The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-12-02

Two stalwArt negro men, glowing with
aspirations for liberty, accompanied them.
1t was lucky for ell that they did. The
daughter, still weak and sore from her
terrible runishments, hroke down on the
Nay. They carried her whenever she
was unable to walk, aud heroiOally bore
ho5 over creek, an+swamp, aud river.
That seutinui, diSinely stationed in the
h>aSens, as we'll to guide the mariner o.
yer midnight waters as to lead the fuXi-
& es from bondage through a more desc
lete solitude on land-Thc North Star
,till shono before them, still proved their
Faije. The extraordinary sagaci,y OF
Katy vas shown throughout the journey
Her memory was such that she was ;olc
10 recognize the features Of the slavery
bia,ted region through which she passed,
30 that she followed very nearly the same
rcatc she bad taken on TIC frst stampede.
How direct or ciFcaitous it might be, she
knew net Bat tWicc it had proved
path OF safety, and might be found so a
gain. Extraordinary as it may seem,
this remarkabl woman found her way q
second time to the Samaritan who kept
the baymow Oh the Underground road
She marched bravely up to she farm.
house in binding tempest of rain, at
mi4uight. a light was streaming from
an upper window, showing that some one
Of the family was about. While the others
sheltered themselves uuder the lee of the
building, she knocked timijly at the door.
1t vas opened by tho good man OF the
house. Ho beckoued her 10 having imme.
diately recognized her, and mo;iOned her
20 chair which stood in ths hall Here
she ga; down No persons we're visible be-
10, but overhead she heard voices, and
footsteps, aud sobbinK. There was sore
sickness and grief in that house. The
daughter Eho, on a forner occasion, had
washed her grandchildrens feet, and an,
ointcd them and bound them up was dy.
Ing, With faltcring accents the father
told the dipping fugitive the story of his
ehi!d's sickness and approaching dissolu.
tlcn, as he piloted her aud her coupan.
ions to the we'll remembered haymow-
But in bis own grief be did not forget
theirs. Dry clothing, warm food, and
safe shelter were all extended to them as
aforotime. The good mans daughter
died at daybreak. But that night the
sous were far ou their way with the fugi-
lives to the next station. Tbey reached
their journeys end in safety.
Here lst me conclude by challenging
the annals of human daring to produce
an instance of heroiSm more lofty than
this. have purposely suppressed souc
horrors, hut have added no EN- bclishmcnt
TO enhance the interest of the narrative
All the leading facts are uEulou,ly
tr1e. Some others, so interesting as to
add materially TO the romance of the aar.
ratlVe, have been compelled to suppress.
There are wayfaring men even in the
sliye region who have soft hearts aud
oPeU hands. They will uuquestionably
receive the divine reward. Their cup OF
cold water to the fain!iDg fugitive will
not be forgotten in the great day of ac-
count. But it is impossible to write OF
topics o! this description without danger
OF Identification, when minute particulars
gre described with literal accuracy
Friend Of Freedom be not dishe arteued
Already the horizon grows rudy with
the adEaacing dawn Of Liberty to the op-
pressed. SILEX.