Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-04

AtIheloOt nt TINS street ~ Wall street Ferry
To Brooklyn. which makes the crowd.
mornings and evenings uncomfortably
Large.
ought to say something about the
Post Office. which Is no; far from here. but
of that next time.
MApaN.
~ oar Washington correspondent;
sends The following. ani vouche. for 1t.
truth =
Story Of Colored Washwom,n.
When The Emancipation Proclamation
freed from slavery the human rhtr els Of
the Snuih. Washington aud ''Massa Lin
KUN" WI, ;hc mecca. toward which were
directed the steps of thousand. of colpred
pcoplr. eager to leave bchiud the scenes OF
their degradation and to rrac,i the place
fro (which cmlnitel the irh; of Feed ,m.
and where. - they ia Their Ignorance be-
licvrd, abonnIri pleaty Tor tlrm aud
theirs. With them came the q l,iIt ori.i-
nal of this ssc;ch; "a medium sized. shape
Is colorrl wonuI. with lbo, of iuiclli-
=
What unusual TO her race rejoicing IN tho
cornomcn of '.ra,ladrlpli. Carer" said
cbrhomrH not 10 D, shortened tor c1a-
vcuirucc ~ ans one.
SHE hil brcn a hnl>c scr-,lt ia Rich
nonl lml had been kiill, Gated b.tt .hr
psis iiirl> d be endured were !i.h.cnrl
~ the BON uf freedom Tor her ia her oil
&c and we're welcomed with thtlkn,l-
nr-> no, to b. ulti.r-;opi by those who
knew no state blt that ~ freedom. 50
| he cam, 10 " t,iIil. toI. - wnr> AL sup
port herself. and TO Ind. perhaps. some
1T her family. separated l:o,a her year.
brfpu'. \ lltl, grand son Vas H. only
par rcnliung an,l .hc hld no knpNl-I. e
GDrc her hi-ptnl hal been ,rll from her.
snI uhw. with a snblunc fii'h .hr-s'ill
IrnAcd for him To jim her for he a., rrs
I free.
Ate. month, hal passed., from the far
| soath came . party Of cpl1rci mcn lnl
tm1l. hen olr wlo slil. well il
| rAilil lp1y'. hcrc. .hc viii 20 10 the
! d p;.,; ca1r IT, an "a Tie di...scit Btp-
IT,; clnrca,, hc went. anl A. ~, f,lnl
| thr clurch thar haI upoI II. rpl, the
nanc of hi, VIE H., . hi a u,nc.-rl yclr.
| be,Arr blt thr.c ron, ~ 10; give IN,
>iicn,c lhl The mann t,:waii iiil the
4 >Atbdh before hr en- ~ fhr dim HIN II
!, {. iulc..I a., WIFI. o. TIE >ibnl,h
| tirr ssrv,a-. Pal .l',plia Carter" WA,
| c.ll..l up. aniIhp.- sh,rtl. my imagine
ihr m-etii.-l caunoi describe l..
Wi.h frrclnn hlsi. cone cnli .h',nmrn;
20 PnhI-lpha. AMI 10 sa,i, her donhi-
ihrl nrrr again mti ricl. AMI commenced
again ,hcir Ncll-Il.f-. She hfy. hr littv-
i've. \ ,u4l. wo,I-.l ,i,niy ~. ru,ri.
d. Gpv-rune.L h1l. AIN b. th- united
ei,r;. VI e ixo male comfortable ten
tir AK, ,nun-r i tiny .AtI - wprA IT,.
ty-s - ma. a hDAir a, tAr np.; pllulAl
,nAu,iln could De. t,r th-y were contea;.
iAIi,'iina, anlut-d. ta-.r ain b-in. 10
psu. s,.n. tint. Z, h,n. ~ th'n elves
81; ,pol auot'icr id-l sc,z.l PA,lA .rlp, b..
Charles. h.- g.AIl..i ms. - - >-nnol.
- school hr wc Z. hr-.f "a. learns. Re
mp.t soon hnps mare than .hr. anl un-
N.i.us 10 b. "I.-lpIt b. tir boy. she
dc,il.- that She toe. c,I -.
AuI 90 slir ,lil. Ga Np1Ity, .lc di,l
ille wA.iIin. f,r tw1 families. % ruc,d -
lie irInci 'utl On the rem ,tiia. fur Il ly.
! wet IL sc.ip al; a. -ir- s,li sac; up Tie
Ole iioI-e. ,.It tl,irlc, OFT the btrA wAt
10 ~: iarnil."
And her perseverance .ppl achieved
what SCENE! at iir>i Impossible. Ncvri
.illl f,r. cf the -x ilialt hook with which
.hr hini.d IN, oir nj: -, ar,p-r on whi'h
"a. wnttcI ID ini-ilI s-o,s characters her
hill for NV week, washing.
The hn-biII alI wife lad been rcuni.
rrl Dlr var. wicl there cIn., from
Virginia Ia oil mI,her 10 II al Iir- by.
,n,l the at I,,iiu % the ftmily n-ce. I.l'eI
larger hnu.e. am! thry va srol hctisc
u thei. own. aud ,Iccrrl'-l il iinlin !.
ptc within their n.In.. "a | a. Piiai.l-
phit TOLL M. sure INF PROPERTY"
| AtHo ito ! frame hoti.-. ON 4 lot twenty
feet viii ami oIr bundled deep. aud Oh
The back cll two u ! ,iiintie, which they
'rclt ont 10 thrir poorer nri.hbnr-. 4
hundred dollars down anl certain sin,
per month. aad ia i've Years" she says.
'-w-ll own j rIT." lIcr am i,ion l. ex-
teniin. nov tie home /, SECURE she will
have IL briutiiiri. aIl already. a .rap-
vine ar.l several peach trees are maxim.
i-ipni-iiin, pro srns.. an u flower girlrn
i. already projected. AMI "a "a. tree, talked
o.; by their old house She had planted
three tree. that we're thriving wonderfully
AMI tholsh She had watched aaI tend II
them carefully. she decided MT 10 rempvr
then. "rsoni Il, 70 b. 50 ni.grriird."
she said. I'm IS: leave en- for somebody
else"
Philadelphia Is not the only pro sressivc
one. rhc oil mother. ei.h'y four years
"ll. enjoyed he srit.g her d ibIc read anil
Phiiad.lph said mother. learn to read
Yourself" anl has taught her the al ,liabct
A., already only the old woman. pitiencc
anI per.eyers :cc are not 50 in'lomitab bic
rs was Phiiadriphii',. and sh often Vi,lie,
to give up. bat her teacher will not permit
tiar and She ,tru, lie, on.
The husband is noi so ambitinos. Pail
adelplil can read 10 him and it, n, use
| lie thinks. for him 10 try. but she insists
| upon ms applying himself. too. and says.
..tlIe ole man, a master hand at spellin
h c would stoui.h you, deed he would.
There Is NJ royal road 20 learning. AMI
| s,,fl.n,- AL rl,.i- ,,sts rid