New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-20

sissiupi and Louisiana-C ODhscation OF
So,,op Pledged 10 the British Govern
ueut-GIin,pscs mt Southern PIantn-
tious-Anxiety of the ,Conirnbnnds so GO
Notwithstanding Scenes Along ihe River
An. African Andromnohe-A Model
Rebel, with Negro-Sndian ProciiVitics
An Exemplary Mistress, md her
Pleasant Home UDmfsinlsableB viden-
ces of Devotion 20 tho A" Confederate"
Cnuse-siriking changes in Providence
The Town Inundated-Tbe Situation
Before Vicksburg Unaitered.
From Our Special Correspondent.
AnrHcAN BEND Washington County. Miss, I
l25 Miles NcksbuTg Monday Night March 80 1908
-Four or five days ago, two or three OF the
Bohemians, seeing no prospect OF any immediate
activity in the vicinage Of Vicksburg, deemed 1t
well to Join in foragipg expedition up the river in
quest Of any adventures hat might result from the
trip. Consequently, we have since been steauiug
M and down the Father Of Waters, and wandering
through Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, look
ing out for cotton, cattle, and guerrG5 and hndng
considerable Of the first, but none OF the last
Adventures, strictly speaking we have, not had,
no armed foes appearing In sights but we have been
afforded opportunities to see plantation life IN 1hree
of the principal Cotton States, and obtain various
gmpses OF the peculiar institution as 1t exits durog
the war.
AZ The place where re ide several very large cot
ton planters the collection of the Southern staple
has bsen going on for some ten or twelve days and
nearly . 500 bales have been obtained from the in-
terror having been concealed in swamps and cane
brakes by the Secessionists and "discoyered by
the negroes PROBABLY five or elk hundred addl-
tional bales arc ia this neighborhood, and VIII DO
secured by our forces.
Origipslly there were 900 OF 600 bales bere-
Shout, belonging to the pseudo Coniederacy, the
greater part ii hot all Of which had been pledged 70
/ lie British Government hi The rate OF cents per
pound, marked with the Rebel and English fl gs and
The letters C.. s, a. The Rebels hearing the Yankees
were coming up here, burned 5000 or 1000 bales,
but had not time to destroy the remainder. Ferguson
| was lowering about the neighborhood with 200 OF
400 ouerrilas about the middle Of the month; but
fearing capture be hurried oil to the region Of the
Yszoo AID since that tine the negroes aud the sol
oiers have been gathering in tue cotton without the
least moestatio our pickets having had occasion
TO fire a single gun at IA skulkiDg Butternut.
| The principal plantations a; the Bend are owned
bv Dr. WIN. w. WorlhingtOn and his brother Sam.
uel, both advanced in years, and having four
: sons in the insurgent army. They were very
wealthy before the Rebellion, owning three
plantations each, and two or ibree hundred
\ pe0roes, many Of whom have been taken back into
tie swamps and to Texas. The Wo1hingtons are
/ from Kentucky but have lived here for over thirty
years, and accumulated in that time an immense
| fottupe or what would have proved SUCH bad the
South not been guilty OF the supreme folly Of attempt
ing to sscede The heads Of the families who are
at home, say they have been ruined by the war; to
which, according to their statement, they were at
first opposed, though they now make very little pre-
! tension to loyalty.
The cotton and sugar planters Of the South gen.
orally took no active part at the beginning IN BRING
ing about the present troubles. Their large pecu-
mary interests rendered them conservative IN action,
Whatever their senimeDts but the tide OF Rebellion
set in 70 strongly that they were borne ont into the
untried and Heacberous sea, where they have seen
their ships OF fortune 90 rapidly down.
The private residences ana grounds OF the brothers
! Worthngton are far superior to those one usually
tees IN the South. They make some assumption to
comeliuess az we as comfort and are the whole
rather pleasant which must be attributed TO the fact
of their owners coming from Kentucky, which has
been Largely influenced by the spirit aud enterprise
OF the North.
The negroes in this country are very anxious to
| get away and have been crowdDg the levee day
after day. in the hope of being taken on some Of the
transports lying here. They have shown Themselves
not only willing but anxious to point out the places
where cotton and cattle were hidden, and have
worked like badgers in getting them on board. Still,
very few OF the poor Africans have been permitted
to leave this hateful sbore, ardent their long
iuQs after liberty. The truth H. there is no prov-
zion for them at YOuDg's Point, and therefore Gen.
Gran, has forbidden their being taken on the boats
unless they could be employed as part of the crew.
| TINS may be necessary, but II 10 unfortunate Tor
! the negroes, who, after all the valuable services
they have rendered. and the consequent danger they
have Incurred of cruel punishment, or even death,
! from their masters the enemy, meet with pro-
lection, and receive not The bare compensation they
! bed right TO expect
Whatever may be one's opinions on the African
question, no man OF feeling or feasibility can OBJ
serve without pity the representatives Of the long
suffering race, as they stand with wlstul faces aud
gIiel-mOistened eyes upon the bank, looking sup
Danty but in vain TO the Transports, as they push
out from the Shore leaving the negroes to their deso
laton and dark and broOding thoughts OF the re-
yenge that is in store for them IRON brutal oveiseers
and an nhuman foe.
While here, the correspondents have had frequent
talks with the cOntrabands, aud have found them
without exception most anxious for freedom. They
are willing 10 run any reks almost provided they can
have any assurance Of escaping bondage. They
manifest the utmost aversion 10 Slavery, and declare
they would rather be free if they bad 70 toll harder
end 1--we upon the merest pttance III the North than
lie idle aud 1--we in comfort in the South.
An elderly negress, Harriet CARAT, told me
Yesterday a cad story, which, though by no means
novel, WILL i think, bear repetition, aud which /
know 10 be true from the names Of persons and from
circumstances she mentioned in Kentucky, where
am quite well acquainted. She belonged to young
woman residing in Macon County, Kentucky, aud
after her mistress marriage, was taken TO CIucnna
ara there manumItted. Harriet, hearing soon alter
that her husband was TO be cent 10 Mississippi de-
termined TO follow him, aud accordingly accom- anled
hn win her Tree pApeIso nei person. AiI'ou noio'
a slave-dealer named Hines, in whose Keeping che
and her husband With other negroes were discovered
and Destroyed ner papers, and sold her 10 DIR.
Worthingtou, snoe winch time sue has been working
III the cotton fields.
Harriet was very DESTROYS of going North and
Ie eyes molstensd at the idea, though she had
lolg ceased, she said, to hope for the freedom Of
MhI1h cue Lad been 30 basely defrauded. Her tale
ln.eieste1 my Bohemian com anion aud myself, and
We nAue al arrangement wIIh tue Captain Of one of
Inc transports 10 take her and her youngest daughter
size had three-as washerwoIoe5
This morning We visited ~ Ill ii. od