The Portland daily press., 1862-10-24

e,c e"' '''' "'u'' 'esii " prepare 'oi ioe''S'
| like w;Idsre tho nou,s ron oror tho leland
till ali had heard The s,orv on, !, ,ros t,,nnh'
inc to hear the mon and women ranort the
! tale in 1870 eleven yoors oftar
g Tha 80, a,',Ia ;; 80, .h ...;c 80
who told me- tha stors - tha nnor sarIs IA
NOT know how, 70 co,n, ,;,a a., ,,ora 90 ;,r
norant and degraded Thsv rysbed homo
when thev beard tbis rooJ no1,s ond int onr
| nresanco avcJaim;na m, ,nosso oh m;ssns
am we free in twsivo ,aors ., and when Wa
told them sYas II was 90; ,hov asted u;,h
eager ;ov on n,;ssns ho,, lona am tuaira
yaars honey ., and Y,,ha, IT," t'Jd ,Sana tm,oi,o
| Cbristmas davsWfnr ,heD oniv lnaw how 70
! measure years b,, tho;r ,broa dors, fos,;roI ~
Christmas time! !.tbar dronno3 down ~ tbe;, J;r
| hands and wa;Ied on, T. daSppp;r OH ,,assa
! oh missis twelve Chr;,uost Ght n,o not IN
| dat long bonev-~uo al, ,an, d;aNai, ,am vorly
dead CO.. CO. aa, v,n az e"' u'o ai e'h WIN
| Tho GOOD nwna,.s oo,,,o,oa .tor, .,a tho
had commenced saI,;nn thani o,t Of ,ha isI.nd
or comnain ,oi,, ,o J. hnrd a nrlr .,,v nnd
tbings went On a,,,,ana,,,,' ~ a,a, ra ,,nti ,ha
~ as VI ouis' Io1o, mneh l. was iouii! ~ pios
| The slaves That nightWSSndov even;ng at
| o o'cIock-wben tho 7,aonla u.ora oho,,t re,;r-
| inc in the usual socnr;,y tho whole neonIe
were stortIad ;n,o - @ ,ho L;nd,inr nf
| beacon fires from, noarI, a,,ar, ,rominant nort
| of the island Tho a:tate boiIs ware rrno
| conch-sbeIs were so,ndad ,nd horns blown,
signal answared sionaI III ero,a r,nun,a;n,s,d.,
! and valley they c.me nouripg in and g,tber-
ing together in grouns of thousands. and mar
chino toward tho towns ,,f 1br;stiens,ad on tho
| cas-, and Frederickstad on the yest armed
| with the;r macbatos kn;ras Co.. ont,;nc cana
and forls far ,stoh;n,. go oaa s;n,r;, ,,;,h
wild daIironS ;o, I. W. ar' faa'n,a ars aa ),
Fmancinate em,nc;nate, ), rbav terr;aed tho
white inbahitants as ia old Iohn Rrown with
his Gallant t,renf,,-ono tho consc;anca S,r;cLan
| tvrsnts of Virai1;a
Relieving fiat the sI,ves wo,,d do nc thev
had been done bv and mete ont m them os
| they had reca;vaJ l., ,,nod ,naasnra ,ha ,,oor
nanic-stric,en wh;tes Aod 70 tho sb;ns IN tho
harbor and aI,,ost Ioadad thor, ~ 20 s;Ilr;na
II wonld take too Ion, to follow ont The do
tail of the story as told 70 mo aGrai, and again
by the people. The historian of th,t eventfnI
time. Rev. John Knox who tolls the storv ali
ON the side Of the nlantars H. l. said hos NO,
tnld II os do tho naonIn ,,;,I - ~; ra,s;nn
of the affair in some tntnre article Now let
me
"TelI the tale as ,tw.s told IN men
bv an old lady wbo had los, oil har .,oros
hy n youna laa,, u,basa ,,,I,ar haa haan -
ea he ara',,,oor aI,n. n - ,'.ho ha5
tbe-e ga;,ad ho ,.', G.lad'. ~ ,ha ao,aa "a
ant of The fa,t a, rbr;s,;anstsd W" ond h,, Rar
Mr. Dnbo;s tho EnsannaI minister rn Of Ereder'
icLsted :. In tha roo,I,hs 81 -, r;,nossa,
ali ,hinas sbaII ho astohIhoa ,, anJ ,haSa 30,
sons In 1;fyarant na,,s ~ ~ ;sinma IA na.
d;saoa r., o., =; -; ;,oI
Of lie ;ns,rrac,;o,' '' po''' ~ '''0''
Tho slave narnhad -, ond do,,n s;ne,;no
tbe;r sonas hnt donc, W rau '',nos H.,
.ga Tho ,hraa,nn..a n o,,,ai ;,,s,;na ~ H.
neaca hroi,e b;s ,ahla nron ,,b;cl, ho n,ro.e
he orderS far ,ba;r ,,,,r;lh,a,, ,lr,,r h;S nL
stand on, of tho u;ndon. amd as last dosna-
rate act rusbad 70 ,ha ,h;nn;na,1 80 and -
II nm aud cast II int ,ha sas
On f,w es,.,as das,,r,oJ hy ,nos.ors ord
mistresses tbev hrota into tha una-cellars
and drink;ng fraeJy h.c,,na cond;,;onod ILL
nnto many yonne, mon v.a haro tno,Dn IN ra1
cent y',n;rtbinI and n,;sch;ornns" da-
snoiled The furniture md tban nourad an, oil
the rood old rnm thev could i,p their hands
on. for said they arnm nnts the dsh;l into ola
man so we snilI him on tho gronn, and him
don't qet him anv mo,
Tn the meantime . small vessel had haen
dispatched To Porto Rico for a bodv of Snan.
ish soldiers with ,hoir cannon viz had a.
rived and only wai,od the order Of Gov
SchoIton N fre unop ,be ,,narmad p.ssas onJ
commence n faarf,l ,yorl, NJ slangh,er
Rut Vop ScboItan who u,as ay;dantl, NOV
cd Inv y nrincinla ~ ;ns,ica and bnman;tx as
well "a politicaI poj;cv restored neaca and
subordination hv r;ding into tho crowd Of
thousands at the cast e1d Of the island and
WRITING n nroclam,tion of amancination i'm
mediate and unconditionnl IN ali the Danish
West India Islands Ua tben sant hi boraIJ
to the west end bnt the multitnde onId re-
ceive this .good new. of orraot ;ov,, from M
one but the Governor himself So he mount
ed his carriaoe and drove most haste m Frad-
ericksted and aga;n wrote his nroclamation Of
enanrinot;on And from that bonr no sIares,
foot has trod the soil of tha heapt;f,l ;sleS
Was thara nat anao,,,a .ha ho,ro,.s of c, n
mingo f,o nse a siarg ,brasoI haro ond ,baro
Did these emancinafad slaves murder thei,
masters r,va1,e tha n'ivas a,d ,or,,,ra ,ho LII
dren Not ono ,yb;,e norsnn ,yas sIain and
ono oulv ,,onnaad tphn po.So athn' 49, ,',,r
for the 6onr ), wbo had Is;d thS nl,, Of ;ns,'r'
rac,;on 90 shrewdIv snraI,, and pocratir ,I'a,
no susncion was entarts;nad of Il IN tha
moment of ;ts denoumen, sa;d 70 ono Of III
aidS ,ybo had haor s,r,oi, h., a., e,,ar,oo Ia
who had drawn b;s tn;co ,n, on, ,ha hand ~
,ha ,,,sa,, si;sh,p' ID, w -, ."o als' W
u,an, Ghar,, NO A., - III r., .h,'.
grant ,ba, ,nd u,a onl, no 49, tn ~" r'na
| esconod eson, tha ;sIa,d ,r;,b ,ho cn,,,,e,
Ths latter Won, 70 Cnna,ha',a, and go H.,
eaIf ,, 80 III L. - - e., 80. ..e, I'm
.cor;ttad ~ "' '''o' '' o''"' anu
Rordo and t,ro o,hors f,h;s Ihod fron, ,r;
,ot, f;ond.I go 20 ". VI, 1;.,
,ho I'll ~ = IL. Ia -, - ,
- E., ~ "nu .s e.e' ~ ai,u pi''seu
io' nie,,' e''i' uli-
=; IT. W' i ~ '.'''ue a ii.i y.
~ is, r. M }, 'ii''uG o.,iy an ou'oas. III
i eLo 'a"' Dr. y. ane anu 'le no'i'e VI t.ie
RI. , n, VIA sna,l al say VI ''ie iesui.