, 1865-09-16
The FORTUNES Of 4 FAMILY.
Eye,tful Career OF q Fugitiye...He Be-
comes Wealtly--.His Long Search
for his Family Relatiyes-..He .:
finds them In Louisiana.

A few years ago a runaway boy, With his fAce
turned over his shuuldeE to watch against putsuit
came from the States Of Kentucky and Slavery 10
Illinois. He stole away In The night. He ssole
more than that, for be stole likely mulatto boy
worth plump thousand dollars. He ignosantly
forgot the guards which the ConsdtutIo, and the
laws hsd Get about the ea1cd Institution Of the
South. He little recked that by his individual act
he wns swelling tbs amount Of ttacgravs.a.a;; -
set th-ss % 81 our national temple on are. ne
i9fsot family ties when he t'ed OF so far forgot
Now. in the flight Of this uaulatt0 there were rev.
ernl fnftactons, Of the Laws Of prudsnee, as
Al ths. time viewed. Ono We have already y
in danger Of immediate starvation, or at least Of In
cvit:bte dcgEadatiou- How could 4 nigger take
eare Of himself II was partly for their own sakes
condition Of free baciH, that such vigorous meas-
de bestItnde- 0. bondsge Al this
scale Of te1ne. until he became an object Of utter
misery and hope'essness. Do you think 50!
Ten years are not long 10 look hack upon.
M sna sas II & hsto
Into other, even shorter pe1iodt, are condensed
whole solt:ne* Of human history, and fs1e and
parng. The slide Of tie ava!anche thst in its con-
| dtnted moment Of honor holds the fate Of the
valley homes Is the work Of ye.rs OF fos, aad rain
runaway Kentucky mulatto followed the north
eta1, be heean his return journey IN
broad dsy nght n & a.xs-Glass cas. with his nss
wisp, like The sirewu withes Of Samson. lie jour
ncyFd sonth leisuEey and a. much At his ease
The proudest peer Of the land With full pure and
comfortable bank account to draw upon ri home
ThtE slave boy Of twelve years ago was new to
make a thorough seaEch among the ruins Of The
lss ill., @ ;sd gf sS syE T. f. r hs o4s1 70 aad
call without elnddcr why 1t fe lint Slavery used
e e1se few Of It's children tulhec 10 look for.
Ihe poor slave mother, With hes tlsndcr trembling
pleasure and rront oI the mns1er Of the estate is
all The plctnre Of the old-fashiontI slave home.
lhs dnsss son* q The South have sometimes iat.
uueket in hand with the Federal blue On their
backr, the patEiarchs have found to their cost.
SoT na nso az IL
Nth such euccesstn his worldly wealth getting as
70 reckon him - warm and ,selltoao citizen
s ehox IT, nd hs,s h ao
with The Freedmen when the same qualities ate e1-
ercisesl III those that win snccess under pa1er com.
" q Or ": wa a9 III s
wealthy and we'll to do restaurant firm, the record
o. Whose sneeess is only valuable in the consider
IN the family episode just rounded TO happy con-
pctlon IL sr. Amb1oso's history, there tsf1c1dent
and sentiment enough to Get up modern ncveI of
hand. without touch be5ond those Of nature and
Re lett his mother and children in Kentucky.
hcy &c. Se.e sisyes Of an ed family In Th!eh the
question whether he energy a,d e.
,a,e @ n. The ~ Ire ~ qnd lsa r. veins .. iSs
mans toul GROW siek Of slavery, now that The long
athwsn t,lis domestic. iniquify. TESo daushtefs
man advanced In years, the Other the mother Of
some lonts OF sons aboye alluded to, each a
slaseIy nsed te breed. The epinste., With her
iel! 10 her: They were worth twenty-five thousand
s'a' H. IT, g insssa ai On R3ha.tD h; ne
establish her a. a funatic, She fought them and
"c1 II ~ expensive iw suit, md With Just money
e ,S s r.! tsilx ,aa Al ,as
in dscd rbore Iust1c VIII shine long afser tie
and among :aFs have fs e. .ss ses .a@s ssss
yea1s of patient watching and Walt
Ing In age; and illness and went home 10 he. Re-
lowed The Master who rave Himself ransom for
mankind. For The re~t 81 this brunch Of the family
ask Aunt Charlotte coored Miriam Who was promi.
icarsed II many Times while ieF litteners sat with
M Willie .cions of slavery prevented the nsnn-
ing utterly wotnout the family wealth ii ,hriftees-
their slares with them. The mnlasto boy saw the
ca1ae lack thai nd Cairo Mr.. Amh1o,ee uncle, In
m agony Of despair It The hopeless beg1rz toward
the fnnr dungeons Of the prison house Of slavery.
lung htDreu from the steamer under the wheel
and rerishcd- a warning 10 The shippers Of snch
property 10 take better care OF H. The muIatto boz
took tic warning In different Why IS We have
In the ten year, Of lie for htmfelf he h,d he
conc wealthy. Gratefr! to The s'old mistress"
incomplete, two ysass ago be csused to be erected
over her neglected ETuve IN the little unkempt
graveyard IN Kentucky. monument that cost In
tha. we'll End dellcately done by elave; and done
too months before be himself dared TO 20 within
the boundaries Of the realm Ct oppression! Did NC
OF kindred! We did him a wrong. lie has for
years followed patient, Wea1ng quest for bis lost
kfns!ols- AT m expense Of many hundred dol1ass
How sIikingiy does Il declare The pros,ra,ion and and
ruin o. saye The alrisal Of 1hs ,its When II ,raa
for his mother and brother and sstc.r. From that
tonrnex be has 3ust returned successful. &c
more safely visited a tiger jungle Of intis. He has
trod among scarcely cold ashcT, which lttte while
aeo would have NET him With seven times heated
sissippf patently followed up ese1y clue he could
gain in New Orleans and ut the close Of hnrd daya
ride few reeks tincc, came upon -t.ag.ll1Ss,
his mother, md brothers and sisters stood before
him Make the case your own, reader, and imagine
The lathos 1nd feeling Of thtt meeting, notWith-
standing the parties were black The edtct Of free
dom had reached that place, and the freedmen were
working bg N arrangement with thctr ulst!ess. The
brother Of Mr. Ambrose INTO the swamps, retook
lin, but also took cold, lived Only 10
noe him aDd FELL him In Mobile for a
haystack Of rebel notes, and then turned his nce to
tbs wall and died. The whole family were weetch-
ed!y poor, and the mistress not too proud 10
receive sum Of money from her returned run
AWAY. There IS but little more to add. Mr. Am.
hrqse having recovered hi family intends TO e..a
Mvsoun. according TO their preference, although
he Offered to bring them Ill 10 1lInDs. It Is one Of
the reunions Of families Of which there will be mauy
the Init of the great 1nanunission. Let our people
study these instances. Cannot these people lake
care Of tbcn*elyesf Let statesmen and ruers
study them. VIII not God take cale 0! them even
as he has dore, md bring TO naught all schemes
against them f.ntned by selGshne-s and greed, and
helped By weak md timid eubeefrIency or bold
comph6tys This story OF family IL true In every
line yet hut faintly outlined, aud It Is but one Of
thepages tn the book of the records Of human op-
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