Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-04-10
Removal Of Slaves from the District of
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fonkshe Washington Republican. sist
ave owners. in anticipation of the PCS
sage of ne emancipation act. are running
kRfheir slaves as fast as they ca1(to the
flower cohnties of Marylsnd. Ehumbef
have ako been sent to BalHmore, where
They Fare coR6ned in 'negx3 pens'' unit
'theyscauSbe sold or removed further south.
II A case OF this kind occurred the other
day. wfficl<exhibits this vill&inous traffic
in all its horrors and def6rmities. /On the
10th inst. \ negro&il sgel about thir-
teen years. (an intalij) beloagIg>to .
Mrs. Matthews on Thirteenth street, was
placed in j2 by order Of hermistress. A
few days alter. the mother oftke girl laaru-
ing that her daughter was confined in that
filthy hole Procured pass from 4arshhl
Upon arriving at the jail. the mother was
Informed that she had been taken away
sbodt half an hour previous, bat where to
the guards could not inform her. The next
Jay the motheS herself was arrested and
Carried off. She had an infant child with
her. leaving two other children, one Of them
three and the other two years of age. be-
Hind in custody Of her mistress. The
whereabouts Of the mother anil her two
children was not discovered until Satur-
day. when one OF her friends (who claims
that she is . free woman) accompanied by
our reporter, went on to Baltimore. and
after considerable difficulty found her in
D, n. w. L. Campbell's NEGRO pen."
No. 282 West Pratt street. Her friends
reques ted permission to see her. but were
denied admittance into the "pen" unless
they first obtained the written consent of
her mistress to see her. The keeper of the
''hell' informed her friends that the eldest
child was very sick with an affection of the
throat and inquired what should be done
for her. aud whether she was subject to
attacks of sore throat, concluding witk
the heartless remark, "Shc isn't worth
much to anybody.
Thus are families torn asunder by the
ruthless hand Of slavery. mothers parted
from children Of tender years, and conveyed
to distant places. perhaps never to see
them again. This is only one of numer-
Ouo iuStduSco NutCu aIc OCCuIIitlb HOW udi-
ly. Unless Congress makes haste. before
the passage Of the Emancipation G,: takes
place. there wiN be no slapes LEFT in tie Dis
frict to emancipofe.
We have the names Of q number Of in
dividuals who are engaged in the business
of running off slaves. and shall give them
publicity in future issue.
The .Sundoy CAronicie says that du-
ring the past two days one hundred slaves
are known to have been removed to Mary
land from this District" This CORES.
ponds with the statement made by us sew.
eral days since. We hear constantly OF
cases Of this sort of removal of slaves. and
that it is going on upon o large scale is
unquestionable.
The rate Of compensation proposed in
the bills pending in Congress. an average
Of three hundred dollars for slaves of all
ages and conditions. is regarded here as
most ample and even liberal. and the re-
moval Of slaves is to be accounted for up
on some other ground than the inadequacy
Of The amount expected to be paid for them
by the Government