North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-04

AN ABOLITloNIST AT AULT. Il had broher-ln-
law said Nose Perkins, who one of the nV.
enest, maddest, reddeshotest abolitionists you
er l liked the pesky crtter well enough. and
should have been very g lad to see him cum to spend
day. feichin' my sister 10 see me and my wife, if
he hadn't lowed his tongue 10 so bout mig.
gers and slavery, and the equality of the races aud
the duty of overthrowin the constitution of the Un
tied States and lot of other things, some of which
made me mad and the best part of 'em right sick.
puzzled nay brains good deal to think how could
make him shet up his noisy head bout abolition.
wall, one time when brother-in-law come
to stay, an idee struck me. | hired a nigger TO
help me haying time. He was the biggest, strong
est, greasiest niger you ever Black! he
was blacker than a stack Of black cats and jest
shiny as new beaver hat. l spoke to him, Jake
SEE l. when you hear The breakfast bell ring, don't
you say word, but come right into the paTlor and
sit right down among the folks and your break
FAST The niggers eyes stuck out of his head about
feet! YOU'RE jokin', massa,' he, 'JOkn'!
seq l, Pm as sober as Deacon But SEE be-
I shan't have time to wash myself and change my
shirt $50 much the BETTER seq I.-Wali-break-
fast come and did Jake, and he sat down long
side my brother-in-law. He stared, bur he didn't
say word. There want no mistake about it.
Shut your eyes and you'd know it-for he was loud
tell you. There frst-rale chance to talka-
boitionsm, but brother.in-law never opened bis
chowder-head.
Jake sed L, you be on hand at dinnerme3
and he was. He had been wGrkin' in the meddef
all the forenoon-it was hot as hickory and bin'
pitch-and-6ut leave the rest to your imagina-
ton.
Wall-in the Observation-Disclosures come
up to me, madden than short tailed bull in hornet
time.'
'Mose,' said he, Il want to speak to you.'
'Sing it cut l.
Il haint but few words to say SEE he, but if
that ere COMPOUNDED niger comes to the table again
while I'm stopping here, I'll clear out
Jake his supper that night in the kitchen, but
from that day to this never heard my brothern-law
open his head about abolitionism. When the fug'-
tive slave bill was passed, thought he'd let out
some, but he didn't, for he know'd that Jake was
still workin' on the farm.
The GRAVE OF S. S. ,PRENTIss, By q. York.
have mentioned the State of Maine; and, WIZ
your generous permission, before enter on the topic
of the lecture which is IS The recoIections of Ma
tonal Freedom, +" l will pause moment over anou-
er recollection.
But little more than a mile from the beauty
haunted streets of Natchez close by the roadside
a sweet outrageous grove of Towering shrubs and
trees that bend their pensve branches to the ground
as if they overshadowed and guarded some precious
deposit. A paling incloses them and although
palace-like mansion Is near, and proudly emboWei'
ed domain, yet sweet and sacred stiffness rests over
the grove. Birds of melodious song and GLORIOUS
plumage pour out their most thrilling hamonlss
there; and well they may for, beneath the bougOS
they stand on, sleeps lose voice had more thnh
the witchery of all the choriss of the fragrant forests
of the south
And the thunder cloud that efientimes rolls above
that place of lowy rest solemnly iehearsing its deep
toned attesatioRs Of its Eternal Creators sovereign
ty and power, may hush, for a moment, its tesrlut
growl. He who sleeps there could thunder IKE q, .
Demosthenes and the fash of his intellect and la
Of his wit, dazzling and as raPu
as those which leap from yondeF oVeFarching CANOPY
of storm l.,
There sleeps Prentiss The boy from Maine, who
came in youth to Mississippi TO live-to win immOr
tai fame and who came back 10 it in the high nocn
Of his manhood to die-and find SO sweet and quie''
grave