Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-28
In a Bad Way.

In a Bad Way.
The present owner and occupler ol
Mount Vernon, who proposes to sell fol
100000 what, Independent of the fac>
that it was the residence of the great and
good WAsHINGTON, is not worth one te"'t
of that sum, must be in bad fix, if VIC
may judge from the following new adver'
tisement, which has an extensive circula
ton gratis. 1t originally appeared in the
! Alexandria Gazette:
"NEGROES FOR HTRE-FIvE WOMEN
AND Girls AND Two BoYs.-Among the women
are Cooks and House Servants. Apply, per
/ snna!Iy, TO the undersigned, on Monday and
| Tuesday, the 2sth and 2sth of December al
/ Mount Vernoa, where the negroes can be seen
and examined. JOHN NA.WASRINGTON.
Mount Vernon, Dec. ?l-dIw."
1t is very doubtful whether this "John
A. WashingtOu"-from the above ezhibi.
ton, and from his demanding 100000
for property hardly worth l0,90O-bas
not already taken the bones Of WASH
INGTON and sold then to Barnum 1t
is time, certainly, that the grave place Of
Washington was no lcuger in TIE nominal
possession of a slavo-trader-a character
which the Washington detested
More OF it-..Wore---crd IcaHer si,ii
The Baittmore San OF later date con.
tains the following advertisement:
$500 REvvARE.-Run away from
my farm near Salem, in fauquier county,
Virginia, my EEGROE Ian JOE. Joe is
about 81 years Old, fee, 10 or II inches high,
and very dark, though not entirely black COL
or. He has very plain deep scar on his
throat thin: on his right side. HIS address
and manners are polite. Re was purchased
a short time since from Mr.. John Richardson,
near Berryville, Clarke county, Virginia, and
will probably go either in that direction or
toward Poin; of Rocks. $IO9 rewari will be
paid for him If taken IN Virginia, the District
of Columbia or on ths Potomac river; $500
if taken in Maryland and one-half Of what
he wall sell for IN Alexandria, if taken else
where. In any event, to be secured and de-
livered 10 me, in the County Jail of Alcxan-
drIa, Va, before the reward is paid.
JOHN a. WASHINGTON.
Mount Vernon, Va, Jan. II, 1853 j,52w'
Five hundred dollars reward! Where
are the bloOd.houpds Where are the
black whiskered, square jawed rufians, with
revolvers and whips, and chains and
oatbs, to set them on! A slave, whose
address and manners are polite, has dared
to leave Mount Vernon, and to turn his
back on the tomb of the Father Of his
Country, nud the heir Of the great nboli-
tionist's name and estates offers $500 for
his nar."-s-
This "man Joe" is partly white go
help the negro-monger buy slaves-to aid
IN raisiug s--,. -. of which will M
to pay fer advertising, if not for capturing
this "man"-Edwnrd Everett is making
orations, and writing letters; pious and
patriotic women are begging dollars all
over the country; and the Ne,O York
Hamburger is glOatiDg overit all as "slick
speculation" to put money in his pocket"
John A. Washington let's out men and
women for gain, as he would horses and
swine-he offers reward for genteel man
with white blood in his veins who has
gained his liberty-and then he sordidly
demands an enormous sum for the ashes
of the immortal great, in order to get rid
of little, slavery. blasted plantation that
he is too poor to keep! (See the doom
of those who make "merchandize" of
"s.avcs, and souls Of men," as foretold in
St. Johns Revelations y