Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-20
WHOLE NO. 1911.

&c. Well, after they had gone, as was tx.
pected, she thought it would be a nice time
10 have The society of her husband two or
three hours, beside a good fire. So she wett
out to the woods and called him.. When ha
came OFT the men who were watching nab
bed him. Ha ha hal The coarse brig
and laugh, at the ingenuity Of the trap with
which this story was concluded, but lily az.
corded with the feeling excited in my breast,
at the recital Of he misfotiunes of this vie.
tim cf the white mans baseness. Bet I
went there, not TO meet my sympathies. hut
for information so ! proceeded by interrO-
CATION, to make further draft upon the com.
municativeness Of my companion. We'll,
you must have a good deal of trouble la
keeping these people in subordination, have
you notP Not much, sir, very little. It's
all in knowing how 10 manage a niger
As soon as you get to know how 10 manage
them, yon get rid Of trouble. can tell, as
soon as ] get my eye on a niger, what sort
Of a fellow he is, and how TO work him
Some's very good and kind, and easily man.
aged--lhey always look pleasant and good
humored. But some's wicked, and desper-
ate, they have a surly, s%neaking look
When you get a fellow Of this kind, you
must know how TO manage him.. You must
set him al work right away, and keep him
always doing something--chopping wood, or
something of that kind. You must let him
know that YOU are TO be the master, and not
him. You must mind, and if you tell him
to do any liule thing, and he doesn't do it
right away, you must give it to him.
There's a fellow Of this kind here now
desperate rascal. Didn't you see that fellow
close up beside the WALTON the right hand
side as we went into the cellar That fel.
low with the high forehcad--the ~sIoutest
-. -. H. .-t,I1,-k-.. I,l.s 49,. II
him = acknowledged that ! did not re-
member the person he alluded TO. We'll,
that fellow ] have 10 keep my eyes on.-
When | go in " here he is, | make him stand
back, away from the door. Didn't you see
how ! kept my stand beside The door, when
we were in there? | acknowledged that |
had not observed it. well, / did ! can't
trust that fellow He had said, before this.
that his practice was TO take this precaution
with the whole Of them. whenever | wart
any Of them for any thing, ] 60 10 the door
of the pen, and make all The rest stand back.
and then call the one l want. Some might
think this foolishncss-but ] tell you it won't
do 10 give a nigger any advantage, But re-.
curing to the man just spoken of-'The fel.
low said he, is froln---County in
Maryland. His master was afraid of him
The fellow would knock Town any man that
attempted 10 lay n hand on him. His mas.
ter, to get his good will INDUCED him, and
tried TO keep The right side Of him. He
tasked him TO ten cord Of wood a-week.-
This he could soon finish, and then he had
the rest of the week TO play. But his mas.
ter was afraid of him. lie sent him 10
Washington with a letter and now we've got
him here = How said IL don't under.
stand you why, you see, his wife, was
here in the city. His master used 10 lie, him
l-- r.
see his wife, and stay a few days with her.
He always spent his Christmas holidays
here. SO last Christmas, his master gave
him a letter to Mr.--in The city, and
he brought him 10 US, lie says, (imitating
the pirious manner Of the poor fellow.) Il
came here TO spend my Christmas holidays
with my " ife--and here ! ann Ha ha !
ha - had 10 laugh TO hear him tell about
it,
asked him if he was not afraid Of such
person as The one he spoke Of. No, not
much-sometimes | feel a little afraid, but Il
won't do to let them see it. ] go in at night
into the cellar, when ! shut up, fix the blan.
kets about the little ones and let them see |
=, have no fear. One mus, look stern and fierce.
! Oh, they think, sir, that I'm The very DepiL'
You say you have TO give il to them
sometimes you fog them pretty often. ! sur,
J., posef No, sir, not often /; but you can
get along without some.' How many lash
es have you ever given a man at one time !
sOh, Lord, sir, we never lash them-alwsy,
with the paddle, sir We'll, will they L.
YOU beat them without resistancei are 20,
'e not afraid to strike themi' '0h, we Away
W put The shackhS on their wrists, and theI
" make TWO or three hold them, If they're des
y %perate.' You make them get down on thei
II hands and knees, ] supposel = mo, sir; ",
IS draw them over a bench-frst strip them
y then draw them over a bench (; then ] some
$, times put my foot in the Sng6ges, and lea
10 over and give il TO them. The p'ddle is a
great deal better than the lash, sir you SCI
!, il gets well in two or three days, and i
= devilish sore during that time 'Well,
suppose Won use an oak p1ddle.' mo, ST
W always pine. ! used TO have a heavy oal
paddle. with holes bored in it; but pines tn,
) best-it stings like the devil, and is over il
a few days.
Somewhere about this stage Of our CONVEX
n sation, a young girl, belonging TO the estat
;, lishmenl, came to the door, and said somt
IA thing TO the keeper, which, from the positio
IA | occupied, ! could not understand. tie
is her said he, in reply, SHE can't get in now
We Ard then, turning to me, he said, The wi
% of thai fellow from Maryland, is now at Il
L. door, and Sants TO see her husband but 81
can't get in; there's too many down the
cd now.
10 After the specimen he had given me of Il
he desperate ones, he referred me 10 one who,
Ter we had seen down in The cellar, who was
RS very good and kindly fellow When !
or had finished his description OF him, he az
in ded, He's one Of the unfortunaiesi niggers
md ever saw. He got of from his master thT,
.ey or four years ago, and was living in Ne
lily Jersey. lie had married a wife, and got
is snug house and lot. and had his ducks, a.
her geese, sn3 pigs, and every thing nice arou