Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-16

We are oflsn told Of the comparatively
mild form il which Slavery exists In the
case Of domestic servants. We lately pub
lished s,ssemeat from Kentucky, showing
in What diabolicsl maaner this class OF
s,ssss- aud shose fcmaiss--srs treated by
pefspns Of The q eetest wealth and enjoy
ine sAe hiaAest social distin ction.
That aesy hss elected snother ola simi-
larshaseesss in its general features, exhib-
ting case Of bsrbari,y Of treatment At
Baltimore, where, ii anywhere. one would
suppose such oeeurrences AZ we are about
to relate TO be impossible. But our infor.
mssion leads 10 the belief that instead OF
being % they are by no means unusual
ameng the slavehoiding arissocracy.
A lev weeks ago . slave, belonging 70
lady ioas residing in Baltimore and moving
in the 6rst circles, died al the Hospital IN
that city. Hevss her. coachman. During
the sevssest weather he used to be kept ait
ting on his csrriage-box opposite the iady's
wiadow hslf.clad. and, ~ well understood
t. be the case with this woman's servants.
half.staryed. In this condition the man suf-
ferxd and eventually froze. The servant
becoming thus disabled and wholly uatit for
service, physic an was sent for, who alter
examining him declared that the man was
frost- bitten from head to foot and must die.
He was sent to the In6rmary. where both
feet we're amputated and he shortly died. >
A few years ago this same mans vie,
who also belonged TO his mistress, was So
badly treated that she ran away and pre-
vailed upon Slatter, the great slave desier,
TO buy her ont Q, her misiress's clutches.-
He did so; and she was ever after prohioit-
cd all intercourse with her husband, who
was kept from his wife TO be treated in the
manner We have described. This woman,
on hearing short time ago that her hus-
band was at the Indrmary, went to inquire
after him: she was informed that he was
dead. She fell to the door in d and died
in six hours.
Another female servant belonging to this
woman also ran away. Her son, young
man. was seat in search Of the might've
She ~as found At the town OF Coekeysville.
He seized her, tied her TO his buggy with
rope, and in that way drove her into Balu.
more (I6 miles) 1t q rapid rate, with the
woman running BY the side OF the vehicle.
II has been stated by some who witnessed
the scene that il was hard to tell which was
horsewhipped most on the road, the horse
or the Gomsn.
Another female belonging to the same
woman fell from the third story of her mis-
tress's house 10 the ground, while engaged
in washing the windows. and was taken up
. cripple for life. II turned out that her
mistress, by way OF punishment, had de-
priyed the servant of sleep by compelling
her to pass the night standing by her side,
and that thus she fell asleep over her work,
which circumstance caused the fall.
These are facts Of recent occurrence and
are well known in Baltimore.
Reader, such is our Slavery ia its best as
pect; as it exists in the heart Of our cities
Such the system as administered by the
rich, the fashionable and the aristocratic.--
Does il not strike you as system ordain ed
of God, which ought to be allowed to go
straight into Kansas aud ell the rest Of our
Terrtsries and be in no way opposed or dis
turbed, according TO the doctrine Of the Ma
iiona Know Nothings! And, reader,s it
not ct system for the misunderstanding
newspaper, and the cody commercial jour.
nal, Of this free city Of New York to defend.
uphold and aim to extend, Ay, more than
this. A system which is insolently advo-
Gated among Us as being better for the la
boring classes. better for our free Terrific
ries, than one Of universal liberty. Men
and women Of the free States. working men
everywhere, what have you to say TO these
things! The hour is upon you when you
are to acf.-F. y. Tribune,