New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-08

| c'rn'cioh "i'h me leaders. was sold from .hr
state Ne had witnessed the undlur,,l ,.,..,
with which hi, fiihcr and the other co1.p.r,, .~.
met their fate and the memory dropped int. ,be
depths o bis soul. as stone drop, into the depths
| If 4 dark and dcsoatr mountain lake S,Np,
distant plantation, he became noted for HI. de.pe
rotc disposition. he was an object Of dread aI.,ny
| tbe oyerscrrs-one of those Of whom they gladly
rid tlcmscl,.-and Ike u fraction, hor,.. wa. sod
| from master ~ master.
FINALLY. on oycr-rrr, morr hardy than the rest.
determined to subdur hm in The struggle that rn.
.u,J prcd struck him dead to the earth made h,
| ,.c,re to the swampS, aud Was never atirrward
heard of N civilized life. In these swllup. which
belt nearly the whole eastern shore Of the Southern
| >t,t,s-coycrcd with a rank and wild ycg,.tAtion-
.b.. home Of the alligator, the moccasn. aud the
rat,r.nakc. the desperate slave took up h.s abode,
with no companion bat the Bible of his father. 10
| him ih, was not the messenger Of peace and good
viU but the herald of wrath aud woe. lie
read in it, pages tn" drnunciations Of ancient
prophet, against oppression and injustice. lie
lv,lt on i- descriptions OF kingdoms couyulsrd by
pl,curs-of tempest pe,tilrncr and locaStS-of the
.ra cleft in twain that army OF slaves might pass
through. He had heard of prophets aud d,ycrrrs
armed with supernatural powers, raised up for OPP
pressed pcoplc-had pondrrrd on the nail OF Jarl,
tfr coad OF Shamgar, the pitcher and lamp of
Gidron-and thrilled with fierce jos as h. read how
Samson pulled down the pillars of the temple and
vhcmed his prosecutors IN the same grave within
self The Bible had completely ensiamprdit,cton his
mpassiorcd nature and gave a Ilebraistc type 20
his whole bcng. In the following passage, Mrs.
stowe cone, ntratcs many of the most remarkable
features oi his strange Iie.
our r,adcrs Will perhaps feel M interest To- turn
back with IT, and follow IN" singular wauirrinss OF
M, lny,t, r.ous Jtr,ona-c. Whose wild dcluuct'u,
Ind 50 disturbed the minds of the wor,hpcrs at ihc
camI-nc,;in-.
Of the sane and insane which the old Greeks aud
Romans regarded with peculiar Vcncrntiou They
L,ld a ur~nn whose iHcIliI,- Wcr thus d.lkcncj d,
wnlkiur under tire awful shadow OF Il supernatural
,r,-,cr. and H. tie nay >criou, secrets of the
'uv become visible in he ,ht. 81 IN thc' eclipse oi
iL,. more material iacu~ they hci 'horc was often
an awakening OF supernatural perceptions.
Tie bot eud positive ll-ht OF onr modern material
i'm which oxliacs from tho growth of existence
ryrry d,w,Irop. which searches oui and dries every
ri,ui.f of ruluauc,. which sends an uu-pHrug beam
INTO every Good grot.0 o poetic possibility. w.i'-lnG
tie moss, and turning the dropping cave 20 n dusty
dot-ihis ,l.rli 80 r,mug. less. allow, uO >.ch lr
definite, lar,i There arr bur two words u tIt whole
d,l nlfmou. ofmod'r hnihr"pology-tnc ~nnc ami IN"
Insane. the latter dismissed from human reckoning al
most ~ it'll contempt We should tml It difficult - -No
suitable name to tie strange and al normal condition
ia which this singular bcn@. 81 whom We are sirik-
ing passod The mos OF hi' time
Il wa n state of oxidation ami trance. "hl.h y't
nuu,ar not al 20 impede the exercise "i h.~ out
", rl and uiysical at,-. but rt,lcr to Eve th,n
innc. attends tie oy-G'vclopcd ph'n"n-
era e.. ,omuanhui'-u.
In i,enrt to h> physical system there vo- also much
that UrS peculiar. our rcunr.~ lma- human
boiv o tie largest and ko,u,>. vitality, 10 grow up
~ q, procly under the nursing lnru noes Of nature
that il muy sc,m 80 hc ~ perfectly m r1DDo" ~tih
tlom ms ,icc; 80 iha the ram. the wln and Tie than
I,r al fi,. i,f,,~ from which human hclug~ gene d.
Is ,.k shelter -c,m hold with it kind ot fellowship.
and fn bee familiar companion, of existence.
>ush Wa, the c;.-c with Dnd - completely hat
he come into sympathy "nt communion ".ih ia'Hc'
ind wih tho-o "im- oi i when more particularly ~li-
rounu,d him IN the swamp, that he moved ab'U
fmon- them with n much ca-c IT. lady tread her
Turkey caIlci. What would seem Ia H. IN recital Ia
BE- n,rd.h.c hardship wa +" hm hu' az ofi nntt
condition of existence. 10 walk lncc-dccp ia the
-l,t..v ~oil o the swamp. to ipicc IN wa through
fl.ickoi, 70 lc a ni-h ,ilkn- i the porol~ -o. or
crouch, Ike the al-gio anon tc'.- ani ii-tes
we've o him situations 90 n much comfort H. "eil-cHf
tu.mcd beds and .llows are Ia us.
/, Is net "a be- denied hat there ], IA this Savaeo per
fiction uf the natural o@ans keen AMI almost ur'e
delight whrh must excel the so.tc> -rtuclon- a. iN-
my An, body who has even wacncl the cn-cr ze,t
" Mn w rh the hunt .iiL't plunge through " woods,
dnr- iir"u-h the ihickot, or dives into winter BOD al
tt-fu-v of cupNmcni -tc~ SOM ililH- oi Nhut @ihh
Nli,l inlsc must hc.
pr.d W.. unI,r the Inspiring belief lint hc was the
suicc "i visions nnd supernatural communications.
Tie African race said by m'smcr-.o 70 posses. in
iic fullest decree. thn p"cullnr temperament "hrh
f,, L,m Tor ,lr cyolution Of me,mcric phcnom-
err. and hence the existence among them,
to this day Of men and women VINO are
supposed 70 have peculiar magical powers. Inc grand
Ia l,r of bred on hs mother side, had been one of
these ropto African sorccrcrS; and he had cny dts
cov,rod in tho hoy tiis peculiar species of tcinP"rh
ucnt. iIc had taught him c >oc-c; OF sna!l,-charln
ing and had post t--cd I'M mind from childhood win
cNuccta;ior, Of prophetic and supernatural impulses
tat y-terioUS and singular gl whatever may be-
wl .oh Highland scrS dcnon!nut" second olehi. lS
very common tradition among the negroes and there
an, not wanting fhou-'ud> "f fcputcd Instance among
th,In 70 confirm bccf in il; Wat this f,.culty may
hc shall not pretend to -Hr. whether tlcrc p" IN
the oul yci undovclopcd attribute, which 70 be- ="
the future what memory Is to tho past, or whether IN
some individuals cNtlcnciy ll-h and "ri'ct c"nd
t.on of the ,rIl>uous organization cndo"s them Wth
something ot that certainty oi instructive di''ihinh-
tion which belongs 10 animals, arc things Which we
Slnll not venture to decide upon.
L WIS. however absolute tact WIN REGARD Z"
Dr,d tha' be- had often escaped danger 10y mems ol
pocmau'y of thi, kind. llc had been warned from
particular places whc" the hunters hhd 'ih al N'''
i"i nm. had i"ft:cc1l ~ times {" WAN "i"'' r'''
might be cn-narod. ard received Wtnst"hs "h'ic
persons were to be- found in whom he might safely con,
flee. and hiS prediction, with regard to persons ana
things had often chanccd bee trhln-y true a. |"
lny,, rs savings with singular awe and importance
among hls assocla;cs.
f. was remarkable fact but n" peculiar I" ms
case alone tin: the mysterious cXaauon 81 m.h III
lhi- nd vidua seemed "a parallel with ulc current
ot ,Lrcwd practical -on>c; and, Ike man VINO cor
verses alternately in two languages. ho womd spun
The pt
mon lie. I;, rchangcehly. This popularity mpar'rd
singular and groc-quc eject To- hls whole pe's'n-