New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-25


when The oysse<r sudSssly ssopped bis hons, sxcin
ing, Whats thssi Hslss, Who are you thsrsr'
il gil lyrg At full length tbs groosd q Ne
bottom OF sbs gully, evidently intending 70 hide hsrssf
"Who are you iheref' aET1
Sans Ssll Sir
"wha, are you Sinking there forf'
The girl hall rose but gave no answer.
I" Have you been here all day.
"No SIR"
"How did you get hersw
The gJl made do reply
w here have yOn ben AL day "
The answer wss unineliigble
After some further ques tioniDg she said Der father
accidentally locked her ill., when be went out IN -
morning.
"flow did you manage TO get ont !"
aPusbtd flank off SIR and crawled out-
The overseer was silent for . moment, looking at
The girl, aud then said, "Thas won't dcIccns ont
here.'' The girl aJose al once, and walked HwArc
him; abe was about eighteen years VI age. A bunch
of keys hing her waI which toe overseer espsed,
and be- said, :" All your father locked you In bar yoo
have got the keys. After little hesitation, the ei'i
replied tuat these the keys of some othes locks,
or father had the door-key. -
Whether her story were true or fslse, conh have
cen ss,ertained IN two minutes by riding on 70 the
arg with which Der father wss at work, out the
veseer had made up bis uind as to toe fsss Of the
THAI won't do" said he, get down on your
knees" The girl knclt ON the ground; 10 got Oh he
lorse, and toIdDg lin with i- eis aand, ssreek her
an sel5 1.s Wine he %ss w ."H veil
aid on, rs boa,swan would thrash skulking sailor,
as some people fcg banking horso, but with 10
ppearsnce OF angry excitement ON me part OF me
veneer. At every stroke the girl WINGED, ana ex-
clsimed, Yes, SIR or "Ah, Sirp or "Pissse,
Sir rot groanipg Gaming. At Length be stopped
and said, "Now tel the truth" The girl rope tied
tie sane story. ''You have not got enough yet.
said he pull up your clo'hee--ie GOWN The girl
without any hesrstion, withous word Or look of re-
mopstrsnee or enueaiy, drew closely all her garments
under her shoulder, and lay down upon the ground
with her face toward the oversser who continued 70
fog her with tbe rswhide, seross her naked 6ns and
ttiSh, with as much strength as before. She o0w
sbrulk away from him. not ising, bus wrihiae, grow
cling and screaming "Ob, cont, SRI on, please
stop master please, Sir! please, SRI Oh, taa;'s
God master, do stopl oh, God master oh, God, mas-
A younq gentleman of fifteen was with Us; he had
ridden in 'front.' and now, turning on his horse BOXED
hacked with an expression only of impstience ut the
delsy. 1t was the fret time had ever seen woman
foeged. / had feen a cudgeled and beaten, IN
the beat OF passion, before but never nogged with
hundredrh part of the severity used In tps csse.
glanced again the perfectly passieness but rather
grim busnes s-ike fac. of the overseer, and again at
tie Young gen lemsn, who had turned away If not
laiiere nt be had evidently not the faptest sympathy
with my emotion Only my hore chafed WIN excite
nent gave bin rem and spur and we plunged iatO
the bushes aud scrambled fecey up the steep seehv-
ity. Tie screaming y.lls and the whip STROKES bad
cesss when Reached the top Of the baak. Choking,
sobbing spasnode grosns Only Wei hsals a.. rGos
ran out upon the coiton-teid. My young companion
met me there, and mmeda ely af,erward the oversser.
He laughed as he Joined Dr, and said,
She meant 10 cheat me Oh, of day work-and
she has done it, too.
"Did you succeed in gettiug another story from
herr
'sNo; she stutk H." as<
"Was il Lot perhaos true =
"Oh no, Sir, she slipped out Of the gang when they
were going work, AID she been dodging about all
day e ing from one place 70 another .. she eaw me-
coming She raw crossing there little whlie ago,
ard thought We had gone TO the quarters, bat No
turned bach 20 qnick we came into TN gully before
she knew It, and she could do nothing bat he down In
the bushes"
81 suppose they often alp off 3d."
No Sir; never bad one a. do so before not like
ths: thew often run away to the woods and gone
some tinei bus ! never had d'dgeof like this
before" ,...
Was ii neces airy to punish her 80 severely -
"Oh yes, Sir" dangling again.. :. II hsdn's
punished Der hard che would have done the sAns
tning sgain tomorrow, and half tbe people on the
plantation would have followed Der example. Oh,
you've idea lazy these negers you North
eern people don't know anything about Il They'd
never do any work at oil II they we're nos anasd OF
being whipped.
closely questioned said that be bad toe girl leave
the gang % they went work after dinner. It
ytpesred that she had been at work daring the fore
noon, but A. dinDertine the gang wa moved and az
il passed through the gully sbs slipped oit The driver
had not missed her. The overseer said that when he
first took charge Of this plantation the negroes ran
away great desl-they dislked him 80 moch They
use to say was he'll to lie biz place; bot after
few months they got used 10 bis ways and liked him
better than any Of the rest. He han had any
away now in ZONE tine. When taey ran away they
would generally return within fortnight If many
Of item went off, Or they stayed on, long, be would
AXE The rest of the force work Sundays or deprive
them of some of their usual privileges until they re-
turned. The negroes on the plantation could always
bling them in II they choee 10. They depended on
them for re food and they had only 10 stop The sup
plies TO oblge them surrender
In addition TO the rscy accounts Of personal ad-
venture, if that term may be applied to the sIpe-
rience of the writer on his often penlous, ADD
always exciting journey, aod the uod Of entertain
ing illustrative aDecdote with which the volume
abounds, it contains much grave discussion on tho
moral aud political aspects of Slavery, which
affords perpetual food for reflection, even If ito
results may not always be deemed conclusive.