The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-20


ToTsEY's BRoTHER.--Who has not laughed
over the portrait Of Topsey, the yeritsblo
s'nigger," drawn by the hand Of genius in
the brilliant pages Of "Unele Toms Cabin?''
I On Wednesday the Recorder had before
him the male counterpart Of that inimitsble
darkey. He ceriainly belonged to the fam
/ ilv, and Is doubtless Topsey's genuine
brother; only what was mischief in Topsey,
! Is downright vice in her black blood rela-
ton. His name is SANFORD. he is eigh
teen. and has skin as black as a newly
polished boot, and fully as bright. It was
charged that he entered q store to make
purchase, and that while the'waiter's at
tention was engaged elsewhere, be leaned
over the counter, opened the money draw
ar. and apnrop hated handful Of the con
tents AS the evidence was given in, and
the facts, pregnant with punishment and
pe1itsnt.ary retirement, came out-young
Topeical, for such We conjecture must be
his true, negro uame-appeared to be i'm
bued with delight. The proceedings all
appeared to be, in his eyes, "ss good as q
play" and the play the broadest Of farcea-
His eyes rolled at the fun-he showed his
brilliant worries back to the throat, his ex
tepsivo mouth was stretched with laughter
that was without sound, but roIlioking sud
rich in its facial expression. So uncoutroi-
liable became his mirth, at the narration
Of his feat in grasping the money,
that his whole body wiggled with
gIee; he drew up one knee and pushed
down the corresponding hand, as if moth
ing but the resulting eurving Of his entire
yertebra could sustain the shock Of mirth
that assaulted his entire system. As he
recovered an erect position, the lower ivories
were concealed, for moment, by the pro-
lection into the air Of tongue as red as
The morning worm, and ss long as beef
steak cut for cavalry mess. "I'se wicked,
tells you, Mistiss, )" was repeated in every
glance Of his eye, and indicated by every
gesture Of his body. 'Where eyou from?"
asked the Recorder. "I'se from Chatta-
nooga, Massa." "What did yon come to
Nashville for" Piccolominie, in one of
her most passionate pieces, may have ges-
ticulsted more gracefully, but certainly not
more exprsssiyely than did every limb of
Topsicals body as he answered: "To look
for smoky Row. We amt nary Smoky
Row IN Chattanooga" "But Massa," he
resumed, 81 didn't go to steal nothin'. Now
deco folks says done TUX de money, den
glib il 10 dis yallow fellow. No, SIR. When
/ makes a raid, doesn't glib what gets to
my own fader. Den dere's dis white man
yer, what lost de dimes, says he knows one
on 'em, cause he gone tear 3 piece out o
one corner. Nobody no right to do dat, go
and tar de money TO mark it, dat amt low
ed, no how. I tell yer, sab, when ! makes
8 raid, and dats not often, I-----
keeps my money" al am afraid you will
be sent to the penitentiary." "What for2"
" For making raids" "Oh, but I only
makes dem when Pm to de front, and den
II makes 'em on de rebels. How long you
send me for, sab ?" "Perhaps five years."
"Well, don't kesr, 50 as dey feeds me, but
if you'll femme 60 back to Chattanooga,
III soon get de money TO pay what you all
asks. Dey down on me cause hEd money
in my hand, don't you have money in your
pocket sometimes, sah?" 81 have, some
times" "Would you like anybody to 60
say, you stole it, Dey can swear 10 your
money as much as doy can to mine. Do
YOU slider me rascal, sab ?" eyes if you
make raids" The prosecuting council re-
marked: "The boy is imPudent, he ought
to be put down" Topsical quickly an
swered-and as he did so he looked grave
for one half moment: Dis niger low nuf
now, widout you go to put him down no
furder. I can's help it; know nothin
bout your law, ye kin do as ye like with
me-" In this resigned spirit Topsical re-
ceived the decision, that he was TO be COM
mitted to jail for trial for stealing. We
think there ia good in ToPsical, but, like
lis sister Topsy, his education has been
terribly neglected.