oven glnooge color, ANA gradually darl;ens into
| dun ebon. These little bodies were III stIy large
somnchcd, wei! fed, ana no, less happy than free born
children, although much more vauab!0r once thel get
over juvenile dangers, and advance towaos Mae or ten
years Of ago they rise in value GlC0 more even in
times when the market is low and money &C. Tho
women were not very we'll favored, except yellow girl
whose child quite white with fair hair an light eyes
and the Disguised in such strangely cu clothes
thor hats and shoes and ats wonderfully shade
that cgc could not tell what thcy wcfc like On All aces
there was gravity which must be the index serene
coni"ntmeni and perfect comfort ior those who eugh
now best declare they are The haplitst IN the
| Ga the cNpr,sslon OF the faces Of the slaves
| all oyer Tie SOUTH That dep dCIcction is thc
race ir 4 piysioguumst 90 and see Here thor were
abnl,n evidences that ,hcy wel lreacd for iAey
hat good clothing o IT'S kiad GOOD food and master who
Willingly coui "a them 40 niastice as he is am sure
iucahla OF it, Stl the, an looked cXcc,Ginut, sad and
Tie Old woman who boosted that she had held her
Old muster her arms Wlcl he was Infant did not
look cheerful, tho nurse "a; home would have DONE
tn aiett IF her ancient charge The precincts Of the
hrio wer" not c,'an and Tn mel )src f woods
winch poutryhr perl l.sitcs n Tue sayeswerc in
TILL possessed
The negroes rear domestic birds of an kinds aal sell
10 thpic
s!cBu purchasing TOBACCO, mliassps, clothes
ana n,sr-,,bi.kc, the,r prcnl de, bt thcy
uu,t not have. scYcnty or cisly hands
were Qnart"rcd in this part Of the estate. The
silence watch rcieacd the hats as soon rs Tive
u!jers hal gone oil 10 tie sugar house profound.
rlocc leaving the quarter taken the hos pi.a
"hr wa III charge OF All Old negroes The naked
contained several flock beds rough stlrl5 aud i've
patients, three oil whom woe women They 80. sttssy
he bns - 'sng INTO space no book, 10 a,uase
them, no onvTSaton-Nothing but their own dull
Thoughts, Il they had any. They were snii ring from
pneumonia AID swelling OF tn, eais Of the neck: one
man had fever Their uo.icai attendant visits them
regularly, and each plantation has pfac. oncr
VINO i engaged by In, terra for his Services
Negroes have now only nominal valnn IN The NAV
k THAT ~ the price OF good field haul Is a. lnrh
49, eyer, but there is 20 buy him ut present
aud no money To pay tcr INN, ana the trade Of the
men who advertise "Vrgi., ncgrors constantly on snlc
money advanced N al d"sc iftion a property," &C.
must 90 fl--ihcit rockets cnn,y This sl,s,ion Of
price L. introduced incidentally in reference The treat
iacnt OF negroes IL has Ten been said me that 10
one will i'll Csc creature worth 500 or G40o but that
a hunt INK field could sliow that II value b. u guarantee Tor
good Usage Che slave muc fortunate than his follow
,altc the horse. the growth OF suaar cane cotton
and he the great man = mission on Garth and
# all masters like GoYcrlor Roman, SLAYER, uiisht
be defended nitral ,.d iiaOcuons nstutin Sugar
,n, cotton are assurcilv two rra agencies m Inn, It
Ter world The pAicr gl on wcil enough without tn NJ
\ pUAr 1870 I SUGAR HOUSE
Tho SCREAMING OF the fdd,rs at racfed rs 10 m suoa,
holse large Brick br ldng sith factory oo m eliza.
new where The juico OF tire cane J., sytr,s,rl il ,,c
pftlatti arI prepared for me re- NOR In ,,c. ~ ne
door unoccuped by machinery some fifteen women and
As naiy IN were a,4,mht'I AMI f,rr n,,Ios wnr-.
dancing Kind of Irish Vi. 10 the Music on fine nncr, mn
sc,nns-a doubt, ,,ui1 ana \ tbrnn;ne restiey Win
bosr elbows ibndulos pa, and arrfated kn,os hrlis
thrown back and backs aycard nwiy!s---a s,z ii eve
inf ils, sa,,unv Of tn,D worthy of ti,c rnnot -. on
Gn,,s,nui" al this tnne ~ year mora o. no ,yor.
done IN thc sugar house bnt = len the cr,,.hiua nd hor
in are going on the i,hor Intense and a On, hands
work IN qaurs rioht and day. and IL ,n ,c,, Of IN, rrca
be sGperuielcd 70 the emp;rl,urs IN scpcm,rr Il MAJ