The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-10-05
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WENT INTO tue war triendlN 70 6lOVoIYi Oul
not one of them would now conscut 10 any
peace that did not destroy Il root ahd
branch. Nine months ago | left homo a
Breckenridge Democrat; aud now, air, am
as black eu abohtionist RsWcnlell Phillips
And What, pray, turncd you about so
sudderly."
Scoing slavery, rs il is. One liple in
cjlcnt convinced mc thst a ncgrois q man
Just as much of one as | am. and therefore
not ht 20 bo slave. II occurred 20 me at
Triune, whore | am now stationed Just
outside of our lines lives planter who
Processes strong Union sentiments. He
used 80 mix freely with our officers, keep
open houses or them, and was apparently
a whoo-souled. hospit0ble fclbw. He own
ed good many negroes, and among them
quiet. respectable old darkey Of about six.
ty, who supplied my mess with eggs and
poultry, Not long ago our pickets sta
toned about one hundred yards from this
planters house, were fired upon several
times from the woods near by. IL was
done regularly twice week, and on each
occasion occurred about two O'Clock in
the morning. Atlast one of our boys was
hit; and being in command of the pickets,
sot about investigating tho matter. There
was nothing to point suspicion at tho planter
except the fact of his beiuga stakeholder
but Shat convinced me he hal hand in it..
never knew one of them, howcvor stroug
his professions of loyalty, who was not at
hoSrt rebel.
" sent for the old darkey, 10 question
him, and learning of it, the planter came to
my quarters, and iusisted that he had n
right to hear what his negro said. | was
satisfied couldn't get the truth ont of the
slave in the masters presence, but | con-
scented to go on with the examination.
put some loading questions to the old man,
and in n quiet straightforward way, he told
me that an officer Of Braggs army had been
in the habit OF visiting tho mansion every
few nights for several weeks. lie said he
! camo about midnight, left his orderly CON
cealed in the woods, and went up To the
mistress room as soon as he entered the
house There tho master would join him
and remain with him generally an hour or
two. And he added, with perfect coouess;
'D'recly al'cr de capn wud Leah, sar Id
alters ycro de shootin' 'mong de trees.
rcckoucd dat was berry quar-, till iinarly
one day, yored massa a-tcIlin' missus dat
decapn war bound to wing ono of dem
| Yankees anyhow ask him why the Off.
Ger went there, and the old follow, scratch
ing his wool, aud assuming very stupid
| look said:
81 doesen't knows, cunnol. II alters
! poared berry quar- ter me dat ho should
come, but rockons do aecesh wants ten
arn what's gwino ON IN dc camps MGssa
hcsetl, was alters hory curious bout dat, Sal
an he sot me- ober an ober agn. ter tiuc
out-told me Imuss keep my yeros wild,
| open wheuobcr totud you de truck; bu
| all hn gbnt sA t,t,rt
close, cunnel dat nebor could fine out ;
ting--not ting, sar.
Here the Colonel burst into a fit of laugh
tor. AS soon as ho could realjnst the mus
cles of his mouth to lhe English dialect, h,
continued
Through the whole OF this the planter
threatened him, and he finally stormcd an,
ravod at him like madmau, but the oi,
Christian went on AK quiet as u Quakel
meeting, only once aud Il while answering
! his master with--'You knows tim III,
Lords truth, massa; l'se berry sorry mlssy
case | toted YOU when yon's Il chile, an
psc alters ubed you; but karu't say nuilil
elso-de Lord woant left me saynuIlin else
mass. No, he woantp
The darkey knew we might march a
any moment, and that, when we did, ther,
were ninety-nine chances in hundI cd 0
his being whipped to death by his master
OF somo of the neighb1rs, if bis IN o
wasn't left to do it; and yet he was as coo
as | am. Martin Luther, when he went in
to Worms, expecting to meet the devil him
self didu't show the moral courage of tha
/ old negro. lie couyipccd mo, that TIN
blacli is altogether too much of IL man to b.
slave.
" And what did you do with the master?
Nothing. Our Brigadier who bad bee
frequent guest at his house, thought
not exactly the thing to hang 4 white man
OH nigger's' testimony, aud 50 let hiu
oil. II had my way, he would have bee
hung higher than Human.
And what became OF tho negro ?"
Not many days alter his master was re
leased, he came to my tent one evening
aud with alittle hesitation, said: 'Cunne
don't want ter sturb you, but de Lnr
come ter ms lass night sar, an he teIled NJ
ter left you know what's gwine on
"And what is going on? asked.
"Wall, you see, Cunucl, dc dcbil hav
got inter massa; an he swar Le'A gwin
ter kin me fur tcllin' you bout de seccs
cap'n.
. assured him would protect him, an
accordingly, in a day or two, packed hir
of with his traps and family, TO the fire.
States. Ii wasn'n exactly pcunessee laV
and his owner protested warmly against i
but advised h I'm to prove his loyalty an
, claim his property of Uncle Sam.
Tho old darkey lived in little 10
, cabin near his masters house, and the da
he was to leave rode out to see him safel
off. His small amount of personal prope
, ty was slowed away in the ambulance
which was to take him to Nashville; an
, his wife. good looking mulatto (tho ol
: fellow himself was blackcr than h.k) ha
} already mounted tho wagon. A prett
qualroon woman of about thirty, who pa
sed as his daug ughter- though she coulln
have been OF his blood was helping ON /
! the seat one OF the mist beautiful whit
, children ever saw. She was well dresse
J and had fair, clear, rosy skin, aud an el
as blue as indigo. Sdpposiug she was Il
masters child, asked her where she va
going. Why up North, massa, long W
gran dad, she answered.
y / was rhun'lerstruck. She was ii
{. old woman's graudchld, the plautea SOW
child. and a Stare! never till then reali
/. ed what a cursed thing slavery is."-E
: maud H,rk.
ARsENIcAL ORNAMEXrs.--A cey days ago
, tile girl had a bunch Of CRITICAL crap,
given to her. Alter amusing herself wi
: the toy, she gave it to a playmate of IA
own ago, who presently picked Crane
/, the bunch, and sucked it, The next d.
: she was corpse. An eminent physicia
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