The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-14 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER. l4,

MR. GREEN'S FIVE HUNDRED

AND THIRD ASCENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l should fear that a narrative now-a-days of
a two-hours' sail "on the bosom of the air" would
have in it no special novelty, were it not for the fact
that of late we have only heard descriptions of dan-
gerous trip-,, of "hair-beeadth escapes," and of
descents sufficiently perilous to jeopardise bone and
limb. A quiet ascent, at the quiet hour of two in the
afternoon, is really a novelty, and, I believe, an in-
teresting one.

This was the hour select td fora trip to which I
am about to refer you. We had no Italian Brothers
posturing from the car; we discharged no fireworks,
for we borrowed no romance from midnight; and
we avoided the companionship of any Smithfield
quadrupeds.
Our party consisted of six gentlemen, piloted by
the Solon of aeronauts, the veteran Green. The Great
Nassau Balloon left the "Royal Property," on Mon-
day last, at a quarter past two, freighted with—Dr.
Goodeve, 2, Kensington Palace-gardens ; Septimus
Parrott, Esq., Clapham-common; G. Moulson,
Esq., Clapham; Charles Huffnsgle, Esq., of
Calcutta, Consul of the United States of Ame-
rica ; George Stevens, Esq., of Vauxhall;
and myself. The day was fine, but occasionally
cloudy and somewhat autumnal. At the hour above
mentioned we left terra firma, and were very soon
above houses, churches, and trees, enjoying a bird's-
eye view of our great city. In a little time distance
vouchsafed us its " enchantment." Then all that
was unpicturesque became lovely, and common things
were clad in the drapery of the beautiful. We saw
shorts strips of streets, and long strips of roads ; but
surely not the streets and roads we are accustomed
to walk and drive on, although there were little cabs
there with baby drivers, that almost cheated one into
the belief that they were rattling along a genuine
highway ; and there were little omnibuses there, with
little horses drawing them, driven by little coach-
men, and there were Lilliputian ponies there, ridden
by Lilliputian men " fussing" onward. And along
the roads there were little red houses with little blue
roofs, such as never could have been built with real
bricks and timber, and before and behind them were
gardens almost as large as hearth-rugs, scrupulously
neat and trim ; and here and there appeared little
white houses, with a dark line round their tiny front
gardens to indicate an iron railing, within which
samplers were spread to look like ornamental lawns.
In the distance appeared a zigzag river, not really
like the Thames, but bearing some resemblance to a
map of it. Here and there little churches were most
picturesquely placed, made, I am sure, entirely out
of card-board; except the windows which surely must
be made of gold-beater's skin.

And then we saw miniature commons, dotted with
little bits of sponge to imitate furze, with here and
there a pond quite as large as a pie dish. And then
we saw trees that looked like oaks and elms, only so
ridiculously small; and then there were plenty of
lines to represent hedges which surrounded fields not
quite so large as tablecloths. And we discerned hay-
stacks too, though we mistook them for toadstools;
and we beheld abundance of shrubs that could nicely
he enclosed within tumblers. We seemed to be look-
ing at the world through an inverted opera glass.
Nothing seemed real except the balloon and ourselves.
Every thing had been mini tied and idealized. It was easy
to believe that some one had arranged in a most pictu.
resque manner a multitudinous variety of beautifully
executed toys, in order to represent a city and its en.

virons.
As we rose higher the earth appeared like a co-
lossal bowl inlaid with marqueterie. We soon
ascended rapidly, and were presently in the midst of
a cloud, which was very like being enveloped in a
thick November fog. As we were still ascending we
soon left the clouds below us, and in a few minutes
were in an entirely new world. The sun was shining
brilliantly, the sky was of the purest blue ; the atmo-
sphere was like that of summer, the clouds lay like a
mighty earth below us. We seemed to have entered
a land uninhabited as yet by beast, or bird, or man.
We could scarcely reason ourselves into the belief
that e were not in an Artic region.
Colossal accumulations of feathery snow, huge
firm rocks, and many " a frozen Alp" ap-
parently surrounded us, while the entire sur-
face below seemed solid as a wcrld. In the distant
horizon there was precisely the appearance of the
ocean, and as if nothing should be wanting to com-
plete the illusion, the cliffs were there, the shore was
there, the foam of the breakers was there, and rooted
in the sea there stood in solitary grandeur
the threatening iceberg. We were then 12,333 feet
above the level of the sea. This entire scene made on
all of us a solemn impression. It was scarcely pos-
sible to avoid feeling that
• We are such stuff as dreams are made of."
For a long period we had a reflection of cur balloon
in the distant clouds.

It is strange that when we were really gazing on
the earth, it appeared more like the picture of a world
than its reality.
" cloud land" we realized
when we were gazing On
a positive, solid, and substantial world.
We now began to descend ; at one time so rapidly
were we going downward that we overtook the bal-
last we had just discharged, and afterwards received
it on our heads.

Occasionally in the clouds below us we discerned
what appeared to be a brilliant star, and sometimes
we sawa cluster of stars like the Pleiades. We found,
on nearing the earth, that these starlike appearances
were occasioned by our seeing, through
small aper-
tures in the clouds, water on which the sun was
pouring its rays. The long rope was now thrown
from the car, the grapnel followed, and in a few mi-
nutes we quietly descended at Cuckfield, . near
Crawley, about forty miles from London and thirteen
from. Brighton. Neither in ascending, descending,
nor in journeying were we at all conscious of motion.
No two hours ever passed snore pleasantly or. fled_
more rapidly. Every one of our party feels himself
a debtor to Mr. Green, whose kindness and cour-
tesy each desires to acknowledge.
A.ll timidity was entirely banished, because perfect
confidence was felt in the skill of the experienced
pilot who on this occasion made his 503 d ascent.

I am, Sir, &c.,
J. TELL TOPHAM•

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, OCT. 12.
The ceremony of building the " Can Clach-
Chuimhneachan Balmoral" took place yesterday
morning on Craig Gowan. Her Majesty laid the
first stone, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the rest of the Royal Family, assisted, each
placing a stone upon the Cairn, as did also the
.diffe-
rent members of the Royal Household, and the inha-
bitantsliving upon the esstate of Balmoral, who had
assembled for that purpose.

The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived in town
yesterday from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. In the
afternoon the Earl and Countess proceeded to St.
Leonard's, tear Windsor.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday from Hughenden Manor, Bucks. Mr.
Pressly had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentle-
man yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO NORTLI WALES
BANGOR, WEDNESDAY, 8 P.M.
The Royal train reached Bangor at a quarter to
six o'clock.

Her Majesty was received, on alighting at the
station, by Sir Richard Bulkeley, Lord-Lieutenant
of the county, Colonel Douglas Pennant, Mr. G. H.
Whalley, High Sheriff, the Bishop of the diocese,
Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, the borough Member, and
other leading inhabitants of the district.

The Royal party in proceeding to the Penrhyn
Arms Hotel were loudly cheered, the people of the
neighbourhood having assembled in great numbers to
welcome them. _ _

As soon as night closed in bonfires were lighted
on all the hills, and are now burning brightly ; the
town is partially illuminated, and the most enthu-
siastic expressions of loyalty are heard on all aides.

MANSION4IOESE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor
entertained a distinguished party of the Dissenting ministers
and laymen of the different denominations, at a banquet in
the Egyptian-hall. Nearly two hundred guests sat down to
a splendid entertainment, and among those present on the
occasion were the following :—The Rev. Dr. Morrison, Rev.
Dr. Bennett, Rev. Dr. Burder, Rev. Dr. Dick, Rev. Dr.
Tidman, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. Dr. Stowell, Rev. Dr.
Massey, Rev. Dr. Steane, Rev. Dr. Archer, Rev. Dr. Harris,
Rev. Dr. Fletcher, Rev. Mr. Harrison, the Lord Mayor Elect,
M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Mr.
J. Pilkington, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Milligan, M.P.,
Mr. E. Ball, M.P., Mr. T. Barnes, M.P., Mr. T. Chambers,
M.P., Sir John Kerr Haberfield, Mayor of Bristol; the Mayor
of Bradford, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Risdale Bennet, Mr. Alder-
man Humpliery, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Alderman
Wire, Mr. Sheriff Croll, Rev. J. Edwards (Chaplain to the
Lord Mayor), Rev. Messrs. Stratten, Bergore, G. Smith,
Burnet, G. Clayton, T. Binney, J. Hill, J. Stoughton, P.
Martin, Sherman, J. H. Murton, Aldis, Stove], Angus, J. C.
Harrison, J. B. Brown, Watson, G. Wilkinson, S. Davis,
E. Mannering, S. B. Hollis, C. Gilbert. Hallon, T. Aveling,
R. Phillip, J. James, W. Groser, J. Weir, Madge, Tagart,
Davison, Ransom, Godwin, Smith; Messrs. T. Priestly, G.
Bayley, Tozer, G. Kemp, Carling, Milsom (of Lyons), Law,
Morley, J. Morley, Coombs, H. Spicer, J. Spicer, R. Cun-
liffe, sen., R. Cunliffe, jun., Snow, E. Edwards, W. Knott,
Low, Wilcox, W. Hunter, Hare, J. R. Hunter, Reed,Burkitt,
Edward Hunter, W. Redley, Cook, &c. &c.
THE AMERICA YACHT.—Lord de Blaquiere, the
owner of this yacht, has challenged the yachts of all
i coun-
tries, America excepted, not exceeding the America n ton-
nage, to sail with his yacht, for a sum not less than 5001.,
and not more than 1,0001.,
on any day and in any place; in
short, over any course (the inside of the Isle of Wight
.ex-
cepted) that would give scope for testing the sailing. qualities
of the America and her opponents, under all points
lin
15t the a nineh-
knot breeze. This challenge will remain open unu
of November.
STATISTICS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—
The total extent of telegraph in England is nearly 4,000
miles, representing an outlay of about 300,000/. The staff
of employes may be taken at upwards of 600 persons.

A SLAVE STORY.
(Prom " Three Years in Europe," by W. Wells B:own,
a Fugitive Slave.)
In the year 1851, there resided in the state of Virginia,
a slave who was so white, that no one would suppose tor
a moment that a drop of African blood coursed through
his veins. His skin was fair, hair soft, straight, fine
and white; his eyes blue, nose prominent, lips thin; his
head well formed, forehead high and prominent; and he
was often taken for a white free peroon, by those who
did not know him. This made his condition as a slave
Mill more intolerable; for ono so white, seldom ever
receives fair treatment at the hands of his fellow slaves;
and tho whites usually regard such slaves as persons,
who, if not cftcn flogged and otherwise ill treated, to
remind them of their condition, would soon "forget"
that they were slaves, and " think themselves as good as
white folks." During that year, an insurrection broke
out amongst the slave population, known es the South-
ampton Rebellion, or the " Nat Turner Insurrection."
Five or six hundred slaves, believing in the doctrine
that " all men are created equal," armed with such
weapons as they could get, commenced a war for
freedom. Amongst these was George, the white slave
of whom we have spoken. Ile had been employed us a
house servant, and bad heard his master and visiters
speak of the down-trodden and oppressed Poles; he
heard them talk of going to Greece to fight for Grecian
liberty, and against the oppressors of that ill-fated
people. George, fired with the love of freedom, end
zeal for the cause of his enslaved countrymen, joined the
insurrection. The result of that struggle for liberty is
well known. The slaves were defeated, and those who
were not taken prisoners, took refuge in the dismal
swamps. These were ordered to surrender; but instead
of doing so, they challenged their proud oppressors to
take them, and immediately renewed the war. A fero-
cious struggle now commenced between the parties; but
not until the United States troops were called in, did they
succeed in crushing a handful of men and women who
*ere fighting for freedom. The negroes were hunted
with dogs, and many who were caught were burnt alive;
while some were hung, and others flogged and banished
from the State.

Among those who were sentenced to be hanged, was
George. lie was placed in prison to await the day of
execution, which would give him ten days to prepare
for his doom. George was the son of a member of the
American Congress, his mother being a servant in the
principal hotel in Washington, where members of Con-
gress usually put up. After the birth of George, his
mother was sold to a negro trader, and he to a Virginian,
who sent agents through the country to buy up young
slaves to raise for the market. Georgo was only about
nineteen years of age, when he unfortunately became
connected with the insurrection. Mr. Green, who owned
George, was a comparatively good master, and prided
himself on treating bis slaves better than most men.
This gentleman was also the owner of a girl who was
perfectly white, with straight hair and prominent fea-
tures. The girl was said to be the daughter of her own
master. A feeling of attachment sprang up between
Mary and George, which proved to be more than mere
friendship, and upon which we base the burden of this
narrative.

After poor Go)rge had been sentenced to death and
cast into prison, Mary begged and obtained leave to visit
George, and administer to him the comforts of religion,
as she was a member of a religious body, while Georgo
was not. As George had been a considerable favourite
with Mre. Green, Mary had no difficulty in obtaining
permission to pay a daily visit to him, to whom she had
pledged her heart and hand. At one of these meetings,
and only four days from the time fixed for the execu-
tion, while Mary was seated in George's cell, it occurred
to her that she might yet save him from a felon's doom.
She revealed to him the secret that was then occupying
her thoughts, viz., that George should exchange clothes
with her, and thus attempt his escape in disguise. But
he would not for a single moment listen to the proposi-
tion. Not that he feared detection; but he would not
consent to place an innocent and affectionate girl in a
position where she might have to suffer for him. Mary
pleaded, but iu vain—George was inflexible. Tho poor
girl left her lover with a heavy heart, regretting that
her scheme had proved unsuccessful.
Towards the close of the next day, Mary again ap-
peared at the prison door for admission, and was soon by
the aide of him whom she so ardently loved. While
there, the clouds which had overhung the city for some
hours, broke, and the rein fell in torrents amid the most
terrific thunder and lightning. In the most persuasive
manner possible, Mary again importuned George to
avail himself of her assistance to escape from an igno-
minious death. After assuring him that she, not being
the person condemned, would not receive any injury, he
at last consented, and they began to exchange apparel.
As George was of smell stature, and both were white,
there was no difficulty in his passing out without detec-
tion: and as she usually left the cell weeping, with
handkerchief in hand, and sometimes at her face, he had
only to adopt this mode and his escape was see. They
had kissed each other, and Mary had told George where
he would find a small parcel of provisions which she
had placed in a secluded spot, when the prison-keeper
opened the door and said, " Come, girl, it is time for you
to go." George again embraced Mary, and passed out
of the gaol. It was already dark end the sheet lamps
were lighted, so that our hero in his new dress had no
dread of detection. The provisions were sought out and
found, and poor George was soon on the road towards
Canada. But neither of them had once thought of a
change of dress for George when he should have
escaped, and ho had walked but a short distance before
he felt that a change of his apparel would facilitate his
progress. But he dared not go amongst even his
coloured associates for fear of being betrayed. How-
ever, he made the best of his way on towards Canada,
hiding in the woods during the day, and travelling by
the guidance of the North Star at night.
One morning George arrived on the banks of the
Ohio river, and found his journey had terminated, un-
less he could get some one to take him across the river
in a secret manner, for he would not bo permitted to
cross in any of the ferry boats; it being a penalty for
crossing a slave, besides the value of the slave. He
concealed himself in the tall grass and weeds near the
river, to see if ho could embrace an opportunity to cross.
He had been in his hiding-place but a short time, when
he observed a man in a small boat, floating near the
shore, evidently fishing. His first impulse was to call
out to the man and ask him to take him over to the
Ohio side, but the fear that the man was a slaveholder,
or one who might possibly arrest him, deterred him from
it. The man after rowing and floating about fur some
time fastened the beat to the root of a tree, and started
to a neighbouring farm-house. This was George's mo-
ment, and he seized it. Running down the bank, he un-
fastened the boat, jumped in, and with all the expertness
of ono accustomed to a boat, rowed across the river and
landed on the Ohio side.

Being now in a free state, he thought be might with
perfect safety travel on towards Canada. Ho had, however,
gone but a few miles, when he discovered two men on
horseback coming behind him. Ho felt sure that they
could not be in pursuit of him, yet he did not wish to be
seen by them, so he turned into another road, leading
to a house near by. The men followed, and were but a
short distance from George, when he ran up to a farm-
house, before which was standing a farmer-looking man,
in a broad-brimmed hat and straight-collared coat
whom he implored to save him from the " slave-
catchers." The farmer told him to go into the barn near
by; ho entered by the front door, the farmer following,
and closing the door behind George, but remaining out-
side, and gave directions to his hired man as to what
should be done with George. The slaveholders by this
time bad dismounted, and were in the front of the barn
demanding admittance, and charging the farmer with
secreting their slave woman, for George was still in the
dress of a woman. The Friend, for the farmer proved
to be a member of the Society of Friends, told the
slave-owners that if they wished to search his barn,
they must first get an officer and a search warrant.
While the parties were disputing, the farmer began nail-
ing up the front door, and the hired man served the
back door in the same way. The slaveholders, finding
that they could not prevail on the Friend to allow them
to get the slave, determined to go in search of an officer.
One was left to see that the slave did not escape from
the barn, while the other went off at full speed to Mount
Pleasant, the nearest town. George was not the slave
of either of these men, nor were they in pursuit of him,
but they had lost a woman who had been seen in that
vicinity, and when they saw poor George in the disguise
of a female, and attempting to elude pursuit, they felt
sure they were close upon their victim. However, if they
had caught him, although he was not their slave, they
would have taken him back and placed him in gaol, and
there he would have remained until his owner arrived.

After an absence of nearly two hours, the slave
owner returned with an officer and found the Friend
still driving large nails into the door. In a triumphant
tone, and with a corresponding gesture, he handed the
search-warrant to the Friend, and said, "There Sir, now
I will see if I can't get my Nigger." " Well," said the
Friend, "thou hast gone to work according to law, and
thou can now go into my barn." "Lend me your ham-
mer that I may get the door open," said the slave-holder.
" Let me see the warrant again." And after reading it
over once more, he said, "I see nothing in this paper
which says I must supply thee with tools to open my
door; if thou wishes to go in, thou must get a hammer
elsewhere The sheriff said, "I will go to a neigh-
bouring farm and borrow something which will intro-
duce us to Miss Dinah;" and ho immediately went in
search of tools. In a short time the officer returned,
and they commenced an assault and battery upon the
barn door, winch soon yielded; and in went the slave-
holder and officer, and began turning up the hay and
using all other means to find the lost property; but, to
their astonishment, the slave was not there. After all
hope of getting Dinah was gone, the .slave-owner ._ a
rage said to the Friend, " My Nigger is Licit
did not tell thee there was any one here.
Yes, but I" I here. "
sh
s a we
washe r
notgo in, i
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barn,
shutwhtahte door
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for?" "Can't I do what I please with my own barn
door? Now I will tell thee; thou need trouble thyself
no more, for the person thou art after entered the front
door and went out at the back door, and is a long way
from here by this time. Thou and thy friend must be
somewhat fatigued by this time, wont thou go in and
take a little dinner with me?" Wo need not say that
this cool invitation of the good Quaker was not accepted
by the slaveholdere. George, in the meantime, had
been taken to a Friend's dwelling some miles away,
where, after laying aside his female attire, and being
snugly dressed up in a straight-collared coat, and panta-
loons to match, was again put on the right road towards
Canada. Two weeks after this found him in the town
of St. Catharines, working on the farm of Colonel Strut,
and attending a night school.
George, however, did not forget his promise to use all
means in his power to get Mary out of slavery. He,
therefore, laboured with all his might to obtain money
with which to employ some one to go back to Virginia
for Mary. After nearly six monthb' labour at St. Ca-
tharines, he employed an English missionary to go and
see if the girl could be purchased, and at what price.
The missionary went accordingly, but returned with the

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sad intelligence, thston account of Mary's aiding George
to escape, the court had compelled Mr. Green to sell her
out of the State, and she had been sold to a Negro
trader and taken to the New Orleans market. As all
hope of getting the girl was now gone, George resolved
to quit the American continent for ever. He imme-
diately took passage in a vaaael laden with timber, bound
for Liverpool, and in five weeks from that time he was
standing on the quay of the great Ecglioh seaport
With little or no education, ho found many dififeulties.
in the way of getting a respectable living;. However, he
obtained a situation us porter in a large louse in Man-
chester, where he worked during the day, and took
private lessons at night. In this way he laboured for
three years, and was then raised to the situation of a
clerk. George was so white as easily to pass for a
nhite man, and being somewhat ashamed of his African
descent, he never once mentioned the fact of his having
been a slave. He Boon became a partner in the firm that
employed him, and was now on the road to wealth.
In the year 1849, just ten years after George Green
(for he adopted his master's name) arrived in England,
he visited France, and spent some days. at Dunkirk. It
was towards sunset, on a warm day in the mouth of
October, that Mr. Green, after strolling some distance
from the Hotel de Leon, entered a burial-ground and
wandered long alone among the silent dead, gasing upon
the many green graves and marble tombstones ct those
who once moved on the theatre of busy life, and whose
sounds of gaiety once fell upon the ear of man. All
nature around was hushed in silence, and seemed to par-
take of the general melancholy which hung over the
quiet resting place of departed mortals. After tracing
the varied inscriptions which told the characters or con-
ditions of the departed, and viewing the mounds 'neath
which the dust of mortality slumbered, he had now
reached a secluded spot, near to where an aged weeping
willow bowed its thick foliage to the ground, as though
anxious to hide from the scrutinizing gaze of curiosity
the grave beneath it. Mr. Green v.eated himself upon a
marble tomb, and began to read Roscoe's " Leo I ," a
copy of which he had under his arm. It was then about
twilight, and he had scarcely gone through half a page,
when ho observed a lady in black, leading a boy some
five years old up one of the paths; and as the lady's
black veil was over her face, he felt somewhat at liberty
to eye her more closely. While looking at her, the lady
gave a'scream and appeared to be in a fainting position,
when Mr. Green sprang from his seat in time to save her
from falling to the ground. At this moment, an elderly
gentleman was seen approaching with a rapid step, who
from his appearance was evidently the lady's father, or
one intimately connected with her. He came up, and
in a confused manner, asked what was the matter. Mr.
Green explained as well as ho could. After taking up
the smelling bottle which had fallen from her hand, and
holding it a short time to her face, she soon began to
revive. During all this time, the lady's veil had so
covered her face that Mr. Green bad not seen it. When
she had so far recovered as to be able to raise her
head, she again screamed, and fell back into the arms of
the old man. It now appeared quite certain that either
the countenance of George Green, or some other object,
was the cause of these fits of fainting; and the old gen-
tleman, thinking it was the former, in rather a petulant
tone said, " I will thank you, Sir, if you will leave us
alone." The child whom the lady was leading had now
set up a squall; and amid the death-like appearance of
the lady, the harsh look of the old man, and the cries of
the boy, Mr. Green left the grounds and returned to his
hotel.

Whilst seated by the window, and looking out upon
the crowded street, with every now and then the strange
scene in the grave-yard vividly before him, Mr. Green
thought of the book he had been reading, and, remem-
bering that ho had left it on the tomb, where he had
suddenly dropped it when called to the assistance of
the lady, he immediately determined to return in search
of it. After a walk of some twenty minutes, he was
again over the spot where he had been an hour before,
and from which he had been so unceremoniously ex•
polled by the old man. He looked in vain for the book;
it was nowhere to be found: nothing save a bouquet
which the lady had dropped, end which lay half-
buried in the grass from having been trodden upon, in-
dicated that any one had been there that evening. Mr.
Green took up the bunch of flowers, and again returned
to the hotel.

After passing a sleepless night, and hearing the clock
strike six, he dropped into a sweet sleep, from which he
did not awake until roused by the rap of a servant,
who, entering his room, handed him a note which ran as
follows:—" Sir,—l owe you an apology for the incon-
veniences to which you were subjected !wit evening, and
if you will honour us with your presenco today at four
o'clock, I shall be most happy to give you due satisfac-
tion. My servant will be in waiting for you at half-past
three. I am, sir, your obodt. servant, J. Devenant.
October 23, to George Green, Esq."
The servant who handed this note to Mr. Green in
formed him that the bearer was waiting for a reply. He
immediately resolved to accept the invitation, and re-
plied accordingly. Who this person was, and how his
name and the hotel where he was stopping had been
found out, was inded a mystery. However, he waited
impatiently fcr the hour when he was to see this new
acquaintance, and get the mysterious meeting in the
grave-yard solved.

The clock on a neighbouring church had scarcely
ceased striking three when the servant announced that
a carriage had called for Mr. Green. In less than half
an hour he was seated in a most sumptuous barouch,
drawn by two beautiful iron greys, and rollieg along
over a splendid gravel road, completely shaded by large
trees, which appeared to have been the accumulated
growth of many centuries. The carriage soon stopped
in front of a low villa, and this too was imbedded in
magnificent trees covered with moss. Mr. Green
alighted and was shown into a superb drawing room, the
walls of which were hung with fine speimens from the
hands of the great Italian painters, and ono by a Ger-
man artist representing a beautiful monkish legend coa-
aected with " Tho Holy Catherine," and illustrious lady
of Alexandria. The furniture bad an antique and dig-
nified appearance. High-backed chairs stood around
the room; a venerable mirror stood on the mantel shelf;
rich curtains of crimson damask hung in folds at either
side of the large windows; and a rich Turkey carpet
covered the floor. In the centre Mood a table covered
with books, in the midst of which was an old-fashioned
V 320 filled with fresh flowers, whose fragrance was ex-
ceedingly pleasant. A faint light, together with the
quietness of the hour, gave beauty beyond description to
the whole scene.

Mr. Green had scarcely seated himself apon the sofa,
when the elderly gentleman whom he had met the pre-
vious evening made his appearance, followed by the
little boy, and introduced himself as Mr. Devenant. A
moment more, and a lady—a beautiful brunette—dressed
in black, with long curls of a chesnut colour hanging
down her cheeks, entered the room. Her eyes were of a
dark heel, and her whole appearance indicated that she
was a native of a southern clime. The door at which
she entered was opposite to where the two gentlemen
were seated. They immediately rose; and Mr. Deve-
aent was in the act of introducing her to Mr. Green,
when he observed that the latter had sunk back upon the
sofa, and the last word that ho remembered to have
heard was, " It is her." After this, all was dark and
dreamy: how long ho remained in this condition it was
for another to tell. When ho awoke he found himself
stretched upon the sofa, with his boots off, his necker-
chief removed, shirt collar unbuttoned, and his head
resting upon a pillow. By his aide sat the old man, with
the smelling bottle in the one hand and a glass of water
in the other, and tho little boy standing at the foot of
the sofa. As soon as Mr. Green had so far recovered
as to be able to speak, "Where am I, and what does
this mean?" " Wait a while," replied the old man,
"and I will tell you all." After the lapse of some ten
minutes he rose from the sofa, adjusted his apparel, and
said, "I am now ready to hear anything you have to
say." "You were burn in America," said the old man.
" Yes," he replied. " And you were acquainted with a
girl named Mary," continued the old man. "Yes, and
I loved her as I can love none other." " The lady
whom you met so mysteriously last evening is Mary,"
replied Mr. Devenant. George Green was silent, but
the fountains of mingled grief and joy stole out from
beneath his eye-lashes, and glistened like pearls upon
his pale and marble-like cheeks. At this juncture the
lady again entered the room. Mr. Green sprang from
the sofa, and they fell into each other'a arms, to the
surprise of the old men and little George, and to the
amusement of the servants who had crept up ono by one,
and were hid behind the doors or loitering in the hall.
When they had given rent to their feelings, they re-
sumed their seats cud each in turn related the advan-
tures through which they had passed. " How did you
find out my name and address?" asked Mr. Green.
" After you had left us in the grave-yard, our little
George said, ' 0, mamma, if there aint a bock!' and
picked it up and brought it to us. Papa opened it, and
said the gentleman's name is written in it, and here is
a card of the Hotel do Lean, where I suppose he is stop-
ping.' Papa wished to leave the book, and said it was
all a fancy of mine that I had ever seen you before,
but I was perfectly convinced that you ware my own
George. Green. Are you married?" "No, I QM not."
" Then thank Godl" exclaimed Mrs. Devenant. The
old man who had been silent all this time said, " Now,
Sir, I must apologize for the trouble you were put to
last evening," "And you are single now." "Yes,"
she replied. "This is indeed the Lord's doings," said
Mr. Green, at the same time bursting into a ood of
tears. Although Mr. Devenant was past the age when
men she'd think upon matrimonial subjects, yet this
scene brought vividly before his eyes the days when he
was a young man, and had a wife living, and thought it
time to call their attention to dinner, which was then
waiting. Wo need scarcely add that Mr. Green and
Mrs. Devenant did very little towards diminishing the
dinner that day.
After dinner the lovers (for such we have to call them)
gelve their experience from the time that George Green
left the gaol, dressed in Mary's clothes. Up to that
time, Mr. Green's was substantially as we have related
it. Mrs. Devenant's was us follows:—" The night after
you left the prison," said she, " I did not shut my eyes
in sleep. The next morning, about 8 o'clock, Peter, the
gardener, came to the gaol to see if I had been there
the night before, and was informed that I had, and that
I left a little after dark. About an hour after,
Green came himself, and I need not say that he Mr.
mach surprised on finding me there, dressed • was
in our
clothes. This was the first tidings they had of your
escape." `° What did Mr. Green Ea when he found
that I had fled?" " 0!" continued Mils. Devcnallt:
said to me when no one was near, I hope George will get
"he
off, but I fear you will have to suffer in hi is stead. I told
him that if it must be so I was willing to die if you
could live." At this moment Georgs Green burst into
tears, threw his arms around her neck, and exclaimed,
" I um glad I have waited so long, with the hope of
meeting you again."
Mrs. Devenant again resumed her story:—" I was
kept in gaol three days, during which time I was visited
two by the Magistrates and of the Judges. On the
third day I was taken out, and mater told me that I was
liberated, upon condition'
that I be immediately sent
out of the State. There happened to be just at that

time in the neighbourhood a negro-trader, and he pur-
chased me, and I was taken to New Orleans. On the
steam•boat we were kept in a close room where slaves
are umally confined, so that I saw nothing of the pas-
sengers on hoard or the towns we passed. We arrived
at New Orleans and were all put into the slave-
. market for sale. I was examined by many persons, but
none seemed willing to purchase me; as all thought me
too white, and said I would run away end pass as a free
white woman. On the second day while in the slave-
market, and while planters and ethers were examining
slaves and making their purchases, I observed a tall
young men with lung black hair eyeing me very closely,
and then taking to the trader. I felt sure that my
time had now come, but the day closed without my be-
ing sold. I did not regret this, for I had heard that
foreigners made the worst of masters, and I felt con-
fident that the man who eyed me so closely was not an
American.

"The next day was the Sabbath. The bells called the
people to the different places of worship. Methcclists
sang, and Baptists immersed, and Presbyterians
sprinkled, and Episcopalians read their prayers, while
the ministers of the various sects preached that Christ
died for all; yet there were some twenty-five or thirty
of us poor creatures confined in the Negro Pen,'
awaiting the close of the Holy Sabbath, and the dawn of
another day, to be again taken into the market, there to
anothered you withday.. whatou anxiety
Monday
be, examined like so many beasts of burden. I need not
t
wewweaiwteedre afor theuin advent
broughtof
out, and placed in rows to bo inspected; angel fortunately
for me, I was sold before we had been en the stand an
hour. I was purchased by a gentleman residing in the
city, for a waiting-maid for his wife, who was just on the
eve of starting for Mobile, to pay a visit to a near rela-
tion. I was then dressed to suit the situation of a
maid-servant; and, upon the whole, I thought that in my
new dress I looked as much the lady as my mistress.
" On the passage to Mobile, who should I see among
the passengers but the tall, loug-haired man that had
eyed me so closely in the slave-market a few days be-
fore. His eyes were again on me, and he appeared
anxious to speak to me, and I as reluctant to be spoken
to. The first evening after leaving New Orleans, soon
after twilight had let her curtain down, and pinned it
with a star, and while I was seated on the deck of the
boat, near the ladies' cabin, looking upon the rippled
waves, and the reflection of the moon upon the sea, all
at once I saw the tall young man standing by my aide.
I immediately rose front my seat, and was in the act of
returning to the cabin, when he in a broken accent said,
Stop a moment; I wish to have a word with you. I
am your friend.' I stopped and looked him full it the
face, and he said, I saw you some days since in the
slave-market, and I intended to have purchased you to
save you from the condition of a slave. I called on
Monday, but you had been sold and had left the market.
I inquired and learned who the purchaser was, and that
you had to go to Mobile, so I resolved to follow you.
If you are willing, I will try and buy you from your
present owner, mid you shall be free.' Although this
was said in an honest and off-hand manner, I could not
believe the man to be sincere in what he said. Why
should you wish to set me free?' I asked. I had an
only sister,' he replied, who died three years ago in
France, and you are so much like her, that had I not
known of her death, I would most certainly have taken
you for her.' However much I may resemble your
sister, you are aware that I am not her, and why take so
much interest in one whom you never saw before?'
Tho love,' said he, which I had for my sister is trans-
ferred to you.' I had all along suspected that the man
was a knave, and this profession of love confirmed me
in my former belief, unsi I turned away and left him.
" The neat day, while standing in the cabin and look-
ing through the window, the French gentleman (for
such he was) came to the window while walking on the
guards, and again commenced as on the previous even-
ing. He took from his pocket a bit ot paper and put
into my hand, and at the same time saying, ' this,
it may some day bo of service to you, remember it is
from a friend,' and left me instantly. I unfolded the
paper, and found it to be a 100 dolls, bank note, on the
United States Branch Bank, at Philadelphia. My first
impulse was to give it to my mistress, but upon a second
thought I resolved to seek an opportunity, and to re-
turn the hundred dollars to the stranger. Therefore, I
looked for him, but in vain; and had almost given up
the idea of teeing him again, when he passed me on the
guards of the boat and walked towards the stem of the
vessel. It being now dark, I approached him and offered
the money to him. He declined, saying at the same
time, • I gave it to you—keep it.' Ido not want it,' I
said. Now,' said he, you had better give your con-
sent for me to purchase you, and you shall go with me to
France.' But you cannot buy me now,' I replied, ' for
my master is in New Orleans, and he purchased me not to
sell, but to retain in his own Would you
rather remain with your present mistress than be free?'
No,' said I. Then fly with me to-night; we shall be
in Mobilo iu two hours from this, and, when the passen-
gers are going on shore, you c. take my arm, and you
caa escape unobserved.' The trader who brought you to
New Orle ens exhibited to mo a certificate of your good
character, and one from the Minister of the Church to
which you were attached in Virginia; and upon the
faith of these assurances, and the love I bear you, I pro-
mise before high heaven that I will marry you as soon
as it can be done.' This solemn promise, coupled with
what had already transpired, gave me confidence in the
man; and rash as the act may seem, I determined in an
instant to go with him. My mistress had been put
under the charge of the captain; and as it would be
past ten o'clock when the steamer would land, she ac-
cepted an invitation of the captain to remain on board
with severe' other ladies till morning. I (tressed myself
in my best clothes, and put a veil over my face, and was
ready on the landing of the boat. Surrounded by a
number of passengers, we descended to the stage lead-
ing to the wharf, and were soon lost in the crowd that
thronged the quay. As we went on shore we encoun-
tered several p'rsons announcing the names of hotels,
the starting ot boats for the interior, and vessels bound
for Europe. Among these was the ship Utica, Captain
Pell, bound for Havre. Now,' said Mr. Devenant,
this is our chance.' The ship was to sail at 12 o'clock
that night, at high tide; and following the men who
were seeking passengers, we went immediately on board.
Dovenant told the captain of the ship that I was his
sister, and for such we passed :during the voyage. At
the hour of twelve the Utica set sail, and we were soon
out at sea.

"The morning after we left Mobile Devenant met me
as I came from my state room and embraced rao for the
first time. I loved him, but it was only that affection
which we have for ono who has done us a lasting fa-
vour: it was the love of gratitude rather than that of
the heart. We were five weeks on the sea, and yet the
passage did not seem long, for Devenant was so kind.
On our arrival at Havre we were married and came
to Dunkirk, and I have resided here ever since."
At the close of this narrative the clock struck tea,
when the old man, who was accustomed to retire at an
early hour, rose to take leave, saying at the same time,
" I hope you will remain with us to-night." Mr.
Green would fain have excused himself, on the ground
that they would expect him and wait at tho hotel, but a
look from the lady told him to accept the invitation. The
old man was the father of Mrs. Devenant's deceased
husband, as you will no doubt long since have supposed.
A fortnight from the day on which they mot
inl
n.
grave-yard, Mr. Green and Mrs. Devenant ware joined
in holy wedlock ; so that Georgo and Mary, whowhaarde
loved each other so ardently in their younger days,
now husband and wife.

that the latitude of a
IMPJRTANT DISCOVERY IN NAVIGATING SHIPS AT
- • the sun and horizon be not both vial-
sSiii.pt.—canThniontabyontoatkebneigfenerally known, i
ble at the same time, and that the artificial horizon used on
land to obtain the latitude of a place, cannot be used at sea,
owing to the constant, motion of the ship destroying the
horizontal surface. I%e understand that Mr. Brinsden, of
Mont Saint lfillaire, C.E., has perfected a mode for using
the artificial horizon at sea, so that it is perfectly unin-
fluenced by the motion of the ship, and the altitude may
be taken at all times when the sun is Visible. Such a disce-
very will tend much to the security of boating property, the
preservation of the lives of our hardy sailors, and must com-
mand the attention of merchants owing ship property.—
Montreal Herald.

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seen and known li miles distant ; they answer every purpose
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GOVERIi MENT EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALlA.—Not-
withstanding the great number of emigrants who have been
sent out by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioners to our Australian colonies during the present
year, the applications at*the office, in Park-street, West-
minster, from persons soliciting to be sent out under the
Government regulations are more numerous than can pos-
sibly be complied with. The persons applying are chiefly
agriculturists, mechanics, and women (neecilawomen,ser:
vents, &c.) The Commissioners, have, however, decided_
upon sending out a few more this year (exceedirig2,ooudt
020
the above classes, the most required in our colonies;
the next ship appointed to sail is the Hope,
for ;hat
' be followed by others that have been contracted
now in the
tons, to
to the "gold diggings" although
purpose by Government. With respect to "fortune-
seekers"ready in the St. Kathanne s,
' ' London, West and , Fast India
o f 60to0r
500, 000, 800, to 1,500 tons
middle of October, there are no less than forty ships getting
Docks, ranging from 4,0,
Australia, Adelaide,
Letsateerpuresent month to Port
each, appointed to sail during
Philip, Geelong, Melbounte,
cs.,,wc .
. , aind,,from, Liverpool
,t,en
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Sydney, New South Wales,

England roturns
to belt iiissueesdtiomna,Stld tartdhaaytntebt Dank
shoufw an increase of up-
wards of 100,000/. in the stock of coin and bullion. One of
the leading bullion brokers has sent into the bank in one
week no less than 400,0001. worth of Australian gold, and
another sum of 100,0001. will go into the vaults of the insti-
tution this week, from the same quarter. We also hear that
the demand for sovereigns for shipment to Australia has
greatly fallen off. Under these circumstances it is anticipated
that the tendency of the bank's metallic stock, notwith-
standing the dividend and other payments, will bo rather
upward than otherwise for tome time to come.