Year: 1864

A COlOred Romance OF Real Life-A Terri


BILE Parting and Happy Meeting.
Eight years ago a large plantation in Miss
issipp there lived young, strong, and good
looking mulatto, with more than the ordinary
Intelligence of his class. On the same planta-
| tIon was an Octoroon GIRL whose regular feat
ures, light complexion, dark, flowing tresses and
! brilliant black eyes would have established her
as the belle of any assembly had the fact of her
slave parentage not been known. A passion
sprang up between the mulatto and the OctO-
room, and with the consent of their master they
were married.


Shortly after the marriage the owner of the
plantation became SO much embarrassed that he
had to sell part of his land and several OF
of his negroes. A planter from Louisiana was
SO much struck with the beauty of the octoroon
bride that he made an offer to her owner of such
sum as induced the latter to sell her.
| The despair of husband and wife at this dis
position can be imagined. The mulatto threw
himself at the feet of the purchaser and begged
TO be bought also, but was spurned away, and
with 4 brutal sneer that his presence would
be exceedingly 6cORrenjeRt to the purchaser,
who wanted the beautiful woman for purposes
of his own


Despair and rage filled the breast of the be-
reaved aud wronged husband. Seizing the hoe



have Drained him, but was knocked down by
the overseer and his arms bound. His wife.
shrieking and struggling was borne off before
his eyes, in the grasp of her brutal purchaser,
to become sport of his HcentiOus passions
As soon as she was gone the overseer had him
tied up to post, aud whipped him so severely
that he was taken, bleeding and senseless, to his
quarters.


As soon as he recovered sufficiently, the out
! ragged slave commenced laying plans for his es-
cape, and one night he fled Passing from plan
tatiOn to plantation in the night he was secreted
| by the slaves and furnished with food and di-
reetions where to CO. At first he endeavored
TO track out his wife but soon found that task
not only dangerous but impossible. He lost all
trace of her. Turning his attention to his own
escape he at length found his way to the sea
coast, and smuggled himself on board an Eng
lish vessel on the point of sailing.


From that time he led a wandering life
Sometimes he was employed on board ship, at
other times found work on lane, and occasional
| ly was engaged as servant to families travelling.
In this way he has visited large portion OF
Europe, seen much, and greatly improved him
self in experience and knowledge. Lately he
returned TO the United States, and for the past
month has been living in this city.
A day or two since he was passing along
Prospect street when he heard his name called
"GeOrgel" in a voice that seemed familiar. He
stopped, bewildered and astonished The name
was repeated, and turning round, he recognized
his wife from whom he had been cruelty sepa-
rated eight years before, and whose image had
ever been in his mind Unmindful of the pub
llcity of the place of meeting they embraced
each other and were almost frantic with Joy.
Absence with all its pains,
Was by that charming moment wip'd away"


Her story was soon told. At first she had
sought to escape from her purchaser and then
lendeavored to kill herself She was closely
watched, and after a while was compelled to live
with the planter as his mistress. BY this inti-
macy she had one child.


On the capture of New Orleans by the Fede-
raj forces her master fled to the interior, and at
tempted to take her with him She managed
to eude him, and with the other slaves of the
plantation, sought refuge in the Federal lines
She was employed as servant by one of the
officers and before long was engaged by fam
lily coming Worth, who brought her to Phia-
delphia There she lived until induced few
days since to visit Cleveland in company with
a cOlored woman who had been employed in the
same family. She had arrived here only the
night previous to the fortunate meeting with the
long absent husband


The strangely reunited pair are now living
happily together in this city, the compelled IiG-
son of the wife with her master having no eff
feet on their present happiness, the husband
considering it merely as the custom of the
country down there"


The above story is literally true, and forms
another instance of truth being stranger than
Itiction.-CleU. Her.