, 1863-09-04

aces. he Is young man Of twenty sight,
smooth faced, with long, black hair, and
black e3 es, uses tobacco freely, was educa.ed
entirely in the South, has ney.r been ont Of
fullest extent In the divinity Of slavery, and
the wrongs of the Sonth in not being allo wed
to Terpetuate and extend it-and holds that
the Weapnns being used spiritual and temporal
must succeed IL gaining their Independence
Bis Atyle is, "Wc are great people, sit. We
car never snhjugate u.s." Mr G. had In his
family an old servant named John, who had
betI with his fa1hcr and himself for over
forty yea1e. Bis fidelity WAS beyond the
thaeow Of doubt. No indnceEnent would
succeed in parting him frcm lis "much
lnved' master. But. Mas! a few mornings
after cur possession Of the city. noticed
calf from among his cab5ages. Stopping for
moment to cool bimself In the shade where
Was sittirg, he informed NE, In Fery mel.
ancholy menner, tha. old John had left hlia,
and proceeded to detail to his rather amused
bearer, the many nets Of Kindness which he
had shown to him, and what superior eftu-
otiep John Lad. previous to lis leaving. PAYS.
i1E en- from thht, he expat{sted upon the
Kindness with Which the slaves were uni-
fo5m1y treated, and the beauty and proqrie:y
Of the relation of mastcr aud slave. At the
cloEe Of his remarks, asked him to explain
intended the negro for, as being the condl
tfon into which he naturally fitted himself,
in Gods government, that the whole p1an
Was SO quickly 6isarranged whenever the ne
gro had chance to decide for himself
whether he would hare MASTER OF not; tor
NC bad found 1t to be every where, With them,
as 1t was with Jnhn. They couldn't see tbs
beauty or propriety Of the thing. He made
no reFly, bu. had The good taste TO remark
that the slaves were as well off as the Nor
them laborers, wbi.h, us one Of that number.
I resented by telling him that ! considered
1he dlfe1tnce in the tTo conditions to be,
thai. as freeman, my future vas my oTn,
and il, by the energy and industry God gives
to all men, could earn fortune or fame, It
be1or ged to myself; while he took from his
slave al hope Of any future for himself, and
robbed him Ct, the results Of his toll.
AN OLD SCHOOL GENTLEMAN.
Atype Of another class is fine specimen
Of an old school gentleman, by the name Of
Cozzens, nho came, the first Sabbath we were
frequently since that time, our presence re-
wiring the military associations of younger
days; for he is m old graduate Of West Point,
Of the class Of 1910, Was Lieutenant in the
var Of 1Sl2, an Intimate friend and coupan-
ion Of Gen. Taylor IN his Florida campaign,
and co: nected for many years with the ex-
p!o11pg expedition west Of the Rocky Noun
tains, so tat his conversation has . peculiar
charm and interest to US. He stood ont
against secession to the rery last, and told
tie people here that the only way they could
retain their rights was by remaining in the
Urfen; but now be regards himself rs citi-
zen OF the e. s. 4 and is as loyal as ever
true knight was to his king, although he be-
lfeves that the old Union will soon be re-
stored, By the offer Of such terms of peace
By our Government that the Southern States
can honorably accept. II, on the other hand,
: emancipation 1s made one Of the terms Of rc.
construction, he thinks years Of bloody war
must ensue before the South viii submit; f5r
however much they may desire peace, and
however much many Of them NAV lore the
old flag, they believe IN the divinity Of Slavery,
and can't raise crops without the nfggers.
That it is which unites them al ia prosecu-
ting the var: Slavery Is truly the Foundation
social system, and not until tbs vigorous
blows Of the emancipation policy began to
st,fke against that foundation htone, has the
rebel government rhown sIgns Of trembling.
FUGITIVE BLACKS.
In the meantime, the county for fifty
miles around Natchez, is being depleted Of
thousand Of them hsve left their masters.
since VIC came here, nearly three Thousand
placed In regiments, and th.t without any
Encouragement on the part OF theau horities,
for The reason that proVisions have not been
sent here for their sustenance, aud 1t has been
hoped TINT arrangements would be made to
free them upon the plantations. although +
cannot zee how it eau be done to ensure JUS
tice to the slaves, without hanging most Of
their present Ovet6eera, and appointing men
Of humane dispositions in their p1aeea The
tales Of cruelty to these unfortunate people
that come In to us daily, ,!!and the facts that
ccme under our observation, are sufficient to
curse the whole system.
AN RxPEprr1oX,
Last week had an excellent opportunity Of
studying into the workings Of Southern 90
ciety, By accompanying the mounted infantry
OF the Brigade, some four hundred strong,
under command OF Major Wondsn, Of tho
14th Wisconsin regiment, detailed on Gen.
Hatchez as tho man what takes the horses,
ard mnkee them speak respectfully Of the
TAG, on m Important raid OF some one hun
dred and thirty miles, through the central
part OF the State, and south nearly to the
the whereabouts Of Logan's rebel cavalry, re-.
ported to be In that vicinity two tho1sand
strong, and capture and destroy all C. s. roy.
errment property. The expedition was a
daring one, but under tho good conduct Of
monEtrated thoroughly that the It Yankee''
can stand with impnnity all the heat that has
ever been experienced in the South, The
nen we're In the saddle sixteen or eighteen
hours out Of the twenty y-four, for four days
Of our absence, and the nfsh and last day, We
rode from 4 In tho morning until 80 In the
afternoon without a halt The men without
exception could wear out the horzes. Dur
iDg The raid We occupied successfully the
towns OF Livingston, Liberty, Centreyille,
Mt Pleasant and Woodyille; places never
before visited By blue uniforms. We found
the people erery where reduced to corn bread
and bscon- Tie stores In the different villa
ges were either closed. or had nothing left
for sale but bottles Of bitters, or few odds
and ends Of . two years. old stock. In MI the
route We eaw but two fields Of cotton-e7ery
other cultiTatcd piece Of land was waving
selves said, "tho Lord knows how it IL to be
gathered,' for from every plantatlon cara
Tan hes Eet ont with their faces towards Nat
chez and liberty; and hardly one is left in
many cases to wait upon the household
CRUELTY TO SLAVES.
canEot begin to describe the intense
hatred they seem to have sgninEt their slaves.
have known seyeral instances where. they
haye shot them down like dogs, aad on one
lonely plantation ne found q poor fellow
with bonds Of iron around his ankles weigh
ing at least twenty pounds, and, wearing
these, he Was compelled to work In the field
and keep up Ills row. He came along with
ns, and after filing for txo days the boys got
seat If Amite county, and is q very pretty
place ct abont four hundred Inhabitants, and
is noted for its good water, healthy location
and Female Seminary, one Of the finest ius.f-
tutions Of the South, aud closed about week
ogo for want Of provisions. 4 Confederate
hospital had been established at Liberty, at
their joy. We destroyed seventeen hogs.
heads Of sugar, one hundred mud fifty saddles
aEd ndty stand OF arms.
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