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AVERY, OF BAYOU ROUGE--PECULIARITY OF DWELLINGS--EPPS BUILDS A NEW HOUSE--BASS, THE CARPENTER--HIS NOBLE QUALITIES--HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND ECCENTRICITIES--BASS AND EPPS DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY--EPPS' OPINION OF BASS--I MAKE MYSELF KNOWN TO HIM--OUR CONVERSATION--HIS SURPRISE--THE MIDNIGHT MEETING ON THE BAYOU BANK--BASS' ASSURANCES--DECLARES WAR AGAINST SLAVERY--WHY I DID NOT DISCLOSE MY HISTORY--BASS WRITES LETTERS--COPY OF HIS LETTER TO MESSRS. PARKER AND PERRY--THE FEVER OF SUSPENSE--DISAPPOINTMENTS--BASS ENDEAVORS TO CHEER ME--MY FAITH IN HIM.
In the month of June, 1852, in pursuance of a previous contract, Mr.