Who did you buy her from ?" "She says she is from New Orleans.

Her master is a prisoner in the hands of the Yankees, and her mistress being turned out of her home by Butler, is now somewhere in the Confederacy, but where, the girl cannot tell.

When her mistress left New Orleans, the Yankees would not permit the slave to leave with her, but she succeeded in escaping from their lines, and came to Jackson, where she was arrested, and as no owner claimed her, she was sold to me at auction this morning according to law." "Then we will not be doing justice to the owner of the girl, if we keep her constantly.

Perhaps her mistress is some poor soldier's wife who would be glad to get the money you have expended, or may require her services." "I have thought of that before I purchased her, but as she seems honest, I did not make the thought prevent me from getting her.

I have also made up my mind to give her up should her owner at any time claim her, and he is a poor man." "I am glad you have so decided," Emily replied, "for I should not have liked the idea of depriving any Confederate soldier of his slave, particularly if he is a poor man.