Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-18

two-days; without eating -Ihe grateful
meal over, they threw themselves down to
sieep-tired, sore and emaciaied- and, for
the first time in many nights, were alberto
dismiss all fear Of either bloodhound OF Of
maH. - -.
This agent of the Underground had sons
and daughters, grown up men and women.
h might possibly interest you to know how
MANY, You might even like Co know tlsrir
ayes, and even whether his house was built
Of wood, of brick or. of stone. Others
would undoubtedly like TO knos his name,
ard exactly where his farm was located. -
/ doubt not ell their names have been
written, by the recording angel in q volume
into whose immortal pages no human eye
will ever penetrate. There let. them be
'hsideu until fhs 1Angei-of xhs flssas sesiioHii
peAds them ous ahsoogh that awful tramps
whose eleetrifying ZONES shall ,wake tipo the
dead OF allrnations from their long forgot,
ten graves, Let his farm, his house, and
his location remain in the same holy and
peaceful obscufity that encompsssedsthsm
when the TORN and jadsd fagitises 6rst heard
his healing sign on the midnight air., 4
am shut out from names, and dates, and
places. 1 Oh! that l dare go into these -
Oh! that 1 dare enlarge on incidents that
send the bioodrusinog1 1rhmugh my pulses
as write, which would kindle up in sypr-
pathetic hearts under whose, netice ibis
meager narrative may chance 10 fall, emo,
tons of grief enthusiasm and detestation,
aain to the divine essence which is meas
ureably implanted in btbs heart of efert
man. But where sloquencs would be natr
ural and inevitable, it would be wholly out
Of place. No finger. posts, on this great
highway to emancipation must be set upI
IeissaIready hemmed in by pesils,s many
in humber and hazardous in the extreme.
No distractions must be thrown across the
rails, no graft uitnus tickets must be issu1
ed, no foolish posters stuck up at the cor
ners.- 5 ssnoI nla sifl9o ~ n Hioo--isc.
sAllithe following day the fugitives lay
snug in the haymowon The wouA and
children were literally in rags. Some had
cuts on their feet, and grievous bruises and
scratches on their limbs. But in all these
particulars the agent had not been taken
by surprise. His daughters clothed then,
anew, aud disposed Of sheir plantation rags
SO etfectuaIly that they viii never be heard
of again. The oil ana wine of the good
Samaritan flowed afreelyzasd gratsfAly.-
So much fer, the geod deeds of 2 the wife
and daughters. That night the sous, with
fleet horses, performed their part in this
romance of freedom. What relays they
met with-Asben, hew, or whefe-lit mat
ters not to. state. But God favored sths
fugitives, and they entered ,Philadelphia.-
Here, though their progress encountered
no interrnptions get nine is sadly impedsi.
Though to them the future was and still is
all brightness, yet to tie patieat reader it
must be all darkness. l have taken the
degrees, and cannot disclose the |, counter
sign.
But the remarkable incident of this story
remains 10 be told. The widowed Katy
was famous as cook She Immediately
hired ou. in hotel, and when she had say
ed three months wages, quit her place and
set of on her return to Virginia, determin-
ed to save that daughter whose sudden
timidity had caused her to refuse joining
in; the general flight. This bold woman
ha! formed this very determination when
she first discoveredhe her daughters intention
to remain on the plantation. Her .tnind
came 10 the conclusion Instantly tha,J if
they all succeeded in getting of, she would
return into the lions den and rescue her
child Her mind being thus made up on
theNlpe the subject became an outside is
sue, D kQecasioned no embarrassment to
the Oh plan. On this return journey
she tra alone. Having no chlldrento
embari y, and but single care upon
her tht 6, She pushed forward with
elastic 1T and step, and after numerous
hardships and dangers, found herself in a
dense thicket onher masters plantations-
Here, she. quickly revealed. ..her presence to
her fellowslaves. They were confounded
by her hardihood, and listened with eager
attention 70 the story Of her dangers, her
successes, and her explanation of what she
had In view. They related to her how, ex-
asperated her master had been ON discot ef
ing that ten of his chattels had gone off in
q BODY, that When pursuit had been found
unavaiiing, her poor timid daughter had
been subjected 10 repeated tertureAt to com
pei disclosure the plot : that from this
cruelty she was even then scarcely recover
ed; that in the interval the master had
died, and that his negroes were allcsold at
auction. With her usual quickness ofpur-
pose, Katy resolved to be off Immediately.
TIE negroes brought the daughter to her
the same night Ne reproaches passed
from mother to ehild--ihe past she liafffor-
gotten-everytling, to her. was in the, fu-s
ture., As there was nothing about which
to debate, and as the wardrobe Of slave Is
always on his back, they were ready 10 START
on the instant. Long before. midnight
they began their flight. Two stalwart,
negro men, glowing with, aspirations for
Liberty, accompanied them. It was lucky
for AL that they aid. The daughter. still
weak and sore from her terrible p,inisli-
n,euts, sbrokel down on Gths way. oThey
carried her whenever she was unable to
walkaand heroieaIly bore her over creek,
and swamp, and river sal sisl2 al 10 81
That sentinel, diviuoly stationed in the
heavens, as we'll to guidethe mariner cover
midnight waters as 0 to lead the fugitive
from bondage through more desolate SOL
ituds on land.e[the North Siar---still shone
before them, still proved their guide.A-
ThsEsxtnOrdinary sagacitys Of KAsy Vas
shown thfnughout the jourasy. aasEHsr
vas such that abe was able n ~
sogniss the fsatufesofA the slavsrysblastsd