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he, too, is OF Irish descent on his mothcr't
side: 60 that, although many sen6atIpuist.
Will doubtless talk Of the match as ..iuter
natjons]," It is really nothing Of the kind
both men being actually subjects Of the Brit
e h Crown. >'~5:'
BEAUTIES oE' SLAVERY.
Story Of n Black Refugee.
Correspondence Of tie n, r. Tribnnc,
BEAuFoHr, 8, c., June, 1861.
r. On the 1st Of the present month ther,
! came: into our lines ut Beaufort. sc.
Short, stout, tlick.set negro man, black a,
night, without drop of white blood il BIZ
,yeine, but with unmistaxable intelligence h.
| every feature, a countenance radiant will
| good nature, and whose shrewd observations
and remarks vToul.l hare done credit to the
/ {utc11ect OF the best specimen of tic Can,
| cassiau race: He landed from primitive
t bout, not made Of "bnlrusles,' but from !
coarse kind of grass-which lad first been
| twisted into rope Of X inches in diane
ter. To keep this rope together, it was
| II, serTcd, with other grass.
This rope was plated together as I have
seen door mats, beginning In the center aud
building ont to form the foundation Of floor.
then mp to form the sides. It was fire feet
four inches in length, three feet four inches
broad, and one foot six inches in depth
measuring from the top or bulwarks Of the
Keep 1t from col1apsiug, there were three
pieces Of pine wood. There Tas IN old
shutter On the outside, or underneath, on
which the boat was fastened. Inside and
outside TWAS pitched, to keepit Natertight.
The NAM gaye lis name as Jack Frowcrs,
stating that he was born the slave. Of Dir.
Henry Fuller, Of Beaufort: s. G., now of
Ba1timore-n man Who Tas am oDg the fore
most to take Sonth Carolina out Of the
Union, but who WAS too BlrcWd for some
thing else] to continue with secession, as by
60 doing he might loEe his possessions, tor
be was very rich" It would be hard to
convince Jack that bis master Is not eeces-
eionist still, or his fifteen brethren lent to
Elder uolley tor thelr victuals and clothes
"tiu the war is over" ;.
Jack spent most Of bis life on one or 9TH
er Of the Doctors plantations near Beau-
fort, always working rs a field hand. &c
does not know Lis aye, but I should judge
him to be forty-dye. The noble fellow would
not niake his age MI excuse for not fighting
for others freedom. He has enlisted In What
was formerly the list s. c. co1ored regiment
{CoL Higginson), now known rs the 33d u.
:. c. I. give jacks narrative in his own
words, as written down by Mr.; Judd, omit
aseistants:
1.-TWO years ago now, the Doctor sent me
and sixteen others to the village Of Akin,
l25 miles back, where the county is ali bro
to work for Mellidge Holley, who was to
keep us, the Doctor told us, till the war was
oyer-he (Holley) giving us yictua1s and
clothes. About he l5t6 Of May, 1853, /
started of one dark night to get to Bca1-
fort d1 took t3eeesa Sny nsnst nl and pair Of Pa1ts
fIs IN tie swamp. 5 was aao dstnr6ed 1afn aad a!d
frightened by the CRY Of b1oolhounds COM
ing on my truck. To get away, had to
cross the swamp and double on them, gong
toward Augusta: But they kept the scent,
brooks and ewamps ever 80 many times. So
it Was IL o'clock at night when / got to tho
bridge at Augusta, though distant but 16
miles from Aiken. At the far end Of the
bridge is gate where the guard stands post;
was from, and told him from Gardner's
Corners, when he said he thought was IT,
Ing and If he knew was he would surely
kill me, for no utggcr ehouil run away to
the Id Yankees If he could help 1t. After
to Dr. Fuller, who sent and told Hol1ey I
WIS in jail at Augusta, and he had him take
ME out, aud do Just us be chose to do with
me-, only he must keep me alive till after the
VET :.
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got back to Aiken, and they only lost my
track at ten O'Clock. Just Us soon rs Master
Uol1ey got me- home, lie st The dcgs 10 tcor7u
and bite me, and tie sears on my legt and arms
are .chat thy did seith tsetr ttsth After he got
tired Of thai fun. he took me to blacksmith
ends 4h 1re'' u ~. rcd hot a large scar Is all
around The ankle. showing tue u,ark from
TIE burn Of The hot iron.l and then heavy
WALTZ, and locked. The chain weighed 10
much as fifty pounds, and was pat next Is
my skiu, and wore both these dAr1te< four
weeks, and got hard hoggiug every day be-
sidte. Naater Hofely himself whipped me,
Say ing he I'D got me now where be wanted
me-, and " "lere be would have full satisfac-
til n.
"When he took OF the fettcre, was too
lame and sick to do anything, and le laugh-
cd at me, telling mc | had better try agatn
to 20 to the ID Yankees Since then
Holley has kcpta a gu,rd on ali bis niggers, SO
that We could not get away, watching Us so
close and treating me so badly thaf got
completely cowed, and gave 1t up till the
last day Of Murch III this year, when be set
me new task, to 50 to the woods md cut
ard split 155 rails, feeding ani watering tie
cattlc, Is head, three times d day, beside
doing the housewoman's chores, for days
WLrk. When I came up at noon, the first
day, to get something to eat, the housewio-
man told me MI. Hoilcr would give me COO
lasAe6 because had not cut some f1reWood
before vent away in the morning, I said,
~ can'tdo no more den L can. He's master,
an slave, aud can't hinder him. So after
dinner went down In little bush, where
cpnld sec wien Master uollev come home.
and when he did come the house woman told
him what she said she would, and he went
OFT very quick toward where had been
working, but Of COURSE he did not find me
there; and so by and By saw him come
back and 20 into the house,
- In little while he came out with his
Gun, and = sword buckled around him, and
whistled for Ills Elk bloodhound dogs, who
went after him. As soon as 1 saw that, I
way. When the hounds fairly got on my
trail and heard them, YVES two miles off.
and bT crossing little sTamps I put them
out till IN hour before sundoHn, wien
came to pond and could see the dogs not
more than 500 yards behind me. I tumbled
my toes and keep my uose above. water to
breathe, and the dogs lost me entirely.
"When 349ncy and the other men came
down to tue pond they rode all around it, and |
heard them say, tHe can't get away, no |
bow, for we can come in the morning, and |
The dcgs vii take his scent and find him.
After they had gone got out and wruny out t
my clothes, and started bg the road dlrec,, !
aud ran.snd walked au night, till knew I |
vas gone thirty-tly miles from Aiken; and |
then at day dawn, got to pond, and went |
out on log that was sticking in the water, |
and broke down some 1ushes and bushes, |
enough to lie down On aud cover me Up, aud |
there Rlept all day, for I was dreadful tired, |
and most starved, too. When night came, / !
was 60 weak from hunger that could |
scarcely 20 along; but / 1elt better when I !!
harked aud couldn't hear no dogsi, So I |
came On md got half mile, when I saw |
thought it WAS niger house, and went |
elong up to the door, when A white woman
cams out and scared me dreadfully. She |
asked INC What wanted, and saw I was in |
for lie, anyhow. So saId, = Is 1nnster at |
homer and sure enough, he came |
right out. When he asked nc where |
! came from told him Pecota1igo, and be- I
fore he. could say any more I said, 'We
coteAed Nfty Yankees yesterday down there, |
and muster Tas SO tick1cd that he said he |
would let nc 60 up to Barnwells to see my t
family-" Then said I had got of the
track md was hungry, and would he sell me |
something to cat, Tho woman streaked !
right into the housG and brought me out .
piece Of bread and bone with little meat
on it, aud said they ;should not AK anything
from good faithful nigger. The man said |
the news was grand, and then he told me to
60 up t1S very road. lad just come down,
and started, but on1y went On till / saw
and went softly the other way, eating as 1
vent along, and trying to be thankful to !
the man for bis good intentions Then about
the 1st Of May ! began to 60 about at night
to try to find where the sccesh pickets were.
so as to watch for chance to get On to Port
Royal One night cams down to Port Royal
Eerr1 and hid fnCap1f II, a f1ftnh-1 1f1 not |