The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
The American Flag at ObcrIin !!

Mr.. Hiiliard ought 10 hare been Mcre!-Th'
= Adve"tnrcs Of Dr.: Lucas, 'giM the american
Flag and RundaOay Niger at Oberlin
4 Greasy Social Condition.!
A few evenings ago, Mr.. Hilliard gave some
very pretty declamatory sentences, at Estellt
Hall about the glory of standing under the
American flag any where, North or South.
A few days ago, DR.. Charles S. Lucas, Of
Mt. Mcigs, in this county, visited Obcrin, Ohio
(onc of the United States to recover his negro
boy Levi, and had to run away himself.
As DR.. Lucas came into our office, yesterday
morning. and related the facts to us, We give
a brief resume of them, that Union-Shrieking
orators, like Mr.. Hiliard, may refer to them
in their speeches, as evidence of the fraternity
and loving-kindness ofthe people of the North
towards the men ofthc South. There is mine
of material for eIoquence in the facts-troops
of metaphors float all around them. Let the
Urion-Shrickcrs listen:
Some time in May last DR.. Lucas received
letter from Mrs. --, dated at Oberlin,
Ohio, requesting him to forward money to pay
the expenses. home, of DR.. LIS negro slave
Levi, who, the letter alleged, was heartily tired
Of the poor wages and dirty state of society in
Obcrlin. (The negro Levi had been reared
about the Doctors house and had good ideas
Of dcccncy)
Dr. Lucas took trip, at his leisnrc, round
by New York and down to the West. Arrived
at Cincinnati, he was introduced by friend, to
reliable detective, whose services lie en-
gagged.
The Doctor tclcgraphcd to Mrs --, at
Oberlin, and received an answer, to the effect
that Levi, This negro was absent but that she
wou!d let him know, whcr he returned. She
had previously acknowledged the receipt from
the Doctor of $40 for the boy and SIS for her
self
Just before getting ready to leave Cincinnati
for the South, thinking his boy had left Ober-
lin for time DR.. Lucas received dispatch
from Oberln, signed W. Ii. Watson, telling
him his boy twas there and to come and get
hip,"-The Doctor was delighted. Hcthought
os stl,c American flag and glorious liberty, and
with his detective" friend, he started for
Obcrlin.
Luckily for the Doctors cuticle and the
honor of the American flag, the train on which
he started, with the detective, for Obcrlin,
missed the connection at cross road and our
knights-errant of the American flag, took a
frcig Int train to Obcr!in, DIR. L. leaving his
trunk marked "Dr. G. S. Lucas, Ala" at a
station five miles from Obcrln. At the tclc-
graph office the two gentlemen made some
enquiries; and it was discovered tina. the
operators did not know Mis-" but did
know "W. II. Watson," who proved to be a
big, fat-noscd, bullct-hcadcd, black negro, a
sort of autocrat in Obcrlin, making both niggcrs
and whites work for him at pleasure. The
depot and telegraph Office at which DR.. L. got
this information arc some hundreds of wards
from the niggcry known as Oborlin; and be-
fore the party approached the village, a kind
friend, suspccting who they were, Sposted' the
detective who now began to play the role of a
stock-buycy. So did the Doctor-undcr the
American; flag. - -. :..::..,.s,- I.
-zsy:n -I,Ia III.
0berlin, Curing which w. II. Watson mot
Judge IT. w. Watson, as the Doctor ltad
thought,) was pointed out; real big, sinking
negro autocrat, of whom whites and negroes
were afraid. The time spent in Obcrlin was
not devoted to looking for Levi, but to preten-
lcd bargaining for stock; and after some skill
fuI manGuvring and dinner at the hotel,
amid a dozen loud-smelling negroes DR..
Lucas got into buggy with the gentleman
who first gave them the wink and WAS carried
to the depot where his trunk was, and the
buggy returned for the detective, who also
arrived in safety; and the pair left Obcrlin
forever. ~
DR.. L. thinks the whole affair was arranged,
from first to las to catch him in the famed
den of thieves, Oberlin, and to rob him by some
pretended lawsuit. That there was treachery
at the telegraph office, is shown by w. ii.
Watson's tccgraphing in response to the dis
patch to "Mrs. -" who also answered
the dispatch to her. A crowd was assembled
at the arrival, in Obcrlin, of the train the
Doctor missed and it was well for him he did
miss it. .Niggcrs' bludgeons across his head
and niggcrs' Whips on his back would have
brought the "stars" and the stripes" Of the
American flag most torcibly home to his re-
mcmbrancc.
Levi, the Doctors boy, no doubt, wishes 10
get away from the Sodom of Oberlin. The
buck negro Watson and others will rot let
him. lie will probably die there, as depraved
a brute as there is in Obcrln.
In spite ofthe "Amcrican flag" which floats
proudly at Obcrlin, it is not the place for white
people, unless it be those who would like to
take service under the Lig niggcr, Watson, who
has a store and a farm. At his farm he makes
the white, black and yellow Obcrlincrs, work
at starvation prices occasionally threatening
to send rcstive darkcy home to "his old
master" No wonder wcll-raiscd negro, like
Levi desired to leave the vile hole and return
10 his old homc.-4nontgomcry MaH.
MARYLAND FOR BREcKINRIDGE.- We clip
the following special despatch from the New
York Times
"BALrrMoRE, October l2.-The Republicans
are holding tonight large and enthusiastic
meeting ut Rcchabite Hall. About thou
sand arc present. Many dissatisfied Americans
and Union men arc uniting with them, incud-
ing members of the American clubs and
considerable number of Bell and Everett min
ute men, who are chagrincd by the recent nut
ncipa reform victory. They profess to act in
spirit of retaliation against the Unionists who
voted with the Rcforncrs. 1t is calculated
that the Republicans will gain an accession Of
three thousand votes from this class of persons.
They now assert that Baltimore will give Lin
coin 5000. If so, it renders Bells chances
doubtful in the Statc-increasing those of
Brcckinrgc materially. Many Douglas men
arc new going over to Breckinridge."
TIE COMING CRIsIs-Thc Central Bank of