The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-04-23
The Original bred Scott Resident oil
81. I,ouis.-Sketch Of his History

- From the st, Louis News, Aprh 9.
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
subiects-Dred SCOTS resident, not
"a citizen, Of ST. Louis. Heis well known
10 many Of our citizens. and may fire.
quen,ly be seen passing along Third
street. He is an old inhabitant. having
come to this city thirty years ago.
Dred Scott was born in Virginia. where
he belonged tc Captain Peter Blow. the
father Of Henry C. Blow and Taylor
Blow. Of this city. He was brought by
his master to St. Louis about thirty years
ago, and in the course Of time became
the property Of DR. Emerson. surgeon
in the army, whom he accompanied on
that trip TO Rock Island and Fort Smell
ling, on the ground ofwhich be based his
claim to freedom. The wife Of DR. En-
erson was formerly Miss Sanford. and is
now Mrs. Chaffee, wife of the Hon. Mr..
a sChaffec. of Massachusetts. He has been
married twice, his first wife. by whom he
had no children, having been sod from
him. He has had four children by his
present wife-two boys, both dead. and
two girls. both living. Dred was at Cor
pus Christi. at the breaking out OF the
Mexitan war, as the servant OF Captain
Bainbridge, whom he speaks Of as a
IS good man." @
S9i On bis return from Mexico, he applied
TO his mistress, Mrs. Emerson, then living
near St. Louis, for the purchase Of him
self aud family, offering TO pay part OF
the money down, and give an eminent
citizen OF st. Louis. an officer in the ar
my. 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
2 the operation Of the laws regulating the
North West Territory, forthwith brought
\ suit for it. The suit was commenced
about ten years ago, and has cost Dred
$500 in cash, besides labor to nearly
equal amount It has given him a
4" heap o'trouble," he says. and IT he had
known that it was gWine to last SO
long" he would not have brought it.
The suit was defended by Mr.. John San
z ford, as executor of DR.. Emcrson's will.
4 !, Dred does not appear at all discour-
aged by the issue Of the celebrated case,
although it dooms him to slavery. He
talks alb ut the affair with the ease of a
veteran Iitigant, though not exactly in
technical language. and is hugely tickled
at the idea Of finding himself a parsonage
OF such Importance. He does not take on
sirs. however, but laughs heartily when
talking OF "de fuss dey make 'dar in
Washington bout de ole niger
y He is about ifty-i years old. we
should think, though be does not know
his own age. He is of anmixed African
blood, and as black as a piece of char
coal. For two or three years past he
has been running at large, no one exer-
cising ownership over him. or putting any
restraint upon his movements. II he
were disposed to make the attempt, he
could gain his freedom at a much less
cost than even one tenth of the expense
of the famous suit. He declares that he
will stick TO his mistress as long as he
lives. His daughters, Eliza and Lucy,
less conscientious about the matter, took
advantage of the absence of restraint or
their movements, year or two since, te
disappear, and their whereabouts remain
amystery.
la Dre.i, though iliterate, is not igno
: rant. He has travelled considerable, and
has Improved bis stock Of strong common
sense by much information picked up ir
his journeyings: He is anxious to know
who owns him, being ignorant whether
he is the property fMrs. Chaffee or Mr.
q Sanford. though, we presume, there is n,
doubt that the former is his real lega
owner. He seems tired drumming about
with no one to look after him, while a
/ the same time be is slave. He says
grinningly, that he could make thousand
of dollars. if allowed. By travelling owe
the country and telling who he is.
a. HoRRIBLE AFFAIR AT SALEM, In
DIANA.-The citizens OF Salem, Indiana
have been in state of high excitemen
for several days. growing out of mos
z horrible outrage which was committe,
upon the person Of a young lady Of tha
place on the evening of the 4th inst.
While the family Of Daniel Knight, ESQ.
q highly respectable citizen of Salem
were absent from home at temperanc
meeting. large athletic negro, nance
Peter Cloud. knowing that the youn,
lady had been left alene, went to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Knight under pretence .