The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-27
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.CWioh isinthe State NV Kentucky


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i CWieh isinthe State NV KentuclSy.l
A January 10Th, 1858.
Last mite the body nv nieger wu,
found dead at the eend NV BoreRard
avenue-the main street nv the Cross
Roads. The poor cuss wuz rolled M
1 agin the fence, a lyin on his face, ez
him. At fust / thot the fellef wns
drunk, ez didn't see his face, 1t beiu
II a common occurrence to find our citi,
zens In that sitooRshen, but on turnip
4 him over, and ascettainin the color M
his complexion 1 knowd that wuz moi
what allied him. He he'd died nv
starvashen, and cold, and sicb.
knoWd that niger. He Wus yyunnl
the property ny Elder Gavitt, now de-.
ceest, and wuz altogether too soonerio,
nlgger 10 quietly take wot wuz his
norme4 cond1shenS and settle down fo
ms Iate' ~ de resemble the Elder very
mncn. Ills mother Wnz q mulatto yvN.
man, and ez her son developed IL wns
observed that he he'd the Gavitt ~
Ikoolyaf1Ees Nv feeoher. in a afTtttJ,
degree. Mrs. Gavitt raised q rucksI3en
about 1t, but the Elder convinct heI
Ihat ~ Wuz all right. He cited her h
Il the phystoiogicle fact that the re9arn.
Iblance gokkuEedj coz nv of the rnotberis
see1n the Deekin SO often before the
birth nv the child. It's my onininn
that that wuz the case. At all eyents
Il he had very muohsuVs the enterprire Ilv
rnI, q So 80 q, Ihe war he
: n4 Woz recap.
/ tlsst 1eSs. ~. IenaseY and
4 marshals uv.that State. He Svuz finaIly
run down. and sent back, in triumph.
The mint the war broke ont, this
sls.s SHSsAu rSi nigger run away
4 Gsns. yPe.,Ia ~ b. she camp near the
sass' ~ pn eloIry5 tne Fedral
i,st@' ,.,s, ~. a shhLne leIl
msut ~ ,a Lns :, =; 70 whose regi
ne 1e, Lnaae nus way, sent him back
~, unueE guafq, with MS com
Il stt .9' 9.s' - panied py note Stain
the W., q a. ~ W9z nun for
~ - A. = anu snat u wu2
h NJ M wan property
nv t5;s s,snarnsSt1 s3sa. VIZ SO ehectid
/ TIC ret ~. -. tLas nlte ana
the TSsSsa1 ~ oiy OH. .pous.nWnecked three nv
ali ,i, ~. s., 1I1 onl
L al e. a. -SA iA q Ae AAeu AAeu oAh AccnsLom-
" pS+ ~ Esaaii,, .,,a
fanna tS,s sae ss.i tIs 'ashen roc
noIn Tho Eide, t,aa,.,, .ne ,,.s Niger run
iy7 ii'Sasi y 6. MIN recent
~. linea q Niger regiment, fought
W. IN sever
ati1 y o capeo the Just
/ Is'I1ten SI1lpoosnen AnnlcGeu' ontol EN- at Fort
| e. NIl; al. Y. close uV.tneWar ne went
To- ~ ,;s, ms we ana TWO children,
/ p,t WI NC ulu not remain there. 1tWuznt
pIe99sant for him; There WIZ suddin
Ss IN. tGWaf9s tne nlgger, and he felt
~ ~ sSI IL they ulun't neeu en- any more
70 III III qu0tas ana save EN- from the
| ia etlLs ano slchI the colored brother wuZ
Sas,, Sns sitl. sa.tle oo nlgger ne alluE wuz.
S91LueHnaG uisguslldl peftiklerly ez
When ne enllstid he wuz credltid to
Onlo, ne resnrned to Kentucky, deter
mined 10 lite It out here. The Cross
ROADS received him quietly, He saved
httie money ont NV the servls and
town. and bnilt onto IL q caI1I1, es1,s'.s
how the world didn't 20 smooth with
him. One mite his fsnoas wnz tnrn
down and his CROWN crons wi1z do
stroyed. Immeiitly thereafter he 1Sn1
arrested for hayiri mo visahIat -S,,os W NJ. ne
NV support his cTons Sai,, iii "a "a
1t took his rnnIa ana % 30 NJ
Ihnusehold F,I1[it,,Ss ~ g. q 5att uv Y, MS MS
Followin this Nv
er. He 1Tl2 the Ss,,S,,o oalls
when Issaker C5ayftt. in s 11svIn n9 n,aaS oaS'
shot ar him xGitt ~
nieyer resantsj WIch the
iy1e frI,7 49, = Hll n q III 1ssa severe
nieoai. I,aIi S..1,s., ~ Ius it, S9Enefs rlz. a
5etiIS 7,I,Sts, MS inlplous hand
ners became infiiena1aae .!l:y li!Iy me me Cor
oer yvSy Ite,St and the Mig
6onre lsatsi.,sa ne LoWn two
oonfInef, t1 5Ss IN, y. ne wuz
Jonr,,. iii, III nas .ss, ne9 nnontn with fever,
hSs ~ lie l,.t ne INTO other trou.
~, ~. uses were burned to
..,s ~. ~. MS Els Wuz Killed, and
S,,ss, itas ,.i Wuz Ensssacred. He
recovered from his fit NV
sait.,. S ms Us VIE wuz met by Is
I1 y S.ss - tte,at Ihe corners. where she
ssItas.. nee sons 70 get Inealcine for him. Is
hnsIla5,,s1 s.oll 9naer lne chokin her
rsiSI ~ ~, t,SsS. ,ssi Organized
te,, CONFESS, she
men n =, 81 a CO.. ne yonng
woman yvuz S,I1S2i az ,,.s. Inc
a barr, y =. ~ @ ~ e44e heAs m2rnln In
From thia .l,ln,,, nc, ,,o.....
He he'd 1aid q I,,,ss sl
0nits 9, III anu anu 1e owed
wiaIi I,e cs,6S MT III, aS ne
wnz got ont .aeiy g
wnZ Sold fron1 y. ~
wnz moi AHA fcsS1osi, I...at anu e ne
wuz held by the trnsfees nv ti,e ,2,.s ogsE
ship 81 bail apin his hsc6lSi,, e q tSS.ii- tSma-
ship charge. Gant McPsIte,. ne ~. ~
place. end ez It wnz hiSzen ba ~ ,,t3.5 tils
it. The niger wuz turned mt "r5 :. ~,
wandered about q few days anerientIv
not in his right mind. and ffnsIIv VIZ
found eZI hev descrf6ed Dead I1s v1,'z
and wfappih him in the bloc cote iS1t1
wich we found him. a hole vgISe IN.
and he wuz hid from, r,1orfSi 's,ts 4e NuB
Sich is the froots NV EmancisSasta,, al
When that nigger wuz dug nnJe,
$500 worth NV Elder GSz{ttJa as,t,.sI |