The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-10

hundred Yards from the road. and here | |
must pass my first day out. The day was
an unhappy one; my hiding place was ex-
lremely precarious. Ihud To sit in squat-
ting position the whole day, without the
least chance to rest But besides this, my
scan.y p;,tance did not afford me that nour>
ishmenl whichmy hard nights tlayeI needed.
Night came again 10 my relief, and bsallied
forth 10 pursue myjqurney. BY This time
not a crumb of my crust remained, and was
hungry, and began TO feel the desperation OF
distress As travelled, | felt my strength
failing, and my spirits wavered, my mind
was deep and melancholy dream. TWAS
cloudy;I could not see my star, and had Sc
rious misgivings about my course. In tEis
way the night passed away, and Just at the
dawn Of day found few sour apples. and
took my shelter under the arch of small
bridge tha, crossed the road. Here | pissed
the second day in ambush sE,'" s
/ Night again came on, and lie once more
proceeded on bis wearisome journey. rFie~
IqaeniIy he was overcome with hunger and
Ifatgue, and sat down and slept for few
minutes. At dawn Of day he saw toll bar
and here he venured to ask tile best woytr
Philadelphia. This information he receivt
| ed, and set eff in the right dhection His
taking the open road was fatal. Shortly he
was observed by man who vas vigilant in
detecting runaway negroes, and by him he
was ordered to give an account of himself.
After little parley james took to his heels,
bula hue and,cry holng raised, he was spec
diIy captured. Led to atavcrn as prisoner,
his fate appeared TO be no longer doubtful. -
10 all quesloninga James persisted in saving
be was a freeman; ut he could produce no
papers, and his case was desperate. Here
takes place what the writer calls moral
dilemma. Find ng himse fin imminen, risk
of being sent back TO slavery and punish
will blot out the unforunatenegro' offence
against truth on this OCCASION James fab.
ricaied story was ingenious. He had be
onged 10 slave.trader who had beentaken
Hand died of small pox while on h s way tc
Georgia with q lot Of slaves. Several cf the
gnng also died Of this infect ious disease, and
no one claiming, or wishing to have anything
10 do with the survivors, they all dispersed
|On bearing This account, they assembled
bysianders moved off to a respectful dis
rance, and some voted for letting him go--
lie was, however, retained during the day
and received some food, which was the hrs
meal he had eaten since Sunday Foward,
might, being watched only by boy, he con
|trved TO slip away, and again was lost Il
pursuit among the woods. ~ s"
| Wandering in darkness, Tho north star be
ling shrouded with murky clouds, end stun
I3ling through bushes and mqrsny grounds
THE miserable fugitive was totally at !os
az 10 what course TO prsle. 'Ai venture,
says lie, Il struck noi,hward in search Of ,ht
road After several honis Of zigzag and la
; bnrious travel, dragging through briars
'horns, and ravlnes, emerged from th'
wood, and found myself wadlng mayshy
ground and over dnches can form NJ
correct idea Of the distance ! Travelled, but
came to road, | should think, about thre'
o'clock in the morning. II so happened tha
\ came out near where ihele was a fork il
sElhe road of three prongs. Now arose a Sc
rlous query which is the right prong 70
me? was remlndedby the circumstance
a snperstitlous proverb among the slaves, tha
the lefl hand turning was unIucky,' but as
bad never been in the habit of placing fat
in this or any similar superstition. am no
, aware that II had the least weigh upon m, m,
mind, as | had the same difficulty with tn
: right hand turning. Alter iew moments
pnrley with myself, took the central prom
of The road, and pushed on with all m
speed. IL had not cleared oh; but a res
WIND had sprung up; II was chlliy ana @ search ,
y ing lhs' win my wet clothing maze M
very uhcomioflaoIe; my nerves nfgah
QUEER before me searching WIND ne oalS
ing ot fhosuiiS' Tue Growing ol iowis' ana III
: d'Slan' ra''lnS OF marker wagons, "orne
me maj Inc day was approaching IT,.
Al this Iunciuro he sees farm establish
ment with a small, hovel like barn, and nl
! This he gladly skulked, aud buried himse
among the straw. Here he lay The whole
Thursday, his only danger being the yelpln
IS of a small dog, which had noticed his en-
g trance into the barn. In the course Of th
n afternoon he heard with terror the noise {
!, hoiseman, who passed in search Of him
. They spoke a few words to The larme
IS mentioning that the runawey ttggef was
! lbaeksmiih, and that rewaid Of two hundre
! dollars was oGfred for his recovery. ltw'
: now too evdenithpi the country vas rouse
.e5Eon the subject Of his escape. Night CAM
3 and he was again on bis route; bnEsPeed W
y Gut Of the quesdOn. 'All ! could do was
y keep my legs in motion, and tbs continue
AZ 20 do with the utmost difficulty. The lait
re nart of The niohtt snffa~ed exifen,elv fro