Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-04-25
The Original pred Scott.

! The distinguished colored individual who
has made such noise in the world in the
case of Scott against Sanford, and who has
become so tangled up with the Missouri
Compromise and other great subjects
bred Scott is resident not citizen, of St.
Louis. lie is well known to many Of our
citizens, and may frequently be seen pass.
ing along Third street. He is an old in
habitant, having come to this city thirty
years ago. Dred Scott was born in Yir.
ginia, where he belonged to Capt. Peter
Blow, the father of Henry c. Blow aud
Taylor Blow of this city.
He was brought by his master to ST.
Louis, about thirty years ago, and ;n The
course of time became tho property of Do"
tor Emerson, a surgeon in tho army, whom
he accompanied on that trip to Rock Island
aud Fort Shclling, on tho ground OF "hlch
Lo hosoI L;s 18th TO freedom. The wife
,,e 11T. Emerson was formerly Miss Sanford
and is now Mrs. ChafFee, wife of Hon. mir.
Chattce, of Massachusetts,. He has been mar
rcd twice, his first wife, by whom he had
10 children, having been sold from him.
He has had four children by his present
wife--two boys both dead, and two girls,
both living. Drcd was at Corpus Christi
at the breaking out of the Mexican war,
rs the servant Of Captain cambridge, whom
he speaks of as "good man."
On his return from Mexico he applied to
bis mistress, Mrs. Emerson, then living near
ST, Louis, for the purchase of himself aud
family, offering to pay part OF the money
down, and give an eminent citizen OF st.
| Louis, an officer in the army, as security
for the payment of the remainder. His
mistress refused his proposition, and Dred
being informed that he was entitled to his
freedom by the operation of the laws regu-
lating the Northwest Territory, forthwith
brought suit for it. The suit was com
menced about ten years ago, and has cost
Dred $500 in cash, besides labor TO near
y equal amount. 1t has given him cheap
o trouble" he says, and if he had known
that it was gwine to last so long," he
defended by Mr.. John Sanford, as executor
of DR.. Emerson's wilh
| bred does not appear at all discouraged
by the issue of the celebrated case. although
it dooms him to slavery. He talks about
the affair with the ease Of a veteran liti-
giant, though not exactly in technical Ian
guage, and is hugely tckled at the idea of
finding himself parsonage Of such impor-
tance. He does not take on airs, however,
but laughs heartily when talking of ode
fuss dey made dar in Washington bout de
ole niggcr"
He is about fifty five years old, we should
think, though he does not know his own
age. lie is of unmixed African blood, and
as black as a piece of charcoal. For two
or three years past he has been running at
large, no one exercising ownership over
him, or putting any restraint upon his
movements. Ifhe were disposed TO make
the attempt, he could gain his freedom at
a much less cost than even one tenth of the
expense of tho famous suit. He will not
do so, however insisting on abiding by the
principles involved in the decision of the
suit. He declares that he will stick 10 his
mistress as long as he lives His daugh.
ters, Eliza and Lucy, less conscientious a
bout the natter took advantage of the alb
sence of restraint upon their movements, a
year or two since, to disappear and their
Whereabouts remains mystery.
Dred, though illiterate is not ignorant.
He has travelled considerably, and has i'm
proved his stock Of strong common sense by
much information picked up in his journ-
eyiDgs. He is anxious to know who owns
him, being ignorant whether he is the prop
erty of Mrs. Chaffee, or Mr.. Sanford, though
we presume, there is no doubt that The for
lner is his legal owner. He seems tired of
running about with no one to look after
him, while, at the same time lie is a slave.
He says, grinningly, that he could make
thousands of dollars, Ii allowed, by travel
ing over Ito country and telling who he is.
MISSION TO PRUssrA. President Buc.
hanan has tendoted the Mission to Prussia
to the Hon. T. @. Pratt, late q Wing Sena.
tor in Congress from Maryland. This is a
first class Mission, with salary Of $40, 900
year. The "Amercan" newspapers have
time and again expressed the hope that no
old line Wing would be eappointed to office,
They wanted TO paniSh as they count ex,
clusioD rom Office, those patriotic men, who
forgetting past associations, nobly suppor-
ted Mr.. Buchanan, in order to defeat FIRE.
mont. mr. Pratt was Of this number; hence
the bestowal ola high position upon him,
wrings groans both loud and deep from his
quondam associates. We can imagine how
a man could do just as those much abused
old line Wings did, and yet be honest
We predict that many of them will be ap.
pointed to offices of high trust, for among
them are found some of the ablest men of
the nation, and President Buchanan will no
doubt avail himself of their services when
ever he thinks the public interest will be