The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-10-28

'hab courage, ilassa! Mungo u slave dc dool
OPEN"
Druwing hnck the axe with the manner and in
the attitude Of pracIlced wOodmnn, his blows
fell fast and heavy on HE unyleldIna barrier, which
answered with such sound rs made the honest
negro fem lest should reach the ears of the dis
tnni Al rr. But there WAS no alternative, aud he
renewed his ejulls. A, length The bolts by which
the lock was fastened To lie wood began 10 give
away.
Courage, courage, Nassa!" cried Mungo whose
hopes began to revive, and whose strength seemed
10 increase at every blow At last, cxcrug
powerful eliot, he struck the edge Of the axe with
the precision of one who well understood the III
sirumen he was using, directly between the lock
and the woods splrkcs of fire snapped ou iro.n the
collision aud the severed iron fell heavily on the
! ll0nr. In m instant, MungO threw Opon the door
! aud his ebony C0unlcnnncc fairly eSicnng with
| Joy, sprang INTO the cell, and grasped his master
souily by the hand,
Come, nassa, come" he cried; "dcre is no
| time to be- los"
! Tho asst nishmcnt Of Woodyillc, and the Ngin-
i'm of Eleanor scarcely permitted them 10 speak;
and Mungu too well knew the value Of time in
'neir present fearful predcancn 10 allow them an
opportunity Tor parey. The voices ofscnc of the
restraining villagers reached his ears, qulchencd as
they were by nlicrionnte apprehension for his
master, and therefore, not waiting To give any ex-
plaua,inn, he seized the trembling Eleanor, III his
arms, and bidding our hero follow him rushed
hastily ont of the prison, and dared along the liz
tie by-pn'h towards the woods from which we
lately saw him issue, when reaching the deep shad-
ow which the lofty b,uuches of the trees cast over
the earth, the, were quickly lost to sight,
~ WONDER" said one Of The b0nrmen who had
tcnnined in the cove which we before mentioned
- wonder il that SNOWFALL Is ever coming
back"
II do nj understand these dongs ut All, an
Swcrcd his companion. ''llcrc HIS been the
! Nancy, with ms lair hrer2e rs ever filed top
sail. saUGing nt' and on these four hours waiting
| for that cursed piece of Indian ink. The Whole
| business is too high die for ne-tut we must hey
orders if we break owners, | 'Spase" "llaIk!'
interrupted the other, 81 hear the rafting OF
! wheels"
The sound of carriage rapidly approaching
now broke the silence Of the night, and III a mo-
II ent ulcr, u wagon drawn by two horses, driven
with such mpidIy that 1t seemed To the sailors
who of course could not be expected To know
much Of horscmanshp, that they must mr'ilahIcl
! hr dashed against The uceS, came HtiIm. towards
I the boat iul hlurso well kncw the Iiriy horses
he was guiding, and without suffering them 10
,lacleu their .p,cd threaded the mnZcs Of the
stately forest with certainty OF eye and drYcry
Of hand that wnU'd have done credit to a chgro-
iogr at the Olympic games, But few minutes
went By, before the I0aning slccds were drawn
Up ON the rdgr OF the bank, and the Inmates OF The
wagon descended 10 the boat. "snova OFF, sad
Mango, as hr sprung down the dec,l>iiI and leap
ed u'O the huWS Of the boat, alter having released
the l,orsos from the wagon, and stripped the har-
ness from their hacls
The sni,ris g'al that III. If Disagreed IL drlcn-
,ion vuSul l,,,rh terminated, obcNcd the order
wrh aarliiy, and lcl,me E,lI then oars gave way
will, Iu,ry arms. and in Il C.w minutes, were along
side i brir tina, had been all the evening hacking
and f,o,. opp,sl,n ia the inlet we have ncntiunnd.
Tn, ran,ain stood at III, g.nrwuy to receive the
r,p.r,rd n,ssrncrrs. and ~ soon a, they were on
bo,rd r,,c the necessary o,ders, nnl pa, hi, ves-
sci h,nIe the wind.
II would be s,isIninr the readers tsccsnmcnt
to srppnsp he does nnt couprrhrnd without
any eyunnrtjun. the movements of liungn. Dur
I'M, tn, three DAYS that he hid M, mid his accuse
toned visits to ,hr crate cf the prison, he had been
,.h.rni in the uri,l,bnr,pu city, dlsp0,un of his
masters uoyrrah'e c,,rrts. The Dian Which he
h,d lorrurd for the dglurranrr Of tho prisoner be-
communicated ia no onc-no even Wo,dyi.lc.
determined ma, ia excite homes which +, nirht not
h, in ms pnwrr ia re,'izn. Aricr obtaining con-
siderable sum OF money tom me SAFE ol various
ornlwcHlS ""d other portable articles hc'ohsln5 IN
William ANA LlcIuOr, ann Wlirh he lE!d htld 10.
nr vifh an un.,rnnulnua h,nJ n, next nrnrrrdrI
rL , -. - :; a.,
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vessel whth we have seen them reach In Tue
management Of this negotiation he exhibited so
much adyoipnrss, that the captain never knew, To
the end Of his life, which was terminated by the
ycl!uw lcyer shortly after hr reached his dn,liha
ton. whn wcra the passengers who he had thus
cullnU,y reached on board. Previous 10 their
reaching the vessel, our hero was given to under-
stand the chrarirr that he would have to assume,
hy Muu:o's addressing him rs NIssa Wilson,
name mhirh, IL, the reader is aware, be continued
afterwards to be- known hy. The Young sister q
William, Of whom we have made hut s,iah, men.
ton, as she was buta litlla gul II, iii. limc waa
also nc;nArd in the plan of lights and Munso had