Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-12-30
THE VERY PECULIAR INSTITUTION.

The land of the free and the home of the brave,
SO far as it is contained in South Carolina, has
lust been sIgnalized by new achievements. 1t
seems, according to the Culumtia correspondence
of The Charleston .StanGdrd, that IAN amiahle
gentleman, of the name of Reuben Smalle, who
has the good or i'll fortune TO be born in Massachu-
sets, had been in the habit, for several years prior
to 1851, of coming in the winter season, to the sea-
bord Of the State to cut live oak. and, by the win
ter of 1851, he had so conducted himsclfa rs to have
inspired certain citizenso of Beaufort District with
some distrust OF his influence over the slave p0pu-
Iation in the peighborhood of his operation $"
What act or acts, if any, excited these suspicious
are not related. Mr.. Smale, accordingly, moved
his operations to the neighborhood Of Ashcpoo
Ferry, in Colleton District. The citizens there de-
termined to prevent him, and when lie presented
himselfa Tar Bluff. to cut timber off the lands of
% Mrs. Elizabeth Pinckney-with whom he had made
n contract to that eifcct--they ordered him away
but he returned, and began to cut. They then ar
rested him under q charge Of iarceny-"a rope
having been found in his possession which be-
lJnged to a gentleman in the observation-disclosures
sent him to WATERFORD Jail. Under a writ of.
hqJeaS corpus he was liberated. and being dis
charged, commenced suits against the parties.
These proceeded again on on the charge of larce-
ny, under which he was convicted and sentenced
to receive five lashes. A pardon was offered him
IL lie would pay the costs, lit would seem that his
prosecutors believed the accusation Of larceny
false, and the prosecutors rendered him the mon
ey, which he would not receive, but took the whip
ping. This completed, he commenced suit IN the
federal Court against &c. B, Farmer, j. A. War
rem, Fripp, NJ. Godfrey, and K. Reynolds, men
of character and standins'-the prosecutors, as
related.
Mr.. Petticru, to his eternal honor, plead the
cause Of the poor wood chopper, with such eff
feet, that the Jury brought in a verdict Of $500.
The correspondent of the AdRdard remarks
"rhat a Jury of the State should have rendered a
verdict for the plaintiff in the cause, and the citi-
zens of the country should submit to its enforce
ment, are facts worthy of the palmicst days Of the
Roman Republic" From this we should judge
that the average sentiment Of justice is 40 low,
that it requires the eluquence Of n PcttiSru to
bring it up to the sticking place. We hear Of no
detailed instace of abulitiOuism nothing but
"suspicion" cited against the sufferer, and no proof
that the rope, worth probably u %sixpence, was
stolen-nothing, absolutely nothing ct the kind
and so the Jury gave their verdict accordingly,
d Mr.. Farmer, one Of the defendants, upon the ren
dition of the verdict, became a candidate for Com
missioner in Equity, for Colletln District, and was
elected by n large majority. The correspondence
, from which We take these facts speaks OF tie ap
! prevail which is now largely given, and argues that
Slavery is the best kind Of labor, and that the
slayetrade should be opened directly with Africa
4 So goes the Republic il that quarter.
Another interesting Slavery item is contained
~ In Tie Detroit AHreltiser, detailing the escape Of
fourteen chattels by the Underground Railroad
and stating that since the 9th OF May last, lbs.
: f~ncitives have crossed the river ut that point foi
the soil of Canada. Thus, the affection with which
the subjects of the institution cling toits bleesing'
. does not appear to lie on the rise. The ChicdgG
UeaocrQt relates that one of the above fourteen
was a young woman nearly white, possessing great
personal charms, of good education and lady-like
manners; aud reported to be the natural daughter
of q well.known citizen Of ST. Louis, (whose name
we do not repeat, as it is given as simply a rumor
md was about 10 be sold for purposes of p%rostitu-
ton TO q southern man. But she was married by
a Roman Catholic Clergyman in Chicago to n
white man from 81. Louis, Notwithstanding the
penalty, by law, or $500 for such an alliance.
komsntic this, aud honorable t0-Canada.-TTi-
1sHs.