, 1864-05-24

The Operations Of Slavery
and Freedom.
now 4 BELIEVER I'M The "}Nsri-
TUITION" WAS CONVERTED,

has good though rustic buildings, In short IL
wealthy and respectable farmer. He ts 4
strong Union man and has two sons officers
in our Western Navy. He has been opposed
to slavery since ha was boy, for On one oc.
casion he overheard conversation OF soma
Rich Shareholders In Knoxville who agreed
that they thought more Of their slaves than
they did Of the poor whites. Ho could not
help thinking that II there wero NO slavea tho
poor whites would have . chance. There Ia
no telling how the hearts OF such men In the
South for years havo been fercely boil
Ing. The shareholders kept them under be-
cause they had intelligence and wealth, which
consisted not only OF lands and negroes, but
also Of large number of Northern Demo-
crnts. The rebellion would haye been sue.
ceasfnl but for one thing. there wns vast
number Of Intelligent, sharp and wealthy
men whom they could not bny. They tsied
to scare them. They could neither buy Of
scare.
After the fall Of Fort Donelsou few refu.
gees came North and among them was MI.
Blow. He had been echool teacher, was
born in the South and dressing well he had
succeeded In marrying the daughter OF rich
planter llvingnea Nashville. Nj. Blow found
himself out Of businees, hts father.in-law
eonld do nothing for him, nor for himself,
Of the Union army had It's hesdquarters on
bis plantation. He went South aad Blow
came North.
Els ,wlto dislikcd to live In 4 ffoo State.
the women worked too much; before, she
always had q negro to work for her; she
could not help herself. She commenced do
in:s her cooking aud washing, .and would
have anrNpn1nH had aha mi hnAv. toll ~.
with disorder know not how to name. It
is quite common IN the South, and some have
1t in the North. It Is preceded by duIl
feeling In the head and body, the limbs are
heayJ, tho eyes are without lustre, and what
might he called atrophy snpcrveues. So
she could not get out Of bed before 10 o'clock
in the morning. 1t was come consolation
that in her af1iction snuff dipping did not
disagree with her. She kept her snuff In a
box stmilar to a mustard boz; tho end Of a
little stick is caeWed into brush; 1t Is wet
with spit, dabbcd in the smut, and then
last ten times longer than = chew Of tobacco.
Mr. Blow, not finding 4 school near By,
rented piece Of ground md put In cotton,
which was the best thing he could do, but he
Wss forced to spend so much time IN cook
Ing and Washingj and in taking care Of his
poor wife, that tn the fall hs had a small
}nnnrorad 1,,t1a ~ th"t ~ a,1I ~ % o1ss sne
~ son,s rs;ohhnr. +au3ro< Is ,s.s' nah 9ser
along, and she seemed to enjoy herself In
telling how we'll OF she used to be, nor did
she neglect to speak Of the negroes. When
ne "a5 sn3ald cna !ney moa!o nave them
oacK, ana tney Woala eaten IT, However,
Mhen me cold weather came she got worse.
in bed she sat by the fire with the stick in
her mouth, o., as change, she Wonld smoke.
Mf. BLOW 50" ha1d times. He owed debts,
nl! cotton scarcely paid them, and that there
m1ent 90 enough 70 cat ne was forced to leave
NJ. n,S we IN ana caaaa al asy, while he made
faIs ior me farmers. She was Lonesome Aod
complained ssdly Of her condition. The
ne1gnooFs usea 10 give mem Things. md 30
TO see her, but after while stopped 1t, for
they wondered DOW ahe conid be 30 aick and
{et ear 60 mucn- II was known that Mr.
BLOW mad bought oyer thousand pounds Of
bacon between spring and Chrtstmas, and
yet there were not Ten pounds lett. They
as to be ne latest woman In the settlement.
and, besides, her child was as TT as she. At
Last, she sgt 90 much Wone that he had to
stay with her almost all Of his time, and this
continued tn spring, when ehe improved .
nttle, and ne was anle 10 work again. People
Ike H7ed 70 nave nun Tork TOT them, TOR he
.41s. .fok s ~ on t,aie ne tola pleasant
@na W. Alue eat4f. t4f..,
Aooqs ~ Jea1 ago ne @ Ment 20 ~ ~; EisKg, ior
= t.e ~ .a e.sa ~ ei5 S 1a S.,,s
IN; teen his wifr and chs1d III ha v ~
fnnm Tenneseee ~ Fi.n1 had a. sis-trs Ga1H 49,
iiy Iva and did not want NM boarile1s @ ~ Xiii The h.
1on1S t,kc her fs1T dara nart;rn1arir ,r ~ ~
hc had never heard anrthinr against har md ID
=. NJ Hiow offered Kim 9 fen Ja1isr' h;ii XII
mhi.b ~ hs5 hosr ssra, ~ - sr,a-ea ~
cnrJtnir H. PicTb-nnnht M - hernvs. ~ 90.
ronn IN 1ef> har v1thnnf stnr;,r ~ ,strht
ves for ~ 1ra,,tcd ~ rsac1 Met~nnaf,. T. w.
for thu Gairo md Fsdneah nacket a. dId
rssrh a,ronoi;s In f;1na an5 Ia fa1t ts,e.,,,
Whe,. aNo.pS qua IL '1"'' "uo LIZ Ael1 napPS
M" VIA BloN h.a roma to n rood 7,,.co and
.ba asid IL had M scen ,thJnE E..ss, 20 nnS
ike home sincr she 1eff Tenncssee IT. Fisr,
iivcd We'll. fhcv hsi fr,,it mijk honer M.
ter chickens. e1rs~there were Graz aver 7 ~ msnT n
cows, Gov and such lon long and high cribs Of Of corn com,
rnhoaS ~ nicer oarden 1f 1ettnca @ an}nn. @
hcets ness, hcsns. encumhers onI fhn liza
E.nrrs 6nn s,nnfa of fteir 1Srdnr ~ a.,d hnst5es
thsr hsd ~ 1srsa smnke.hnuse Win o, hacnn,
hanc;nt m wooden hooks nesr,v ~ mi ns
Il @ cenid hold ' '' 1' 90 AMI ~
Mrs. Flace and her rt.ls are great hands ia
spin and WeaTe. for thcy have shecn nnd they
rstiae fisT and cotton. ar, they moEc a1mn:t
Eli lie cloth they rconfre. and none are nrnri'
~ nr mrs irsf{r ~, ~ fhcir tnwc1s a,,d "a.
hle,clotha. woven in ehecks. hirts' eves' and nd
fhe liEe- stili thev hnTa afphfs nf finwcrsN
a1rnnsf nwamns o1shrm-a1,d thc cir1s arr
Mt fcuorant for thrv have f1een - r. sSchnoi -
~ S,s1 81 ~ nan,ar us.h .hao ~ ssnou. "
t tac rotma. ~ as naoonsson; t1s tnG{ can saag'
tooo, .n1 wy sa.uusa .ue ueso catuct-"nJ
.uey WIZ etu5 fo1 aunss ~ 3"ur p4lte aa WEI y
as any concGtt sanGe1a, aaa olten oetter, &c
ny Asls, Mah4eg ~ noaso llos ana tao 70
sung Is, va! On 9anoay atelnoon tneIe 9so ai
mang - tas na1 aozea n ~ noFsee, saaaloa aae
oiaolea, aiIenea @ 70 Ing 1enee' WnIe me 5o4ne a
men Tao taae .he e I'm. N ne aoase In
ttuto 10, tna glEIe RASe moIo oe2us tnAn 1ne1
Know n0H 70 ma9sge;
MIs. bioW naa nveu u me iamtly over
uontn, enjoying ae1seH Anu 4ettlns tne1n -
Eno" new "eH on ene once was, Woen ~
flaes oegan 70 Honder Nuy her 9asoand qie
nor come PACE ehc supposed he was de
tained by business shortly, letter c'm'
nad Joined the army and dld not Know wheI
he would como back, That he would aant
more money when he got It, This did no
suit Mr. F1agg. He had 4 susplcIoa. and b.
falntly remembered that his wife Ind toll
him that It cost good deal to keep Mrs. BLOW
and her child Then Mrs. Blow got worse
It vas true that she va. fatter aud her chilli
had belly iike hqekst, but shs la{,a.het
every hour during tho day, and sat By tha tlr'
with nost doleful fhce, frequently sfghin{
like one troubled with religious matteEs
] WhNa the atick MAS In her mouth.
One morning IN june, Mr.. Flagg said to hi
wife that he believed somebody had bcel
stealing meat out Of tho smoke house, lock
ed though 1t was, for be wss certain they h.'
NOS used 20 mueh. she told MIN Il he coni'
see DOW muen toe RIla cooked 20 Wool
know nnat h3d become Of II md she q
p4aine3 tnat u ME h!oW ana nef cnald e.
more thAn ~ tne rest OF tho family. Ate