The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-12-26

10 NOs OZ.
Revelations from South Carolina a...Th,
Great Negro Conspiracy Of the South.
From the Chicago Tribune.
From the advanced sheets Of the Ton
t!nental Mayasiae, We extract the follow.
ing statements which the writer claims
to be simply true, without exaggera,ion
or distortion of any kind. lie visited
South Carolina shortly before the pas.
sage Of the secession ordinance. Over
taken by asstorm, he was forced to seels
the hospitality of
POOR WHITES
| The rain was falling in torrents, aud
and the night was as ''dark as the dark
est corner Of the dark place below We
were in the midst of wha, seemed an end.
less forest Of turpcntine pines, aud had
seen no habitation for hours. Not know.
ing where the road might lead US, and
feeling totally unable to proceed, we de.
termlned to ask shelter for the night.
10 answer to our summons, a wretched
looking, half clad, dirt, bedrsggled wo.
man thurst her head from the doorway,
with the inquiry,
who are ye?'
'We'm only massa and me, and de
hoss, and We III haf dead wid dc cold,
said Scipio cant we cum in out o. de
rain?
wal, Strangers replied the women,
cycling US as closely as the darkness
would permit, you'll find mighty poor
fxins har, but reckon ye can come in
Entering the house, we saw, by the
light of blazing pile Of pine knots that
roared and cracked on the ncarth, that it
contained only single apartment, about
twenty feet square. In front Of the fire,
place, which occupied the better half of
one side of the room, the floor was of the
bare earth, Uttered over with pine chips,
dead cinders. live Goals, brazen pots, and
a lazy spaniel dog. Opposite to this, ut
the other end Of the room, were two low
beds, which looked as though they had
been slept in forever, and never made
up Against the wall, and between the
beds and fireplace, stood a small pine ia,
biS, Ou IL was liI &c No IUWI ],
from whose mouth protrudcd the handles
Of several unwashed pewter spoons. On
the right hand of the fire was a raced
rocking chair, evidently the peculiar
property of the mistress Of the mansion,
aud three blocks Of pine log, sawn off
smoothly, made to serve as seats Over
against these lowered high backed set
tie, something like that on which
'-sot iu,dy all alone.
When Zcke rsekcd thru the winder;'
and on it--hcr head resting partly on her
arm, partly on the cnd Of the settle, one
small bare foot pressing the ground, the
other, with the part of the person that is
supposed to require stockings, extended
in horizontal dircctiou-rcclined, not
Huldy, but her Southern cousin. who, !
will wager, was the pretticr and dir,ier
Of the two. Our entrance did not seem
to dlsconcert her in the least, for she lay
there as unmoycd cs marble statue, her
large black eyes rivcted Oh my face as if
seeing some nondcsclipt animal for the
first time. | stood for a moment trans
fixed with admiration. In a somewhat
extensive observation Of her sex in both
cnsphercs, | never witnessed such a
form, such eyes, such faul,lcs5 features,
aud such wavy, black, !axuriaht hair
\ glance at her dress-a >oil,d, greacy,
grayish, linscy woolsey gown, apparently
her only garmcnt-aud 4 second look at
her face, which, on closer Inspection
had precisely the hue of talow candle,
recalled ne to myself, aud allowed Inc to
complete the survey Of the premises,
The house was built Of unhewn logs,
separated by wide interstices, through
which the cold air came in decidedly
fresh if not health giving currents, while
Il large rent in the roof, that let in the
rain, gave the inmates an excellent OPP
portunity of indu ging in showerbath,
Of which they stood greatly in need
The chimney, which hid intruded
couple Of feet into the room, as if to
keep out of the cold, and threatened mo-
mentaily to tumble down, was of sticks,
built up in clay, while the windows were
Of thick, unplaincd boards.
Two pretty girls, one of perhaps ten,
and the other of fourteen ycars-cvident-
ly sisters f the unadorned beau'y-the
middie-agcd woman who had admitted
US, and the dog-the only male member
of the housebold-composcd the family.
| had seen negro cabins, but these people
were whites, and these whites were South
Carolinians. Who will say that the days
of chivalry are over, when such counter
parts of the feudal scrfs still exist?
The writer had with him an intelligent
negro servant, and was on his way to visit
a rich planter Not far from the house
he was met by the carriage of his host,
in which was the body servant of the
planter The interview between the two
negroes, and its results, are thus dcscrib-
cd:
BLACK FREEMAsoNRY.
Jim, this is Scip,' said, seeing that
the darkcys had taken no notice of each
other
How d. do, Scip,' said Jim, extend
ing his hand to him. A look of sineu-
lar intelligence passed over the faces of
the two negroes as their hands met it
vanished in an instant, and was SO slight
that none but close observer would have
noticed it; but some words that Scip had
| previously let drop put me on the alert,
aud | felt sure it had hidden siguif-
! cance.
! Wont you get into de carriage, mas
. - ;,nvircJ linn