Said he was a slave until emancipation.

We inquired whether he heard any thing about emancipation before it took place.

He said, yes--the slaves heard of it, but it was talked about so long that many of them lost all _believement_ in it, got tired waiting, and bought their freedom; but he had more patience, and got his for nothing.

We inquired of him, what the negroes did on the first of August, 1834.

He said they all went to church and chapel.