New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-13

,eaornipg 10 inquire why he was 10 be 40 ION I'll
i scr, be wept 10 "ofA VIII % '""0' oFP'''
/ .e.s ss usual. ..--oo.l.
Tbis was 20 unexpected thbttbe nastars y ere g,ay
.s,kxee They could really ind nof,ult Ia Tue siave
3 which 10 pedi 0te cbsreo a1d u,U. 10,
-s,t His node feuess beaItug aun esa'cJ sup
- M, skshie Sims ust he f5lt altosot CT too
rsrly ana inceue ndsnt for huInoi9 save; pa nv
. develop bis feelings and prove tae Iec. was tns
hicu qu sOn. There wss hooos ra.oo9 80
- nnnishmen, sufficiently severe 10 crash has man
80 $40 hrrak his invns6e spirit. Still ali agreed
| IA. something must DO dohe. 81
E;n.iIv tbSv concluded 10 prefer false chargea
,s.st I'm ,Hd punish bin II he CO Dolsined Of suf
ENG uron9falIy The master trsa'ed him With IN
nal severjly Ooe, among numerous conplaio's
b,o,obt ssairs. hin. was that be did no. hoe MS ezra
20 yeil as he other hands. To remove this, Dread
ne-forred double taskhOe,ng tsO lows to escn OF
ibe others one. Tom who h)ed next 10 Dfes1, told
me that Dread removed every weed hoed j. as neat as
. garden determined 70 Iemcye every cause Of com
plsint; for he saW ih6t terlDle storm was erlsnS
rpon hin.
Dread ard Tom occupied the same hat after the
rev ove,seer had come; ana they had al Ways b9sn
mutual fIieLds.
Master S." said Tom, who related the story to me,
came ioto our hut one eveuiug, soon after we had
snisbed work ooAiOs SO pale that he frightened m'i
and DO said,
"DIead! ssy you don't hoe your SO wei as
he other bancs,
How do you know ths,, mater ? replied the in-
iepid slave rising up respectfully from biz low STOOL
and locking the master calmly in the eye"
Now knew said Tom, : thEt MASTER 5. had no.
been TITO the field that day. Nor had he seen the
Oyerseer his quarters hey 0Dd our hui and far
TIER from the house Besides, had be CO asulted the
overseer lie would have been informed that, instead
n not doing bis work az well, Dread had done ms
work better end twice muc5 either of the other
hands. But the moment he quasti0ned his masters
knowledge be hsd exceeded the Ter0gatye OF slsv9,
ana this threw bis master into viooot ut OF anger
" All YOU have got ADORE yourself boy he yo-
cftra;ed raging and fosmiIg WITH passion. N is,
have YOU taken dorm a notch Yen shall ba fogge1,
YOU impudelt, black rascal"
"' shall mt recere a f0ggiRg, srp repled the IN
dignant slave, firmly and fearlessly.
" Mr.. s. ,hen oct :, tie overseer, and told hi
10 call cut Gil the hands.
Now take him and tie bin, sail Ir. s, when
fbe wfoe gang had essenb e1 in frort OF Dreads
hut, AID he was standing in the door. This said
IOm they attempted TO DO In scume "hi IN lasted
tearly IN hour; but they were rot able for a ent
10 oonfne one Of his linbsi for "1ta bis hands ana
feet be flung them ground as fast as they came
near HIM He eyiGenIy avoided ipjuung tbs slaves.
mo, than was absolutely neoes ary IN defending him.
,elf; for be knew they all loved him."
Soon after this ffutess effort 10 subdue Dread, the
master and ovorseer of another plantation were en-
ploy ed TO come and help bind and whip him. In the
mesn time Dread furnished himself with long
butcher. kIfe, with which ne felt secure. When he
ssw them coming into the FIELD 10 take him. he
droppea his hoe drew the rude weapon from his side
advance few steps toward them, and brandished
the knife ne stood in an atiituce Of conscious inno
cence moral courage, physical strength, ana ocd de-
fance Of he foes.
''No man, said Tom, " dared laya finger on him! !"
Now O crisis had come. A slave had successfully
resisted bis master. TDis must not be tolerated.
Such GA insurrectOnary spirit must be crushed, cos.
what it may. TIE deadly purpose was formed in tue
heart Of the master.
1.-THE gun was loaded" ssid Tom, "and l was
ordered to take the ammunition, and accompany my
Master"
What are Won going ~ de noprl' said Mrs. S. TO
her husband, as he was passing ont Of the house"
Il am going out on squirrel hunt replied Mr..
s., with apparent cOmpoeure.
Had mistress known bis intention TO kill Dread"
said Tom, 81 think she would have dissuaded him
from Lis bloody purpose-for she was Christian
woman. But We s,arted of before che had time to
sy more Passing around behind the house We came
in sight Of TIDE slaves ut work IN plum orchard, IN
the valley behind the hill. Master raised his gun
held il steady TO his eye until tle victim was selecei
from the Cther hands-and then he fired !"
heavy charge of bucksbot was lodged in the thigh
Of the grcathearted, uncOnquerdble Dread The
large artery was divided. The blood poured from the
wound. Dread ran out few rods 10 t1e hill side,
ewing 20 Heaven for vengeance on his murderer ana
uteIng, in oCep, thundertOnes, that seemed to make
tie ear,h trenble beneath hun,
"lm killed! l IN killed! I'm killed!
His devoted wife, who, a mo nent bsfoe e, stood la
10 ing faithfully at his sde was the frs to reach him,
ming in wi frantic voice . -
" Dre0d 10 4Cad! DREAD Is Dead! DREAD Is
DEADlN
Hold your tongue /" commanded the murderer.
"StilI IN, screaned said Ton, louder than ever
tefcre heard from woman Dread is dead !-DreaI Is
seadn
The master ran mp to the fence pulled of rail,
and sNuoa that woman with IT on the heal, repeating
with a borTid oath
"' Hold VOar tongue, say!
ylis Is tho moderate correction " which the laws
Of the slave States allow So does slavery harden the
heart until the man is made-nOt brute, but-a
fend SO has many mora! hero in the Sou.h fallen
a victim 10 ia cruel, Unsuitable spirit!
The body Of Dread was .rTied to Its rest, by his
mourning companions The da,kDess of night could
rot GOV, their sorroS His be arstcken wife, broken
down with grief which tongue can describe, was
.old few Gays aiierwaTd to Il " soul driver from
Kentucky
DR.. Parsons was deeply struck with the total
absence of the prejudice against color which ex-
kts in the northern States. The whites are &C
eustomed to associate with the slaves as intimate
IT, though not on the same terms OF equality, as
with each other If colored man owns slaves,
he is treated with as much respect wherever he
travels as any white person who may be In his
company In regard to the comparative endow-
ments of the two races, the writer makes no ex-
travaeant claims, maintaining that the question
can never be settled mas much In certain quail
ties each race excels the other In the native apt
itude for music and poetry, however, he chal-
leDges decided prominence for the African.
BY poetic talent he must understand merely the
power Of rythmical expression, for in any other
sense his assertions obviously untenabe .