Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-14

! invite scrutiny, but 10 throw censure on thu.
who had treated him " it'll DE- gree Of Gb.,.f
| y which, FROM the nature Of the act CHARGED
and the proof exhibited. he had no rich, =
| hope for, he must be content 10 endure n.
conse qneuces which befalI him. For our oWo
cation in his complaints of the unfair come.
,ge have pusned towards him (unfounded ,bo.
they he) to expose the transaction in all il.
disgusting nakedness, we had determined :,
ma ntain rigid silence until the trial wa.a
yer. That determination has be en- changed H..
the above article, scarcely one word of which !,
true.
We proceed to point out the misstaiemepi.
contained in MIR. Barness letter to the Ed,lo,.
of the Courier:
Isl. IL is moi true, that the marks which
be describes, and which all correspond with
those Contained in Mrs. Aliens advertisement,
are the only means OF identification. For. Tho
child says that she was not aileays called "Er.
IA Ann" Her tender and merciful proiecto,,
may, for aught sue knows, have re.chrisienef
her /; And she distinctly recollects that she VIA,
a, one time called Susan, the name of the Child
which Mrs. Allen Iosl. As TO the change in
the colour of her eyes, in her features and her
| form, physicians are agreed that the first mipl +
have been produced by the barbarities in0ie,.
ed upon the grl-and all who saw her when
she was first rescued from the fang, of her ty.
rants, know how essentially both form and
features have changed pitliin The last fen re.ky
under the influence OF kind treatment and iu
dicinns nursing.
I'd. Though, in relation to his references. 10
distinguished gentlemen of New York, we can.
not say he is guilty OF direct flsehood, YET
we must say that il is exceedingly strange he
| should not have purged himself from suspicion
by immediate application to some one of ,nem,
or ofthe " hundred persons" who have "known
The CHI lid from her birth" Nothing could have
been more easy and, rs it has not been done.
we are at liberty to put what construction we
please on his omission 10 do 81. But be hi,
as IL may, ifevery man, and woman in the
State OF New York should testify to the fact
that Barnes came honestly by The child, still il
does not correspond with our IDEAS of refine
nlent,' (of which he and his lady I'VE learn. boas,
themselves the very pinks,) that she shouli
have been therefore whipped, burnt, and starry.
ed, at the viii! of her despots
Sd. The charge that the black woman commit.
ted hese acts Of cruelty is unsus aimed by a
particle of ey'dence-and is believed to be false.
IN toto. The little girl hers elf ex one rates the wo
man and the fact, that, 10 exc out his state.
ment, Barnes has ITO say that as soon as the
abuse was discovered, the woman run oH,"n
enough TO create disbelief of whatever else he
might say. Ii is true, she aceni 10 nertdo0,
ae'gh0or s-not as soon rs the abuse was dis.
covered"--tor she must have discovered that
long betorc)-but as soon as she discovered
t'af Barnes and his wife we're about 10 swear
that she had been the perpetrator of ii--and
this was entirely nalural-becsuse she knew
that white persons oalh against a negro can
not be iuyalida,ed, unless By testimony Of a
similar character. The negro woman too, i'm
medately returned to her master, who refused
to permit her any longer TO live with Barnes
and tie best commentary on this part OF E.
statement is. that she isnow hired 10 a gentle
man of this place, at double the price Usually
given for that description of servants.
But We repeat, the unfortunate little gil
herself exonerates the black woman--,she i'm
pues IL all 10 Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, (particu-
iaI ly the iatteT)-she tells of circumstances al
have had any agency-in short, for weeks af'
ter her liberation, she shud Tered whit the
names Of Mr.. and Mrs Barnes were menl Toned
as if sht were fearful that she was still urder
the protection" But, for moment, admit
Mr.. Barness statement to be true-admit that
the negro woman did commit these oulragesa a.
gainst our common nature Why, we ask, did
he and his compassionate wife stand by, and
see the poor unfortunate thus abused Aye
but says the gentleman, il was done =" aeith0h
our kno,ctedge." These are his words. Done
-" Without has knowiedee :" and yer, veracious
gentleman The knows that the black did -
Notwithstanding, however, he knew all about
H. the poor fellow was unable to prove II.
why was he unable 10 prove il 7 He intro
duced his own daughter IA beautiful and inter
esting little girl. whom, from our hearts W
p'ty,) who is about the. same age of his victim-'
and, WHY did she not sustain him IN this YER
sion Because she knew it was not true ;and
she had not lost that 'artlessness of nature
which prompted her to tell nothing false even
If her 6I'al feelings induced her to concea, I
something which she did know. Done with
ont ms knowtedge,' forsoolh. when, TO say nolh'
ing ofthe wasted frame of the child, which he
saw daily, and almost hourly, he could moi have
az /.