Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-22
a Fnnnv Sort of a Letter.
lz;Iito,, of M Richmond En0uirer..


To. the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer:
ONEIDA, N. Y. Jan 4, 1854.
have read in some paper,an account OF boy
being whipped by his master in one of the New
England States, for some offence. 1t occurred
to me at the time, that such cases were so COM
mon, in my boyhood, in my native State (Maine)
that did not see how the account got into the
papers. have thought good deal about the
matter since, and rs much noise is made about
slavery in the South, | take the liberty of wri-
ting you something about slavery in the North.
Indeed, if all the horrors, cruelty and HleGnHess
of the free labor system were generally known,
abolition papers aud almaHaes would be at dis
count. If half theseXpense and care were taken
by the South that is employed by the North to
pry into its domestic relations and labor sys-
tem-the South by telling the simple truth,
could more than offset all the falsehoods of the
whole abolition fraternity, including the clergy
l know what j am saying-for have been in
most of the free and slave states, and have seen
both systems in full operation. Besides was a
poor boy and had to "live out" as it is called,
for living. commenced when 1 was only
eight years old. lnever suffered myself to be
"bouhd out" When / was not used well by my
master left him. alwaysidid, my duty with
and my master threatened to shiP me, told him
would leave him and goto some neighbor and
| live. Such is the jealousy among farmers in
the country that if one knows the other to have
good boy living with him, an attempt is often
made TO get the boy away This only occurs
when the boy is not bound by the select men of
the town. II he is bound, why he is slave until
he is twcnty-one. as much 80 as any negro in
Virginia. 1t is often the case that the select
men of the town make some provision for the
boy-abOut two months schooling year, and
ruit ofclothes, and sometimes yoke of three
or four year old steers when he is twenty-one.
The schooling he may get aud he may not
Of he infn nj
master As fol. the steers, 1T is very seldom he
gets them. This is managed very easily. The
boy stays with his master until he is twenty,
and then commences system of>abuse and i'll
treatment, until the poor fellow in dispair,
throws his clothes out of the window and
leaves.
Thus you see, that the four year old steers are
saved Such cases are so common that they arc
not even advertised. l have known cases, where
there was an understanding between the school,
mater and the bound out boys master, that the
former should should so treat the poor boy as
make him leave school, so the master could get
the work out of him. Its generally the case
that these masters-the school master and the
boys master belong to the same church: and
not unfrequently do they lift their pious hands
and pray that tho stubborn nature of the boy
may be broken; but it is seldom that the boy
ever Joins the same church to which his two
masters belong. IbelieVcit is the policy of the
W SSP SuS IVY OsAs 40 AS"So 90 ~ -
with him. r, n H.
Tue SCARCITY OF IcR.-The Albany Knicker-
booker says the weather in that vicinity is much
moro favorable for producing green peas than
icicles. A New York company was initown ne
gotiating for $4,000 tons of ice, provided there
was sufficient cold weather to produce the ar
ticle. The Knickerbocker says:
''New York uses up an immense quantity Of
ice, and this ice mpstb be had, cost what it may.
The entire trade in New York is centred in two
companies, the New York and the Knickerbock-
er, representing capital Of s. ,40o, 600, Phe
festimated supply on hand is ys, 900 tons. De-
Quoting from the reserve supply about thirty
three per cent, usually allowed fol. wastage and
delivery, it is. reduced to about, So, 900 tons,
1 while the annual consumption is loo, 600 tons.
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AFAsu1oNABIE WEDDiEa. Some wicked per-
son has been having sly dash at Fashionable
Wedding: .-issai arri
Four and twenty PgidegrOOps all in arOEi
Four and twenty sFimaces, four and tSeuty smiles.
and The Ssrrisgsg for four and twenty niles
Eight and forty Ministries standing az together
The groom glOyed and glum,
1 Aud both of them looked foolish,
Athousand spectators
A thousand tongues to whisper,
IIe'smade quite \ catch :" i
| Marching out Of church,
Like as many schoOlboys
/ Running from the birch.
great fuss FOR nothing seems to me.
JEwELRY AND InoN BUSINESS IN Providence
| Over 1900 persons in the city of Providence
| obtain their support directly from the ewelry
business, the annual product of which is esti
mated not to fall short of Ss,OO0,0O0 Thenum