The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-03-29
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q 10y stsh!iutssS dIteI Lac n0ErSAf
which the negroes were TO bs hung, jwiiib.
Out, either gum, hat, or shoes. and stold hin
wife the eniggera had riz, and heFwas hit.
led by q shot inlbs mouth |. which was
actually bleeding copiousiy from, d sr,ar ali,
snesfad received while running through
woods. 81, 81 g go. o.
But notwithstanding the general panie
winch prevailed; ;there were some, 10 their
honor be it said, who were not at ans
alarmed. Two medical students who ba.
longed to the guard, and had Determined
70 20 wa,t until the negroes were dead, that
they might get them and make objects q,
en- were frank enough to admit, that al!
,hongh they had seen many dead negroes.
nnt they never heard dead negroes make
such 'quai, noise before, and for fear
something might happen, not at all friph-F
teued however, but being cautious yonnu
men, they threw down their guns and
concealed themselves behind a tree. where,
the dying negroes could not soc them.
Another medical student, who had gone
all the way from the 'viAage' Is miles.
not to see the negroes hung, but that ri
might pro bono seientia, and his own in,
lorma.lon IN cutting up The bodies Of tho
culPrits in his flight from the scene, WA
seized round the waist by a lady, who
begged him to take care Of her, but in the
honest simplicity Of his nature, he en-,
claimed, BY Cd madam every man
for himself, and woman too. lIT
1t is also said of a youth diminutiye
size, who had gone from an adjoining Dis,
trict some 80 miles, that he had enscon.
ced himself behind tree, where woman
OF herculeon strength seized him by the
arm and told him that was her tree. and
giving him sling threw him some ten
ieet into ireep, where he concluded he
was pretty well concealed, and lay there
until the confusion was over, and ,yi,en
ne got up was the nearest man to the ne.
groes, and making virtue of necessity
he declared he was not at all frightened
and had no idea drumming at all.
Even one Of the magistrates, who was
regarded as a big man in the neighbor-
hood, said, that in taking hasty view of
the whole scene before him, it occurred TO
him that it might be important that some
one should, hereafter give correct dis.
cription of all that transpired, and to ena-
~ A''AA1 " W So, hot"lutStdhOlng MS age
and corporosity, he climbed up tree
with h considerable agility.
The local consequences of this extra.
ordinary "niggsr hangin" were rather
beneficial than otherwise: for the year
previous TO it the owner OF the land made
such bad cotton crop, that he spoke Of
removing to the west !; but in gathering
up the scattered fragments of clothing,
hats, shoes, etc., lost amid the confusion.
ne picked up considerable quantity of
cotton in small bales, supposed to have
been been lost in the hustle and took the
name of" lost bustles," which in SO great
measure supplied the deficiency of his
cotton crop, that he concluded to remain,
and am informed is doing well.
Strange to say out of some or 6 thou.
sand souls, who were present on that men,
orable occasion, not more than Is or 20
have ever been seen who were at the
"nigger hangin..' "Well Bob, were YOU
at the "nigger hungin." :'Oh no they
say every body got scared and run off,
and know would mt have got scared.'i
"Were you there2" "No."
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