The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-05

out by one of the heirs and the case had
to 90 to the supreme court, where the
will was sustained and the executor
ordered to proceed with its provisions
Those negroes were sent from savannah
to Liberia On the Ship Elizabeth
Three Years after their departure the
Old mau, William and six others very
unexpectedly made their appearance &c
in our town and delivered themselves
to the executor. They reported ali the
others dead and asserted that they had
tried for year to get back but were
refused transportation by every vessel
that came.
Finally they hid themselves in the
hold of a trading vessel one night, and
kept hid until the ship had been three
davs at sea. Their rations gave out,
and they came on deck and and begged
for favor from the captain and got it,
for he was kind-hearted man, and
brought them safely to Philadelphia.
Abolitionists of that city tried very
hard t. keep them from coming south,
and wodld give them no money to pay
their travelling expenses. William was
well acquainted with Howell Cobb,
WHO had been his masters guest in the
old times, and who was then member
of Congress, and so he wrote to him at
Washington, and Mr.. Cobb sent them
money and they came to him, and he
gave them enough to come home
on, and the old darky's face fairly shone
with illumination as he told IT their
trials and suferings, and how happy
he was to get back to his old home,
where he conld live with Mas Tom,
and die and be buried in the old family
graveyard.
Mas Tom soon heard Of their return
and hurried in to meet the old darky
who had taken care Of him from in
fancy to manhood, and they wept and
sobbed upon each others shoulders and
there never was more touching, loving
scene than that. This is not much Of
u story, but it is a true one, and my
father was that executor.
The attachments that bound together
the great majority of martyrs and their
slaves were strong and beautiful; but
they have passed away, and now it
seems that the negro wants to go. The
two races are living together merely by
force of circumstances over which nel-
ther has any control. How long they
can live together depends upon their
good sense and forbearance. feel sure
that I can live with them and keep
their respect and their friendship, but
perhaps it is because I used to own
slaves and still feel and maintain my
love and my superiority. Our class will
soon pass away, and so will the old
slaves who love to do us honor. How
the coming generations will harmonize
I cannot foresee nor foretell, but from
the signs fear there will be less for
bearance from the one and less humility
from the other. The problem is not
solved, and such political measures as
the force bill will only make it more
complicated-not that the force bill
will ever be enforced to our injury, but
the animus Of it is bad. If the conflict
comes it will not be precipitated by US
or our negroes, but it will be the same
old strife that still rankles between US
and our northern enemies. From that
enmity I know of no discharge unless
we fall back upon that scripture which
says: "If mans ways please the
Lord, even his enemies shall be at
peace with him." BILL ARP.