Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-02

UIGEihS mC OtIh- lHt utilti sOOu Jllue'
him in this labJr of love so. that until
was securely tied on retiring to rest Wa
under guard and black guards at that
Like a wilful scbOOl-boy. | made severa
prctexts t. 60 out. but here eventLe liei
of necessity did not avail.
On enluiring % my captor the reason Q
my arrest. he said it seemed suspicious tina
| did not ask to stay there all night (whew,,
On my replying that knowing Planters dis
Ii cd keepin strIa ;,rs over n; i;ht, 1 h1d
pitched Oh Mrs. Roswell's as stopping
place before leaving the [, Int, and as it Wa,
but six o'clock On my f. st stop there had
DO fear Of being late in getting where | wa:
sure OF accommodation He said that might
be sO.but that strangers. knowing this dis
like to lodge travellers commenced en- Iuir
ing for lodging at dark in order to Get 4
place to stop at by bedtime. introduce
this part OF the conversation to exhibit a
phase Of the mu;h vaunted Southern hos
pitllity. My experience has shown its cx-
isteucc to be my yJhicsl. Abruptly chan.-
ing the subject he asked where asfrom,
''lve been resident Of Missouri. was my
response; the foundation for this statement
resting in the fact of my working a week
or two in the Office of the Southern Demo-
erat. Paikville Mo-, while our eompany
were laying in supplies before entering Ran
sas,at that time Freedom Battle Ground.
You're Northern man. said he stsrnly.
Yes Slr," responded I. and gave him the
name Of town, county and State, an item If
geographical knowledge Of lasting benefit
10 Doubt. This was the only tine | ever
prevdricated if this instancecan be called
such an enc, being more ready now t. an
ever to maintain the position that the Buck
eye domain has more virtue, intelligence
and pirck than any half dozen slaye-cursed
Statcs.)
At bedtime my prosecutor again male
liS appearance dasirins me to 60 to the
Point. saying he did not consider me safe.
put III plea Of poor health on which he
'aId ii | insisted on staying must submit
20 be tied. Prclerring this to being thrown
ntO Jail, I asscntel to it. no other resource
being left me, saying l took him for gen.
ieman and presumed he would not ipjure
ne. He assured me he would not. How
veil he kept this promise. Us well as one
hat my trial in the moning should MT be
made pa}Iia,or W1tk to my Inju;y. in-cIse
proved to lie in legitimate business. let
he sequel show -'f
Sisnliyiug my readiness to retire. bed
7as made for nae in an unfinished Iumber
Dom adjoining, having only an inside door
penins into the setting room. in which
egro slept to prevent the AbOiitiOniss from
reaking loose In addition tothis. on get
ilg Into bed. my hands were tied with
VI ton r'Ic. the middle part of which was
sed. being tied tightly about the left wist.
etween the hand aud the projection Of the
Ina, then kuotted aud as tightly tied a
out the right wrist.the inside edge of which
as Placed CLOSELY against the outside edge
the other, and the two ends of the cord
asset over the head board and tied tu the
Ill below. The two black guards who
ld beea shivering for two hours outside
lie door were grac ously invited in. doubt
IS to aforl aid should l cffer resistance.
uttiug in the plea that had been accus-
med to sleeping with my hands under
'ver. piece Of quilt was placed over them
al the sturvy satrap made his desired ex-
Thus confined to one position slept !
1t little. only in fact through sheer cx-
Iustion. Being too tightly tied my hands
came swollen aud in my endeavors, with !
nds and teeth combined, to change the
sitian Of the CALLING rope only gained
mporary relief at the exp9nseo of increased
ifering. The piece of quilt unluekily 4
Pping 70 the'f)or. le(ying nv hands ex- b
sed to the chill air Ola frosty night, surg
: through the open floor and siding soon t
Ee me great uneasiness. a
lime rolled by on leaden wings while "
robLing temples beating rcsfcnsivrly to :
: laggard pulses markell its slow lapse. =
e drery sough of the wind, with an -oc- /.
3ional steamboat whistle or coek-crowing. l
y disturbed the stiffness. The insen-
-e clOd who had subjected me to this h
kcfulucss snored the hours away I I
IOuld that he had bed Of thorns'' wa; =,
repeated wish. Between three and p
Il o'clock the horns of the negro drivers \
mded the slaves to their mouotonous g
rousing Chlnti9lcer with an alien blast n =,
lie !, thinking Of my captor, quoted for m
benefit u eouplet OF trays Elegy Il
b.. ck = shrili eltrul IN thu. e1oing horn u
luur- aSake hiin ir'm hls iol7 f1ed btd. . q
At six o'clock sent RoSerts word. by Il
negro fire builder Of my pain and sleep Il
mess, with request to be 'loosed fJm p
DIS 1t was not till this request vas
eated nearly an bour later that l was re- "
'ed. Abort eight o'clock breIkfast.was b,
Ouncel, delayed, pro5ably, tocntble his I'm
ng wife Matt, frivolous popinjjay, to 10
Plete an elaborate toilette Her love
hsplay could not permit the OCCASION to v. "
) without showing off in punt aud pow-i :. :,
even to an abolitioni>t and a pFisonet Il ).
: Not being deigued an Introduction. II