The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-26

ing his lantern over IT, he saw il was
/ man stripped of everything but his
under-clothing; and laying his hand
upon his body, he found the man was
dead, and looking mt the face, he saw
it was his master. The black then
raised howl of anguish, and threw
himself on his knees, and began
beating his breast and crying and
sobbing as if his heart was strug-
Cling to burst, and it was long before
| could draw his attention to hear
that l was speaking, and to answer
my questions, put for the hundredth
time. At last the matter was explain
ed, and the black coming to guard
the frightened horses, I went to look
ut the body, and making q. minute
examination, stupefied the epoor black
by crying out that I believed his
master was not dead. The poor
slave SO far forgot himself that he let
the horses. go, and rnn up to his mas
ter to be assured that he was not
really dead. eff we only had brandy
or whiskey," said + .'I think he
would revive. Then the black, say
ing he had brandy, at his saddles, ran
away again in pursuit of the horses,
calling himself by no fiattering
names for his stupidity in letting the
horses go, and almost immediately
came up the high road, from which
1t appeared we had been but q little
way off when we stopped. He then
listened, and catching sound of the
horses hoofs, he bounded off in the
direction indicated, and soon found
the poor animals, which were too
fatlgued to run far, lazily moving
along and biting the grass by the
roadside. He was soon back again
to my assistance; and leaving the
horses on the road with their brides
tied together, he came with q flask of
brandy.
L had by this time ascertained, by
the aid of the lantern, that the
blacks master had received O severe
blow on the head and O. knife wound
in the neck, which appeared to have
bled profusely, but that he was still
alive, though he was unconscious.
We LOST no time in administering the
brandy, and before half an hour, we
had tho satisfaction of seeing the
wounded man so far recovered as to
be able to.speak. We then dressed
and bound his wounds, and divesting
ourselves, of part of our own gar
ments, clothed him, and laid him
upon the heather. Hero he remained
until day began to dawn, when. the
wounded man, appearing SO far re-
stored as, to be able to bear lifting,
we placed him upon one Of the
horses; and the black man walking
by his side supporting him, We Jour-
neyed slowly onward until near the
middle of the day, when we came in
sight of q farmhouse, towards which
we at once made, and were most hos
plta6ly received. Our sad plight was
sorely bewailed, the wounded man
put III comfortable bed, and had all
the care and kindness shown him
that could be given in the circum-
stances, while 1 was myself also in
d9ced to rest where 1 was for the day.
The poor gentleman told his story
as follows: He had loitered longer
ON the way than he had at first in
tended, and having arrived about
midnight, the first night, at public
house some twenty miles North of the
place where we then were; he spent
the night there, and also part of the
next day, amusing himself by getting
the stories and information of the
place. He loitered on the road the
second day as he did on tho first, so
that he did not reach the place where
he was found till some hours after
dark, though he calculated to have
reached that distance by sunset, and
the next public house two or three
hours after. On reaching the place
alluded to, he was surprised by a
number of men springing upon him
from the roadside, and demanding
his purse or his life. He happened,
and, as it turned out, very foolishly,
to lave a large quantity of money
upon him; and not wishing to risk
the loss of such n. sum in this wav.
he first demonstrated with the men
on the wickedness of their design,
and then offered them five pounds
apiece. This appeared to satisfy
them, and he was allowed to pass on.
lie had not gone very far, however,
when apparently, after n second con-
sultation, the men were after him
again, and coming up to him, they
said they wished to know his name.
and Immediately he felt blow on
his head, and he remembered no
more" ~
After thus hearing the wounded