Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-15

forming him Of the facts, and that secro
= flight was his only means of salvation
While he was preparing himself fer this,
was in search of back way by which h,
might escape, as there were already spies /,
front TO note our movements; but in This
was thwarted, as the rear of the house ,vo
all enclosed. And now another exnedio,
presented itself; the cars were on the eve nj
starting-passengers were h|urryinp TO the
Depot, and negro slaves were CARVING ,hei,
trunks. A word, a hint, to John was snai.
cient; he seized a trunk, and was Off for tbe
train, intending after depositing it to walk
carelessly off from the crowd as a porter. and
make his escape as way opened. But spies
were out-a scent had been discovered. and
the hungry hounds Of sla, cry were all pant.
ing for the blood OF a victim. / know not
how they selected him from a score of others
Of the same complexion, engaged in the same
business, but they did it, and he was seized
by the collector who had refused him the
privilege of travelling on the road, and an
emmissary Of the law.
But yet they were not appeased suspi.
cion was rife as to my intentions, and | also
must be detained to answer to a charge of
guilty or not guilty, of an attempted act of
justice and mercy. My own danger had not
once so much as crossed my mind, unlil.l
was aroused to a sense of it by Johns pre-
s%enting himself in the car, and telling me
that two gentlemen wished to sec me out
side, when an entire conviction Of their bus
mess and my own situation flashed upon me.
| recollected that | was in the heart of that
city where ToRREY was sacrificed, and on
the very point of being arrested on suspicion
OF being engaged in a similar work of love.
In the magnitude of my brothers. danger ev-
cry thing else was forgotten of myself had
never thought, but now it all come athwart
me like an electric shock; he was discovered
I was sought; and assuming an air of
command, babe him begone in an opposite
direction, in a manner which revealed to him
all that ] felt, and he fastened to improve
the opportunity 10 escape, but was again in
tercepted by his enemies, who again eagerly
enquired for me. Being now aware of my
danger, with a generosity above expression,
he determined to thwart them in that attempt,
and replied that would be there in a mo-
ment. The cars were now put in notion
| came not, and in their eagerness to secure
me, they left John to hunt for me, the collec-
tor TO recognize, and the officer TO arrest
Now was Johns time for escape, and well
did he improve it. In the dense crowd Of
strange faces the collector was unable to re-
cognize me, and to his repeated calls of my
name there was no one to answer. The To-
connective was now attached-the speed of
the cars was rapidly increasing, and they had
to leave or run the risk of being borne far
ther than they wished.
We were now whirled from the city with
great speed, myself enduring such agonizing
reflections as never before had been my lot.
| felt that my brother had literally been cast
among thieves, and | had deserted him in
their midst; not thieves who would rob him
VI All It Hdu anu StIu MN IOItH lIO!l among
them, but thieves who would devote himself,
his life, his soul, and his posterity for ever,
to their unhallowed lusts. The thought was
almost maddening. | saw in the face of ev-
cry man a demon although surrounded by
human beings, there was none whom | could
trust, or of whom | could ask advice. | felt
myself among another race, for slavery trans
forms humanity into -, | had nearly
said brutality, but that were slanderous, for
brutes devour not their own species. Yet on
| came; | scarce knew why or whittier, SO
rapid and bewildering were the reyulsions of
thoughts. Could | render service to him
Hhom | had left as a lamb among wolves, no
danger should have driven ne from his side
but this | could not. / still INDUCED a hope,
faint though it was, that he too would elude
their grasp, which, a thousand praises to his
own tact and perseverance,, he did. | know
that many would render unto God this praise,
but worship not a Deity who would bring
his subjects into such eminent peril for the
sake of leading them safely out.
You, dear reader, may imagine my feelings
when, a few days past this sam man pre-
sented himself at my dwelling with a broad
grin of triumph animating his every feature;
and you must imagine too how deeply inter-
esting were the answers which he gave as
10 the manner of his escape and all incidents
connected Herewith, for a rehearsal of them
would swell this already lengthy epistle to
an extent which would preclude it entirely
from The columns of a periodical. Suffice it