The old planter, a man of courage, was struck to the ground, killed by the blacks, his two relatives disabled, and several other men on both sides were wounded.

The fugitive himself was not taken, and the arresting party was obliged to retire.
Naturally, great exultation prevailed among the triumphant blacks; and this, so said numerous despatches, was fostered and encouraged by comment of all the northern abolitionist press.
Josephine St.Auban pondered over this barbarous recountal of an event which would seem to have been impossible in a civilized community.

"It comes," said she, musing, "it comes! _Ca ira_! There will be war! Ah, I must hasten." She turned to other papers, of private nature, in her desk.

In a half hour more, she had gone over the last remittance reports of the agents of her estates in Europe.

She smiled, nodded, as she tapped a pencil over the very handsome totals.