New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-12
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Correspondence of The N Y. Tribune
NEw-BEDFORD, Mass, Friday June . lS5i.
Another glory shedding item, to Illustrate tins gIo
rious era of American liberty. Should 1t not have
reached YOU already in other way, it may seem
to you worth publishing being calculated to help
on the spreading and deepening senses of resistance
at the North to the advances Of Slavery upon its soil
The following has this day come to the writer's ears:
In this year of grace, lo54, and of American ber-
y-Q don't care to remember what, exactly IA large
specimen of the Africc-Amercan chatte lives at
Harper's Ferry, Va, and serves an Anglo-Amercan
master in the capacity of machinist lie is sent to
Baltimore ON several occasions to do some dithcuit
work and thus becomes possessed OF pass to and fro
upon the railroad. COnceiying the idea of becoming
man as well a machnist-at any rate, of remaining
no longer machns-he most dishonesty uses ms pass
to escape from his condng master across what used
TO be considered the boundary line between Slavery
and Liberty. In short he detacates, swartwouts and
absconds with 81. much Of his masters capital as he
can carry within his skin. He gets to jersey City,
sees a white hat that fixes his attention. gets sdeong
look at the face beneath ito other than that OF his
overseer, duly accompanied, of corrse.) lie turns
and takes the first train out of Jersey Cty-an Erie
train il happens to be. When asked for his fare by
the conductor he has none to give; but reading with
the eve of hope Humanity in the conductors face, he
tells him bis story and il by him passed to Deposit,
and referred TO some ticketagent of the UNDERGROUND
Railroad there who furthers him in some way toward
Albany telling him, however, to stop Just short of
there to cross the river at other point and to take
the ears for the East at country station Suffice it
TO sav that through the good offices Of conductor
and another he reaches Worcester. (Who ever heard
of conductor doing the opposite thing-honOr to that
eentemanly fraterntyD Ia Worcester he finds hos
pitaity-o course be does The rcatOr of these facts
shook hands with him yesterday and is strongly
pected besides Of having harbOred this embezZing f
gitive from service and from justice. As Providence
would have il, the gentleman with white hat above
mentioned, attended as above, has found has way to
Worcester alsO. He stops 1T the Nashua House. Bat
the honorable character OF himself ana suite and their
mission becoming known 10 the proprietor, he most
nhosptably and alphabetically declines entertaining
them. But why not they have money The init
nation in return is that when he is reduced 70 living
BY entertaining kidnappers he will stsrye.
But the fugitive He has gone with arms for his
protection in the meantime to get his npered liber
" out of the shadow Of Bunker Hill and III Monument
into the safety offered to IL under the rule of George
Ills granddaughter and successor.
Massachusetts, truly needs no one To speak for
her: she speaks for herself" Look at her there
she stands aud there she will stand forever"-the
schooed obeyer Of the g0dke Wehsters liberty stab
hing sophisries But honor again where honor is due
Tie end Of the story is that numerous escort awaited
the departure Of tie retaining ministers of justice
and that pitch hot and feathers ready to cothe
them appropriately. They supposed to have de-
parted privately. AUDITOR.