Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-05-28
The Escape from the Slave Buycr-hoyv
the Slave is Hunted

ed ~ Inc remarkable anu thrilling work by Har
rlet Beecher Stowe, entitled Uncle Toms Cab
in Gust published, and selling with great ra
pidlty,) we take the following extract from it.
Mr. Shelby, an indugent STAKEHOLDER, be-
comes pecuniarily embarrassed, and is reluctant
" compelled to sell Uncle Tom, and also beau
uful little child belonging to favorite slave. ma
med Eliza The purchaser was a slave snocn.
lator. by the name of Haley. Eliza overheard
the agreement between Shelby and Haley fol
her child, and, filled with horror and excited tc
desperation at the thought of being separated
she fled that mig hit with her darling boy for Can.
ada, If happily she might find il. She is hotlv
pursued by Mr.. Haley, accompanied bv two of
| Mr.. Shclby's slaves, who ingeniouslv contriyed
to throw various hindrances in his way, in order
to enable the fugitive to gain time The parties
at length meet on the Kentucky side of the Ohio
river:
| In consequence of all the various delays. i,
was about three-quarters of an hour after Eliza
| had laid her child to sleep in the village tavern.
that the party came riding into the same place.
Eliza was standing by the window, looking out
IN another direction, when Sans quick eve
caught glimpse of her. Haley and ANDY were
| two yards behind. AT this crisis Sam contrived
to have his hat blown off, and uttered loud and
Characteristic ejaculation, which startled her at
once; she drew suddenly back; the whole train
swept by the window, round to the front door
thousand lives seemed to be concentrated
in that one moment to Eliza. Her room OPEN
ed by side door to the river. She caught her
child, and sprang down the steps towards it.
The trader caught full glimpse of her, Just as
she was disappearing down the bank; and
throwing himself from his horse, and calling
loudly on Sam and Andy, he was after her like
hound after deer. In that dizzy moment, her
feet to her scarce seemed to touch the ground.
and moment brought her to the waters edoe.
Right on behind they came: and, nerved with
strength such as Goo gives only to the despe-
rate, with one Wild cry and flying leap, she vaul-
ted sheer over the turbid current BY the shore.
on to the raft of ice beyond 1t was a desperate
eap--impossi5le TO anything but madness and
despair; and Haley, Sam and Andy, instructive
y cried out, and lifted up their hands as she did
it.
The huge green fragment of ice on which she
allghted, pitched and cracked as her weight came
on 1t, but she staId there not a moment With
Wild cries and desperate energy she leaped to
another and still another cake; stumbing--leap-
lng-slipPing--springing upwards again! Her
shoes are gone.--her stockings cut from her feet
while blood marked every step; but she saw
nothing, felt nothing, till dimly, as in a dream,
she saw the Ohio side, and man helping her
up the bank
'Yer brave gal, now, whoever we ar ? said
the man with an cath.
Eliza recognized the voice and face Of man
who owned farm not far from her own home.
%, Mr.. Symmes save me--do save me-
do hide me ? said Eliza
why, what's this p said the man. 'Whv, if
'tan't Shelbys gal ~
My child.--this boy he'd sold him There
is his Mas'r,' said She, pointing to the Kentucky
boyn
so have said the man, as he roughly, but
kindly, drew her up the steep bank. Besides,
you're right brave gal. like grit wherever
see it,
When they had gained the top of the bank, the
man paused.
I'D be glad to do something for ye,' said he,
but then there's nowar can take We. The best
can do is to tell ye to 60 thar, said he, pointing
to a large white house which stood by ITSELF off
the main street of the village. go thar they're
kind folks. There's no kind of danger but they'll
help you-they'rc up to all that sort o thing
THE Lord bless your said Eliza, earnestly.
'No casion, no 'cason in the world said the
man. What I've done's no count
And, oh, surely, sir, you won't tell any ono?'
Go to thunder, gal What 90 you take a fell
Ter for? In course not said the man. Come,
now, 90 along like likely, sensible gal, as ye
are You've arnt yer liberty, and you shall have
it for all me-"
The woman folded her child to her bosom, and
walked swiftly away. The man stood and look
ed after her.
Shelby now, mebbe won't think this yer the
most neighbory thing in the world but what's
afeller to do? If he catches one of my gals in
the same fix, he's welcome to pay back Some
bOyy, I unvnr nCull COO No ind - ,r;ttar n
vim and pantin', and tryin' to clar themselves,
with the dogs arter 'em, and 90 agin en-. Be-
sides, don't see no kind of 'cason for me to be
hunter and catcher for other folks, neither.
SO spoke this poor, heathenish kentuckian,
who had not been instructed in lis constitution
al relations, and consequently was betrayed into
acting in a sort of christianizcd manner, which
if he had been better situated and more enlight-
ened, he would not have been left to do.
Haley had stood perfectly amazed spectator
ofthe scene till Eliza had disappeared up the
bank, when he turned blank, inquiring look on
Sam and Andy.
That ar was a tolable fair stoke Of business
said Sam.
The gals got seven devils in her, I believe =
said Haley. How like wildcat she jumped
Eliza made her desperate retreat across the
river Just IN the dusk OF twilight. The gray
mist of evening, rising slowly from the river,
enveloped her as she disappeared up the bank,
and the swollen current and fioundering masses
of ice presented hopeless barrier between her
and her pursuer. Haley, therefore, slowly and
discontentedly returned TO the little tavern, to
ponder further what was 10 be done. The wo-
man opened to him the door Of a little parlor,
covered with a rag carpet, where stood table
with a shining black oil-cloth, sundry lank, high
backed wood chairs, with some plaster images
in respendent colors on the mantel-shelf, above
a very dmy-smoking CRATE long, hardwood
sottee extended its uneasy length by the chin
ney, aud here Haley sat himself down to med-
tate on the instability of human hopes and hap
piness in general.
LAZY HONEY BEEs.-The late news from
Honolulu notes The failure of an attempt to take
a swarm Of bees from Boston around the Cape
to the Sandwich Islands. On entering the trop-
les the wax melted aud the bees persisted. The
introduction of the honey bee into the island
has long been deemed matter ofimportance.
In Sydney Smiths Sketches of Moral Philos-
ophy, we remember he mentions, on the author
ity of Dr. Darwin, Il curious instance of change
of instinct of this little insect, from which it
would seem that the Islanders had small cause
TO regret the failure Of the attempt at its natural
iza,ion He says: The bees carried over TO
Barbados and the Western Isles, ceased to lay