Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-19
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4 SCENE FOR UNCLE TOMS CABIN.

We witnessed day yesterday, scenes ON inc
evee which would have proved valuable additions 10 Afs
Stoves uerrn fiction Several steamboats, wcTc aboht lea
wing for the uprvcr when suddenly and unexpectedly lhe
Win. deck hands taking advantage vi TIE great delna'd i
aborcrs left their duties. and refused 10 return on board
nn.s he wages were advanced sixty dollars ~: month
This strike produced great excitement and bitter lrhg OF
hostility between the hands ard the officers ana o"nc "
s,ea mboata There stood, the ievee the "hc i":ia'
MANY of them without cent III their pockcl Aut oOslhatc'
" refusing accept Of reasonable wages and interfering n
force 10 prevent others from taking the amount Gete'th
by themselves and casting dcyng ana lowering oGhs al e
con,aus of steamers wo having advertised 10 eaHc al
certain lime and having board valuas" cargo aie
placed in situation which leaves them entirely al inc mercy
of ,he hands. Such has been the unhappy and excins
stale of affairs on cyec for somemea state OIL hh9s
equally injurious 10 employer and employee inc iat'er
thrown out OF employment, become Idle ana oisSated
speeding their time IN c"sssops ana nonssE .
and lawless feelings amongst their class-";s' 'ne iotef
arc derived of the means conducting their business, BY
which our city s supported and made TO prosper
Whilst observing with this state OF Affairs on our
leyce our attention suddenly called 10 the merry sou.
Of some of the aboTcs OF e coast PacHrtS "nc
was us, prepans leave These sounds suggested ce-
np Which conrrastcd strongly with ,ha; OF the angry CLAM
ces and dcfvng looks exchanged By The officers anu re-
cent deck hands of other boats. We turned our attention
10 The scene Of such inoppuriunc hcTrenl, ara ncr
saw number Of arinng negroes on the lower Geek OF i
coas, steamer referred TO- who having finished their work
and snualy slowed away The boats freight, were commence
nu their rs nal ell gall The lille looking towards
the white aborcs with uir Of caii>icd cSudto" anu
pily that mus have add considerably 10 tr "
the excited strikers. In little while he fortunate o'a' III
Inn, and IS she steamed up stream could Ecnr
for some moments the crorian notes OF htr happy ioot
crs echoino in the distance ard sounding very pleasantly
on The car amid tie arrins noisc busc ana confusion
our lcveo.
Nov. here cortrast-a scene, wilch we commend
10 Mrs Stowe in nal life, which conira'ics ana up
sls all the absurd and haSecsS ctioEs she has "eaved from
her fancy relative 10 the life and condition 81 our negroes
Can any honest or rational mind doubt the superior hanp
ness these negroes with masters 10 secure thel caP"!
men, and them good ,rcaInen their families Prov
dcd every attended to-Gndlstuiocd ny f
bad passions and carking anxees incident 10 The rvar'
and contentious, the suitrinss ana wants winch TOO o,n
md crush the white boTcr7 And YET appeals
made in behalf al the poor oppressed and cruelty
treated negroes the South By persons Who are immediate
" surrounded BY more misery and unharpnGss among hci
own race b. found throughout the whole extent :"
our section Of the UnJn.