The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-26

thing what runs INTO The staple. lie INT me
on the head with The hammcS oi'cc. That
was blow! ] fell away that time. When
came to, master had stopped the blood with
some fur from his hat. had to 90 to my
work Immediately; master said should d"
my stint if had TO work till Twelve n'cIock
al night. Many's The ash stick he has bro
ken on my body; Sometimes The wcaIs re-
NAMED on Inc for week; he cut my eye
lid open once with nut slick; cut rceu-
lar hole in it, and it blcd all over the files |
was working at. lie has pulled my cars
sonctimcs, that thought they must some.
times cone off in his hands. But all this
was nothing to this here cul: it was serious.
and if ] hadn't got through that, they du say
there must have been crowncr's quest;
though think that CANNON, for old Tugf"rd
did fnr one of his 'prcnticcs, anl the body
was never found. And now YOU ask nc if
| know Hatton? should think ddr and
the auk. haggard youth laughed merriIy, as
lfhc had been rccounmg series Of the hap.
picst adventures.
But is there no redress for such iniqu!-
lous oppression!"
NO. no." said The fcr with an air Of ob-
vious pride.
LORD bless YOU, its his way, that's all
We be 4 queer set here; but he has his plnls.
Give him lock to make and you won't have
your box picked; he's VERY Ib'ral too N
wi,lals Never had horse flesh The whole
time was with him; they has nothing else
at Tugiurd'>; never had no sick COW except
when meat was very'dcar. lie always put
his face agn still born calves; he used to say
born alive and killed alive. BY which token
there never was any sheep what had bust in
the head sold IN our court, And then sume
times he would y i've us treat of fish, when
il had been in town four or five days and
not sold. No, give the devil due, say L.
There never was no want for anything al
meals with the Bishop, except time 10 ca.
tin, m IN"
And why do You call him the Bishop"
That's his name aud authority; for he's
The governor here over all OF US. And II
has always been so that Woodgatc has been
governed by u bishop; because us we have
no church, We will have as goud. And by
this day sc'nnighi, the day my time was up.
he married me To this here young lady,
Siic is Of the Church school religion, and
wanted Us 10 he tied by her clergyman, but
but all The lads that served their time with
me were married BY the Bishop, and many
a more, and saw no call to do otherwise.
Su he sprinklcd sunie salt over a grdIron,
read Our Father backwards, and wrote
our name in book: and we were splccd;
but didn't do it rashIy, did Suky, by the
token that we had k:pt company for two
years, and there isn't a gal in all Woodgalc
that handles tile like Sue"
And what is your name, my good lc-
Iuwl'
".rhcv call me Tummas. but amt GOT
no second name; but now | am married,
mean To take my wlle's, for she has been
baptized, and ST. has got lwo."
Yes, sir" SAID tho girl with tho vacant
lace and the back like a grasshopper."l be
a rcgIar born Christian, and my mother a.
fore, aud that's what few gals in the Yard
can say. Thomas will take To 1t himself
when the work is slack; and he believes now
in our Lord aud Savior Ponlius Plate, who
was ciuclicd To save our sinS; and III Muses.,
Goliath, aud the rest of the Apostles"
"Ah mc!' thought Morley, sand could
not they spare one Missionary from Tahiti
ior their lcIIow-counlrymcn al Wod ga,c!"
But arc the people 81 degraded"
There is more srrltIom in Eng land now
than at any Time since the Conquest. J
speak of what passes under my eyes daily
when say, that those who labor can as it,
tic choose or change their masters now as
when they were born thraIls. There are
great bodies Of the working CLASSES Of this
country nearer tho condition of brutcs than
they have been at ANY time since the Con-
quest. Indeed, | see nothing t" distinguish
them from brutes, except that their morals
are inferior. Incest and nlaulicdc are as
common as among tho lower animals. The
domestic principle wancs aker aud weak
er every year in Eng gIand, nor can we won
der al it, where there is no comfort to cheer
a'.d no sentiment to haInw The home"
We have more pcslirncc now IN Eng
land than we ever had, but it only reaches
the poor. You never hear of 1t. Why
iyphus alone tak kes every year from the
dwellings Of the artisan and peasant pop
nlalipn equal to that of the wliuIe county Of
WcslmoreIand. This goes ON every year,