Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-01-17
NEW PUBLICATION.

BHcSwoop EDNBURGH Magazine. Leon
ard Scott & Co., reprint, y. \.
The December number has the following
articles Capt Clnt,erbuck's Champagne,
Part III Angus. Willy PuSin Chronicles
OF CarilDgford The Doctors family, Part III;
Wass4il, Christmas story, Part |. a word
from new D.ctionlry-"F Flunkeyism, 80
Fechter 10 Hamlet and OJhell5. \ month
with the Rebels. Some account Of both sides
OF the American War. The last two articles
are characteristic Of the high tory sympathy
with the rebels 10 England a this time.
Blacswood'- Edn7ursh Magazine for De-
cam5cT has two articles, ons entitled, e" A
month with the Rebels, the other. " some
sccount OF 10th siics Of the War" Both
Of these are written purlos.iy Co m.sl,ad
the English pa5iic-io debiuol thsif minds
with thl nl.l1u that Slavery - NOS 20 very
bad an affair after all, and need f3Fn 20
ground OF obisation u England's rendering
the J,f DAVIS ultra pro-siavery Coafederacy
& helping hand especially II by sffliaung
with 1t. finishing blow can be given n the
United States, and al advantageous bargain
made 70 exchange Ea-lish manufactures, al
Ajitum, for cotton. IN extract from the
first article above mentioned, viii show our
rea1ers the SOFT of stuff these treason pro-
moteFs crafty the English appetite with
According to the writer : account, the time
Of his visit was IN last September. Every
thing whIch he saw was rose col0rel in favor
of the rebel cause
Amongst the dangers which we had heard
at New York Threatened the South. u REVOLT
Of the slave population was SAID to be the
most imminent. Let Us take, then, peep
at a totton-f-ld. and see what likelihood
there is Of such contingency.
On the bank Of the Alabama river, which
winds it's yellow course through dense woods
Of oak, ash, maple. and pine, thickened with
tangled c0pse OF varied evergreens, lie some
Of the most fertile plantations OF the State,
One of these We bad the advantage Of visit
ing. Its owner received us with all that
hospitality and unaffected BON homrIs which
invariably distinguish Southern gentle
man. Having mounted couple Of hacks,
We started of through large pine wood,
and soon arrived at " clearing Of about
200 acres 10 extent, on most Of which was
growing an average cotton crop. THIS was
a fair sample OF the rest Of the plantation,
which consisted altogether of 1OoO acres
Riding into the middle OF the field, we 'ound
ourselves surrounded By about forty slaves,
men. women, and children, engaged in
picking" They we're all well dressed. and
seemed happy and cheerful. Wishing to
know what tims of day it was, | asked MIR.
- the hour. whereupon one of the
darkies by my side took out a gold watch
aud informed me.
"Do your laborers generally war sold
watches, sir ?" inquired.
" A great many Of thom have. Why,
sir, nv negroes all have their cotton plots
and gardens. aud most Of them little or
chards."
We found from their own testimony that
they were well fed, chiefly upon pork, corn,
potatoes, aud rice, carefully attended 70
when sick, aud on Sundays dTess better than
theis masters.
Many Of them had SIX OF ssve1 hundred
dollars of their own, which they either lend
to the banks or hide in the ground. In ths
hot weather they begin work at six in the
morning, and 90 on till ten they then 60
home TIL three, and when the sun declines,
return to their work till siz or seven. In
the cool weather they begin soon after day
light, and rest for two or three hours in the
middle of the day.
We next visited the Station, street Of
cottages, IN pine wood, where Mr.. Is
"family' reside. These we found clean and
comfortable. Two of the men we're sick,
and had been visited that morning BY doc
tor IN tho mean tims they we're looked
alter by the nurses of the establishment, of
whom theTe were thrca TO take care Of the
children aud invalids.
On the whole, il can fsarlessly he said, if
this Is 3 true type of the mode in which
slaves are treated in tho South, that their
condition IS as good, if not better than that
OF snF lsbeTing population in tls world
The masters ridicUle the idea Of dislOTaltT.
They live amongst them il TIE r,ost perfect
confidence, aud never bestow serious
thought upon what they consider such an
lmpozsioility es negro insurrection.
Having visited other plantations in Alabama,
South Carolina, and Georgia, We cannot re-
sist the belief that the great masses Of tho
slara IN sha S1t,tk L.