The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-02-01

IT ment elsewhere. He went down the Obi
d and Mississippi, but could not at any of III
It towns find work He however saw black
s employed. He went 70 New Orleans, Mobile
d Augusta and other places. but was still un
i successful. Arriving at Columbia, S. S., b,
u found work on the State Capitol now building
a there.
: Among the workmen we're Irish, English
Germans. and Americans; bat only one South
) Caroiinia q Ak he recollects AT his boarding
: house, accustomed as he had been TO speak his
mind, he, among his brother mechanics, spoke
on more than one occasion in favor of the EN-.
ployment of white mechanics, and thought the
blacks shouldobe confined to the fields and
swamps. Fie does not even recolect of ever
1 having stated that he thought Slavery should
| he abolished. He had cast his vote in Pbila.
delphia for Mr., Florence, the Democratic mem.
ber Of Congress. and was therefore Demo
terat. He was sober men had not drank
any spirits for four months but was one night
lately '6a frolc' with brother workman
That workman testified against him hs an ab.
o'itionist and on hearing that the Vigilance
Committee was after him, he attempted to
escape. but was arrested at railroad station
ten miles from Columbia, anil brought back
to that place; was thrown into prison for some
days, and then taken before the Mayor
/ -Four man on the trial testified against him.
One swore thar he had stated that j. @. FIRE.
mont made speech at Mobile, saving that if
he (Fremont) were elecfed President he would
liherate the slaves This curious specimen of
his knowledge of the Republican candidate
and policy, did not save him. 1t did not an.
pear on trial that he had ever said word to
the negroes. A witness fCheespboroagh by
name1 swore that when under the Influence of
liquor as aforesaid, Powers said that he was
an AbolitinBist before he left Philadelphia,
and his opinions were strengthened since he
came to the South. Mr.. Powers appears to
have been Iaboring under tie deIusion that
liberty of speech is moderately allowed in
South Carolina, of this the Mayor. the Hon.
A. j. Greene, also member of the Legisla.
tnre, disabused him by, committing him to
prison, where he remained for six days, up to
Saturday fortnight. He was then takeu BY
two marshals' from his cell, and delivered into
the hands of two negroes. One of the mar.
shals said-'Yo on Cd id son of a BIB,
as you are 30 fond o. the negroes, I'll give
you a negro escort. He was then led through
the main street by The two negroes, a great
crowd following, He passed the State House
yard, where the workmen were. The Caroli-
mans about him said to the workmen, send
word to the Cd d-d Northerners to come
here and we can whip them.' He passed the
Hall OF the Legislature many members were
on the steps-among them the Speaker-who
looked on, some of them laughing He was
led three miles to the railroad junction
There were thousands present-he thinks
about half the population of the town must
have been there. Troops of horse, and men
armed in various ways, we're there Some cried
Spike him L Shoot him = Hang him &c
lie was stripped to the ankles, and negro
under threats of being lashed himself gave him
thirty-nine lashes. The blood flowed, and
The marks of this yet remain. The contents
ot a tar-bucket were then applied to his head
and his body down to the waist He suffered
awful pangs. which were the subject of de.
'lslon.G The train during all this time was
stopped, and the engineer celebrated the event
y sounding the whistle freely. Powers was,
lfter an interval of nearly three hours, put on
The train, in lear full of negroes, and taken
oward Charleston. aa
After he had Travelled he supposes fifty
niles, a master-mechaDic of Charleston, pity.
ng his sufferings and exhaustion, gave him
up of coffee and biscuit :, wherenpon the
mob around the station threatened that per.
on, swearing death also to himself Some
anne into the car and seized him by the hair,
aging, Lets look at you, you God damned
BOLTON son of a b-h.' Some desired to give
I'm fresh coat of tar and feathers, but, not
'ble to find any of those staples, they applied
otton to the tar already on him. The mob
'ere likewise of opinion that there we're a
hole lot of abolitionists in the cars who
ught to be hanged He arrived at Charles
'n and was put in prison. s af aters
He had been kindly counseled to make no,
omplaints or he would get 130 lashes more.
A physician who attended him told him he
'caped easily for there were seven men, &C.
lsed Of being Northern pickpoekets, arrested
the Agricultural State Fair. and committed
Jail. One Of them had received 500 ldshes.,
1other less number that the man who had
'ceiyed the 500 was near dying. Powers had,
ot read of any trial of these men so accused, |
I'd punished. Oil and water were given him
cleanse himself Silence was epjoined on
M, lest the mob should get hold of, him.-
paid his own passage money from Colum.
to Charleston, the negro taking ont S5.,
'm his pocket book. He heard that it was,
Iblished that the negroes of Columbia had
ade a subscription to pay his passage. On
lturday last, at 9 in the morning, be was put
steamer for New York. -s-s;,yrr
When the Christmas festivities were at their
yhth on Monday, this poor Exile of Erin,' {
th the bloody lash marks on his body-iu c
tied under the egis of the Constitution and t
vs., for some maadlin words or childish talk '
Columbia, South Oarolina-arriyed at this 6
tropolis. He is reduced in flesh, but is t
rdy in spirit. He asks for work, not aims. b
1t is pity he could not have arrived 10
10 ior the Union meeting, so that Charles a
Conner, Esq, could have presented him to v
Union savers, and illustrated teh effects Of d
pah paatriharchal system on the person of an e.
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