The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-31
or.EER PUNISHMENT.

" ~ In
AEons Island Quaker. y no hsa a seTy
,nr.l, negro I..s living uiih him. and
wi.o.e d,.pas llsosi ~ i.sd IFlfd iof hong
,,,.e N br,ne usder IiIe enaiEnl q Ihe
,.c,e.l,,l iniiuenee a G,iake,ism. iried .
neu sprc,es u PsRishrHrnl, thai = fslaiea
thus
Tired al maraI suasioa. The old Quaker
MS shout u. ing up in despair, siish I
thought sfrnrk him.. MI pnhlsh IN
Isd." said Aminidsb 10 himself. wiz
moi s,uke him, Cor he = me q t'od
creatures. ON shieh men should noa bay
,heir unworthy hands Josiah" sad ne,
addressing the boy. . some here. josh.
rbo.e lsen eve discerned IN The look and
manner of the old Quaker. Signs 81 some
mys,enous nIoteiHshls, came tsggediS
M u his master. aud hung his head 70
foken Of humble snbnis.iOn. Josiah
continued ,hs old man, :. ihee has bsen a
bad hay. very lad hoy. snd my master
hath los, all paiience with 'hee. i'osi
ihou Know, Io.i,h. where me wicked ana
nnuly lads ike Thee gni" : No." whincd
,he negro. No, boy, hast ihes never
heard II The bad place..
.Ye.," was The reply. have heard
,h,t bad boys do go-down. down TO
dal dark dungeon where dey gets dc b'im
stone lruml"
THAT is The place. boy." continued
the Quaker, in . solemn tone, " and there
musl lake thee, Josiah"
:. Me, massa. me oh Iora, oh l.ora
-I-l-0 I.ora massa.'
:. Get ,hy liat. Josiah set lhy bat and
come with me, can hear no words from
ihee." 'rhe bny got his bat, snd followed
the Quaker 10 The railIod depot where
they took the cars for Brooklyn. The
negro SIT IN suIlen silence. half-fesring
and half doubling the old mans intentions.
On flew The cars al rate the hoy never
had rode before; the engine putting and
snoring moi unlike wha, lis imagination
lad piclured the chief Of The Internal re-
pions. Then houses and fences seemed
10 III By as il on wings. aud before The
cars reached Brooklyn the poor lads heat
WAS fairly bewiIdered. and he scarcely
knew whether he was going M or down.
Furious as The Wild wind came The train
down Atlantic street; horses snoried aud
dashed away from the track in fright. the
bovs hooied aud screamed, and poor Jo-
.iah losked as IL he thought lie WIS on
his way 10 the world Of spiriis. Present.
IL lie engineer gave me of those terrible
whistles that echoed ihroughou, the wl'ele
silY, and the engine plunged into The iun.
nsi. Good bye, Josiah." SAID iminidab.
and he suddenly stepped from his seat to
The platform outside the cars.
4 screcck-agrpan-and then stifled
moan was heard where the negro sat. aud
thea all was dark and s,ill, save the puf.
fng and wh,sdins Of The engine and the
railing OF the eaFs, as lury wnisIieu uii
through the narrow passage. Once OF
tvire NOISE like a struggle or catching
for breath was lately heard coming fram The
negio's seal. but nothing was known OF
the horror. of that +" middle passage" until
the train emerged from the ilmull on the
west side. The passengers were then
Mortified =, sight which they supposed
was a case of Cholera in their midst. A
"sggsr." sure, was right among them.
The old Quaker had Josh BY The collar.
shaking and scolJing and trying 10 make
him sand upon his feet. But Josh was
q" gone niger" to all appearances, and
IL va. an hour before the passengers aud
Josiah" could understand thai he had
passed through the internal regions. For
few minutes The Quaker was Sc frighien-
cd as anybody. and thought that his pun.
ishmeal had terminated IN manslangh'er
josh finally came on, right" and il il
hoped that he will hereafter be be,iel
boy and long remember his slsii TO ihs
!. bad place"