The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-12-20
Interesting from Charleston II 5. c.

lesion S. c., to frie nd in Philadelphia,
giving a graphic picture of the condition
OF that city and its surroundings. We
make few extracts touching the negro
gu ,stioa:
Disguise the truth as we may, all thin
king men here feel their position peculiar
ly unsafe; and those who a.e surrounded
by female relatives. have their anxiety
increased thousand fold. We do not
fear for the clash of contending armies,
though that is sufficiently terrible to ex,
cite much apprehension; but even amid
the carnage OF war, the veriest boor with
in the armies would respect women; tho
traitors try to teach US that the Northern
war cry is Beauty and Booty" but we
do dread lestat midnight the fearful sound
of servile insu1rection shall salute our
ears. You know the negroes are far su-
perior in numbers to the whites, and now
that so many are absent in the army, the
majority is greatly incre ased. If they
rise We are in their power. Do yca know
what that means? Remember the histo
ry OF all servile instructions, and recall
the horrors enacted by the race whom op
preston has helped to brutalize. OF
course the masters would fight desper.
ately; but how could the SIN all number of
male whites defend their helpless wives
and daughters againsta a tenfod force of
maddened slaves, whose strength and ie-
rocity are well known?
Much as l miss your society, and keen
ly as l feel our long separation, I had
rather know you shared the humblest
cottage in the North in safety, than see
you mistress of a palace with such dan
ger Threatening you
Do not think our apprehension is ex-
pressed. When the difficulties began we
looked daily for some uprising among the
slaves. No general insurrection has yet
taken place. though several revolts have
been attempted: two quite recently. and
in these cases whole families were mur.
dered before the slaves were subdued
Then came retaliation of the most fearful
character. At any time where servants
assail or murder white persons, speedy
and severe punishment is administered; !;
bnt now they do not wait for the action
of the law; lynch law now prevails. In
these reyolts which occurred in the inter
ior OF the state, most of the servants who
participated were either shot in the con-
fict or as soon AS captured, and two of
them were burned TO death. r...7
To say they were burned to death may
seem a simple sentence, devoid Of any
special horror, but the scene, as describ
to nae by witness, was too dreadful for
mortal eyes. Imagine the poor wretches
red with the blood of their m asters, COW
ering in the hands of those from whom
they need not look for pity. not even time
to repent of deeds which exclude them
from hope hereafter. They are dogged
and defiant towards their cap:ors until
their doom is pronounced-a fate of which
they have special horror. Dragged to
the place OF execution, within sight OF
their own houses, Surround By their fellow
servants, vino are compelled to witness
the sight. they are bound to strong trees
with great heap of pine knots piled close
around their persons. Directly the torch
is applied, and the infamabe pine bursts
into vivid flame.
When the blaze reaches the bodies and
the sensitive flesh peels and crackles.
their cries are too fearful to be heard by
human ears, Nor is the torment soon
over The flames scorch the upper part
of the bodies. producing exquisite agony.
but slowly burn into the vitals, until the
wretched sufferers 60 to judgment with
all tLeir crimes upon their heads.
Do YOU wonder I am shocked, Sup
pose it had been Nelly, or Andrew, or
Hiram, to whom we are all so strongly
attached? Yet these tortured criminals
were favorite household servants OF unu
sual Intelligence. l ought not to tell you
OF those terrible things, but they haunt
my memory SO 1 cannot refrain. Thaak
Heaven, you ars sale!
undertook to say the apprehension ol
servile insurrection lost its power when,
as time passed, all seemed peaceful; SO
wo easily fell back in dreams of security
until these events arouse US TO watchtul
ness. THIS news IS suppressed as far a
possible and kept entirely from the papers
for the negroes hear what is published i
they do no. read it, and such example
might produce disastrous consequences.
Poor F. is dead; before the fall o
Sumter he exerted all mis- influence, us in.
both pen and voice against rebellion INIT
he was thrown into prison. At first h