Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-03-06

Among other lnterrogatiOns he asked them
We'll, what is the difference between the
people of Boston, for example, and the people
of South Carolina =
One black little hand went up
Well what Is it - said the chaplain
" People from Boston put on airs"
The witness was permitted to go down from
the stand.
A FUNERAL SCENE.
| must content myself also, with a single illus
ira ton of their tender-bcar tedness.
Among our teachers form New England was
a modest and accomplished young lady from
West Newton. She a member of a family
famous, in Massachusetts, for the emenept teach
ers il has produced She accompanied her uncle,
who was the youngest of the teachers who came
down to Charleston. and none OF them looked
50 healthy as she. But she the first to fall
a victim to the malarious fever OF the city
Every day the children brought h)wers to
their teachers and when Gertrude fell sick, the
choicest bouquets were lett at her home by her
pupils each morning. One Of them. pure black
girl, lately in from the plantatiors- pleaded
again and again to be permitted to see h,r.
But the physician had forbidden her to be dls-
turbed, aud-esp peeially her friends did :5t
dream that she would die-her petitions Were
gently refused. Suddenly the lever grew, ami
our teacher died. 1t was necessary that She
should be buried once. II S4turd y
morning. but The sad news went swiftly through
the city, and wien the hour oil BURIAL came
nearly all of her class were at the door.
The gentry of Charleston ignored exis,-
ence, excepting IS repeated and defeated Efforts
to prevent us, to dispJssess us OF the build
Ing- IL which schools were held. In some
other cities TINS class lOuhd allles among the
federal officers. Bat, to the enduring honor OF
General Hatch, an! the officers IA command al
Charleston, they refused to become parties T.
this -nholy alliance.
The procession moved. There was a lons
train Of carriages. Immediately behind the re-
Atlves and the m0uTners rode the maJoI-generaI
III command then the cOlCne.s ot the thirty
df,h O. brother OF Henry Wa,d Beecher) ana 0t
the glorious Mass3caue-erts htty-t2u1th, besI4e
a number ether otteer- oi inferior grade
aEd lastly came the carr iges "a northern cit zens
"ho hA-tened 70 DO aonor % tAe young martyl
AID her c1use anu themselves alike.
L4st,-L3, ue- l--t, t.r -le.u,1 e .ss III
uI9uruers o.. sed uI tn. c5.te5e. line, We're
the girls o. Ger-r4de's class. R4gge1 bare
b AIDED, 7hOeles=. silently an With s4d face
they followed their beloved teacher t. uer carlv
grave
va. reached the cuurcuy4rl. 1t Is oa the
edge III the burnt district. The church whlea
It surrounds i. almost the only edtce iii tie
uaeub rhOyd which Tie shells iron! Morris
Island had not shattered q deiaeed Sanding
near 1t one can see from river TO river. hundreds
ami hundreds OF blackeueI lu.us-scol,s os
ci.Imnevs. standing to mark where 4 house ..n.s
sheltered traitors or il stores wbe-e merchants
once grew rich on the profits oil unrlauitled al.
could never lo5k on tneln without r.c.ilt-
7ba solemn words IA lr-1.Ir. .I.t..---.. I1luyI.
hand min in hand 49,. ,si.s4i shall ma, ,, ,tr
runI=ned" AMI that hitting Dec lsration oi trsra-
ecy iultued-.. Benvlon the treae "a fallen. i-
fallen
The coffin was brought from she hearse ana
mouruer- the people n tHe ctr.i.ga- sad ta.
h9rseiueu. lllioW1.l I--us one 9uIecl.u-, .Y .ile
Gre 4ulIug OK preventing j. IN. said t-.I b
q Sc tnat the true guATd oi q nJr Should e5us
lu-t3r knew thar unIess a ~n4te man Is-.i.i4-
ed they would be reiuslu admHt.nce Aue tlev
dld come They ran ana gathered flowers.
GA rhe further sd. vi the krave-lt Wa du.. III
an unoccupIel corner OF the yard-Iudian corn
was already gIo"lng TX OF seven ieet nIZh.
Ihe children stood among lt. / never SAWS
sight more beautiful th4n their da-Ay faces ana
sal eager eyes a. they stopped IT knel' down "a
The red mound 2i earth, under tne dep green,
broac--eaved corn
The coffin was lowered '' Dust TO dust.
he shoveliul oi earth rattIe1 up a eul. echo.
Instantly a black boy and then three re- threw
haudiuls VI flowers INTO the open grave. TINS,
th1s was the hitting covering vi thelr bught
young mar ,yr-nlt dust to dust but beautiful
TO beautiful.
On Monday We could not ke@p tne school n
which Miss Allen had taught. l. was Ash
seized IN the hTst days OF 'he rebellion went
up 70 make d ie" remarks 70 the puplis, bug the
nTsi sentence thSt uttered pre- ented others:
- Or as soon Is 7Aio, MS A!leh Is dstd,
','G a.,,s tons pe"' go ''.- A'' ,'e
- t,ol. l,
"
- 80 i9i r. ""U ~ ~ u"'' 7He
s"ooheu atu "ouiu ny y com 'eu' "H.A Eng
" US restored until the lrihoipal PROMISED 'h4t
7ne might A' least c''an ou' h9' ~9'i teacher
classroom.
ANOTHER TRAIT OF NEGRO CHARACTER
1t were content t snow 10" tenIer- hearted
ana how grateful they are, 1 might stop here
but the seque 70 the gIrl story sendei 70 Illus
trate another traIt OF the negro Character
ohe went Tor brushes and ali of Wa CT, ana
shut herself up IN the room. she was heard
soboIng as she worked Tor some time alter she
entered It. But when she came oat she was
lei!ecuy cain Inc ehanSe VS. - c'mpiete
ihat 7he vas Questioned ~ ut II.
= SAW her, she answered
saw VITO = they asked
:. saw Miss Allen she sat down near me