New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-06
A REFUGEE FROM sOUTH.CAROLINA SEEN
INC, EMPLOYMENT.

Fyom UcnorTdT TJ;oo
v,,-5av I'VE had on intervisw with MI. j. A. Blce,
late of st. Stephens Parish, South Caroiin Tar
forty miles from Charleston. he ls ntISe &c
ming on Ontario Coz bat has resided III the o.ae,s %
SIR Coroliua and Ceorria about twenty Jour years
marrying bis wife in the Ist-D aine9 oae' @nr
iug children born to him in the last. ne ~
by trade but long 40 ceased 10 wof d. 1e -
HIMSELF and has occupied himself In farming ana 0'her
rurts AZ one time he carried or the carnage pus
ness in Georgia owniog farm also, winch ne worKeo
N Is between one and two years SINCE MI pee
gold bis land In Georgia, receiving THEREFOR aooa'
AGO in cash, and leaving about yl,JUu on lllhe-
and for the eecond time located himsef IN South
Carolina--in St. StepheUs There he cultivated
Tieee Of land and also engaeedin the timber business
Employing Last year some thirteen hands, ana no' me
ding with pOlticf than was necessary 10 NOe'
In the early part Of January, he was surprised by
visit from COMMITTED Of Regulators, who asked ms
potics. lie replied that be was Union man, ana
ney immediately insisted upon his becoming Sece7-
sionist and joining tie South arOnlan army "a he
refused to DO So they told him he must leave tne STATE
or Be hung. Tie next morning Mr.. Blce Went oy I7n
read to ChaIestOn, IN the hope Of obtaining an oiGer
authorizing lis further stay. Amer some olnSuiy nc
succeeded in getting hearing before Mayor Maebeth,
which lasted some two daye. lie adduced abundant
evidence OF his INCONSISTENCIES bat the great hitch
ained Of bis being Union man IN sentiment, and al
The clOe Of the investigation he told that he must
leave on the steamer Nashville the next daythe 18th.
Ia q o mean time Mrs. Bice had collected what few
things she could at home and joined her husband IN
Char le ton with two children; and on the appointed
"
Cor the safety Of bis property, the collection OF hls
debts or the future uNiasenance OF those depending
uYon him, Mr. Bi,e found himself with bis family on
board the Nashville. They arrived in New-Holk ut
teily destitute, and within week all of them were
taken sick owing 10 the shock they had received and
ae sudden change Of climate for which they were to-
tally uuIre AIRED in the way Of clothing or Otherwise
Charitable strangers provided for heir wants ~ wen
a. possible and their case becoming known, a state
uent of Il was made in The Times. Mrs Blce sank
aHidly and died six weeks after landing IN New-N ork
Mr. Bce and the children recovered and, aided by the
ontrbgtions of the charitable and the certificate Of
DIR j. ~ Andrews, the physician who attended them,
during their illness who BOiGs post IN the Police De-
partnentl succeeded in reaching Huron, Mich where
Mr. Bice supposed he had relttves living. They bad
moved AWAY no one knew whittier, and, not finding
sm,loyment lie came hack as far as this county,
where ne has temporarily found shelter at The house
OF Mr. Frederick Pester, two miles south Of Farpor,
who is distant connection.
Mr. Bice is very anxious 70 find employment Of some
KIDD by which be can realize enough To support bis
Children and VI trust that any who give hin
snything 10 do viii communicate with him at once
When boy he war engaged To- time upon the canal
and he thinks that If he could have charge Of boat y
would suit him as well anything He Is not paTiic
Mar, however, and is willing to engage IN anything
that will enable him TO support hs little ones comfort
ably and houorably. He las property enough in Sout
(arolna-or had as the time he was driven away-t
MACE him above immediate want but, Of course, b.
eanuOt avail himself Of il The "chlyalfy" hay
robbed him of H. and as he has learned since comm
North they burned his dwelliDghOuse only three day
after lis departure from home and with it, he SUI
poses all the contents which they did not lit 10 az
propIiate to their own use