Management of Negroes upon Southern Estates [pp. 621-627]

TE REGUtLATOR: A TEXAS STORY.
of stony rigidity within his bosom. They had reached the bank of
the beautiful stream of water, near which Ellen had been seized.
The Col. seated himself upon a log upon the margin of the stream
Birch followed his example. As Mr. Birch closed the narrative of
some amusing incident, which he had told the Col. with a hearty
laugh, the Col. thus addressed him deliberately taking out his two
pistols, and quietly and gracefully laying them in his lap before him:
-"Mr. Birch, this moment is extremely important to both of
us. You know that my judgment is habitually slow in arriving at
any settled conviction. I never hasten precipitously to any conclusion. I presume you know enough of me to be well aware that I
never resolve to act without deliberation, and that, having resolved, I
am very apt to carry that resolution into effect. I have always
endeavored, however the declaration may seem to be in opposition to
many acts of my life, to live quietly and peaceably with my fellow
men. But it is a part of my creed to believe that it is not the province of a gentleman to submit to wrong, insult or outrage." Mr.
Birch here began a reply indicative of the high estimate which he had
always entertained of the elements of the Colonel's character: but the
Col. arrested his remark by saying-" In a moment, Mr. Birch; I
shall finish in a moment; you may then reply. I have put you to
the inconvenience, Mr. Birch, of coming with me to this retired spot,
to put a close-a final close-to the torture of mind, and wear and
tear of affection, which I have endured for over ten days. I am satisfied, from proofs in my possession, that you are the individual who
has been guilty of the deep outrage that has fallen upon the peace of
my family, and the deeper outrage upon the reputation of my innocent child. Now, sir, I demand her instantly at your hands. You
must now inform me where she is, or your life, or mine, is the inevitable forfeit. Are you prepared to comply with my demand?"
Mr. Birch's nerves were traitors to him and to his cause. So overpowering and manifest were his exhibitions of external guilt-so
plainly had his unnerved nature painted the characters of guilt and
remorse upon the whole bulk of the outer man, that, though willing
in the moral deportment of his character to fabricate and utter a
falsehood, his very quivering lips and chattering teeth made the incipient effort vain and impotent. He was wax in the hands of the
stern and indignant father. By a few simple and direct questions,
the Col. unravelled the thread of the story. IBRIDEX.
[To be concluded in our next.]
ART. III.-M-ANAGEMENT OF NEGROES UPON SOUTHERN ESTATES.
[WVe regard this as a practical and valuable paper for the planters, and hope
that those of them who have been experimenting in the matter, will give us the
results. ]-EDITOR.
SOME very sensible and practical writer in the March No. of "The
Review," under the "Agricultural Department," has given us an artidle upon the management of negroes, which entitles him to the gra 42 VOL. L