Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-04-06

uniocAeu uy an o1ncer, who told me the Mayor
was ready to see me. There were many people
stationed along the passages, but they did not say
a word as walked through to the Mayors room,
which was filled with respectable looking men.
The Mayor read the charges he had written
down. No witness was called; no one appeared
against me. The examination was os follows.
Mrs. BotisfOrd, you are accused Of treason snd
seditioui"
II am nos guilty Of treason or sedi,ion.o
slavesi"
1T is utterly false, Sir. 1 have had nothing 10
say to the slaves."
"You are an Abtliiionisitp
"Yes."
An Admirer of John BrownfS
eyes,"
lou have expressed Abolition sentimentsi"
Il have on . few occasions when asked; I oan
name oil ever conYersed with, and what / said
TO them will say here. / lived here nearly .
year, attending closely 10 my own business; I have
not injured or offended any one. aud have be.n
well treated until now; I cannot see why / should
DO subjected to THE outrage.
"You soy you have been well treatedf"
Yes, until pow"
'H'hA " hnfoO 6cu N6TH uOQfnkoI6ls
you have been well treated, been pro6tabIy am
pioyed, and have received our money while zen
hated us1" E'
II have not hated the people; l am no friend 10
slavery; have not seen anything in Charleston 70
give me a more favorable impression Of IL; quits
otherwise. have paid for all l have had here. I
have received what l have earned. / owe you no
gratitude"
II would advise you to go home"
81 shall certainly do go as soon as / can settle
my business. have no desire to stay any Ion.
ger" lid sI1g Al
The Mayor then said he had NOT heard sHy~
thing against my character. you are spoken Of"
said he, "as quie. and respectable. Bot I require
bail for your good conduct. II you can fnd any
one to be your bail for three hundred dollars. I
can dismiss you" ,l~ 'ne 1
told him had not beon guilty Of any bad con-
duct, and could not get any bail. He then Isft
the room with one or two more. As afterward
learned, he was persuaded I was an emissary TO-
soms Northern society or publisher. slav Ne
moro Of him. He ssns the turnkey 10; I vac Or.
dered to the ellsgaiu, and locked up. Some sf
my friends from the house lefs fol, alarmed, ana
had been several times - inquire for me, bat oonss
get no sasisiacioss answer. and nsre rodely driyen
~swaysp a4s s1szasi taogs stnts2 q e6g
10 nahsdr Or 20 ID sofzsss opepsd tb4s d,or .sa
said must 60 with him, as the Mayor had gives
me over to the state'S Attorney. We crossed The
Citadel Park to the Office Of Magistrate Kanspaux-
Twenty or thirty citizens were gathered there, ana
among them one whom I was acqnaiated with,
and had conyersed with, about two weeks before.
spoke to him, and asked him IL he Was the con-
piainant. He said re was. ! Indignantly asked
him If be was not ashamed Of himself; IL il was
possible he could do anything SO contemptible,
Without waiting for his reply, the Magistrate an
swered for him: ''This man has doEe perfectly
right; | should have done Just SO myself; why, II
you had been a man you would have been hung IN.
on one of the trees in the Park; you would never
have got here alive" asked very calmly, il any
one wanted my life. No, the Magistrate said; az
| was a woman my life might be spared. Blu: the
Mayor had been too leDient; be had raised my bair
to $4,000. 10 default Of which I must 90 to jail. T
told him it made no difference about the amounts
Of the bail; / was no criminal and needed no bail.
care you not an Abolitionis.?"
eyes. l am"
"You so charged with treason and sedi,ion, and
tampering with slayes.'' i"- Hii
i as ooib u uttefly Ial6ot i nave eAl6
nothing to the slaves, they do not know me.D
you hold correspondence North, and re-.
ceive papers and letters 7" ~
) "oniy from ny nearest frieuds q few letters, no
papers" a'V 2 asst 'f e- s'
a you not read The 7ribanef"
|, "No; because I cannot get i, here; l should
} read Ii. if ! could get H." 2 {" tA
t you need not answer all my questions; yss
may commit YOURSELF"
3 fear Of that, Sir; r am perfectly willing No..
4 answer your questions; there is nothing TO con.
ceal." t4 sA a7atia2
ale then asked many more-as, when I had
i, lived in New York, where l had lived, and wbsk
l had been dOiugf l answered all readily. Thea
. ] asked, civily, if he would allow me to ask him
some questions. Who had said I had tempered
with slavesi / had never held any conversation
in their hearing. No; be could not listen to me,
then, nor before these, pointing to those around,
him. ~" ~ " f
'If you can think OF any one that win be your
ball, / will send for him, or else you must 70 W.
jail" said be. ~ '-f
Told him I should not ask any bail. '-f''
| Well, go to Jail you cannot speak hero my
,Ofhcer i1 waiting to take you to jail" z p" %
walked through the streets BY the side OF The
constable to the jail, which was at some distance,
during this time two men were sent to search INV
, room they broke open my trunks and bundlss,
t unrolled every parcel, trying 80 find papers or
: letters but they found nothing they wanted,
though they carried of one or two Of my lsttsrs.-
When ] got to the Jail I was faint and exhausted ;
il was now 8 o'clock on the second day / had noI
bad a morssl Of food for nearly forty-sighi hours.
sent to my friends at the house which ! had len.
and just before the jail was to be shut for the
might. the lady Of the house appeared a. The door.
EShe had not been allowed to sec me before. though
she had tried repeatedly. n she had not come
just then, I should not have had anything unifl