The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-03
From tho Now-Yor's Evangelist
Immediate Emancipati3a""A Sketch.



I, may be gra,iry to those who desire to think
well Of human nature, to know that the leading in.
eidents Of tie suhoiued sketch literal mnttes Of
fact, occurring In the city Of Cincinnati, which have
come within the scope Of the wrcr's personal knowl
cdge-the incidents have mercy been clothed in "a
dramatic form, to present them wildly to the
render.
In one Of the hotel parors Of our Queen city, a
young gentleman, apparently in no very easy frame
of mind, was pacing up and down the room, looking
Alternately his watch & of the window, If
pectng somebody, AT last he rang tho bell violent.
~, and hotel servent soon appeared
Has my man Sam, come yet;" he inquired.
The polished yellow gentleman, to whom this
addressed answered with polite, but somewhat
sinister smrk, that nothing had been Of him
since early that morning.
Lazy dog full three hours since, sent him off
10 b street, and have nothing Of him
sinca''
The yellow gentleman remarked with consoatory
poteness, that he chopped Sam had not run array,
adding with i'll concealed grin, that than boys
was mighty apt to show the clean heel when they
into free State''
ooh, no, / am quite easy as TO that" returned the
young gentleman; ''l'll risk Sans ever being will.
ling to part from me. bought him because | was
Of him.
"Don't you be too sure," remarked n gentleman
from behind, who had been listening the conyersa-
ton. "There plenty Of mischief making busy
bodies the train Of every Southern gentleman, to
intefere with his family matters, and decoy OF his
servants"
Didn't see Sam at the corner with the Quaker
Simmons'' said another servant, who meanwhile had
entered.
''Tulking with Simmons, was her remarked the
last speaker, with-irration; ''that rascal Simmons
does nothing else, believe, but tote away gentle
mems servants Well, if Simmons has got him, you
may well be quiet; you'll not your fellow
gain in hurry"
''And who the duce is this Smmons?" said our
young gentleman, who, though evidently of good
natured mould, beginning TO wroth,
''and what business has he TO interfere with other
peoples alairs?"
"You had better have asked those questions a few
days ago, and then you would have kept closer eye
your fellow; meddlesome, cant,ng, Quaker ras-
cal, that all these black hounds run to, to be helped
into Canada, and uob'dy knows where all.'
The young gentleman r,ed ont his watch with
ucrca ing energy, and then walking fercely up to
the coored waiter, who setting the dinner table
with air Of provoking satisfaction, he thunde'ed at
him, ''You rascal you understand this matter; see
il in your eyes -
Our gentleman Ct color bowed, and with an air oc
mschieVons Intelligence protested that lie never in
crered with other genemen = matters, while spndfy
of his brethren in Office looked unuteTablo things out
OF the corners OF their eyes
"Thero is some cursed plot hatched up among
YOU, said the Young man. ''You have talked Sam
into il: know he never would have thought of leav
ing me unless he was put up TO it. lell me now
he resumed, "hnye you heard Sam say anything n
bout it? Come, be rensonaho," he added, N
milder tone "you shalt find yonr account in IT."
Thus adiurpd, the winter protested he would DO
happy to give the gentleman any satisfaction IN his
power The fact waa, Sam had been pretty full of
notions lately, and had been 10 500 Simmons and in
short he should not wonder if he nover saw any
more Of him.
And ns hour after hour passed, the whole day, the
whole night and no Sam was forthcoming, the truth
of tho surmse became increasingly evident. Our
Young hero, Mr. Alfred b, was good deal pro-