Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-11-27

ar Davenport, than the relation and
,a,rscipr Of . STAKEHOLDER.
1 viii CRAFTY Mr.. Davenport, to learn
M. Harriet was abunlanlIy supplied with
money aud with winter clothing. bv
lends, who mingled their tears win
hrs. would take this method to IN.
Efn him. that Harriet is in Kinpson
Ulopr Canada. He may wish 10 raw
b.r wages for the services she has E,i,E.
.fny rendered him. or 10 minister 10 her
comfort in ether WAYS.
Your friend and brother,
GERRIT SMITH.
'CAPE VINCENT. Oct. %, 1889.
GrmtSmith, Esq Dear Sir:-Know.
ing the interest you feel IN the case of
H1rriet, the white slave, it affords me
graf pleasure to be able 10 inform YOU,
bat she is safe from her oppressor. I
'w her pass the ferry this morning into
Cnada. And while she was waiting for
chance to be taken across the river. (sb4
eng detained about twenty hours on ac.
anl Of high wind.) | gladly embraced
eOpp brluni y 10 become acquainted with
G | found her an exceedingly inter
|Sng girl. She was almost ovrrioyed a,
rrospeci OF Obtaining her ireeGom.-
i'lold me- that she had a safe aud ve@v
asnl journey from he: last res,inv
Ine; ani she seemed unable 10 express
z sense of the kindness she had exne.
encel at the hands of the aboi,ionists.
s nd the tricking tear told hat her he,rl
/. u! Ilrmore thdn her tongue could utter.
II b. rel IN! TO eXyreSS 10 them her
ZIP s'nse of the debt of gratitul e she
r' them for all their frien saip, aud es-
8rnIy f1r their faithful ness on the sub.
q OF religion. Sac appeared to have
pmt IllIe conception Of the depravity Of
lee heart, and said that she was resolved
b seek rcligion-but her religious IN
(trnctlon must have been lament bly DE-.
|'itHt--as she is qlite ignorant of the
h'rr:er OF God, AMI of the nature and
qnrements of his holy law. She is
by anxious 10 learn to read-and with
be he'll OF spelling book, which some
Eenas gave her, she has iearned The al
h'oa, and begins 10 spell ont words. -
Wis The slave of Mr.. Davenport, she
as well fe! and well clothed, and was
Of orer.worked. Aud he always ex-
rssel desire that his slaves should
oJact with propriety aud dtcency; and
oLen told them, lhh were it not forbid
BY law, his slaves should be taught 10
at Her mother and one sister arc sill
e slaves Of Mr.. Davenport. She has
|ne brother, who lives in Tennessee, aud
Tree She thinks her brother and she
|pll be able in lille time to bay her
bother and sister and sci them free
She said that she was born the slave of
lIge Samuel Powell, of Rogprsvi!le,
liwkins county, East Tennessee, III II
|'r had never been soId, until bought by
Pr Dlvrnpor. Thomas Powell, SON OF
e Judge IN company with another per-
|n, bought some forty or fifty slaves, and
er mother, sister, AMI self, were turned
4 with them and driven TO Mississippi
GIcge Powell gave orders 10 his son MT
separate her mother and the chill Urea
ON each other in the sale of them
t'Irrlel started or foot in The dove with
De res, but, in consequence of The sneers
aol rebnkPs her owners received on her
acconnt, they consented. after day or
40, to LIT her ride. She supposes that
'a' IS about twentv-lhrec or TWEEN y.four
y'lrS OF are Bu. few Of tn, slaves, she
aInSs' know their ages. Benjamin Pow.
,oi Athens, Alabama. she to d me-, is
yer lalher. Harriet's complexion is a
s0all shade darker than American ladies
y general. Her hair is raight, OF a
'n' brown color-her eyes dark. Her
a'ares are regular. and her form grace.
w. Her voice is sof--anl her countpn.
aace naturally prepossesses one in her f..
-, She wonld PISS for bright good
looking girl.
one Iold me that Mr. Davenport CIV.
Sifoo Tor her--that her skill in needl.
L0k enhanced her value. While il
'uage POwell's f,MiIy, she had been ac
,"aomed to ordinary house AID dair,
to'E' and spinning land the latter part O
"I y 'lme to sewing.
one great ohlect she had in escapn.
I'm Mr.. Davenport, she told me. wa
~, rear that she should be sold 10 SON
S,'eeI'ng ane cruel master. A large sn,
s'a been offered, as she understood, 10
~ oy a man of bad character. r,
We SKIN has returned, and [ mus, close
Yours, &c. Frn.p., n .'ose