Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-23
Fidelity of a Slaveg

tion ofSouth Carolina, sonae wee ks since,
Mr.. keitt. in the coitse Of a speech laudq
atory of the deeds Of the Sbntir Carolina
regiment in the Mexican war,, relateu tNg
following instance or DEVOTION in Save
who . was'n attathad416' the, person Of .
brother of Preston s! 'Brooks':s 's'9ai"a9
When auotheroqegihene fled, and all
the horrors and scourgesAoG war were
pouring9down upon Thee gAlland Paimetl
toes, bathed in the EbIoodc Of their come
rades=-wl1en Shields said HWhn4 willGHolE
low mef' and BdAerd said "WeowiI !"
Brooks-xes, ,stheS tfiplihen B ro6k sdefia
ed OUT IqnY es. 5alpTwfiP follow you 10 che
deathali' and he dids nTh 9 same baap which
pierced him ithr6dgh the bod y, addt gKitA
nrdd his4nusket aSaso otHel sigtet with the
motto Satis baeTuiSSe! esNh9rp this broth!
ersleftdhome. lBrooksltold' liifn,S his lhtfeF
said to his old body servant. ." CO. with
htm!and take good scafelof Uhih1I IL GonJ
fde my son to YOU" How did the good
old negrb act?7 When the baptism of
blood vas, going onLwheh Hpetiis owefs
lingering aroundGwheni liotdli igGitions 81
sttatagem was Everywhere, dwith'n6he q to
watchothe wounded bOynbut Nisl old sef1
Hant,ahe was5at hisrlabor offovel ana was
taking care ofhis charges CfushediboHes
morkedsout from the wound, she Tgaths hsredI
them up and preserved them. The'hobieI
spirit pissed out3 andWthGi corpse lal6neI
was ileftseo WhaeaiidIahesoid and drHfhithNfl!
slave Pa Which heh islo wn hands; he placed
the re mains of his beloqdd = 61IDgg master
in the hearse, be- conveyed itHto Mexico,
he carried it TO YerayGfGz, he bore it on
ship sboard and tohis muster 3 home, and
delivered the bones anhlbody ofyherehildI
10 his widowed and bereaxeI moLh&nIatI
the Intel of his, Birthplace This is liter.
ally true. ln classic story in, Aegendryi
annals, in ancient or modern, here
is the equal Of this touching story, ali
TIE Hay, ,SrEALEh. Many years ago,
theren lived in Sussex ,coupty, New, York,
a well.of farmer. whom We will call Nj,
D. no He bad, q peighbor in, rather poor
circumstances a4 who supported himself
and family by day labor for .tbe; neigh7
boring farmers, This man had COW,
which vas easy enough kept. during the
Simmer. but how she lived through The
Wlpter was 2 mysterN as he made NO pro-
vision for her. roOne TiqterstMr ID. IRE.
quen!ly missed hay from bis, bapnaeAnd
devised the, following planifor finding put
what became Of it, .nasa,!g isuai Oh 10
Some time after dark !onenight, he Was
apprised by his watchdog thatsomething
wrongawss going Oh about his premises.
He hastily, ayoses threw over him a 4 IsrgG
tgJeat coal" ,as, it was then called, dndef
which he concealed ailsDIern, twentgto his.
baIn, and stationed himself NEAR. behind,
a high fence. Soon,a map came out WITH
a large bundle Of hay lslpng over, bis
shouIderby aEope. Mr.l d, cautiously,
followed him. and when al tome diatapce
from lhe barn. he. quistIystook tl,e cand1s
from his lantern, touched il TO The hay.
and then quickly and silently retreatsd, /,
without beng discoveted.G In mohnentJ
the hay was in blaze, 10 the uuer as.
tonishment toftbe thief Mr.. d, fkeptthe
knowledge Of this exploit asa seeret.allL
Not long AFTER. this .neighboEribeeame
very serious, and was much distressed
about himself. and attended religious
meetings. and, at length united himself
with, tbe lCturch.z In a subsequsnts CON
versation with Mr. D =. he she ackHowledg:
ed thatahe, had been a very bad man. 86r
which now he was sincerely paniie nj, and
that among other things he bad fTrquent.
lgs stolen hay from his barh-that ,bne
! night be was going home with a, bundle
| on his back. when FIRE came dowB from
/ heaven 0nf eonsuDIed 4 in the road ! and
now he, hoped he was. an altered mar. to-
4 $50 much for having gully reoRseieHot.
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