Worcester Daily Spy

Another Incident for Uncle Tom's Cabin.—The editorial correspondent of the Oneida (N. Y.) Telegraph, writes from a steamer on the Mississippi River, gives the following sad story.

"At Louisville, a gentleman took passage, having with him a family of blacks—husband, wife, and children. The master was bound for Memphis, Tenn., which place he intended to take all except the man ashore.—The latter was handcuffed, and although the master said nothing of his intention, the negro made up his mind from appearances, as well as from the remarks of those around him, that he was destined for the Southern market. He reached Memphis during the night, and whilst within sight of the town, just before the landing, the negro caused his wife to divide their things, as though resigned to the intended separation, and then, taking a moment when his master's back was turned, ran forward and jumped into the river. Of course he sank, and his master was several hundred dollars poorer than a moment before. That was all—at least scarcely any one mentioned it the next morning. I was obliged to get my information from the deck hands, and did not hear a remark concerning it in the cabin. In justice to the master, I should say, that after the occurrence, he disclaimed any intention to separate them. Appearances, however are quite against him, if I have been rightly informed." This sad affair needs no comment.—It is an argument, however, that I might have used to-day, with some effect, whilst talking with a highly intelligent southerner, of the evils of slavery. He had been reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, and spoke of it as a novel, which, like other romances, was well calculated to excite the sympathies, by the recital of heart touching incidents which never had an existence, except in the imagination of the writer.'