Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-10

Remember h a the interruption will
continue for the week.
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF 4
JUBIL.EER.
The persons composing the Jubilee
Troupe all claim to have been slaves
before the rebellion, and we see no
reason TO doubt their words. In fact,
when the company made their first
appearance in Virginia City, we we're
witness to the meeting of n of the
members with his old master, Thomas
Buckner Esq, and the colored man
seemed to be rejoiced at finding his
former proprietor. We had quite q
conversation with him during his So
journ in Eureka, and he related the
following particulars Of his former
life: He was born and raised in old
Kaintuck, a short distance from Paris,
and evidently entertained . great deal
of affection for the old plantation.
His owner was q great politician, q
lover and breeder of fine horses, and,
in fact, a regular old Kentucky gentle.
man. Sim, our colored hero, The does
not 60 by that name now, grew up in
the stables among the horses, and
reached the heighth of his ambition
| when his master set him astride Of a
race horse ut the Louisville meeting,
with full power tc pilot the animal to
victory. Those were halcyon days for
Sim, and after his return from Louis
vile, it vas hard to tell who got away
| with the most honors the owner OF the
horse or the rider. The darkies div.
ided their homage about equally be-
tween the two. The spirit of pro-
phecy was abroad, and the Nestor of
the farm, an old gray headed darkey,
was heard to observe, ''dat boy SIN =
getting 100 smart, / tell you anodder
trip to Louiville will ruin him shuah."
Aud sure enough it did. He went
down with Massa's stable at the next
meeting, and listened to the voice of
the tempter in the shape of a quarter
stretch gambler, and pulled a leetle too
hard at the finish. The consequence
was that poor Sim never saw the old
place again. He was soundly logged
aud sold to a trader who took him
down the river to New Orleans along
with a gang he had picked up on the
border. Sim was auctioned off to a
hotel keeper, and initiated into the
ways of table waiting, a branch Of
business he followed until the break
ing out of the war, and the occu-
patton of the Crescent City by
proclamation made Q free man OF
him, and at the same time set him
rustling for q living-a novel OK peri
ence for our darkey. Here he first
brought his voice into play, haunting
the soldiers barracks and singing me-
gro melodies in exchange for cold
grub. He managed to exc out q pre-.
carious existence in this way until q
change of administration. Gen. Banks
superseded Butler, and in conternpla
ton of his Red River expedition, or
ganized several negro regiments for
service. Sim enlisted of course and
rapidly rose to the rank of Corporal, a
dignity that he never failed to impress
on his subordinates. Sim was heavy
on the drill ground, and perfectly
gorgeous at dress parade, but on the
march and in the field lost much OF
his enthusiasm for the service. He
stuck it through, however, and es-
capped without q scratch or scar. He
was discharged at the close of the war,
and Immediately took passage for
Louisville, where he arrived safely.
He met his old master but that gentle
man gave him so cool q reception that
he concluded not to revisit the scenes
OF his childhood, more especially as
one of the old hands informed him
that he was held in very bad odor by
all Of his old companions. who never
forgave him " for doing massa dirt"
In fact he was considered q very
trihing niger and would have me-
with a very warm reception; so he
took up his abode i'm Louisville, doing
odd jobs and coming out strong in the
| choir at the colored church and on all
festive occasions; when the Jubilee
troupe was organized his vocal abilities
at once procured him'a position, and
he has travelled with that company
from its inception up to the present
time. He does not go by the name OF
| Sim any longer, so the reader will only
recognize him by his superior dignified
| department aud assumption OF the
easy ways of a traveller who has cut
his eye teeth. The unprecedented sue
cess Of the troupe on this coast has
rendered bis bank account a very
| healthy one, and one Of these days he
proposes returning TO the land of his
birth and astonishing those low-f1unR
ringers who sneered at him in the days
of his adversely.
From Belmont.
Among the number Of passengers
who arrived here yesterday from Bel