St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-01
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nu.ss--nst far trom the centre Of 'he city
auu v thin s'.qrt. d,stapas ,r,m,h, ssars
and stripes that a'ut oyer. the Ceritol 49,.
It is.a large. lonely, desolate-lH,king build
ing l raped at the door, which, after
se'po tine, was opened by short. thick
set m,n,, wearing coarse pea jacket and
tul cap. with large viii: kers und .. hard
M~kiuy face. '.I< Nr Williams ut ho"e:?"
No, Sir :; he is i6' Match j." '.ilsve you
any ,ieerH uow "n hand ?''27'sYes. sir,
We have y lew; walk in' IL don't wish
to purchase | merely want to see y,ur es-:
tablishu'cn,-it >uu have 40. objection
"None vt :rIl. sir walk H. Mr. Williams
is now livi"g a. MAI ,hcz;;' I am his agent"
While s,ying thus: lie led TIE way in AID
handed ,ne ~ cl,;ii:. After 3 .ale further
talk. int,. winch he entered with great
freed, m gam "bser> c,l that | had a.,
intention of purchasing: IN; wished to see
fm my ,wn satisfaction, his establishment
- If he had n" oljec,i ns. ''Nune;at all.
sir J; a,t the least !; ana with hat he wen's
t.. the Wind w, opened the shu'tcrs, andl
,hr wing UP the s;,s !, said: ''L'uk out
here, Sir; this is our pen,. sir. Here
coptinucd he. while }sur' eyed an area If
i: feet square, enclosed partly by, the sires
of the house, and partly hy h'4h jail walls
bull; t"r ;hc purpose here We allow them
t." take exercise aid tile children I" pI!y."
AS the day Nas cold. iii" ':pe'' Was emp
~. they we're ail dow" Stairs. / asked
to go down to. see thsm ,lhe agent led
the way through . winding I'as ,ase into a
Temporary cnci 'sure, COMMUNICATION With
The ''pen :Ie t"vk Oh, Of his lock.t =
key opeutd d"r wAich d US into the
:''crlar y Here, .in an apartment Ut less
than Is feet square, were aboat thirty
slaves y, all a3.s Sizes and lrs Que
young s.rl. ot about twel>: was qnite
whi,e; LITTLE ciiti of ah.,ut tWo y,ats. ot
age wis Of the ssmc eomi'ltxiu and ex.
cec,ii,gly tcauniul hc very sm'il chill
'!rr" wtrt g,mbvtiny alont in. happy un.
con=.i .<n.>s;. Int, the grown people
were .nu>t nclaUch"Iy t"ki"y beings -
IN. in1u,i"g. a,x,"us | oks they cast q.
me- ;'re.uminy, of course. thai, had come
as IL ru:cl;.ser) We're hard to- bear. ] so"n
DESCRIBED the t.;htr AMI lis faulty who"l 1
had seen ia Ken away from their h me the
day bcf IL. NV here is your master ta-
king y,u 2" said the agent to the man, in
rapty t.p a 'qacslinn "i mine uf ,he same
,,np,rr to. lim. 10 .>l.ba'na, L believe
thry cali it, SIR said he mnn Ia tones IF
tvuclin. sadness. His wife sat b.; tie
-,o,c nursing har baby and Mt o"ce look
iny up lie the led me /" two other
rsnus Of about he same s:zc nnr,"f them
not; now ured the other apMol. :ia,td as a
sleerin. apartment FIR the feun.l 5. "i'o
all these people sleep down in that cellar? p
'"Yes. sir; all the males; t'ey lie on the
a..,r each one has a couple:of blankets" :"
but will ia room accommodate 80 ma
ny?' 20 ord. yes sir three times as
many. Last Year W. had as; m,ny a, one
time as one hundred and thirty nine in
three r."ms" l could hardly see h,w
this was possible, without their lying ~"
foF;of each rthe'. ''."u Say very few Of
these. ,ers5t,s bttfhg TO you ''i.s, sif,
only a'1ew - .'sr oi 'thcm~a put here to
keep, bv gentlemen You sce Y: cau
keep them uinc cent a Day cheaper than
they can at the jill What Is your
c''arye?' .'rwe"'y Eve c hts day, ti,r
Ill except chiiIrc" at the breast" He
then showed me laoIe at oae side 'f the
enclosure. at which hey took their meals
1t Was III the ~ On air. with shed c.'ver.
ing. -. h,r,,' he sail. N answer tn an
lrqnir> from me, "th"y eat, winter and
summer" "iju' don't. they suffer very
mach from the cold p 20 i.vrd.. no, sir !;
they s,,na, down and swallow their meals
in NJ tine" Nv hit i" you give Them ?"
':,lcrfiuy, rn' read .and c c'ifee;; and h:n~
y.' "ii"w, u4:."y meals "a dag g.. :n ':lw":
sir; one at 9 clock. and ,thrrY;h2r9at j y
After IA good many other questions
wlic!, have either tory"te'', or don't
'accm it worth while to repeat, W. re.nr'.-
led to the room into which luLa,istecn r.
ken on my first entraUce intu Ahe;!,hp"<e !;
"a room WHICH l. IYund .scn eu the; 1riI.le
purpose ,t l,arlv,, bcdr,,m aii Lining
room to'thr 'krSe.:cr who was tie syle &c
curaHf + the house. "' All 's4these7 people.
nns. ami, Women, were u,Gcr this man y
als,ofa's l,ofa's eon'rnl.l ..rs.: - Ai.i-"e" H.: ~.
T.kipy seals Lesi.le thej drc, and; resu-
ming, or rather continuing eur e."vetsa-
ton. ! s.al, ''Dv the slaves never, bre,k
out cf' our establishment; aud 5et If -
f. Very, seldom, sir = We have very little
tronble 81 that <k.nd. sir unless nuw2 aud
then .??ne gets Desperate Then, they do
some: mes get desperate, H.. they ?,,-
|":Not "ftri';; sir: There has only one ::"t
Of since 1'vc been here: lie was ftt
|'l''~ tbs, a ge'''l.na" bought near iIuyers
t"wn aoA strpusht here.,e He:,a|lowed him
T., - out into th city ami drive his coach
aud soc', Ike. Nr. Eirch toll t;m that
il wonId,,, d,', and that he would Z, off
L AeE;sssa 81, IL