The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-10
A RrrurEE,s STORY.

Rev. D. Ii. Aughey, an esteeme
Minister Of the Presbyterian churc
hae published under the above till,
a very interesting hook. He wa
engaged in niesicnary service /
Mississippi, Mt the outbreak of tn
rebellion, and was compelled to n
tor his lite. From the accounts Civ
Ell of bis field of labor, tho need q
OF missionary service is made mos
apparent. We givo below som
specimens" OF the kind OF pcopl
he iound in that missionary fcld:'
THE POOR WHITES.
The sojourner in the slave state,
, il siruck with the wrctched and do
graded appearance OF a class of peo
PIE, called by the slave holderI
poor white folks" and fbe "tallow
ed face gentry" from their palhc
omplexiun. They live in wretoheC
lhovels, and are exceediugly filthy il
their habits. Many OF them are
clay or dirt. eaters, which is said tc
cause their peculiar complexion. -
Their children, ut very early age
form this filthy and Disgusting hab-
| il; and mere infants NAV be found
with their mouths filed with dirt. -
/ TIC mud with which they daub the
inlcrstces between the logs OF theil
rude domjcilcs, must be irequen,ly
renewed, as the occupants pick il
all ont, in II very short time mud ea'
t. This parnicions practic inducet
dieease. The complexion becomet
pale, similar to that occasionei BIZ
ronic ague and lever.
Akin to this is the practice o
snuf.dipping which is not confined
exclusively TO females of the poor
white caste, though scarcely one in
fifty Of this class s exempt from the
d ssus ing habit. The methol il
this: The female snuff Upper takes
short stick, and wetling it with
her saliva dips it into her snuff
box, and then rubs the gathered
dust all about her mouth, and into
the inters,ices Of her teeth, where
she allows it to remain until ia
strength has been fully absorbed -
Others hold the stick, thus loaded
with snuff, in the cheek, q Ia 9uid
OF tobacco, and suck it with u do.
cidsd relish, while engaged in their
ordinary avocations; while others
simply ii the mouth with snuff, a. d
initiate, to all intents and purposes,
the chcwing propensltits OF the men
In the absence Of snuff, tobacco, in
the ping or leaf, is invariably resort
ed to as a substitute. Oriental be-
tel chewing, and tie JapaaesI fash
ion of backing the teeth of married
ladies', arc the hcipht Of elegance
compared with snuiling. The hab
it leads to speedy decay OF the
teeth, and to nervous deorders ol
every kind. Those who indulge in
it become haggard ut a very carly
age.
The Petersburg (Va) Express es~
Inmates the number OF women in
that State at one hundred sud twen-
ty five thousand, one hundred thous-
and of whom are snuff dippers.
Every five Of these will u4e a two
ounce paper OF snnlr pr day. That
10, to tie hundred thousand dippers,
two thousand five hundred pounds 3
day, amounting in ono year to tn,
enormous quantity OF nine hundred
ard twelve thousand pounds. This
practice prevails generally, it il
said, among tie poor whites, thou h
some females of the higher classes
are guilty Of il.
The poor whites obtain their sub.
siatence, as tar as practicable. in
the primitive aboriginal mode, viz:
By hunting and fishing. When
these nctho Ia "a ! to afford supply.
thsy cultivate a truck p nch, ard
some OF them raise bale or two OF
COTTON, with the procacds Of = lie ol
which they buy whiskey, ,oh.cco
and few necessary ar; clcs. When
all other method4 tail, they resort
to stealing, TO which many OF tlcm
aro addict, Il from choice, IA we'll AZ
uccess'ty. Tle} err exceedingly
slovenly in their habhs, cleanliness
beng rare vir'ua. lndolence ia n
prcvaling vice, AMI ils lamenlablc
.rllsc,s aro evcrywhers visible
They fully cy the ectiptn'al IN.
junction, "tlke no thonght for tn.
N, ROW A presen' supply, suf
liaiunt TO > ,tisiy natures most ur
z Mt demands. b ing obtainel, their
care ceases. ana they Teldp- @ into
'istIess inactivity. They hcri to
gether upon tho poor ssnd-hlls, the
refuse land OF the country. which
the rich stakeholder will not pur
chase. Tor which reason they Dr.
some'iles called san i.hill, rs. and
here they live, and their children,
and their children's children thro'
success We generations in the same
depora' l. c)nliuon Of wrctchedness
and degradation.
They are Cxcecdiugly ignortnt.
not one adult in fty can writ 80
not one in twenty can real. The,
can scare 'ly be said to spopk the