Gazette and sentinel., 1860-01-14
BUGGING AN OVERSEER-
OVER THE LEFT.

theatcr, "a night or two since, substltu-
ting fictitious for real names
Down the Alabama river, in q county
which we shall name Derby, lives an
enormously rich and very clever young
planter, who sometimes takes a grand
frUlic, and who, when whisky is in his
head, cuts up tricks and cnpers the most
fantastical that ever generated by heat
ed brain. His family, when he goes of,
invariably send with him trusty "mus-
tcen servant, a stout fellow, who cares
rc~ligiously for his masters welfare, at
times when he can'tlook after it himself.
4 week Ut w since, our eccentric,
whom we shall call Hudgins, attended
by Cub, his servant, started on q gene
raj frolic, being equipped with two bot
ties of the "royal blood of France" The
twain Travelled enthusiastically, about
fifty miles, into the county Of Cumbcr-
land, (we'll say where Hudgms was
unknown. jogging along, they came
to an oversecr sitting on the top rail ot
the fence Of a cotton field, overseer-fash-
ion, watching his hands, at some sort OF
work within. To stop, have a chat, and
treat the overseer, vas the first impulse
of the eccentric; and speedily all hands
were growing merry over the superior
Bourbon, in a corner of the fence. But,
in an evil moment, Oil unhappy idea
struck Hudgins. He would quiz the
overseer by making him believe that he,
the eccentric, was "one of Browns men,"
| and Cub, a boy that he had stOlen-so
he would AndM did, in the most con-
| fdential manner, and with many %injunc-
! tons of secresy, relate such a tale to the
overseer, urging him to "join.'
The astoundcd overseer stood a second
or two, with distended eyes and mouth,
! pale, silent, statucsque.
At length he shouted to one OF his
Drivers in the field Med. come here,
and bring Big Peter and Jake"
In a trice, three stout negroes jumped
over the fence. Said the overseer:
Harness that ID white Abolition
list
And Immediately upon giving the or
I der. himself took hold of Cub and quick
" had his hands tied behind his back,
the boy knowing his place too well TO
resist.
Hudgins at first was taken by sur
prise, and his laugh began to grow Won
dcrfully weak. as the negroes seized
him.
"Hold on, stand off, You id FOOLS"
he said; 81 was only 'bngging' that
squash-head there y
Tie him !" Numbered the overser;
and they did tie him, and that in double
!, quick time.
The overseer drew a long breath, as
, he surveyed his captives. Eccentric
!, wished to explain the little joke, and told
, who he was and what his object was,
|, lust to have some fun. The oversecr
f didn't believe one word of it-not he.
"Oh, d-n you," said he to Hud-
gins, now very pale man, "its reason
f able TO s'pose you'd deny it when
/ wouldn't go in with you, you cussed
whitelivered scoundrel, that wants To
make a free niger of yourselfl But
: right of you go to Cumberland county
f iail. I've been watching just twenty
seven DAYS for a man Ike you; and, for
fear the town.folks I'll let you slip, I'll
- make the niggers hi you a hundred be-
n fore we start !"
! And right then and there, that trusty
y guardian of another's property, strung
~ mn Eccentric and made one OF the ne
rrocs "draw him one hundred times,
with a ke~cn-cracking drivers whip. The
- Wells, groans and protestatlons OF &c
i Gentle were awful to hear. He sworc
~ he was "sound on the goose" -,
ayes! y said the. oversecr; "but you'll
: be a heap sounder when we've done
u with YOU. down yonder at town y
~ Mules were brought, and the horses o.
p Hudgins and Cub led away, and them.
y selves mounted on the hybrids; and
= forthwith the r~esolute overseer trotted
y them (ten miles) TO town, securely
:, bound and watched by himself and q
II trusty negro. each armed with a double
=. barrel. Arrived, the Eccentric was
~ safely Jailed, amid the excavations o.
~ the populace, who wanted to tear him tC
,;r pieces.
"a A few hours only had elapsed wher
I'll Hudrins. now duly sobered and asham
ed. contrived to communicate with
friend in town, who knew his family
and. on a full explanation Of the affair
en- land his doing the overseer the justic,
ne to saw that he had only done his duty,
Va he and Cub were released from imprls
nd onment.