Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-01-08
'"Can you ask which one2 7 mean the
fair-faced angel in the dress of ethereal

7"Can you ask which one? I mean til
fair faced angel in the dress of etherea
blue" 's---~-
h"Ob!' said the lady. smiling; t'that i
my eldest daughter: But why did yo
ask SO earnestly % ..-.,, aro. :.
Observation-Disclosures l stammered
''she is very lovely" ".'''''E : - >75'-.
ayes" said the pleased mother. ssh
is considered very pretty girl. Let m
introduce her to you" ,e r.; .-a., -,
I know I seemed awkward, but hov
could I help it, when in the dance. at th'
supper-table; among the flowers, and eve
|rywhere, the dream vision seemed fittint
between the blue-robed girl and myself.
Her sister, bright-eyed lass, scarcel.
in her teens, came in for share of atten
tion, and in her kindness of heart, sh'
strove to amuse me by showing the rar'
pieces Of silver in the possession of he
parents. One, Of exquisite workmanship
particularly attracted my attention. 1
was massive silver pedestal, upon which
was mounted race horse, over whose
head was kind Of canopy. upon the eav'
of which hung delicate horse shoes o
frosted silver; a present, she said, from
the members Of a jockey club, which wal
organized by her father. - '''' = q 90
I was almost glad when bed time came
for I could not forget my dream. It wa.
nearly daylight when T went to sleep
and-could the room be haunted for {
most fearful noise awoke me. Had +.
bloody conflict been raging it could no.
have been more horrible the booming O
cannon and guns almost deafened me
groans Of the dying. and even the flowing
of blood I heard distinctly; and then al
was still. s..fi S.ti, is's :@ -
Hearing movement at my window,
looked up and saw it gently raised. and Z
black head poked in. It was the head o.
the negro who had brought up my supper
I instantly thought it was bis intention tt
rob me, and I attempted to move. II
my intense horror, could not The ne
gro. George, after speaking to some ont
below, came into the room, and instead o.
touching my clothes, he completely ignor'
ed my presence, and going to a closet
which he knocked open, he proceeded tt
take therefrom sundry articles Of clothing
He then relieved bureau Of its contents
and threw all from the window to his con
fsdffa5s fSes below: -.,..-.,;s,n,, s, Jsp,
when be again entered, be had in his hane
the silver ornament which I so much ad
mired during the evening. He placed j
on the table near my bed, and; now
thought I, my time has come-no. ht
only went to the window. i. 80, -
Il say, George" I distinctly heard
you've got ebery ting. what you goine
to do now?'' -. = =;
'Sct de house on fire, oh COURSE" was
the reply, ''to keep de bucras from find
ing out we stealed from dem."' saw the
negro place light to the curtain, and as
it blazed to the wall, he jumped from the
window, forgetting in his fear of danger
the silver horse on the table. -
Utterly powerless, lay on my bed and
saw the flames draw nearer and nearer te
me-. At last the white spread over me
caught; the smoke was suffocating, wher
the terror gave nervous power to my
senses and awoke. ....... .-....-..i
Il say George" said I to the negro
boy. who came in to make my fire, ''wha
is the matter with this room p 80 -
"Dunno, massa, be answered, scratch.
ing his head, "but dey do say it is haup'
ted. Ole missus she used TO sleep il
here, and she 'clared dat ole massa's spiri
come to her three times fore he died.,
"Well. 7then,'' 1 said, impressively, ''i
things do come to pass which are dream
ed of in this room, you are villain; ant
if anything happens to-. this house, II
shoot you" With a1lookiof:ignofant tar,
ror, the negro left ROOM. -
At breakfast alluded to my dream
My friend said that the negro seemed t.
think there was. something wrong abou
the room, but he had often slept there ant
had never been disturbed. In an hour
time 1 was on myFway to the village o
s., some forty miles distant, and il
two weeks I reached New York, 9a1 Il
Six long years passed before I agail
visited Alabama, six; years of cruel ant
unnatural war, for even after the actua
battling ceased a more unmerciful specie
of persecution existed. Coming as ! d.
from New England. and being imbue'
with New England sentim ents, L am con
stitutionally an abolitionist, and feeling a
I do that even negroes should be free,
can but contemplate with actual abhor
renee the unjust laws which allow an in
ferior race Of men all the rights Of free
men and citizens, and condemn to igno
BILE servitude people in every respec
worthy and enlightened. Equal right
to all'' is my motto. ,.-e,, ,..,,,,...,.,~,
Again at New Years I found myself j
the same portion. of the State, and then
remembering my dream, a portion 0
which had been fulfilled by the war, !.
determined to pay my old friends visit
New Years eve l spent in a backwood'
cabin, and in the morning started for th
house among the hills. I rode up t
where the large gate used to stand; it ha'
disappeared looked for the house, AM
saw only pile of ashes and brick. Al
old negro was crouched among the ruins
and when l approached Him he regafde'
me with vacant stare.