The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-12-23
THE NALEDNNIAN.
or Death /"

The following, from au Iud.sua paprrg.yes
an aecount VI an aci that soult be heroic 10
only q y hils man bad done h. bui is not
man sho is capable u prsisrdug death Go
slavery, whatever may be bic color worthy
of manly fsspectP
On Saturday night, Nov. 2, O negro man,
th property Of gentleman u Wp9dllrd
county, Ky,, eucamped a. q straWysrd on the
farm u M. Samuel Leeehmau. M Carroll
county, add 10 order 10 protect himself from
ihe iDllemeacy Of ibe weather built iira
from rHE THIis ffHt Elfrplhded the sHA"-
slack, leaving lhs premises as soon % the
arG gray slreaks Of dagg broke over the
mountain tops. Nh L., on arising neat
morning, and, not knosiHg che occasion Of
il, weut % ascertain the cause thereof %
ad'ing % lhe spot he soon discovered thal
some one bad spent the uigbrlhere, add, as
d SNOW had fallen lbat night, Boo had no diff
Guilty ia tracing lbe footsteps Of a man from
thence. tTTpHtliy occurred % MIN ThHT TtF
tracks we're those of O runaway negro
ito tracked him by the house ofhs neigh
Dor CNr, hilas Craig) and, seeing Mr. G. In
the yard, haIlooed and informed him that be-
vas pursuing d ruuaway--would be not join
bin P-to which Sir, g. readily consented, af,
tm .rr -E rrur Nr 1he lmIl wendell
IT, way through the farm Of Mr, DuUettwhu
also joued IN the pursuit The track from
here led straight 90 che Ohio river, but the
negro, being houy pursued, turned back 60
the bills, hoping 20 elude HE pursugn iu the
winding deliles Of the Kentucky clids This
be nearly succeeded To- doing by walking
some distance in the bottom Of o meauder
Ing stream but, as al things have on end
90 did the stream have beginuing-aI the
source u which his trae,A again became per
ceptible, Here, ior the frat time they die
covered him standing on a high elevation
shove them but he Immediately disappear
ed over the hills, The track nov bling broad
and plain, the pursuit was proportiunally rap
Id, From here the negro made directly tor
the Kentucky river, with his white pursucr
close on his heels
Arriving On the bank, be paused a mo.
ment, but seeing them coming up 10 seize
him, he ran out on log that projected into
the river some twenty feet, and turned ut bo,
upon Lis enemies, eSelaimiug "GcnIlemco,
will nor be- taken alive. The frat man thar
comes out on this log after me will witness
the ball pass through my BRAIN" (ut the same
time presenting the muzzlc Of o pistol to hi.
head) The party IN pursuit we're struck Wit
the determined expression that his oounte.
nance seemed 10 manifest, and for while
paused TO parley with him, but oil TO no e.
feet, however. lie repeated he would Kill
himself II they attempted to come out after
him. Two Of the men, determined to tea,
bis yalor, cooked their pistols, and commenc
ed walking the log toward him but their
feet he'd not more thee touched the log when
he pulled the trigger, NGd lalI into the water
bluhbering In The crimson tide They immc,
diaey caught him, ere he sunk, and dragged
him to the shore On examining the wound
they found that the ball had entered through
the parietal bone, and ranged upward and
outward. During the examination, bee COM
menced breathing laboriously at fret, anc0o
while more regularly, finally opened his eyes,
and expressed deep regret at his failure, lie
still survives at this writing, but can hardly
be expected TO recover