Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-11-25


No sooner had the military men Quilted
the house than the dnner-bell rang Ma
dam refused to make her appearance Bar
bara came down and presided. Boys in the
street were crying the news of Sherman's
capture of Savannah.
Good for Sherman said Dinwiddie. I'm
devilish glad of it, Il." .a
Little Barbara looked up with consterna-
tion. She loved her father, but'neve before
bad she heard from his lips decided ex-
preston of sympathy with the loyal cause.
True, for the last six months he had said
little on either side, but from the absence of
any controversy between him and her mo.
ther, Barbara imagined that their political
sentiments were harmonious. .aF 6
She made no reply to her fathers remark,
but kept up in that little brain oil hers an
amount of thinking that took away all her
appetite for the dessert. Mrs. Dinwiddie
entered before the table was cleared Then
there was ring OF the door. bell. 1t was the
postman. Nero brought in letter Din
widdie looked at the address.
''Tis letter for Anjy,' said he. The
handwriting locks like Culpepper's'
AMY, or Angelina, was an old black cook,
one of the few surviving representatives of
the vanished glories of the old Culpepper
estate. She had taken a lively interest in
the course of Maryland towards and when
nt length that noble old Commonwealt
stripped off the last ietter from her limbs,
and trampled it under. her feet, AMY was
loudcst among the colored people with her
liallelujahs. She was no longer slave,
thank the Lord There was future of jus.
tice, of selfrespec., of freedom, now dawn
ing upon her abused race
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AS AMY could not read, barbara had been
duly authorized TO open all her letters. She
did so on this occasion, read, turned pale,
and exclaimed,-
Horrible oh, the villain y
Whats the matter Z asked her father
The letter was from his son, Culpepper, to
the old family servant, and WAS in these
words: -
DEAR AMY nave very unpleasaht
news to tell you. lour son Tony has been
shot 10y hls master. Coione! Pegram, Tor re-
fusing to fight against the Yankees, and try
ing to run away. Tony was much to blame
He had been good boy till some coniound-
cd Aboitionists put it into mis- head that
the Yankee scum were lighting the battles
of the black man; when, ms you well know,
AMY, the true friends of the black man are
those who mean to keep him in that state o..
slavery for which the Lord plainly intended
him. But Tony got this foolish notion of
the Abolitionists into his head, and one day
frankly told the Colonel that he wouldn't
fire a gun at the Yankees to save his own
had him whipped. and pretty badly. too.
The next day Tony was caught irving to
make his escape into the Yankee lines. He
was brought before the Colonel, who told
him that, for your sake, Anjy. he would for
give him, If he would swear on the Bible
not to do SO again. Tony refused to swear
this. began, To rave about his rights, and
! finally declared that he was free, first under
! Gods law, next under the laws of the Uni
ted States, and finally under the laws OF
| MARYLAND There were other negroes, slaves
! cd stuff, aud Pegram felt the Importance of
making An example SO lie drew his rev"l-
yer and shot Tony through the heart. How
could he help it, AMY You mustn't blame
the Colonel. We all telt he couldn't have
done Otherwise. l saw Tony the minute
after hc was shot lie died easy. emptied
his pockets. There was nothing in them
but photograph of you. AMY. printed
proclamation by tile wretched Yankee ty'
rant, Abe Lincoln, and handkerchief prin
ted as an American flag. I'm sorry ut this
affair; but you must seek comfort IN reli
gion, and pray that your poor deiuded boy
may be forgiven Tor MS unfaithiuiness and
bad conduct. Atectionately,
"CULPEPrER.'
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