Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-03
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ABOLITION FABRICArIoNs.-Mr. Editor: l
clip the following moroccan from the New York
Tribune of July Is:
"AN EXCELLENT MISTRESS AN intelligent
lady Of the City Of w ashingtOn sends us the fol.
lowing:
Last sunday was an exceedingly hot day-too
hot, thought, for me to go to church and as
stood gazing out Of the window at the motion
Tess leaves on the trees, saw some dozen slaves
passing, men and women, Indian fle each with
basket on their head. ] sent for one of them 10
come In, and one of the men came up the steps,
all dripping with perspration, and set his has ket
OF cherries on a seat under the Kitchen window
He asked for some cold water and as he drained
the pitcher at a draught, said to him, " Well,
DICK, II Is pretty warm day. Sit here and rest
you, and Will get you something to eat. Iwant
70 TAX with you little How far have you come
this morning ?" "'Bout fourteen miles. NV
wife and got up and picked these cherries fore
llght TINS morning. We could mt pick 'em YOU
till daylight was gone" "weii, Dick' have
you pretty kind master ?" haven't got no
master, Its a mistress she's an excsIl,Ht mis-
tiess" ! thought would question him pretty
lent mistress" so ] said, I" What makes her 20
good, Dick, is she better than the rest of them ~
On, yes, missus, she never whips us, and lets
US piSk ehs,rle. and things to sell on Sun
DAYS" What do you have to eat 20 Well.
we mas half herring for breakfast, half a
herring for dinner, and none for supper and a
PecA OF unslItc0 meal week, only i'm case NJ
Drought, half peck, and droug bit comes pref
" often; then we have piece Of pork, once I'm
eight weeks, about the size Of this (holding nm
hall slice Of bread,) and once in three days
half pint Of bonny clabbern "Do Won love
something or perish" '"what aiiowance dn
your children have, those too Young to worl ,,
" w ell, We has TO diUide with them: don;t ofte,
eat to my satisfaction on aecousf OF INV chill.
dren." 81 suppose you never expect to be free 30
No, not unless gifts disabled and can't work
then they'll give me my liberty. A man told me
not long ago, IL wouldn't be many wears he
thought: fore we'd all have our freedom; been
In my mind ever since, made me feel good
Well, j must 60 along and try to sell out nv
cherries and git back before dark, or 1 don't
Know rhat they'd do with Inc the Lord bless
ye, and he relifted bis cherries and went on his
toiIsome way, and now do knew what consti-
tu,ss an !" Excellent Mistress A.
wshington, ID. c., July 4, 1855.
ihs article carries falsehood in the most oh.
.ious FORM In every sentence, and ii Is disgrace
20 any paper claiming the least degree Of spect-
ability, 10 make and publish such barefaced fabri.
cations. . - - e 80 80 = 1'" - :.
In the many years that have resided in Wash.
ington, have never yet witnessed sr,,, a, .rv-
thing elsed hawked about the street. an a.. 81
bath, and the idea Of dozen negroes 90 enc,ved
al tramping through the streets In bodv
pears ridicniousy false to every re.tden, ~ ~.
place, and Is rendered still more improbahIs b.,
The fact that they. were all laden with the .,ms
'Hieie' rendering II hopeless for then, thus In