The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-09-23

| he gave. He was acting for the government.
| he said, and the money would have to b.,
sent TO the Treasury in Washington; but he
put it into me every night and he was so
busy next day that he forgot TO send it away
But the old misfortune came on him again
A cunning old negro, who suspected that
| something was going wrong, made state
| ment to sort of inspecting officer that led
to Emauuel's losing his place, and we soon
were on our travels once more.
EMANUEL AS A POSTMASTER.
1t was bold step my master took next.
He went straight back to Washington, tax
ing me along in his hand, and called Oh sew
eral members of Congress, representing to
them that he had been loyal all along, and
asking them to get him an appointment as
postmaster. One of the arguments he used
was that he could help the party good deal
in the South, and this had so much effect
that in few days he received the appoint,
ment for town not far from the village we
had just left. We went to the place imme-
diatey, and Emanuel took charge of the
post-otlice. He had always a passion for
studying writing, and he used to sit up quite
late at night opening letters, with me at his
side, and while he was examining the hand
writing any money that was in the letters
would drop into me, and he always forgot to
put it back when he was folding up the let
ters after reading them. This turned out
very unfortunate at last, for so many COM
plants were made at the headquarters in
Washington that Emanuel was notified to
turn over the Office to successor Then we
were adrift once more. and Emanuel had to
look about for something else. But he was
man of great resources, and it was not
long before he was actively at work again.
EOITR-EI
lie took me to another county and set up
policy shop in a place that had large
coloreG population. The business throve
finely, for Emanuel gave great accounts of
the fortunes that had been made by taking
chances in his lottery. though I had never
known him to do anything in that line be-
fore. and the colored people kept crowding
In all the time to give him money and get
numbers. He started a Sunday school for
them. too. and preached to them sometimes.
and it was really great pleasure to see him
taking so much interest in those unfortunate
people. Well, after while they began
asking when the chances would be drawn.
and Emanuel kept putting them off and put
ting them off, till at last the authorities of
the place, who were all rebels, he said, took
the matter up aud gave notice that they
they were going to investigate it. When
~.
aud, putting all the money he had received
from the colorcd people into me, aud also a
few collars and some other little things. he
left the place that night, and was nearly a
hundred miles away next morning. We
never saw the policy~shop after that, and l
don't know what became of it.
He GETS MARRIED AND LEvANTs.
At that time Emanuel was about thirty
FIVE years of age, and pretty smart look
ing fellow he was, too The place we
stopped at after retiring from the policy bus
iness had Freedmen's Bureau School, with
good-looking young woman teacher, and
Eman uel made her acquaintance very soon,
and spent great deal Of his time ia liking to
her in the school, room. and helping her to
instil moral principles into the young color
ed people she had charge of. Finally he
asked her to marry him, and she did, and
they seemed to get along very nicely for a
few weeks. The young woman had saved
some money. and she gave it to Emanuel to
take care of, and when she asked him to let
her have some to pay for a new dress, he
said she must not be extravagant, and re-
fused to give her any. She got very angry
at that, and raised storm in the house, aud
the end of it was that Emanuel knocked her
down, and then left the place Immediately,
taking me aloag in his hand as usual But
he had carried his point about economy, for
the school>teacher didn't get any of the
money he was taking care of for her.
NEWSPAPER AND SOME TROUBLE.
We brought up in another State this
time. and after looking around for a while,
Emanuel made up his mind ostart news
paper The only drawback to the success
of this enterprise was the fact that the white
people wouldn't read the paper and the coll
ored people couldn't. But by telling the
latter that they could never be voters unless
they subscribed to newspaper like the one
he was publishing, Emanuel got enough
money from them in subscription to keep
the office going for a few mouths, and in the
meantime he msde arrangements to run for
the Legislature. He had also been appoint
ed registrar in the district, and he found no
trouble in fixing th ngs SO that, when the
election took place. he had large majority
of the votes. But he never took seat in
the Legislature the old misfortune followed
him. and trouble came upon him again. He
was just about to marry the teacher in the
Freedmen's Bureau School when the other
teacher arrived very suddenly. and told a
story that caused Emanuel to pack up his
collars and socks and leave by the next train
1t was very hard to be knocked about in this
way, but it seems he couldn't help it.
Well, after wandering here and there for a
while, Emanuel got another chance at last.
He had noticed, and afterwards heard him
talking about it. that great many of the
colored people found it hard to get along,
and he decided to help them by getting up a
plan for transporting three or four hundred
of them to place in the North where they
would be sure of gotting work at good wages
So he called several meetings, and laid the
matter before them in such bright coors
that they were all very much pleased, and
then he went around and collected all the
money they could scrape mp to pay for their
transportation to the place in the North. 1t
was hardly enough-only about 81 900 alto
gether-but ne said be was willing to pay
the difference himself, and they could refund
it to him when they got work. and with the
money in his pocket he went to see the rail-
road agent and make the necessary arrange