Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-03-25
BEDFORD. Pa. FRIDAY. MARCH Is. 1850

the carpenter could 81 tle rough carpentry
sboar ;s,e gesro quarters, Tie sho5asa.Akgr gould
make Shoes q tto fashion required for the
slaves ard the blacksmith was adequate to
The manGfaeture of hoes aud similar simple
4 tools, and to such tfifne repairs in the black
smlthine way as did not require too refined u
skill. Though probably no Que OF All these
would te called superior, or even an average
! workman afr,uE The masters Of the craft, their
/ knowledge Of these various trades sold il some
eases for nearly as much as tic man that is,
man without trade, who would be valued at
5000, would readily bring $1,000 or 81. 700
! Il lie w-s p.ssible blacksmith or cooper.
/ There were no light mulattoes III the whole
! lot OF the Butler stock, aud but very few that
/ were even shade removed from the original
/ Congo blae1Gess. They have been Little d.
h!cd by the admixture Of degenerate Anglo
Saxon bloo3, aud, for the most part, coud
boast that iiloy were Of as pure breed as the
! best hloea 7f Spaia-a point in their favor in
tiIe eyes of the buyer we'll as piysiologieally,
] for tco liberal an infusion of the blood Of the
dominant race brings larger intelligence, a
more rigorous Dsain, which anon grows restless
under the yoke, and is prone to inquire in
/ 10 de6nition Of the word ldberty, ald the
meaning OF the starry dag which waves, as you
may have heard, DER the land of the free.-
/ The pure-bioodcd negroes are much nose docile
aad manageable than mulattoes, though less
1 quick Of comprehension, which ina kes ihcia
/ preferred by drivers, who can stimulate Stu
! pdi;y by the LASH much easier than they can
| control Intelligence By it.
None OF the Butler slaves have been sold
! before. bat have been on these i've plantations
| since they were born. Here have they lived
/ Ia ii,,n 4 ~.
| here were they born, aud here have MANY of
;kcm had children born unto them here had
/ their parents lived before them, and are now
resting in quet graves on tie old plantations
that these unhappy ones ore to see no more
forever ana here they left rot only the WELL
kEoHu scenes dear 20 them from gery bahy hood
/ " thousand foad memories aud their homes
Is mach loved hy t,.eni perhaps as brighter
hoaes BIZ .non ef brighter faces, but all the
ctus1ng ties taat oonnu lirsa, Gfyf6g tstar IS
were torn asunder, Tor but QUO half Of each of
these iwo little happy communities was seat to
the shameless, to be scattered 10 he four winds,
while the other half we're left behind. Aud who
can tell bow closely intertwiued are the affee-
ticus Of a little bsnd Of four hundred persons
living isolated from ali the world beside, from
birth to n.i,idle age? Do they not naturally
become cue great family, each man brother
INTO each7
1t is true they were "solj in families but
let Us see: man and his wife we're called
'fsmily,' theig parents ard kindred were not
taken into account; the nan and wife might be
sold to ihe pine woods of North Carolina, their
brothers aud sisters be scattered through the
eottoa fcids 0! Alabama and the swanlps of
Louisiana, while the parents might be lett on
the old plantation to wear out their weary lives
IN heavy grief, and lay their heads in far off
! graves, over which their children might never
! weep. And no account could be taken of
loves that were rs yet unconsamDated hy mar
rage; and how many aching hearts have been
divorced bJ 'hls summary proceeding, 30 man
can ever Know. and ;,ls separation is as nt-
! ter, ard IS infinitely more hopeless, than that
naue by the angel OF death, for then the
loved ones age committed 10 the care cf n nar.
cisui deity, but il the other instance TO the ten
der mercies Of slave driver These dark
skinned unior;unates are perfec.lr uEiettered,
aud could Bot communicate by Writing, even if
they should know where to send their missives.
And so to each other, aud 10 the old familiar
places of their youth, olung all their sympa-
! ihles aad affections, not less strong, perhaps,
( because they are so few The blades of grass
OF all the Butter estates arc oainu.nberod b.
the tears that are poured out ia agony at the
wreck that has been wrought 10 happy homes,
and the crushing grief that has been iald on
loving hearts.
but, then, %lat business aave sniegers' with
tears: Beside, didn't Pierce Butler give them
silver dollar apiece? which will appear in the
sequel Aud, sad as it is, it wAs "a -. necessary
,s;cause gofIaGnan was GQs able 10 live on
TIE begg4siy pittancc OF half million, aud SO
must needs enter into apeculations which turu-
ed out adversely.
HOW THEY WERE TREATED IN SAVANNAH
The negroes were brought to Savannah in
small lots, as many at time as could be con-
venlently taken care Of, fls last Of them reach
lug the city the Friday before the sale They
were consigned to the care of Mr. j. Bryan,
Auctioueer aud Negro Broker, who was to feed
and keep hem in condition until disposed Of.
Immediately on their arrival they were taken
to the Race Course, aud there qaarsered in the
sheds erected for the accommodation of the |
hoses aud carriages of gentlemen attending
the races. lnto these sheds they we're hud-
died pels- without any more attention to
their comfort than was necessary to prevent
their becoming i'll and unsalabie Each f4mi-
ly bad one or more boxes or bundles, in which |
we're slowed such scauty articles OF their clo- |
thing as were not brought into immediate re-
qnisition, and their tin dishes aud gourds for /
their food and drink.
IL IS, perhaps, ft tribute to large banded |
muniiccnce 10 say that when the negro man |
was sold, there no extra charge for tue me- |
gro mans clothes; they went with the man,
and were not charged in the bill. Nor is this /
altogether contemplate idea, for many of
them had worldly weoltb, in the shape of clo-
thing and other yaluables, TO the extent of PER- /
haps four or five dollars; aud had al these |
been taken strictly into the account, the sum