Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-12-04

rangementS, every SecCnu OF tnlFu Stop-
ping place will be marked on the time
tables Shooting station;;' or there must
be shooting aswell as smoking car, with
hearse, or at least some division between
the corpses and the luggage" a l7a
A Scene i'm Virginia.
While travelling not long ago in one Of
the southwestern counties in Virginia, the
following thrilling incident took place
Starting in the stage coach, soon after
breakfast, the morning being delightful
one in the latter part of the month of MAY,
l took my seat on the box by the side of
the driver. and behind me, on the top, was
seated bright, inteligent-looking mulatto
boy apparently of Is or 10 years of age-
After being on the road few minutes, I
turned about and asked him where he was
going He replied he was going down
few miles to live with Master who
kept the stage house at the west stand;
that be had lived with him the last sum-
mer, and that bis master had sent him
down to live with him the coming season.
Turning from the boy, the driver re-
marked to me in an under tone, "the boy
is deceived; am taking him down to the
slave-pen, few miles on, where slaves are
kept preparatory to being sent to Lousi-
ana; this deception is practiced to get him
from his home and mother without ere
ating disturbance on the place." %
Shortly after we drew near to the place
where the boy supposed he was to stop;
he began to gather up preparatory to
leaving the stage, the few articles he
had brought away from his home. The dri-
yer said to him in a decided tone of voice,
''You are not to get off the stage here
The boy, in astonishment, replied, "Yes, l
is; Pse got letter for Master --. Pse
going to Eve there this Summer" By this
time we had reached the house, aud Mas
ter - making his appearance, John
(for that was the name of the boy), deliy-
cred his letter and appealed to Master
to be delivered from the command
of the driver. The Master made no reply,
as this kind of deception was no new thing
to him. After reading the letter and fold
ing it up, ne was about putting it in his
pocket, when it flashed on the mind of the
boy that he was sold and was bound for the
slave-pen. He exclaimed, in agony, '.TeA
me Master if Tse sold9"k No reply was
made. He exclaimed again, 'Tel me if
Use soldr This last appeal brought the
response: "Yes, John, you are sold."
The boy threw himself back on the top
of the stage, and rolling in agony sent up
such wall of woe as no one in the stage
could endure; even the hotelkeeper walk
ed away in shame, and the driver hurried
into his box and drove off in haste, to drown
the noise of his cry.
The passengers were deeply moved by
the distress of the boy, and tried in various
ways to sooth his wounded and crushed
spirit, but his agony was beyond the reach
Of their sympathy. A
When his agony had somewhat abated,
he exclaimed, aOh, if they had let me bid
my mother goodbye. They have lied to
me! If they had a told me | was sold l
could a bid my mother goodbye I'd a
gone with out making them trouble, hard
as it is" By this time We had passed on
some two or three miles since leaving the
last stand; when drawing near pretty
thick wood, the boy became tranquil
Waiting till we had entered the wood
few rods, he darted from the top of the stage
and ran into the woods, agile as a deer, no
doubt with the feeling that it was for his
life. The driver instantly dropped his
reins and persued the boy. Proving him
self no match, he returned, exclaiming,
You see, have done what l could, to
catch him." ' '- ' 7si
He mounted his box and drove on q
mile or so, when he reined up his horses to
house, and calling to the keeper, asked,
".Where are your sons!7 He replied, they
left home this morning, with the dogs, to
hunt negro, and would not be home be-
fore night The driver said to him that MIR.
- had sent his boy John on the stage
that morning to be delivered at the pen,
and that he had jumped from the stage
and taken to the woods. His reply was:
ave will hunt him for you tomorrow
The driver said he wished only to notify
him of his being in the woods. asls ~
As we drove on, | made the inquiry,
allow long have You driven stage on this
road9" He replied, "About fifteen years
''Do YOU frequently take negroes down to
the Slave-pen! ~ "Yes, frequently"-a
@What will become of this boy, John.'
ereplied, aHe will skulk about the woods
until he is nearly starved, and will some
night make his way up 10 his masters
house, and in about two weeks l shall
bring him down again to the slave-pen in
hand-euffs." After pause, even this dri-
yer feeling his degradation in being the in
strument of such misery, broke out in ex-
camation: This is cursed business:
but in this case this is not the worst fea-
ture in it. The man who sold him is his
own fatherm-N Y. Ladepeadeat. .nl
LoNe MPR1soNMENT.-Wm. H. Smith.
,harged with killing his own sen, has been
convicted of manslaughter in the first de-
gree by the circnit Court of Tippah county,
Miss, and sentenced to a term oftitty years