Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-02-12
The wounded Soldier and the Negro
Woman.

We yesterday listened to the recital of al
incident which came under the observation
OF one of our police, during last week and i
Is so eloquent in fact, that any comment t.
helghten II would be out Of place.
An Illinois volunteer from Springfield, ma.
med John Tefit, returned to this port on one
OF the New Orleans boats on last Sunday
week. He had been discharged because OF
his physical debility, he having received an
injury on one Of his legs, and being other.
wise untitled for service by sickness. IL
this state, on their way up, he lay helpless.
~ stretched out on one Of the deck berths,
receiving but little attention until they pas
sed the mouth Of the Arkansas river, where,
IN the night, an old negro woman came on
board, evidently d runaway slave. She was
not noticed until she began to cook and sup
ply the wants of the suffering volunteer.-
Others on board were surprised at her inter
est for him, and expressed themselves so
the old negro answered them that - De man
who bin fghtin' for his country mustn't be
let to die like a dog, if | can gib him any
help"
On the arrival OF the boat at this port, the
old negro woman was consIgHed to the care
OF the officer who related to us the circum-
QUINCY "'u ttlNtl GU utI ~ ldll lOT Sdlt-htt-
ping until the boat returned. The volunteer
IN the mean ZINE remained in his berth. On
Tuesday, when the boat was about to start,
he conveyed the runaway down TO place her
on board, and passing along the l~evee, they
encountered the sick and helpless soldier,
seated against some freight. lie had lain on
board the boat from Sunday until Tuesday,
and then was carried of and seated upon the
levee. The old negro woman stopped when
she saw him, anG untying the corner of an
old handkerchief, in which was folded up
two dollars, she took out one-holf of her
whole hoard-and placed it in his hand.
"''od bless you, massa," said she, "you
berry poorly treated for KILN yourself fol
your country )" and shaking his hand, she
departed home to her bondage, satisfied that
her lot was better than that OF the discharged
soldier of the republic. The poor fellow
wept as he departed from the kind hearted
slave.
The officer together with some humane
gentlemen, raised a subscription for the vol
unteer' and carried him on a litter on board
the Luella, by which he was taken to Alton,
from whence he will have opportunities OF
getting home. No contribution, however,
in magnitude of circumstance, equalled the
llberaIity of the old negro woman.-Saini
Louis RcreiHe.
G- What a lesson is the above for white
christians! What a warning should it be
for those who are tempted to expose them
selves in the battles of Mexico! A christian
nation wages war with a weak and crippled
people for the extension of slavery, and when
her soldiers are disabled, turns them out like
old horses to die in the highway. The poor
soldier pines under the influence of his
wounds on the deck Of a steamboat is sur,
rounded by the white christians for whom
he has been fighting, yet none offer him food
none Stake his thirst, none dress his wounds
nor pay so much attention TO him as the,
would to a wounded dog! There he lay.
and suffers hour after hour, and none mani
fest any sympathy for him. At length hi
groans reach the ears of a poor old negress
who has spent her life in bondage to chris