Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-11-23
Interesting from South Carolina.
Statement OF the Teacher VINO was Sent
0uE of the Palmetto state, with his
Passage Paid.

To the Edifor Of the Poston Journal:
[ noticed in your paper of last evening
an article on my return home from South
Carolina. The impression left by it was
mainly correct. One or two ihaccura-
cics I might notice. l should prefer, /
however, if one case out OF many is
sufficiently interesting to your readers, !
to give them a more detailed account of
the treatment | received. | shall thus
answer questions which will be asked me
thousand times once for all, and more
correctly than rumor would do it:
| arrived at Blackville, ninety miles
from Charleston, at o'clock on Mon
day evening, November 5. Stepping
upon the platform, l was almost imme
diately surrounded by group of young
men. Finding that they were a Vigi-
lance Committee, l answered their ques
tons until they asked: What are your
political opinions2 Are you in favor of
Mr.. Lincoln s election? My answer was,
I beg your pardon, gentlemen, l have
nothing to say to you on political
matters. They asked me to stop--ex-
amined my trunk and chest tcontaining
my library, until late Monday night,
and for an hour or two Tuesday morn
ing. The examination was conducted
with politeness and delicacy. They found
little against me-nothing, as they told
me-which materially changed their i'm
preston. However, [ was Northen
man-that was sufficient. The chief OF
the Vigilance Committee told me pri-
vately that such was the feeling that
were it not for several circumstances,
Il should not have been let ego with a
whole skin" However, they would
send me home safe, pay my passage, and
keep my books until the mouey was re-
funded. ..---
This feeling, so strong then, gradu-
ally changed A feeling sprung up
and gained ground that l should be sent
on to my employer. The meeting broke
up without being able to agree I was
informed of this by one Of the members
who advised me to proceed told him
no. I'm not going to run away. Twas
stopped officially, and must have Off
cal notice that | may leave. This l
presently received. Thus the storm,
thought, had passed away.
At Barnwell, ten miles distant, l en-
ployed the hospitality Of the Baptist
minister. In the afternoon my employer
(from a neighooring town. called
While conversing. with him L was unex-
pectedly waited upon by gentleman
who wished my attendance in the vii
lage. We proceeded to the Court
House. [ shall not be likely to forget
that occasion; many circumstances in
vested it with interest. Itwas Barnwell
Court House, from which, years ago, un-
der memorable circumstances they sent
away the venerable Judge Hoar. 1t
was an assembly composed of the most
respectable men of the place. There
were the educated men, one minister Cat
least) and the physicians ofthe town.
There were the principal shareholders,
and large planter of 3 900 acres sat in
the chair. The proceedings were par
liamentary and courteous thoughout.-
| stood at the table-(a little Massa-
chusetts man, the shortest, believe, in
my class at Harvard )-and interroga-
tories were put me one by one. What
were my sentiments on Slavery, it's ex-
tension, Mr.. Lincoln's election, the
higher law, irrepressible conflict, &C..
&c [ answered them fairly. When I
could reply with effect, l id SO; when
l could not, declined to answer
Speeches were made-for and against.
All expressed their admiration at the
able and honest manner in which had
borne myself throughout. Many who
did so, said the convictions Of duty COM
PEELED them to vote against my stay
The vote stood % to 8. The Vigilance
Committee generously raised the money
on the spot to pay my expenses home.
Thus far l had met only courteous
and considerate treatment. After a
day spent under the roof of Rev. Mr..
Perry-himself a slaveholder-I re-
turned to Blackville. On the train l
was insulted by fellow, who dragged
me into the negro Car, (there was no one
to say nay,) and persisted in sitting by
my side, threatened me with whipping,
padding and hanging, and who, on my
refusal to answer his questions, drew
his knife to cut off my ear. A preten-
ded friend offered me pistol, told me
[ should need it before Ireached Charles
ton. Of course, I declined it. AT
Bambergs, where they had hanged a
man shortly before, the fellow went out
and called the Vigilance Committee,
several of whom entered and seized me,
and endeavored by main strength to force
me from the car, to hang me. | had
good hold, and they couldn't move me,
but they tore my coat badly in the
struggle The cars, moreover, were
starting; they tried in vain to get them
stopped, and were forced to desist. The
conductor, quietly extended all the pro-
lection, as | think, which he thought
safe for him to do. Arriving at Charles
ton, he procured me an officer, who con
Quoted me to the guard house. 1t Was
not safe, the Chief of Police told me, to
90 aboard until the boat was about to
start. They congratulated me on my
narrow escape. Next day the officer at
tended me to the boat.
Here ends the story. 1t is only just
to say that in addition to the election
and secession excitement, the people
have been exasperated by several cases
of well-poisoning and slave -arming.-
But extreme Abolitonists are not the
only Northern men who have famed the
excitement. The editors Of those journals
North, acho hare misrepresented the de-
signs of the Republican party haze done
quite as mach, 1 thinh, to produce the re-
| ,H Wb.t chief kersl Even the
personeHe of the Republican candidates
has been misrepresented. Why, in
South Carolina they really beHere that
Senator Hamlin, Vice President elect, is
a neulatto man.
If I have not already left the I'M
nrass;on I wish to stat.. that have the