New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-26

concerned, appears more equitable than any so far
proposed, VIZ Let the rate for single letters be
5 cents for any distance short Of 500 miles, and
for every hundred miles over that, add one cent
per hundred miles, more or less. a MERCHANT.
a SLAVES SToRY-The Portland Argus gives
the following queer narrative of slave as rela-
ted by himself at a recent Abolition meeting at
Portland, Me
His name is Milton Clark, a fugitive slave
from Lexington, Ky. According to his state
ment, his father was revolutionary patriot, and
fought at Bunker Hill. After the war, he emf
gated South, became an overseer, and finally
married a slave. who was daughter Of the owner
of the plantation. The mother being a slave
made the children slaves but their owner and
grandfather, IN his viii, made them free His
children, however. burnt the will, and distributed
the young Clarks among themselves. Milton fell
to humane half sister, who was opposed to the
destruction of the grandfather's will. and who
was for treating the Clark family as relations and
not as slaves. But she died, and then he passed
into the hands of a monster, who iogged him
nearly to death at the tender age Of ten years.
he received over 800 lashes, and was Insenslble
for several DAYS and unable 10 walk for several
weeks. He determined to drink the blood Of his
oppressOr rather than endure such another brutal
beating. subsequently he fell 10 Presbyterian
deacon, who, though very penunous, treated HIM
better After he arrived at manhood, one of the
Johnson family became his surety in the sum Of
S 200, and he was permitted, by paying hls
master 5000 per year, TO 90 and work and trade
where he pleased. With this permit be went to
New Orleans and returned, and paid his master
the $500. Previously to this, however, one of
his sisters, white and beautiful girl of some II
wears of age, had been sent to New-Orleans and
sold for 81 500 She fell into good hands, and
became the wife of her master, who died few
wears after, leaving her more than S3O,0OO. Be
fore her death she sent Milton $500 to purchase
his freedom, and the money was given to
brother, who purchased his Liberty with it, and is
now freeman in Petersburg, Va. After his SIS
ters death, IN order to settle her estate Nlltons
master gave him permit to travel and transact
business where he pleased. With this permit,
which he produced and read, he went to New
Orleans to get the money left by his sister but
the question Of heirship becoming entangled IN
the law, remains in dispute up to this time
However, the permit being pretty general and
broad, he is still travelling with 1t, If not by It's
authority.
He has been in Oberlin, Ohio engaged in
painting, learning to read, and aiding fugitive
slaves to escape to Canada lecturlng, &c. tie
was opposed to the United States Bank because
by its expanding the currency 1t increased the
price of slaves, which made their masters watch
them more narrowly. 1t had been matter Of
establishment to some that the Bank should
have become bankrupt. Many people could not
imagine what had become Of its funds. He
could tell where some of them WERE He knew
ten slaves in Kentucky who had been nortgaged
to the Bank for $4,000, who lad escaped into
Canada. Here was ten thousand dollars of the
Ranks funds about which there was so much
speculation, walking about in Canada.
Milton went for the Constitution if the Constl-
tuition was opposed to Slavery, otherwise not
He gave a curious piece Of history in regard to
the organization of the slaves for purposes of
communication. This organization existed
throughout the Slave States. Their Mails ran
onlY an tie night. Information OF passing events
was obtained by listening to the conversation OF
their masters, which was repeated and COM
mented upon, and compared with like lnorma-
ton received through other channels. He stated
that the negroes were well aware OF the state OF
things pending the settlement OF the Boundary
Question, and expected war, in which case they
would have revolted in eight States So conf
dent were they of war, that they would have
risen had not certain Aboiitionists in Illinois and
Ohio, and in the Slave States themselves, with
whom they took counsel, earnestly demonstrated
against it, as both injudicious and wrong.
The CHARGE OF 'BARGAN AND SALE."-A
Tennessee paper states, that at late meeting OF
the Wings of Jonesborough in that State, Col.
John A Aiken, heretofore Democrat, came
boldly forward and declared himself for Henry
I, To, hot
he was "a member of the Legislature of Ten
nessee at the time the resolutions were adopted,
charging Henry Clay with bargain, intrigue
and corruption, and that he voted for them. He
had lived to see that he was then in error-had
done that great and good man injustice-and as
an honest man he took back that vote. If he
were now in the Legislature, he would vote to re-
peal that vote of the Legislature"
SAp-A most melancholy incident occurred
IN the vicinity Of st. townsville, Montgomery
county, few DAYS ago. Mr.. Theodore Lasher
and his son-in.law, Thomas Carman, crossed the
Mohawk river in skif on the morning OF the
26th December, and expecting to remain some
DAYS, sent the boat back. No more was heard
of them until the I'd of January, when an lmme-
date search was set on foot and In about three
hours their bodies were found IN the river, across
which they had attempted to pass on the zee
They had been in the water seven days.
NAvAL.-The steamer brings accounts OF the ar
rival of the United States frigate Cumberland Com.
Smith, at Gibraltar.
The Delaware, Com Morris. was expected 10
sail for the u. States soon as the Cumberland
should arrive al Alahon.
The Congress had arrived at Gibraltar on her way
10 Rio Janeiro, 10 exchange with the Columbia
frlGate.
The ship of the line Columbus is expected 10
leave the Brazil station as soon the Rarllan ar
rives out
The L. S. brig Pioneer T. D. Shaw, Command
er, will sail from Norfolk for the coast OF Brazil
early in the next month.