Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-04


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APioture OF Life In the south.
"A correspondent of the N. Y. Post, who
dates. bis letter "Iu the woods, Arkansas, 4,
thus writes.
am IN the woods, and the house of a
rich lnani-for young man and a, .baclle-
Tor, pery rich. The house has two rooms
IN It, one with three beds for the owner
and his friends, the other for his oyerseer.
My rich mans house is in fact little batter
that board cabin, blessed with shingles
and yerAndlh. Anirreverent Bostonian,
with garrote shirt-collar aud $500 AZ year,
might possibly termit shanty. The floor
Is uncarpeted, and has nsanirregGlarrolla about
\ It, which makes you feel unsteady at first
4 ike a landsman on ship-bORrCl. The vim
dpWs are NOT very accurately fitted in their
frames, and over the door is chink. and
uhderit astill wider chink,-just the place
for the snow to eddyinndler aud form " Wtiita
drifts In the entry, if snow were only a
Southern institution. In the walls, per
haPs, there are other chinks, aforiiug
unexpected views of the levee, the univer
sal forti6cation of the country.
II is a house of strlluge contrasts. Tue
servant brings you u glass of the finest
Sherry or old Madeirn. Have nrcigar?-
From under tue bed, perhaps, is pulled a
box OF such high favored Havpnas as are
wont to tloat TO heaven the souls of SDan:.
iSh liidalgos and Cuban Dons. What Is
the sweet scent that fills the house?-
Bunches of bananas pendant over head and
slowly yellowing in the soft air. Not
grown here, ofcourse, but got "off tho
boat as were those oysters ut breakfast
and the oranges and the ice which cools
your claret
This is a house, after all. The brown
stone front, in which someSulgar, unloye-
able Gresus or Gupuybags makes every.
body uncomfortable with his arrogance or
his pretoccupHtion, is not house any
more thnn tllt, hollow tree In whic6yBF1lIn
hYbernates. A housc-t6 be a mousse
must have somebody that is somebody in
u. Let me introduce to You my friend of
the planting interest.
"The apparel oft proclaims the MAN.
Cotton lanter wears a broA,l-hrimmed
hat OF that sort which one can sit down
upon without a pang; an open flowing
shirt-cOllar, andia suit of homespuu which
may be sky-blue or brick-dust color,
Rccording to luck. His pantaloOns are
tucked into his boots-a sacrifice of beau
ty to cleanliness which is inexorably de.
manded by the prevalent powers of mud
Unlike the Yankee, he does not make init.
tens OF his trowsers' pockets, aud is entire
ly at ease abont the disposition OF bis
legs, being happily independent of MAN.
ltclpieces and chair-backs. Free ard ensy
in his manners, he enjoys himself without
an effort, aud his company isA universal
solvent, taking the starch out of old maids
and deacOns. He looks you straight in
the eye, and expresses by face and word
his exact meaVling. InEuaki1g bargain,
he begins at the end by stating his terms
and conditions, which You may take or
leave, like or lump, and have done once for
oil. The Northerner, on the contrary,
tnking itfor granted thatin every lransac-
tion of exchange, one must sell and the
Othes be sold, und that he will owe il sole
| ly to his own shrewdness if hO is not
lchcated, has no idea of making n blind
dash at the ehtrenched enemy. but sends
out trecouoitering parties first and discoy-
/ ers his opponents weak points OH
The Southern theory is that every mau
is tob be expected to do right, and will do
right. Hence our cotton planter feels a
| greater disappointment and indignation
4 when he is wronged. But the Northerner
holds every man guilty till he is proved in
noCent, and acting upon this theory if heis
deceived or cheated he morely considers
that PrioTi fair wsrning to beware, he
has been worsted in a2fair encounter of the
wits. -. 45,stlf .fsf-4 l5llT5l -, -
The North has been accustomed TO COM
| plain that tho South is imperfouS, head
strong, unwilling ITO submit to disAppoint-
ment or defeat, even atIthe hands of that
immarplate, profound, never installing po.
tentate-the majority. It has cause un
doubtedly. The southeTner is not used to
having his will thwarted. Our cotton
planting friend is accustomed to think that
what be believes right Is right, and to order
II done forthwith; and il it Is not done then
an overseer Is to be discharged or niger
thrashed, ccrtainl A discipline which,
whatever We may think of its working in
political affairs, is tonnd to be necessary
and wholesome one on plautation.
/ Now that have introduced to you my
murh-valned friend in tho cotton -blantinp
interest, perhaps [but It isn't very proba-
blel you haven't noticed certain air of
Independents about him. Not a sWnggcr,
nothing like nrroganee, but an unwa.
Tering independence defiant of the world,
the North, and the DEVIL His reception OF
you is mnch as if he. should say. al am
very glad sir, TO make your acquaintance;
but II You are not glad of aiHe, it's not of
the slightest consequence aud only Shows
that YOU hRye got there an expletiye) bad
taste.R fsifaith in1cott6n siss perfectly
sublime. he pooh poots the stories about
hax-eotton ever usnrpiHg the throne of
/ the true prince, and seems tn belisEe that
it isn't possible, it isn't conceivable, it isn't
IN rrrNll nGtlrG, that any 6nt Sotton should
Eperform the offices ofeottOn. sThe South
era Coufederacy Is Ssafe, STRIP Ee saySi--
"Jef. Davis has got Qaeen Victoria and
4 Louis Napoleon in. his 6teetbeSl ip9cketsli'
I lf You happen to look q little shocked at
the idea OfQueen Yictoria's being in.so. IN