Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-23
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
STORIES OF THE LATE SLAVES,

Correspondence of the Evening Post.
WAsHINGTON, April, 1862.
SLAVE "BoY" AND HIS FAMILY.
Albert is a young mulatto, soft,footed, soft
voiced, with fine intutions and affections. AL
bert has wife who has not seen eighteen
years, and baby that has not seen eighteen
weeks. This baby fills Albert with amaze
ment and admiration. He can scarcely wait
for us to finish our dinner, he is so anxious to
go down town to look at it; and as the
days go OH his wonder and love seems in no
wise to diminish. His mistress says that
Albert never "shirked" before he wanted SO
much time to look at chat baby"
Yesterday he made such an extraordinary
noise about the CRATE that l looked up to see
what was the matter. Having gained atten.
ton he remarked, with some embarrassment,
that, eff Mis- was willing he would like to
bring his boy up some pleasant Sunday and
have her look at him."
said that | should like to "look at him."
and asked the name OF this wonderful child.
"Elmer ellsworth Wartield," said the father,
loftily.
"Where did you find such an aristocratic
name?" | asked.
"Warfield is the name of gentleman what
raised me, a very fine gentleman. And l
named him beside after our Cunne Ellsworth
that was killed l BACKED his boots every
day when he was over to the capitol. He al
lus payed me twice as much as it was worth.
Allus had kind word to say. He was kind
to his men, kind to every body, was Cunnel
Ellsworth kin'el gen eman never drew the
bret Of life If my boy grows up to be half
as kind he'll do" 1t never occurs to Albert
that legally he has no right to say "my boy"
Alberts wife is a slave, and this young Ell
mer Ellsworth Warfeld is slave. If his
mistress wanted pin-moAey she might sell him
with as little conjunction as Il northern wo
man would a chicken Great consolation
then it would be to Albert to talk OF "my
boy" When slavery is abolished in the Dis
trict of Columbia what piece of injustice it
will invove-to Albert's wife the right to own
herself, and to both the joint right to own their
own baby
a SORRowFUL TALE.
l must tell you Of one other slave. George
wanted his freedom his mistress, a kind,
good woman, wanted him to have it, and prom.
ised it to him for eight hundred dollars.
George is young, Industrious, ambitious. He
had saved from his scanty earnings six hun.
dred and fifty dollars, and paid it to his mis-
tress towards his final ransom She was taken
ill she needed the remaining one hundred
and fifty dollars told George SO, requesting
him to get some friend TO advance it for him.
George went to officer in this city, stated
the case, asking him to be kind enough to ad
vance the sum for the benefit of his mistress,
giving George the privilege of repaying him.
The officer had papers made out which the
lady signed without reading, being too ill., re-
ceiving from the officer one hundred and fifty
dollars When George referred to the matter
afterwards, this officer cOolly informed George
that he was his slave that he had bought him
for one hundred and fifty dollars Six hun.
dred and fifty dollars of hard earnings, saved
for freedom by this poor slave, gone Tor
nought. Now Gf it were not for the promise
of congress) he is hopelessly a slave, conse-
Grated TO the high employ OF backing the
boots and standing behind the chair of this
gallant knight.
For the credit of all the north, let me say
that this man halls from Dixie" There his
family stay to secure their property, while lie
is here tattening on the government calling
himself Union officer. A noble officer for
our federal army When slavery is abolish
ed in the District Of Columbia, what robbery
it will be to rob this man OF his slave Z?
Probably he will have George safely slowed
in Maryland by that time.
WEALTHY NEGROES
Some of the weathiest men in the CITY are
colored. Two of them have mortgages on
the houses of United States senators for all
that they are worth, while there is hardly
free colored family in the city who do not own
the house in which they live. Yet, Carrot
Davis stands up in the senate and h0wls in
his small way over the inability of negroes to
take care of themselves, aud the wretchedness
of free blacks. lie presented the pitiable case
of a widow lady, proved to be secesSionist)
who by the abolition of slavery in the District
will lose her sole means OF support, six slaves.
He told there how much each earned a week,
which went to their mistress and exclaimed ;
"What will become of these poor things, ii
they get their freedom and are bereit OF their
protector 2" As if it could be less easy to
support themselves alone, than to support
themselves and their MISTRESS family besides
as they now do?
MY wits fail to comprehend such logic.
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
Inc ladies say that Washington is yer,
dull BY that they mean that parties have
ceased, that "hops" are growing few, that for
NAL receptions are no more and that they are
all going home. The closing reception al
speaker Grows last week was one of the
most delightful OF the many delightful re-
unions which have made his house such n IN
vorte resort during the entire winter. 1t ha,
been the fav0rte salon OF the chiefs of tho no
publican party. In its brilliant and eleciri,
air they have found it pleasant to yentilate
their wit and to resuscitate old compliments
for tie benefit Of young republican bellies
pleasant TO cal ice cream, and to forget the tax
bill, IT but for single hour Still these recep