New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-08

your ,tore school, uucer contract We inquired hi.
Or nc hy s'sd Why We %sns to t1p . 80 Incs
dscHe, aud respectable citizen Of Somsrys and through hn
fonsn TO- private reasons CONNECTED With bic home
We suppo bege5 not to Re pressed any further on TIE sob
d hsa Tss Of the P.Sssns by the south ca-o1s dshoh
that S0a oor saTs mo % mS
with Southern principles" TO be silent this point.
and n bad taste We write jootiy because both joinsi
satlon End we're similarly affected By It. 81,
for any and everything bern contained Should
sop prove ErouDdess should have been the means Of
grsihed NerJ respectfully. ,x,o,rov
@M 5. aocoY.
When the Judge flushed reading lcser, there
arose from the crowd general yell Of execraon, win
cries of " Hang him A" Shoot hin "
Az scon az / could make nv voice audible, | de-
maud.d my right az American citizen TO be heard
ia pelfdefenee and offered, II opportunity were gwen
me- 10 vndicate mysef from an accusation 30 utterly
faas. The onorsble Judge replied in the folio wing
larQusee: " You are Cd d--n black hearted Ado
litiSpist You come from Boston, aud that IL proof
enough sgainst you. You needn't Try to vndieate
yourself, for you cent do It
what purpote came South. and ask the various ne
groes with whom / had ridden hours about the
country If had spoken to them of freedom, or tau
pered with them in any way
The JuSoe answered, know you have doue moth
il q smss AZ yet You more ely than your fellows
in Texas. You want to insiuua'e yourself into the
confidence of our unsuspectDg people by pretending
10 be teacher and then by-snd-by giving our n'ggers
stryehpipe 70 put into the water Of the villsoe.'
When the Judge had ended, young lawyer named
Patterson mounted sugsr-box, and spoke substsn.
tialv as follows: Fellow citizens, have you not heard
of the horrible outTsges in Texas caused by the id
Abot mist teachers Have you not heard OF the
plots in TalleSgs County TO poison the springs ana
murder our fellow citizens all caused by the ID IAN
KEGS And now, feio citizens, into our quiet VII
age comes another of this d-n lackhesrted crew to
;r.:t 10 of vim
in our midst-wbat shall We do with him z Cries OF
" Kill him." Hang him." Put HIN through.
" Yes we will put him through" Then, turning TO
me- he said " Go back TO them who sent you here,
and tell them we wish no Bostonsn among us. Eel
low-ctzens all who are In favor of this msus leaving
this town in two hours, cay aye There was 20
vote in the negative obeerved however that quite
a number abstaiDed from voting. Though they may
have thought that uniusty treated no one dared
70 lisp a word in my defense.
After listening TO other abusive aud threatening Ian,
puape from the Hon. Judge and the bystanders, aud
Convinced of the utter folly Of attempting to reason
with an Infatuated mob, consented TO leave town.
Much Of the two hours given me were spent III vain
eIdeavors to procure q conveyance Tor myself ana
trunk 10 ValhapOso. Returning to the village from
nv fruitless search, was met by mob headed BY
LAWYER PstteI son, who commanded me 10 open my
trunk. Refusing 70 do go unless by legal authority 1t
was broken open. Its contents were thoroughly ex-
eesled drawers. My books were ransacSed TO lind
something Of incendiary character The newspapers
which had wrapped about my shoes were carefully
scrntipized. One Of these was copy OF The Boston
H,rad. which wss first taken for Black Republican
sheet and when discovered TO be Douglas organ, was
pronounced by the bystanders, " On sight worss
than Black Republican paper There was also
conv Of The Boston Traveller, with one OF Henry
WsId Reecher's sermons, which, however, con-
taipe0 no allusion to Slavery. The name OF Beecher
ADDED 70 TIE ex Element but the climax was reached
when they found among nv letters, one written By the
Hon. Charles Sumner IN 1884. For lew mo nents l
thought my time had come,
Taking what papers they thought suspicious the mob
left curing me with the foulest oaths that ever dis
Qrsc ed human lips
that several articles Of clothing missing. what
there was of an incendiry character about my shirts
cannot imagine. trust they may have been the means
Of bringing clean linen into fashion In region where,
according 10 NV observation, it is seldom seen.
finally bareaip ed with pereon to convey my trunk
10 Valhamoso on the following morning, and imme-
diatsy get out for that place on foot Exhausted In
body and sick st heart, dragged my weary limbs un
der burning mid day sun over the rugged mountain
road. had gone about three miles, when heard
hsllooiDg behind me, and presently three men upon
horseback rode up at full speed ordered me 70 sop
and djsnoupting approached me. One of them, who
held In his hand long leather thong or iasso, with
slp-Doose at the end, said g We are come TO hang
you 10 now prepare yourself replied, II am
ready and folding my arms, awaited tins result Al
ter the outrage and indguity had already suffered,
worn ont by anxiety and bodily fatigue, felt In the
same passive which man sometimes feels on the
deck Of snking ship, when the last nope OF escape
has died cut IN his breast The ruans were apparently
about 70 put their threats into execution when the
eldest man Of fifty, cred out, Hold on, boys let
tslk with him q spell first " Accosting me with the
numberess oaths with winch the Aiaoamlaps seem i'm
wont 10 Qaruisb their elegant speech, but which do
not care TO repeat, he ssked, What sent you down
Sonth 70 murder US al p told him came by lnvl-
tation of stakeholder and if they would go with me
/ would prove my nntcence OF any design against
their slaves. This received with jeers-
Finally they said, If you will confess the truth,
that YOU come to str up the slaves and tell Us who
sent you we will let yon go scotfree If not we VIII
kill YOU" / told them they could kl me they
pleased but should not perlu;e myself AS L re-
NAMED calm and evinced fears Of DEATH the vii
lsins supposed that was armed, aud commanded mo
TO give up my pistols. When told them had no
weapon of defense they seized me and threw me into
popd of water by the roadside. The pond wac one OF
those 30 common In the South-a mere bog hole,
Astounding with venomous reptiles. l sank knee,oeeP
In the mud at the bottom. The chief rutan cut large
nol with which he threatened 10 split my skull unless
attempedto walk well knowing that could not
exricate myself in the deep wser refused 10 move,
however and at length my valiant assaiants turned 70
leave me- calling out TO me TO go home and tel my
Northern friends that they would hang any one VINO
came down there. The rutians were Charles ha.
GLAND his eldeet son, and Thomas Il. Morrow, son OF
the Postmaster at Somervlle.
Amer a time / succeeded, God only knows how, IN
,eachipp the bouse of Mr. Giers- He was himself Alb
sent Int the Christian kindness manifested toward me
by his family at 8 moment when 30 much needed II,
will never be forgotten by me. AS my assall lnts had
threatened 10 burn down Mr.. Giers house he shell
tered me- word was sent TO several planters IN
the neiehborhood, who came armed with guns
slept that night for the rs time with loaded revolver
nnSer nv pillow, which weapon wss given me by no
behearted youth hmse the aon OF an extenn slave
owner, with the advice 10 shoot the trst man who
should offer 10 modest me. Several planters expressed
their regret that should leave Alabama with 30 IN
favorable an impression of their State but could not
advice me under the circumstances TO remain. l left
st once and arrived at Boston Friday, Oct II about
a. 60 tbot tha dstinguished Albanian orator Mr..