Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-06-23

She. having full confidence in her faith
er. who had always acknowledged and
treated her a. his daughter. was not at
all alarmed-in fact, it Is said, she
had written to him 10 send, OF come
aud bring her some moBey-Gut some
o: her friends. believing that the design
was to kidnap her. raised such a cry
of murder" +" and all other cries, that
the town was instantly alarmed. and
quite a crowd was soon congregated
to ascertain the cause of the row.
The Nirginians solemnly protested
their pacific intentions-ihe father
protesting that he had come to visit
the girl and pay her bills, without any
intention of taking her away; that. in
fact. he had emancipated her. and in
proof of this, showed what purported
to be deed Of emancipation. which
he offered to give her. This instru-
ment, however. upon examination.
was found to be of no validity. This
fact tended to increase the suspicion
All things. however, would have gone
off smoothly but for the fury of one OF
the negroes, who had private wrong
of his own to ayenge.
1t seems that after the birth of the
girl in question. her mother, with the
consent of her master. married this ex-
cited individual, who, by his efforts,
had bought and paid FOR his own body
and soul, and had made a payment or
two on his wife, whose freedom he had
also purchased. and who was the
mother of this girl before he purchased
and married her.
Tawny as his skin is, he seems to
have been somewhat outraged by the
sale of his wife, after he had lived
with her fourteen years, and had part
ly paid for her. He claimed that he
had other grievances-that he had de-
tected between his wife and the gem
tleman sundry peccadilloes, and that
according to the law in the Sickles
case he had right to kill the gentle
man, and meant to do it instanter.
Hereupon the chivalry of Virginia
found safety in the house of colored
man, drawing the curtains of the win
dows to prevent being shot through
them. Here was exhibited some OF
the tallest specimens of humble sup
plications ever before poured forth
from the fear-shriven soul of mortal
Gods, men and negroes were implored
to save him from the wrath Of this fu-
rious "chattel.'
At length, after the crowd had been
excessively amused, and the Virgin
ians scared, it was proposed that both
parties ground their arms, and come
to truce. Whereupon the Virgin
ians surrendered their revolyers into
the hands of Esq. Lee, and the darkey
his into the hands of Sheriff Smith,
and .he war ended.
The Virginians, pale and trembling,
with the awful vision of the terrible
darkey still haunting them, and ac-
companied by the Squire" who was
to escort them to "Old Virginia ;
Shore" and there. IN due form. deliv-
er up the revolvers, reached the fer
ry, where SO terribly were they alarmed
that they offered fifty dollars to the
the ferryman If he would land them
safely on the other side, before the
darkey could get at them.
WE are happy TO say that the vir-
ginia gentleman has since sent 10 his
daughter a genuine deed of manumis-
sion, and she is now free. She is al
most pure white, intelligent aud beau
tiful-such an article as would readily
sell at from two to five thousand dol
lars in the South, according to the
abundance or scarcity of that style OF
goods in the market. SO that the
gentleman has, according to the ethics
of slavery. sacrificed that amount oil
/ prOoerty.