New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-14
APHASE OF SLAVERY.
A KENTUCKY PLANTER SELLING HIS
DAUGHTER.
Frem Tie Baeyrui Ky Journal.

Ffoa Ihf b1cyruI thy.l |oDhA.
A movirg incident came 10 knowledge last wee
which Icy before our readers. We suppress names
ior reasons obvious to every one.
Near Louisville Ky., lives planter o. we Ath and
standing He was the possessor OF hundred negroes
and he was noted for hs thrifty, money makfg dls2o
si,ion. He bad never been married, and was sn IN
conigibe bachelor Of fifty. His house was manager oy
a yourg lazy Of about twenty, his daugster oy
qnadroon wbcse comp e1ion sas lighter Oy nan tnan
his-end in whom the negro blood was &c 4rcey Visloe
The mother died ten years ago leaving her daughter
with lis fathers solemn promise thst she snoulu os
educated, and should i've as frs woman rhtnef tusn
as slave and that she should pass az his daughter
as she was. The planter gave his promise, because
be mad been really sttacGed TO the dying woman, ani
wss greatly attached 10 her and his beauthu emo.
And so che grew up rsdsntly beautiful receiving
reasonable ecucaton, al that her father could give
her, and il time took the management oil DIS house
hold. She never knew that there was any negro
blood in her vene and never dreamed that sne Was
slave =,
Last Fall a series Of misfortunes overlook the
planter. His house burned down and IN II the notes.
books and papers that composed large portion oil MS
fortune His crops failed To great degree, AID some
heavy speculaons in which he was engaged resulted
disastrousy. Added to ell this he had lost heavily at
play the besettDg sin OF Southern gentlemen anu mao
Completely exhausted all HE ready means and found
himself in terrible situation Of having more money
to pay than he coud possibly raise III given time
lie applied to his attorney for counsel IN his eItrem
i,y The attorney after examining the SITUATION o MS
a
The planter objected s,renuOusy first obecng To the
eae Of and secondly that his force was oarey
sufficient 20 work his plantation. Bat after luu ue-
Liberation, he found this 10 be the only alternative,
and sorrowfully consented. A list was made out, and
every head that could be possibly spared was put
down. After all was done, ard the most favorable
prices for them, the aggregate ie $0Oo snort OF TIE
sum.
The att 1rney remarked quietly that he had not IN
cluded all thst could be spared. .
al have put down all can dispense with, replied
the platter.
II DO not see Mary the housekeepers name in the
ls" replied the lawyer. le II offered To the right
person, would make up the deficiency. l would give
that for her mycelf." ,
At any other time the planter would have taken the
suggestion as an insult but necessity is hard MASTER
and he grasped at the iiea and before an hour the
transaction was closed 1t troubled him DOT little TO
disclose the matter TO her. but the esr OF bankruptcy
and ruin drove him 10 it. The poor girls horror and
distress may be imagined. Size bad known notoing
but happiness, and now was 10 DC pIupgeu ih'9 1
| the deepest and most hopeless misery. She had
been cod ana was tnen the property, soul and ooay
Of ore who pur chased her merely for the rstoc@on
Of bis besstly lusts. The idea was TOO hcrnole ana
she swooued, remaining almost deinons Tor several
days.
There wss another upon whom the intelligence came
with crushing weight A junior partner in produce
house in Louisville had frequently vsited the planter
house business, and, struck with tue beauty anu
intelligence Of the supposed daughter, had become
ensmored and after prosecuting his suit proper time
had declared his passion, and unknown To the isIhei
the two had betrothed themselves AS soon as posi-
ble after her father bad told her her ate, she ais
PATCHED messenger to him, stating the facts, and iu,
uloripe him to save her from the doon toat a"ailel
her Though thunderstrUck at the intehgence tnat
his afisnced bride slave, and hah just oeen SOU
IN fate worse than DEATH like true man he deter
mined to rescue her. That ngnt ne saw her, dhu u
plan was formed for flight. .
The day se was transferred 10 the possession OF her
purchaser they fled, and in due time arrived at I'm.
cinnati, where they were married Oar hero ootalned
Interview with OF the agents OF the Underground
Railroad located 10 that city, who Immediately tele-
graphed instructions 10 the different agents along the
line to keep strict watch, and If woman-catcheIs were
Oh The watch, at any point, to telegraph back and
give the fugtves timely notice. that they might leave
the troin. Accordingly they started, purchasing tex
cts for Crestlne.
In the meantime the lawyer az soon as he discov-
cred his loss had commenced active measures to re-
cover il. He had difficulty in tracing them To I'm
cinI att and whatever IN sscertanng tlst thelr
destination yas Crestline. Bot having arrived several
hours after er departure, be was obliged to content
himself with telegraphDg 10 Crestline TO the proper
officers to arrest them at that place. But unortu
nstey for his prospects, the intended arrest got WIND
and when the train reached Gallon, two citizens OF
that plsce stepped into the car aud conversation
of few moments ensued, in the lowest kind OF whls-
pers at the close of whcn the four left the car.
carriage was 10 waiting and in two hours the far fu-
gitiye ard her husband domcied n the house OF
one Of our wboe-souled farmers, near Bncyus, who
has long taken pleasure in helping fugitiyes on their
way to the Canadian Canaan.
When the train on which they embarked reacned
CIestne the officials unutterably chagrned at
not finding the fugltiyes, and more so when they
learned that che had been within four miles OF them
After a lapse of two weeks they venture1 move,
and We ut to Detroit by the way of S4nduky City and
without accident reached the Canadian shore. Ihey
now residing in Toronto.