Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-18

and making INQUIRY here, there, and
Everywhere, for weeks and months, until
at last | met with a colored man who
remembered meeting s woman with two
daughters. who had just come from Ken
lucky, and answered to the description
of my wife and children, but he thought
they went to Kansas City, whittier l
made my way, working a week or two at
a place rs opportunity offered, to make
my living. | searched through ksnsas
City and the country ROUND about, but
could get no trace of them, and then
worked my weary way back to st, Louis,
| almost heartbroken, and there continued
what seemed to be an almost
hopeless search, but l still
had Efaith that my Heavenly Father
would enable me to find them. After
again looking through the city without
success, l started into the country, In
curing for colored people as | wentalong.
When about ten miles from the city, l
observed a farm house standing back a
few rods from tho road with a lane lead
Ing toll, on each side of which was q
high board fence. When within seven
or eight rods of the lane a colored woman
came out, and turning toward me, sud.
denly stopped, and throwing up her arms
with q loud exclamation, fell to the
ground, | ran to her and found that my
prayers were at last answered, for che
was my long-lost wife. | carried her to
the house where she soon revived. She
then told mo that word came back from
the army to Bowling Green that both my
master and myself had been killed, Not
knowing what to do In their great dis
tress, but being anxious to get as far
away from the war as they possibly could
they were advised by the federals to go to
Kansas, and they were given t~ransports-
tiou, with several others, to st. Louis.
On their arrival there they fell In with
Mr.. Wilson, at whose place | found my
wife, who was looking for female help,
and took them to his home, and found
places for our two girls in the neighbor'
hood. They were seno for, and in a lit
tie while we were all together, 1t was q
Joyous family reunion. l was employed
by MIR. Wilson, and we are with him
yet. l assiss In cultivating the farm and
bring the produce to market. | came In
with a load to-day, and 1t has given me
the opportunity to see you again, and to
again thank you for aiding me In coming
to this city. We rarely fail to remember
you in our prayers"
After assuring him 1t gavs me great
pleasure to learn he had been united to
his family again, we said good-by.
In writing out this narrative l may at
times have failed to give the exact Ian
gusge of Rshman, hut | have given the
exact substance.
AN TRA FROM JOHN Q ADAMS DIARY.
In looking over the memoirs of John
Quincy Adams, a few months ago, l WAS
quite surprised and pleased to find tho
following entry In his diary in May,
1928:
Abdel Rahmsn is a Moor, otherwise
called prince of Ibrahlm, who has been
forty years a slave in this country. He
wrote two or three years since to the en-
peror of Morocco, In Arabic, In conso
quence of which the emperor expressed
3 wish to our consul that he might be
emancIpated and rent home. His owner,
residing at Natchez, Miss, offered to
emancipate him on condition that he
should be sent home by the United
States, which we accordingly determined
to do. He has now come on from Natchez
with his wife and met Mr.. Clay at Balti.
more. Mr.. Adams was president at that
time and Mr.. Clay was secretary of state,
He CANE In while Mr.. Southland, %(secre.
tary of the navy was with me, and We
had some consultation how and when he
should be dispatched TO bis home, which,
he says Is Tlmbuctoo. He says he has
left at Natchez five sons and eight grand
children, one of them only four days old
when he came away, all in slavery, and
wishes they might all be emanctpated
and be sent with him or to him. He
fayH he Is 60 yeara old and assumes to
have been the lawful prince of his
country.
This is found in volume Z or volume 6
Of Adams memoirs. 1t WAS a satisfac.
ton to find this conclusive confirmation
of tbs narrative of Rshman.