Jan lst 1859 I will begin the Month of January by Remarking that
it is a Beautiful day all nature seems to be rejoicing at the Birth of
the New Year and as I look Back over the Past year I can But rejoice
that it is gone for the year fifty Eight was a dull and cheerless year
to me and I am sorry to say that Instead of improving my time as I '
should the New Year finds me But little changed from what I was one
year ago Either as it regards my Purse or my own temporal welfare But
I Begin the New Year with renewed Hopes and firm resolutions for the
future how far I keep those resolutions I intend these Pages will show I
I was in the city of Henderson today and although I
have been there often of New Years days before I think the crowd of
People was Larger than I have ever seen congregated in the Little city
before and it seems to me that the Majority of them were affected with
what I will term the Negro Mania Good field Hands Hired readily for
from two to three Hundred dollars women & Boys from one hundred to one
Hundred and fifty dollars and allmost any Kind of a Hegre would sell for
QIOOO whilst a Likely young Negro would have sold for $1500
- I sold Ben Dan & Sams Tobacco at $5 for good & dh for
lugs & $2 for trash
2nd Sunday I went to church in the Morning and took Miss L. Haskins
a Buggy riding in the evening ·called on Hr. John Higgins .—
3rd Hired out Nancy Harry & Peter today for the Present year Also
rented out the Land Belonging to the Estate
hth Moved Dan &c from the Mill Place house went with the corpse of
Mrs. Davis to Highland Church heard her funeral sermon by Elder Thurman ‘
5th Nothing of interest occured
6th do do do P
. Yth Hothhg of interest occured
,8th I attended an Infare at George Cabells given Solomon
had a very Pleasant time
9th Sunday Took Dinner at Uncle Steve Martin went to call on A
the Miss Garett in the evening But they Had left for Home
lOth Nothing of Interest occured
llth Went to the Diamond Island Bend.
l2th I was Bussy today asserting Tobacco
l3th Went to Henderson returned stayed all night at Finleys i