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 253; advantages of free labour, 262, 268; possibility of greatly increasing the cotton supply, 269.

'Cotton Planter,' the, extract from, ii., 186.

Cotton-planters, general characteristics of, i., 18, 276, 343; their want of the comforts of civilized life, 19, 137; their hospitality generally a matter of business, ii., 95; sudden acquisition of wealth by, 158.

Counties of Georgia, statistics of, ii., 385.

"Crackers" of Georgia, religious service among the, i., 265; at Columbus, 275.

Creoles, French, i., 338; ii., 33; their passion for gambling, 45; general character and mode of life, 46.

Crockett (Eastern Texas), scarcity of provisions at, ii., 2.

Cruelty of negro slaveholders, i., 336.

Cuba, emancipation law of, i., 257; probable effect of its annexation on sugar-planting in Louisiana, ii., 50.

'Daily News, the London,' extracts from, ii., 189, 190; letter in, 322.

Dancing, fondness of negroes for, ii., 72.

Danger of the South, ii., 338.

Darby, Mr., on the effects of climate, ii., 257.

De Bow, Mr., his 'Compendium of the Census,' quoted i., 19, 20, 24; his 'Review,' quoted, on the valley of the Mississippi, ii., 63; on the want of education, 293; 'Resources of the South,' 182, 227, 265, 310; his charges against the author, 311; on negro capacity, 345; on abolitionist books, 360.

Deep River, extensive fisheries, i., 149; mode of fishing described, 150; expenditure of gunpowder, 151; removal of stumps of trees from the bottom, 151; mode of operation, 151; negro divers, 152; cheerful and willing to work, 153.

Deer, ingenious mode of killing, ii., 197.

Deserted plantations in Texas, ii., 1.

Diseases peculiar to negroes, i., 122; malaria, 235; yellow fever, 259; ii., 260.

Dismal Swamp, i., 144; importance of the lumber trade, 144; character and mode of life of slaves employed as lumbermen, 146; their superiority over field-hands generally, 148; a refuge for runaway negroes, 155.

Distances, discrepancies in estimating, ii., 31.

Distress, in 1855, in New York, ii., 243; in the Southern States, 248.

Divers, skill and perseverance of slaves employed as, i., 151.

Dogs used for hunting negroes, i., 156; ii., 120, 122, 178, 184.

Domestic servants, their great value in the South, i., 125; their cost in proportion to white domestics, 125; a Southern lady's description of her household, 126; their carelessness, 131; in Eastern Texas, ii., 12; indifference to scolding, 93.

Douglas, Mrs., on Amalgamation, i., 307.

Drapetomania, a disease peculiar to negroes, i., 122.

Drivers, selection of, i., 249; their qualifications and duties, 249; their general character, 250.

"Driving," i., 135; ii., 178, 201.

Duel, savage conduct and termination of, ii., 231.

Dutch-French farmer, conversation with a, ii., 39.

Dysæsthesia Æthiopica, a disease peculiar to negroes, i., 122.

Economy, political, of Virginia, i., 108.

Eggs, negroes well supplied with, i., 103, 281; a circulating medium, 254.

Education, want of provision for, in the South, ii., 292.

Educational projects in Mississippi, ii., 156; statistics of Northern and Southern States, 331.

Ellison, Mr., on 'Slavery and Secession,' i., 58, note.

Engineers, slaves employed as, i., 240.

English mechanic at New Orleans, conversation with, i., 296.

Enlightenment of Christianized Africans, specimens of the, ii., 89, 225; a "pious" negro, 89.