Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-06-06

raformer saw what was possible might be actual
We were pointing out the evil which must be
removed in order to substitute good in its place
How it to be done we could not tell, but that
it would be done certain thai God was
seated on the throne Of the universe (applause.)
THIRTY FUGITIVE SLAVES IN CANADA
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAIL
i ROAD COMPANY.
1t appears from the following report in the fu
gitive slaves organ in Canada ,hat considerable
business is still done by the underground Rail
road. The Prorincidl Freeman from which it is
taken, deserves a large circulation among masters
who feel an interest in their absconded negroes
We only give portion of the catalogue of thirty
who have recently escaped to Canada.
Correspondence of the catham C. W. Freeman
April, 1857.
/ In my account of escapes, the names and resi-
2 dences of owners have teen purposely suppress
ed but the proper names of all the fugitives hav,
9 been given. Doubtless many who have escaped
remotely or recently, in this way, will be led, al
in no other to hear of dear relatives and friends
t Husbands AMI wives, brothers and sisters, lon,
: separated, may be reunited. By this joyful in
telligence, many anxious and sad hearts will b.
cheered and encouraged to labor and hope for th
4 redemption of their brethren in bondage. How
ever for the satisfaction of stockholders in the
| u. g. r. r., will simply say that the Vigilance
Committee hold themselves ready to give any in.
| formation that may be expedient.
| No1-Abram Iarris.-Sck of hard usage and
q cruel master. About the lst Of March, with but
a trfng of money in hand Abram bid his
wife and children goodbye, and in company with
a companion older than himself trusting to Cod
set out for Canada. The way they were to travel
the distance of the journey the hunger and cold
| they would have to endare, they knew not Of
ltnln tl,,,,E do N,.4
they set their faces as a flint Canadaward For
nine days and nights, three days entirely without
food, with snow and the cold weather to contend
with, they made the best of their time. (The eff
feet of the cold upon Abrams companion may be
found in the account of his sad death, in the Free
man of April 18th) Thus at the expiration of
! three weeks he able to repose in place of
/ comparative safety, where he could review his
} condition in slavery, the seventy whom he had
left to serve, and the daily flogsng to which they
were subjected by their cruel Oyerseer the part
i ing with his wife and little were all promi-
nent themes in his remarks at this time. A large
book instead Of brief chapter might be written
with interest on the subject. But it must suffice
to add in conclusion only few lines more.
The increased rigor Of his master was the cause
of his escape-wOuld have fled before but "hated
to leave" his wife and children. About three
weeks before leUVing the everseer shot one of his
fellow servants, young man, wOnnding him
verey, but rs soon as he got well enough he also
escaped. In stature, Abram was medium size, tall
dark, age about SO and quite intelligent, having
learned to read He was member Of The
Mount Zion Church" a speaker" occasionally
to God for his deliverance. With indications of
consumption FROM the heavy cold and cough he
had contracted from exposure on the way, | think
$500 would be Il fair estimate for him. the way
such property is now selling in TIE market
No 2-uenry Pedro-Phys Henry Pedro
A . 2 l
made, quite black, and no fool, as will appear
presently Only a short time before he escaped
his master threatened TO sell him South. To avoid
that fate, therefore, he concluded to try his luck
on the Underground Railroad. Hence, in compa,
ny with seven others, two of them females, he
started for Canada. For two or three days and
nights they managed to outgeneral all their ad-
versaries, and succeeded bravely in making the
best of their way to q free state.
In the meanwhile, however a reward of So 900
was offered for their arrest. This temptation
was too great to be resisted, even by the man
who had been intrusted with all their interest
and who had faithfully promised to pilot them to
n afe friend, thus bong under his guidance,
about tEo hours before day. Ono night, under
the deusion of their pretended conductor, they
were all uncOnscously taken into Dover Jail,
where the Sheriff and several other colleagues.
who had been notified beforehand by the bstraye
were in readiness to receive them. Up stairs they
were taken in the dark, and the sheriff asked if,
they mot cold : said they would 'soon give
them q good warming" &c. On,a light being lit
they discovered the iron bars, and hence the fact
that they had been betrayed. Their liberty loving
spirits and purposes. however, did not quail
Though resisted 6rutaly by the sheriff with re-
volveg in hand, they made their way down one
flight of stairs, and in the moment of excitement
as good luck would have it, plunged into the sher-
iff's private apartment, where his wife and chill
dren were sleeping. The wife cried murder lus
thy. A shovel full of fire to the great danger Of
! burning the premises was scattered over the room;
out of the window jumped two of the young fe-
male fugitiyes Our hero, Henry, seizing heavy
handron, smashed out the window entire, through
which the balance-leaped, a distance of twelve
feet The railings or wall around the jail though
at at first look torbidding, was soon surmounted
by desperate effort.
At this stage of the proceedings, Henry found
himself without the walls aud also lost sight of
his comrades Mt the same time. The last enemy
he sped was the sheriff in his stockings without
shoes. II snapped his pistol at him, but it did
not go of. Six of the Others however, marvel
lously got off safely together where the eighth
one went. or how he got of, | cannot say, though
have been credby informed that he did sue
ceed.
For so 'Iikely" locking "boy" as Henry,
Judge $1,000 is small estimate. If he proves
manly in Canada as he did in achieving his free
dom, he will doubtless make his mark.
No 4. = Daniel is one of the eight alluded to-
above. In stature he is well made, dark chestnut
color, and intelligent possessing an ardent thirst
for liberty. The cause of his escape was worked
hard in all sorts weather-in rain and snow," so
he thought he would Ego where colored men are
free" His master was considered the hardest
man around. His mistress was eighty-three years
old" drank hard,,' was very stormy. and Il
''member of the Methodist church." (Airy's Meet
ing House.) Worth $1,000.
No. 5,-Aptouey Loney. y.Antoney is about twenty