The Litchfield County post., 1827-10-11
hold, they were easily subducd by the mill

cee0ed TO search the woods in different direc-
! tons. Crossing field in which there were
marks of recent combustion, Captain Lascel-
les advanced upon scene that at once arrest
ed and absorbed his attention. In verdant
glade, surrounded by the waving birch and
acacia, pine-tOrch lay burning upon the
ground, and young and graceful female, hab-
i'ed IN white. was bending over negro, who.
apparently insensible, reclined beneath tree.
Her attitude spoke deep and earnest solicit
tude' but her features were partially conceal
ca by the long shadowy ringIets, that floated,
tfee trom confinement, round her face. The
breeze that swept occasionally through the
trees Tor moment sported upon her brow.
ana waiting aside her hail, disclosed the cOun-
tenance OF Louisa GreViIIe: it was pale as
death, but her dark eye shone with lustro,,s
brlillancy, that showed the dangerous excite
ment other feelings. Her veillay beside her.
torn into many small bandages, with one Of
which she was vainly endeayoring to sta1nch
the blood that flowed slowly from the Afr
cans wounds
Mi4sG reyle bad been at ball pointed out
20 Captain Lasceles, and be hastened I'd pre-
ton aahlfif feh 4htare her aaa REaE bis pretes
night brecZes were chill. and her attire WAS
evidently unmeet for the place, he scarcely
waited in expectation of her reply ere he
turned to the men who had accompanied him
and gave orders for the removal OF Morengo
with The prisoners; but Miss Greyille, spring
ing from the side of the fainting negro, with
all the impressive enthusiasm Other nature,
told of the Africans fidelity, and pointing to
the many wounds he had received in her de-
fence, implOred the officer to procure surgical
assistance before it would be unayailing.--
Struck with the singular beauty'of hercoun-
tenance, on this occasion irFadiated with all
her native energy of snnL the young soldier
listened, as ifspell bound, to the thrilling mel
ody Of her voice; but an instant restored him
to recollection, and lamenting the delay that
would unavoidably occur in sending to Span
iSh Town, las the surgeon to Mr.. Greyiile's
establishment was then absent at Kingston1
hesOffrred his services in causing Morengo to
be conveyed to one of the few huts that had
stood the rage of the conflict uninjured. The
slave was nsensibe, and, fearing that dissolu-
ton would soon place him beyond the reach
of her gratitude, Miss Grevle eagerly acce-
ded TO the officers proposition but before
TIE party al time to carry this arrangement
into effect, Mr.. Grevil!e, with his sister and
Zrl!da, guided by soldier, broke through
the thicket,, and, in an instant, Louisa was
rilda testified her attachment 10 Morengo by
the frantic burst of sorrow, that succeeded
her rapture on finding her beloved mistress in
safety.
In order to devrlope the circumstances nv
which Morengo became the resolute defender
of Louisa, il will be- properto refer to some
former proceedings among the slaves. During
one of their midnight meetings forthe purpGs,
of secretly concerning plans for their eventual
alteration from tyranny. a ring was produced,
that. according TO the belief of the negroes,
had been. long back, the signet of Nphian
magician; the sable proprietor into whose
hands it had fallen, during his life, with SUI
perstitions reverence, carried it about hisper
son, and at his death hequeathed it 70 his !,
companions, exhorting them to guard it,as he
had done, from their hawk-eyed oppressors.
The ring was formed Of thick piece of pure
gold, apparently beaten BY hammer into the
necessary shape; the centre was enriched ~
an opal of unusual heautysand, il addition to
the Hebrew Abrdras engraven upon the stone,
the surface of the nletal@was notclled with
strange hierogiyphical deyces.executed in the
rudest style of workmanship. Regarding II
as relic possessed of many hidden virtues,
the slaves assembled together ON particular
night, abnutsa month previous To the mutiny,
and submit ted the signet tothe operation Of
certain spells which they connected with the
influence Of magic. An old woman, who pas
sed among them as a sorceress, and was, AS
such, treated with peculiar veneration, presi-
ded on the occasion, and, herself the victim
of delusion, with the tones and gestures of d
sbyl fraught with prophetic fury, she assured
The ignorant and infatuated company, that.
by the force of her incantaiiDns, the golden
circlet would. at the appearance of the sue
ceeding moon, be endowed with the mystical
power of ensuring the success of any enter
prize in which the possessors might engage.
This intelligence was received by the negroes
with the livelest faith the ring was from that
time anxiously looked upon as the treasured
means of their redemption from the cruel
bonds of slavery, and, under the directions Of
the rcputed enchantress, was buried deep be-
meath the root of "A machineeI, to remainsin
that chosen place of entombment till the pro-
stationary period had elapsed.
The mover of these ceremoniessiid not live
to witness the result of her spells fever
destroyed the springs Of her existence, and
consigned her to the grave not many days at.
ter the exercise of her powers; hut, before
her death, she s0lemnly commanded that the
virtue OF the gem should not be called forth
till an undertaking ofimportance merited its
cabaIlstic aid Her companions mourned her
departure, but, ascribing it to the unusual in
cantaions she had performed, they awaited