The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-11-19
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Colonel C.replied that he did.
"What do you ask for him."
,''I expect to get seven hundred dollars "
"How old is he?"
"About thirty"
"Is he healthy?"
'"Very; he never had any sickness in his
life except one or two spells ofthe ague,"
as he hearty?"
"Yes, sir he will eat as much as any man
ought, and it will do him as much good"
sis he good hand?'
eyes, sir, he is the best hand on my
place. He is steady, honest and Industrious.
He has been my foreman for the last ten
years, and more trusty negro never
knew"
"Why do you wish to sell hinn?''
"Because he disobeyed my ,oE&ers. AS
said, he is my foreman, and that he might
be available at any time might want him, |
built his quarter within hundred yards of
my own house, and have never wrung the
bell at any time in the night or morning,
that his horn did not answer in five minutes
after. But two years ago he got religion,
and commenced what he terms family pray
er--that is, prayer in his quarter every night
land morning; and when he began his prayer,
1t was impossible to tell when he would stop,
Especially if (as he termed it) he got happy.
Then he would sing and pray and halloo for
an hour or two together, that you might hear
him mile off, And he would pray for me and
my wife and children, and all my brothers
and sisters and their children, and our whole
family connexion to the third generation
and sometimes, when we would have visiters
Moses prayers would interrupt the CONVEX
sation and destroy the enjoyment of the whole
company. The women would crysand the
children would cry, and it would set me al
most frantic; and even after had retired, it
would sometimes benearly daylight before |
could go to sleep; for it appeared to me that
J. could hear Moses pray for three hours af-
ter he had finished. | bore il as long as
could, and then forbid his praying so loud
any more. Moses promised obedience, but
The Soon transgressed; and my rule is never
to whip, but when a negro proves incorrigi
Bile, l sell him. This keeps them in better
subjection, and is less trouble than whipping.
| pardoned Moses twice for praying so loud,
ut the third time | knew | must sell him,
or every negro on the farm would soon be
perfectly regardless of all my orders.'
"You spoke of Moses quarter; suppose
from that he has a family"
"Fes, he has n woman and three children
Or eoife, / suppose he calls her now, for
soon a yer he got religion he asked me if they
might be married, and presume they were y
"What will you take for her and the three
children"
"If you want them for your own nse,
will take seven hundred dollars; but shall
not sell Moses nor them to go out of the
State"
Il wish them all for my own use, and will
: give you the fourteen hundred dollars"
Mr.. B. and Col. G. then went to B. IS store.
drew up the writings, and closed the sale,
after which they returned to the vessel; and
Mr.. b., approaching the negro, who sat with
his eyes fixed upon the deck, seemingly
wrapt in meditations of the most awful foro-
bodings, said .......... ..,......
"Weil Moses, have bought you."
Moses made a very low bow, and every
muscle of his face worked with emotion as
he replied a.t#
as you, massa? Where is gwine, mas
sa? Is | gwine to Georgy?'
''No, said Mr. B. 81 am merchant in
the city here, and yonder is my store. |
want you to attend on the store, and have
purchased your wife and children, too, that
you may not be separated" ,F.~
s>"Bress God for dat! And massa, kin | go
TO meeting sometimes? ..........a.
Eyes, Moses, you can 60 to church three
times on the Sabbath, and every night in the
week; and you can pray as often as you
choose, and as loud as you choose, and as
long as you choose, and get as happy as you
choose; and every time you pray, whether it
be at home or in church, want you to pray
for me, my wife, and all my children, and
single-handed, too; for if you are good
man, your prayers will do US no harm, and
we need them very much; and if you wish
to, you may pray for everybody ofthepame
of B. in the State Of Maryland. 1t will not
injure them"
While Mr. B. was dealing out these privi-
leges to Moses, the negro's eyes danced in
their sockets, and his full heart laughed right
out for gladness, exposing two rows of even
clean vories as any African can boast, and
his hearty response was
"Bress God, bress God, all de time, and
bress you too, Massa! Moses neber tink
bout he gwine to have all desc commonda.
TONERS; it make me tink bout Joseph in de
Egypt"
And after Moses had poured few bles-
sings on Colonel c., bidding him warm
Iadieu, and requesting him to give his love
and farewell to his mistress, the children and
Eall the servants, he followed B. to the store,
to enter on the functions Of his new office
The return of the schooner brought 10 Mo-
ses his wife and children. ....,.a...
Early the next spring, as Mr. B. was one
day standing at the store door, he saw man
leap upon the wharf from the deck of ves-
sci and walk harriedly towards the store.
He soon recognized him as Colonel Q. They
Exchanged salutations, and to the Colonel's
inquiry after Moses, Mr.. B. replied that he
was up stairs measuring grain and invited
him to walkup and see him, Soon Mr.. B. Is
attention was arrested by "a very confused
noise above. He listened, and heard an un-
usual shutting of feet, some one sobbing
violently, and some one talking very hurri-
edly; and when he reflected upon Colonel
C,as singular movements and the peculiar
depression of his countenance, he became
alarmed, and determined to 90 up and see
what was transpirng.' ~ &
When hereached the head of the stairs,