Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-06-25

side, although they did not kroa thing he
had done amiss.
Gentlemen, said the aged nan respect
| fully. am an old man, and 10 not know
that ever did any man wrong All Iask is
the privilege Of getting home 2 my family.
beg that you will release me.
They laughed bis entreatiesto scorn, and
bore him away in the dark, ssicamng and
yelling like demons, doubtless 20 torture him
with scourgcs, and perhaps tomurder him, as
they have so many before him. During all
this time lay within dozen eot Of some
Of the party, expecting every moment would
be discovered by some unIucky iend 1t is
well for him and me that be did not, for that
would have been the signal for his death.
would have shot as many as | could and died
dearly
AZ last the train moved out Of the depot
slowly around a curve and when ID was out
of the range Of the depot lamps ! dropped
from my perch and cambered upon the rear
platform Of the car. Going into The car,
sat down in the darkest corner, and drew my
hat over my face in order to eseapo recoeni.
ton. BY foigning sleep | escaped be atten-
tion and remarks Of my tognsm1n, many of
whom we're on bo. 4 the train, un'i morning
when we reached Atlanta, some 200 miles
from Augusta. If could get beyond there
knew vas comparatively safe as there was
20 telegraph between that place and Cbattan-
ooga, though there was one from Augusta to
Atlanta.
1t vas daylight when go left Atlanta, so
that further conccalment was impossible. My
expressed considerable sur
prise at meeting me, and were anxiots to know
where was going. informed them That |
was going to Chattanooga as usual, to pur-
chase large quantity Of bacon, 10 which |
was dealing extensively. Many q my ac-
quainanccs whom | knew 10 be in The same
business, were also going lter bacon, beef,
pork, -four, grain, and such other provisions
as We were forced to purchase he more
Northern states Fsn
We all talked accession la- o. -
iues, anu iGsoSed uostruction onV sfcderal
Government, and none were moro violent in
he discussions than l. 1t vas ny only al
was fleeing 70; life, and the
nercst hair might turn the race against me-
When we arrived at Chattanooga, we found
lie market almost as high az at augusta, so
We concluded to 20 on as tar as Nashville
There we found the Commissary of the Con.
edereto army had fairly skinned the town Of
everything worth having in the way Of pro-
'isions, so there was nothing left Tor US but
o 90 on as far as Louisville, where we could
,btain an unlimited supply at reasonable
'ates.
There were five ears Of US all going lorpro-
visions. At last we arrived in Louisville,
put found to our disappointment O that in-
iuccments were SO small for buying there that
he only alternative left was 10 60 to the
great iountain.head at Cincinnati and buy
what we wanted We all wen across the NV
n into Indiana, every soul Of Us, aud got
aboard of the cars for Cincinnati
Just before the train was to start, an old
nan arose aud made this remark; Gentle
men, don't know how you all feel but
thank God am on free soil once more Oh
you should have heard the shout that then
vent up. Ercry man of as had b,ea fleeing
from tie Southern COnfederaey, and dared
not ayow it to each other We all got out
Vi the ears again on the platform, and there
refreshed our throats for once with three loud
cheers Tor FREEDOM.-DNJUqH Daily
Times, May l2h.