NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Tuesday July 5 1831 Slavery The following paragraph, from the Florence, (Alabama,) Advertiser, will illustrate some of the horrors of slavery: "On Thursday last an inquest was held over the body of a negro, named Bartlett, the property of George Hill, of this county. The result of the inquisition, from the evidence adduced, was that the negro came to his death by a blow inflicted on the left side of his head, near the crown, with the heavy end of a large loaded whip – by some violence on the back of his neck – and by sundry other blows inflicted on various parts of the body; and all of which appears to have been done by the hands of George Hill. The causes which led to this unfortunate circumstance, we give as they were stated to us. It seems that Hill had heard that the negro intended to run away and upon this information he determined to satisfy his revengeful disposition in this cruel and inhuman manner. It the presence of a neighbor, he stripped and tied him across a log, and whipped him until he was completely exhausted. He then, (notwithstanding the entreaties of the overseer to the contrary,) fastened him to a tree with a lock-chain about his neck, and struck him on the head with the butt end of his whip, and retired, leaving him in that situation. The negro died in two or three hours afterwards. Hill has not yet been taken. Contributed by Nancy Piper Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) February 6 1828 In Florence, Alabama, the Surveyor General's Officer, the Resister Printing Office and the Post Office were destroyed by fire on the 21st ult. The whole of the property, papers, surveys, &c. belonging to the first office, together with all the papers belonging to the Cypress Land Company, and the private property of the Clerks in the office were consumed. – N.Y. Statesman. Contributed by Nancy Piper TRIPLES with EMMA