Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-14
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| short time since, u gentleman of mi, c;,,
induced to visit Old Poin, for the L.,.6, n a.
health Of his wife-Whilst there he received in.
'e'iseneo OF the extreme illness Of his wfe,s f,b.r
IA New Bedloed, Massachusetts. lie forthwith 50,
out to visit him, accompanied by his wife and &C.
male servant. Soon after his arrival the sympa,hies
oil the AooIonl'ts were excited for his servant and
10y main force. and in spite Of her earnest cnres-
ties 70 the contrary, she was wrested from him, and
! carried to Boston.
The particulars Of the shameful and inhumap
proceedings are detailed in the subjoined extract of
letter from the gentleman himself:
"NEw BEDFoRp, July sth.
we found my wfc'S father very low: and no
one had thought he would survive long enough for
us 10 see him. Ne has continued in this state ever
since our arrival, and has had two physicians al.
tenaing HIM night and day, and to the sympathy of
large family circlo has been added tpat of num.r
Gus Kind irends-who have watched Inn with the
utmost care and attention, and hardly permitted n
iooistep TO bc heard IN the house Under these cir
stances, Judge what our feelings must have been last
hsht, To Ind mob of negroes headed NV txo
wh''e men, calling themselves Ministers Of IN,
Dospel, collected around the house and enou;r
ing tor one Of my servants. I was soon npnri-
ca that there was n Sheriff in waiting from,
boston, with a writ of hdbeas corpus for iba a.
rest OF the servant | asked him into the housc
anu examined his papers, and found that IA,
was authorized by the Executive to take the said
ssNsht mo custody. | told him the situation of
tue family, and demonstrated against his takins the
servant iron the premises, pledging my wor, and
o"tnS every security that she slould be in Boston
On me day appoisted for her trial. lie then called
III Two OF those emissares Of he'll, the minister,
mentioned abOyC-one an UniyersnIist called
Spear, and the other, | blush to say It, n MStbods,
named Knight, and consulted with them. By tbis
time, several OF my friends had come in. md
amongst them, relation Of my wifes, Harrison @.
w. Coiby, Esq. member of the bar, who reitern-
ted the offers that had made and appealed to their
ieolnss OF humanity. lie said, if they could con-
ceVe O that attribute of the human heart that they
would not disturb the last moments Of dying ma n
by causing 50 much excitement in his family [
represented TO them, too, how sick my child was
and now dependent we were on the services of this
girl, her nurse, and how essential it was that she
should remhn with US through the night. To all
THIS, Wey Were deaf, ard ordered the officer to do
his duty. The poor CIR, being sent fOr entreated
them not 10 take her-snd that she was prTf,c,Iv
happy with us-th7t she had brothers and sister,
in Richmond, aud that she wished To return to iher
wi" Mrs. l.. aud myself went home. IL was a
most hclrtTending scene, 10 see her with tcats IN
her eyes, cntreat'ng me to save her. She was ton
from US, however, at midnight and escorted Ivy
crowds OF negroes to the house of this Mr.. Knight
where she remained until this morning, pers
and ioTmeuted by huide OF Ado iti0nists
She was escorted by this band OF scoundrels 10
the Depot, and eft amidst their shouts of"Frse-
DOM" "FrssJom." | walked down to Knights
house win her, and actually of these white
wretches step Up and offer her his arni which she
refused with all the indisnlty you can imagine
understand that she has so far resisted al their
persuasons, and insists upon returning to Virginia
with us. | would not, for ten times her value that
she should swerve from this determination, 90
To Boso1 to morrow 10 await her trial on Saturday
There will ofcourse be great excitement there and
even 1t the Judge clears her, the Negroes may at
tempt to rescue her. Under all this excitement il
was impossible To praventmy Flther.in-law's learn
Ing the cause OF Il, and tho consequence has beena
s'eep'css night and great agitation OF mind, which
must shorten his life very materially, and add an
gulsh aud bitterness 10 his last moments The
universal sentiment here, with the respectable por-
Iion of the community is horror and disgust at such
outrageous Proceediugs-and a man amongst
them, who does not blush for this stain upon the
escutcheOn Of his State. Before leaving Old Point,
told my servant she would be fee as soon as she
reached Philadelphia, but hoped she would not lis
ten 10 the pcrsuasions she would have TO leave u.s.
She expressed then the feelings of attachment
she does now. and has, up to last night behaved
herself with the utmost proprety. | should not
have yentured 10 bring slave into this State how
ever, could have made other arrangements, but
under tho circumstances il an act OF necessity,
and had hoped no difficulty would have occur
red. Very respectfully,
e.