Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-21

KrNrucKy PrANIER SELLING HIS DAuGH-
TER.-Tbc Bucyrus (Ohio) Journal relates
an affecting and highly romantic incident
which recently transpired in Kentucky. 1t
is as follows
"Near Louisville, Ky, lives n planter Of
wealth and standing. lie was the possessor
of Il hundred negroes. and he was noted for
his thrifty, money-making disposition. lie
had never been married, and was an %incorri-
gible bachelor of fifty. His house was man
aged by a young lady of about twenty, his
daughter by a quadroon, whose complexion
was lighter by half than his, and in whom
the negro blood was scarcely visible. The
mother died ten years ago. leaving her
daughter with its father S solemn promise
that she should be educated, and should live
as a free woman rather than as IL slave, and
that she should pass as his daughter, as she
was. The planter gave this promise, be-
cause he had been really attached to the
dying woman, and was greatly attached to
his beautiful child. And 50 She grew up.
rldiantly beautiful, receiving II reasonable
education, all that her father could give,
and in time took the management Of his
household. She never knew that there was
any negro blood in her veins, and never
dreamed that she was IA slave.
Last fall Il series OF misiortunes overlook
the planter. Ills house burned down and in
1t the notes, books and papers that composed
Il large portion Of his fortune. His crops
Jailed to a great degree, and some heavy
speculatlOns in which he was engaged result
ed disastrously. Added to all this, he had
lost heavily at play, the besetting sin Of
Southern gentlemen, and had completely ex-
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sell III the terrible situation Of having more
money to pay than he could possibly raise in
Il given time.
lie applied to his attorney for counsel in
his extremity, The attorney after cxamin-
ing the situation Of his affairs, advised him
to sell off II portion of his negroes, \ list
was made out, and every head that could be
possibly spared was pat down. After all
was done, at the most favorable prices for
them, the aggregate fell five thousand dol
lars short of the sum,
The attorney remarked quietly that he
had not Included all that could be spared.
Il have put down all that | can dispense
with replied the planter.
Il do not see Mary the housckecpor's
name in the list, replied the lawyer. 'Shc,
ii offered to the right person, would make
up the deficiency. | would give that for her
myself
At any other time the planter would have
taken the suggestion as an insult, but ncces-
slty is a hard master, and he graspcd at the
idea. and before an hour the Transaction was
closed. 1t troubled hIm not a little to dis
close the matter to her, but the fear of bank
ruptcy and ruin drove him to it. The poor
horror and distress may be imagined.
She had known nothing but happiness, and
now was to be plunged into the deepest and
most hopeless misery, She had been sold,
and was then the property, soul and body,
Of one who purchased her merely for the gra-
t%liication of his lusts. The idea was too
and she swooned, remaining al
most delirious for several days.
There was another upon whom the intel
igence came with crushing weight, a ju-