The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-05-28

80 oasciai 81 lie Stale, tusa he governor
= tic hamlArR poslmau - easio.a aoaee
scftaa'. vho bad nos fought IN becu ,lios
- sasbleJ sti8Bl an opportunity q Agli
The lawger himself had been aaiisel ia
lhe tatk plile lesaipg ever hs neus ps-
lur Is lse reading rp9n Lawyef s be-
sas. D. ha3 noi followed up she re- petra.
Tor N uas considered bes 90 ieI lhe
matter drop o. hearing tide. ! settled
Is mg osn misia thai be woald nes suc-
seed Witsi ahe romaa3.c Minnie. Size nho
"a aifed Basald aid not aoceTt q man
u 81 htpl Is soeidy where lis could be
Mabled Ia ilse back ia a aefeneeless no.
mrui. assa iben be injueed 10 ici The thing
pass They certainly aro an odd sort Of
eLaaty IN lllal region. IL other
slairs laau South Carolina the citizens Of
whole towns nna districts eAtol!el Preston
Brock d. q brave man los nearly Killing
another unamned and uasuspecsin3 man IN
tbs Srnaac chambcr They presented
him s .il, Testimonials, Instead 81 sending
him to Coventry Ga YOU English say as
lrai,us and eoaard
The carriage alpsarod. and The saddle.
horses. Minnie nnd her bioller rode
With their falier and my sister aud | took
charge of all tie other children Ia the
carriage She never ventures TO leave
ihrrn =. home without hcf for so long as
an afternoon drive IT yssit. Every one Of
htf eltlsigrn has been born or the plmba-
,ion. bseaase Size can, n that airs place,
have hcm with her ail day long Bad
rs i.is Is for beer II such time, rs deprl-
wing hcr IL All qaiei and rest ia the day
time, i i better shc sHys than being IN
perpetual fever lest ome little one should
be dropped iai0 lhe Ere, or out oil the
window, by tho negro nurse. During
this drive, yeniwcd 10 suggcs, that Min
mic might spare her mother much fatigue
and some cares but | WAS not allowed to
dwell upon IL. IL was a thing that no
mother could think Of The poor child
would haze lIlc enough for her own pur-
saiis and pleasures. She would be steep
cd 10 the lip. in family eases before she
was twenty, and never again be free; and
not ohe day Of her period OF liberty and
ease ii aid be cut of. | saw there was
no ne IN arguing the matter, even as a
champion OF Minnie herself.
We lrayerscd the pretty little prairie,
and ! could iill pages with mere notices
Of the beautiful things We passed in the
woods an By The river side; but spec
tacle which We encountered on our re-
turn pu, everything else out Of head at
The tine.
Among the calls VIC made was one for
which ought to have been prepared
The gentleman Of the house showed the
usual courtesy and good humor, but no.
The ordinary gaicty Of manner which
strikes q stranger IN that part Of the
country. Ills lady was well and even
gaily dressed, and was surrounded 10y ev-
idenee. Of good pursuits books in album
dance, music, and some botanical collect-
ions Of real value. She was composed
in manner, kind and courteous, but there
was mn expression IN ler eyes which !
could not meet second time. ! avoided
her eyes IN conversation as if | were con-
seious OF some shame or pcrplexity. As
soon as We we're in the carriage, inquil-
I'd if any particular story belonged to that
house.
les indeed, my sister whispered
The twin children, had been poisoned
by their black nurse, six years ago
Nothing moe was known than that they
had died within a week OF each other. I'M
questionably from poison, which must have
been given by the nurse; and indeed, she
did not deny il. She bore some grudge
against her master, il was thought; but
she herself said she wanted 10 die, but
thought She would do something partieu-
lar first
She was hanged Of couseY said /.
why, no, replied Anna. There
were reasons--or feeling, perhaps-in the
way Vi that. But it was also feared that
the execution would make great deal Of
talk among the negroes in the neighbor
hood and parents Of young children were
against il. IL was thought safest 10 sell
her TO distance, into Texas.
Sell her. exclaimed. Sell her 10
60 and poison somebody else'
i should lope not, said Anna, reflect
lively. II j. said, ] know, that PRISONERS
cannot stop but this was so peculiar a
case. . Besides, they would make a
Geld hand Of her
And has that gentleman pocketed the
value u tie woman who murdered his
children! Are his wilc's Injuries bought
with TINT money
lie Lad twelve hundred dollars for
her, replied Anna. II was good deal /
for 4 field hand but she was valuable
servant. and
Exceedingly SO, observed.
You know what | mean, said Anna. /
But it il sad story-a very sad story;
and you must not suppose such things hap
pen often
Only wherever ! happen 10 20 in the
South cppiicl. In every family there /
Is some capital negro 10 boast Of and in
ey rs neiglborhool there IS some tragedy /
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