New-York tribune., 1873-12-19

VIpr
p,t her heart was bleeding fasteT
Oh why was she not deau'
ro, .be mnst leave the garden
And meet her mother = eye,
VINO will perceive she hoIroNs'
And ask the reason whf
And sine must meet her iather,
who as hangs heT htdu,
Viii miss the priceless neck'a'e
And rise and strike her dead.
HARPER.
"Tbo New South,n by Edward De Leon,
borgb Tagging at the end OF tho number, Is one OF the
most important in the table OF contents presenting
description the industrial ana socl cohdiuoh OF tho
9Th since the close of the With regard 10 tho
a,,s ., .,ricultnral labor Mr.. De Leon alcms that
-, sortb in her most pamy DAYS, never produced bet
~ r roore remuneratve crops than those of the past
two years. with the promise OF yet moro ABUNDANT
Weld during the present one Ihe labor OF tue freed
man is still the chief dependence OF the cotton, sugar
and rice planter
herated Slave was make him TOO prond 10 work be
ii nc treedom and ideness TO be synonymous. For
while the planters had hard nSht, ana the ram oi
49, 20 tbom may be traced 10 TINS cause ade1 DY the
mmnrcptous season. the floods aud tenpests which io
lowed the war. But TINS thlipn ~, tne iinu ol uno
pccpan soon settled down. outside OF the cites among
he masses who could not make ying out OF politics
The negro soon recognized the great truth which me
,bta nan mad learned long before, VIZ, that IN tue
swe \ OF thv face shalt thou eat bread was sun the
great law OF human iio rs "a, old ilhter IelaIkeu 10
tne writer when asked how thc ifccHnih cGuid now ."
conueIIed 10 do his task, Hunger Is sharper spur
now than ever Overseers lash used TO be- NOW tel
cannot sirk work and Dc suppoieu' Ihuy hlat n@VlA @
ar for their food and clothing and the support OF
her families are dependent on their own earnings Ne
ccssity is their higher law 1heir freedom WIN an us
coun6nsfions has brought witn il the penalty OF pro-
yiding for themselves; and as their only capital der
labor on that must be tntlr S'lc oelcnueu'G' mus @
the freedman forced TO work ana how wen
he has worked. aided by the now reeaorce-
mcnts of native whte Soulhti tdpoI "lich .n1
war mas deveoned. the late Southern crops attest.
Tne native white man n h" lin, not ,ocigrs be has
h,d lifelong familiarity The foreign Witt man uoe
object ana even "the heathen Chiuee ana I'M, Is "u
ever will be. one great bdF1icf 10 Ihe ihtlouuc'l9 VI
foreign labOring class through 1milEdtoh OF toIoMl
ron i'm those portions of the southern country where
the negro does the great buih oi tie nau apot nv i
cutvation the lOwland cotton rice and sugar seems
destined to rest in the hands when na'IIt nds Pecu
a,y fitted for It, at least during the term OF tins gen
Grafton Several schemes OF Immigration dnd cOloLIa
ZION through which other Labor cOud Dc pEOcufei hNo
been u1ed in the southern co1nIE sntr ,i,e WI W.T. or
lracng not only the ordinary English Ils ana Ger
man popnaiiun, hut also stretching as lar nfth a. o"
dem ,fgr east ~ China ana even tyn2 SPaln lVr re-
Carolina, Georgll ana rev otHtt
have tried establishment OF bureaus OF imnleratlon
ana appointed commissioners Dut virginia teA'', anI
recently Louisiana, are the only ones tit hd'o Hl'u
with fair promise Of ultimate success and the earlier
essay. referred TO have abandoned. Suffice II 70
saw that thus far they have only proved suiciehtN
successfni encourage further Efforts IN tue saue ~
rbng the present status Of the negro az an n1ispeh
sable element Of southern progress
II is only in exceptional that the freedman has
become landed proprietor. accumulated any consid
erabe amount Of property by either hiring his Old mas
tcrs plantation or working 1t with HIM Oh shares Inc
great center of the sugar is s in Louisiana, but
the supply of labor is inadequate TO tue demand.
After various experiments the following me system
usually adopted the sugar plantations The planter
gives the aborer his house rent iue garden SPOT
Win privilege of raising pigs and pouiy-a free. lie
montliy' The freedman stipulatcs to work ten nours
per dav, but seldom gives "A fair days work. In
fact. the planters complain thdt he sh.rk5
his work as much as he can. although he Iuliy
sarv TO watch him which involves additional expense to
the planter. These laDOrers have little thrt Many
who have worked on the same place anu occupied the
same cabin for the last years have saved nothing
They spend Ia dissipation most OF what tiy make Nv
ing sanadly aud denying themselves common comforts
at nome fhey DO not usually RAISE then own food,
which they easily do from the rich soil around their
cabins given them for the purpose. Ihey do not even
provide themselves with warm Winter clothing "wonld
rather crouch over the lire cold daJ thin cOte tht
women WORK little il at all. Tney seldom go into the
fields prefcrring lighter work, when they 40 any Dut
as "A rue, cnefy CONSUMERS ana dfOncs Ihey are
even good housekeepes ana Lane tie eais oi thclI
children who not instructed no. taught habits or
industry The younger generation Is 1y 10 ineans az III
dustrious or honest as dno euei, Nnose hapts were
formed before the The freedmen on the planta-
tions generally quiet, orderly. and. respectful ana
viii trust tner whI,e employers III an matters not io-
ca There the antagonism If direct and lneradicab!e
other contributions OF interest in this number are
"Rambles III Martinique" Mr. Conway's South Coast
saunterings" (No X.) and " The knights of the Req
Shield" an account of the ROthschild family by Junius
Henri Browne. Mr. Bayard Taylor gives new impro-
vIsation. and Miss Nellie Hutchinson fragrant fora.
bomily both Of which copy.
IMPROvIsAuoEs-IX.
grass-blade ie my wallike ianee,
rose-lcaf Is my shield;
Beams OF the every one,
Ny chargers for the held.
The morning gives me golden steods,
The moon givch siiNef-Whlie;
The stars drop down, my HELM 10 cfOWI,
When j 20 forth 10 hght.
Against me ride In iron mail
The souadrons Of the foe:
The bnckers fash, the maces crash,
The naughty trnmpets blow
one touch. and all, with armor cleft
Before turn and yield.
Straight Oh ride: the world is wide
rose-leaf Il my sheldl
Then dances Ger thelwater-fal
Tbe rainbow. III its glec
The daisy sings the lily rings
Her bells OF victory.
so / am armed where'er I 90.
And mounted, night or day:
Who shall oppose the cOnqueIlng rose,
And who the sunbeam slayi
vAGRANT PAEsiEs-BY NELLIE ". HUTCHINSON
They are all In the lily bed, oudde close together
Purpes, Yellow Cap, and little Baby Blue
How they ever rot the April
The morning and the evening Winds the sunshine and
the dew.
Why they should go visiting the tall and naughty lilies
4, very odd and Of them Will 10 saw:
They might have made call upon the jolly daiodines;
They might have come 10 my house any pleasant day.
They don't have good time J think their little faces
Look so very solemn underneath each velvet hood: -
wonder don't they feel among the gardens airs and
That shy Cousin Violet is happier in the woodi
An nv pretty pansies, its no use to go a-seeknc: