, 1860-09-18

Toomb'S Darkey and orr,s Brother.
J.. 4. Orr, brother Of the South Car rollins Ex-
Speaker, formed ore Of Gov. Stewards travel
ling party from Niagara Falls to Detroit. The
n. y. Herdld's jenkins who followed round the
New York Senator, relates what follows:
The most indi -pensable person in the compa-
ny is bright mu!atto servant man of Mr. Sew
ards. LIE has been q long time in his service,
and IS be is q smert, polite, intelligent aud
faithful fellow, he enjoys much OF the confidence
Of his master. lie attends On him aad the young
ladies', and looks after the baggage Of all Of Us.
JLh1 is therefore quite favorite. When the
cass stopped It Chathsm, where 0ssawatomi.
Browns Provisional government WAS formed,
John was acc:s'ed BY another colorrd man
whom he at ones recognized as the confidential
servant Of Senator Toombs, Of Georgia. "My
gr4c,ous" says John, was 20 much sur
rsi.cd ut seeing him that without thinking Of it
asked him, was blu master along in the cara"
lie vas not. This colored gentleman had 70
long enjoyed partial freedom that be thought
h. would like 10 See how actual freedom would
feel to him. And SO be ran AWAY and cane to
Chatham. Ills msster had sent him from Waeh-
inEtou, where John had seen and knowp him,
to tske home The carriage und horses. Thess
he sh'ppsd Ut Baltimore, according to bis in
underground railroad. He was stout bnilt,
consequential little fellow, with large quantity
of self conceit. Mr. Orr. anxious to satisfy him
aelf Of the condition Of runaway negroes in
Canada, got into conversation with him, and
made Inquiries as to whe: he was doing, and
how ho liked his new lie. He liked ii " first
rate" end he was keeping grocery.
but. my good fellow, suppose you do not
succeed at the grocery huainess. and less your
money ut =, what are you to do thenf'
''Do as :he whi:e folks does; 60 to work 1t
something else.''
But what can you work at in this cold coun-
"Work at most anything and tho
like"
Now, want TO ask you question, and l
want you TO give me an honest snswer. From
your cxter;a1ee here, and your knowledge Of
The coLdi1ion Of slaves at the South, would you
advise them to change their condit1oo ,"
The runazA with his hands in his pockets,
AID with look Of independence in his eye, en-
swered emphatically that be would.
)" What would yeu have them do heret" asks
LII. Orr.
"uo a. and the rest of us do.''
"You a1e IN intelligent fellow, and night
manage to shit for yourself; but ron know
what yonr clzEs Of people at the South are,
aad that they could not get along BY them.
selves."
The runaway answered with an exulting air !:
"1f you nd along 6Ee Thousand, or five hun
dred thousand, or fire millions, We will take
care Of them"
Urrsaw toat be war an ineorrigib1y hard case.
snd drfpped him. Mr. Toombs former piece Of
property went on, however, to- say, that hi
master was real gentleman, 80 he was he had
nothing to say sgsinst him, and be did mt run
away from him, but from the system. ae knew
that the slaves had enough to eat and clothes
IL rear, but they we're such clothes as no ser
want IN this section would be seen wearing.
And then, as the cars we're moving oil, he asked
Mr.. Orr II give hts best respects to his old mas
t.:r and all the folks down there. The negroes
| a.ound him showed their ivories approvinRtY.
| The white people On the p:atform-who were
much amused at the CONVERSATION, and thought
that the darkey bad the best Of the argument
laughed heartily; the engine snorted to get CT,
I'll d ne left Chatham to its ebony idols.
| I'm tad that the colored people in that
| county sre more numerous than the whites,
that they are Industrious and thrifty, anu that
1hev already o1n over sixty thousand acres Of
| land there.