Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-11-02

80 itLtd OisJseer was man a1ley uly Uncle
'wn hcart-he worked the hands jnlicou.ly-
'laeed them all on an equality, fed them well. and
'lothsd them well, nor would he ever splTer tie
mead OF one to be taken fer the support OF another
Or tor the brneht Of himself bat al! PROTECTED
alike, and the farm improved amazingly. ropTe-
vent annov3nce from dsagTeeabie hesl .boIs, he ,
advised NY uncle TO purchase large asjoinin. J
tract OF land. which etfgcinaiiy secu Ell him from
interruption intrusion, and made hi ia;m com
pete, and after aborng faithfully in my Unrle's
service The enI vi his two terms, lie retired to
his cabin in small corner Of my Uncle's iob0ccO
field, and rndefiocls TO superinteud the building
oil a school house to educate the Young tobacco
planters, and to teach all the children Of Uncle
Sans hands how 10 govern his taTm, and manage
his estate 10 tho best advantage. Bu, IN his OLD
age he became poor and nectsstous; --now though
my Uncle was generous, yet he wa sometimes
unfortunately lo'se;iul, aud in ihi- case, he neg
eciei to provide tor his I'D and isi;aiul servant:
The Truth was, he trusted too much 10 the geneTo-
-i'y and beIaliy OF his tobacco Halter, - he
knew they were open hearted, and TIA, lher val
or, aud their crops, and their cash, bad IlwRy>
been at his dispOsat. and that they tool, .a-urr in
taking care OF every thing he valued, tat he did
not knew that lhey had been lately e;ished
ard deiraudei by the ruling overseer, anI thst
nearly all their substance lad been taken TO enrich
others, and the cor sequ.ncc that relief had
been afforded, and had ii not been for my Uncle's
cottOa and sugar sTotc in two Of bis fields,
believe the old OveTseer's family at his death
would have starved.
al the time of IKE teiiIsment os the third over
seer, my Uncle about for successor, and at
last pa ched Upon this who had done mo ia
protecting and defending his hands frol, The 90
preston OF the second cruel ovctseer; BY expos
ing IN mastery manner his departure Fl ON the
written Instructions which he had sworn to o
hey, and who had thereby succeeded in remov-
ing me gag from the mouths OF hi crop>hanls
This SYerseer followed Uaclc Sapi's directions
closely, and walked in the path prescribed by bi.
predecessor During his Stew ardship my Uncle
got into another fight with his old tutor, for at
tempting to lorce his crop hands 10 row him about
In bis pleasure bua's,- and af:Cr luious contest
he happily succ eeded in getting the old fellow
down, and after duclting him all he was nearly
diowneJ, compelled him 10 give M oil p!eteh5ions
OF Iolclns his hands 10 for him in future.
cut h'!e my uncle was engaged in due king az q
crubbinS the old eiasoeue, tie Cver,eer DID Mt
keep sufficient guard about Uncle San : dwell
iinG house, aud suffered some OF the oil pedant's
hands 10 take possession OF H. end burn il
down. When my Uncle found that lis house
was uurni' lie became 30 enrsged, that hr collect
eu MS hunters, and his catile-rsisefs end bog-
feeders from several of hi. fields, sll under he
shade OF a famous Old Hickory, that stood in hi,
farm yard and gave the Old pe1sgosue's hands
such dFubbing will cause them TO remember
him, and the Old Hickory, the longest day of THAR
lives.
This quarrel being honorablv settled snJ ,b.
last oVer'eer' time having expired, my Uncle
appointed another, aud began 10 re- build his dwell
ing house, ard as he had grown very Iitb. he or
Gel eu very splendid palace TO be erected, which
maze some Of the hands think my Uncle was get
ing little van;-boweYer this was rhey nj, Ell IN
see Uncle Sam dress ike beau, and had no ,b
Jee''oh'' TO bis fine hou'e Some OF then alb nj
this time began 70 SruDbIe al The Oy erseer, thew
al l. I,aI to aveI,
nome and was rather fond Of good ealing. and more
man 81, they thought they discovered disp, ,Iion
10 MN % lfntrr away Uncle Sans instruction nd
lhey made little fuss about making roads m, o,,L
Toe !eEces WHICH they said Uucle Sam pro!Ii,ited.
nevertheless, my Uncle had Liking far tbi. nve,
seer. because he had Heretofore been very firbCI
terms. '-'' ~
when this Cversrer retired from the Inn
haSemen' OF the farm, the Son II JJncl. SAM,
second OVerseer became the Ovsrseer OF hi,
estate and my Uncle never enjpyed moment
o. peace DUNG MS whole time OF service-
iie had been Plagued and tormented almost cut of
MS WIS, before the vacancy was srDt,Ij.J: SOMA
oi MS hands wishing aim 10 favor the preten.iops
OF one applicant, and some anoihes and anon,
-"ch variety of conf! citing wishes. The good n,
tured soul did not knew " bat 90 do. and AT Ia.,
determined to settle The matter by lottery. Nv
Uncle was wrong IN this, for he mjsht Lays besn
liz
IN h' dispo-iioD, aud lie placed great reliance in
we 'ideity OF The Managers, who had been select
eN ny MS hands' IRON every part OF his estate Ia
conduct The lottery fairly; hut one ofihe AJana,srs
had Rep, an Insurance Office s had o:Fefed,o mr..
me CVeFee1FhIp 20 a'Y che who would ann int
"iih lieai Man over Uncle Sam', hands aud
somehow r Other, lac had obtained tie puyver :, r
drawing he prizes from he wheel. Now. ,vbs,
my Ohce's second Cverseer's Son perceived this
he purchased The ensured ticket, aHI the MANAGER
slyiy slipped bis hand in he Wheel and dre-v for
DIM the highest prize, the Cverse efsbip, AMI ar
cordngiy, as soon as he bscame Oyerseer. lie mai,
the assurance money, and appointed the NJ. a Ger
lead Man. and promised, moreover, al the end
oi his term, to help biz Head Man to chez, m,
transporting Uncle, & obtain tie Oyer.eershii, for
hlin' ana by iamilisriling the hands to the method
vi u'a"IhS Similar OieTies, bring the ue,y scheme
INTO vogue ana 20 keep up The succession forever
ana J" this marn'r was my Uncle gro " cheat
eu' ana on OYeTseeI imposed on his hands contrary
to their wishes Ms Uncle could -carcel, ~ IN
duced to believe at tr4, that q. he'd been ~ e,,a
giously imposed upon, but v hen hs saw how
in'hgs were gong on. lie determined TO scrutinizs
MS Over-eer : action- very closely in future. Ibs
OYerseer and his Head Man soon reTrsivel thai
my Oncic was IN passion, for lie had 10 conceal
mem about him, and hat it was necessary 10.
mem 70 &c, INTO hts good grace again. or tbs,
'hcy would lose their places, so they began 10
praise and coax ihe good n4urel sou. srd by
way OF plea.ing him, recommended him 10 ,ost
~ some blooming young damsc. and heca1s- The,
kne'y that there was beautiful, healthy. yorno
iasss IN The neighb lfhoaj, who was aboni ei,io,.
party and had invited my Cnrls 70 be present
'hey persuaded him to 20, ard by telling him lsa
it would never do 10 let any fbia ,ir5 ce,.,Lh,,.
marty he yonng lady and that -is oniy wan e.,.
nln 10 woo her TO b-comn bis blu hing bride. tha
she was a powerful hersss. who had .lst Ief tb.
leading strings, and rhat II ba could g-t he, h.