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BUS! A E SS DIRECTORY.
Dr. J. G. Willis,
Physician and Surgeon Streetsboro,Ohio:
,.tl H. Iratl, Si. W. r
.,:). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
- Office in F YV. Seymour's building -on the public
i square, neany opposite me oonrt House.
J no. Dosme tVeilmnrt, i?J. 1.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
". f Offict onSlainttrtet.Nq.yVlS. .- V
K. 13. Waif, M. I '
j i d- ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, -
Ratehs. Port&gb t.'onsTT, Ohio.
TCT Office at the old stand of Strealor &. li'ait.'
Ravenna, March, 6, 1850." -.;; -..;:-
v Dr. IS. T. S3cllnian,
Dentist Raveuna Ohio. fOlHce in Seymour's Block,
'-J. - ever the Post Office.
M. Bircjiard &.JT. W.. Tyler,
ATTY'SSi COUNSELLORS AT LAW, . .."
Hare agreed to become jointly interested in their
professional business in Portage county. They may
be consulted at Karenna during the terms of court
or at their offices in vacation. - .
Address in vacation liirchard & Sutliff, Warren,
O., or Bircliard & Tyler, Franklin Mills, O.
L. V.. BIERCE.
X. JEWRIES.
..... ,Bierce & JelTfies.
Attorneys at Law. Office over Swift's Drug Store, oppo
v site the Court House.
t F. W. TAPFAN,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law, & So
' "' '" LICITOa ISJ CllANCERT,
Office nearly opposite the Prentiss House, Ravenna. O,
BAKI.i Strawdeh
O. P. Urowb
Slrawder & Brown. '
Attorneys at Law Ravenna, 'Ohio Office at' the
.. . , Court House. -.
" - CI. II. Hillard.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA W,
AND. SOLICITOR IX CHANCERY: '
. Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio.
".August 21, 1349. 3,
J. L. HO.UI.
H. fit LOB
ESanncy & Taylor ...
ATTORNEYS &. Counsellors at Law and Solicitors
i - - in ChaHeery, Ravenna, Ohio. '
1Q Office over (Seymour's store. . -.-
A T T O R NIC Y A T I. A ',' .....
f ' RjVEVsA, PoKTAGK Co.. Onto.
. WT Office in-. Heod's Building, over S. A.& R. A.
(llletl's store. ,
Knvcntia, June 1.13)9. . - , ... :i tf-2t:
.'...'; -U'."?.5 Spalding:. .-
Attorney at Law Cleveland, Ohio Offce in Par'
sons' Clock Superior tret.
;... .; HI. SJ?.7SEVES.LE, V:
' . .T A tLOn, . . .
It AS removed his h:p a few doors west of the post
' office Knvennn, Ohio.
j . ka&eu (;i:iif i ;
J)elers in Dry Goods, (Iroceries, Hardware,
; ' Iron, Nails, Glass. c, north side pub-
' ' ' i licequnre, Rarcnnn. Oliio. -
W Seymour "
, Dealer in Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing
.' Groceries. Hardware, Iron. Nails. Crockery,
Boots, Shoes c. north side pud lie square,
,-. Kavenna, Ohio. ...
Ilowcli & ISrolhcr.
Deilers in Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware,
' Crockery, 4c Mason's lilock, Main street,
. Bavcnr.a, Ohio.
Day
Dealers in Fancy Dry Goods, Bonnets, Hats
".Caps, Boots and Shoes. Rp.-idy Made Clothing,
.: C.irputing 4c. nt their Now tore, Main si.,
- east of the PuMic Square.
Event SrccII & V.a
Dea'ers in Dry Goods, Groceries, iTon. Nails
' v 'Hardware. G'asgaj.. Franklin. Ohio.
f & J C rrcnliss
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Stoves Hard
- ware, Iron, Nails, Glass. Sc., Brick Block,
' V". ' West side p'iblte square. Ravenna, Ohio.
'; '"""13. T. (iicgiardsosa.
Denier in Knglish nnd American Hardware, Pnd-
- . .die. Harness nnd Taoriage Trimminp, In-i-n,
..iails. Steel, A-c.. & c.,at the old Aland ;
--V' of Mason 4 Bfainerd, Ravenna Ohio.
Vr -.. ' v
THK best nud largest assortment of l'imiji.lt-t
' I.iteraturv, entertniuing and unrxceptionahie in tone
' and influence, embracing works from the pen of T.S.
Arthur, Mrs. Grey, 31 if 5 Pickering. Airs. Gore, Mrs.
Slow at. Charles I ever and nthcr distinguished writers,
efer offered in this market, may he found at
Oct. 27. II all's liooK Store. '
' "
IRON AND NAILS.'
AT IOW PRICES-
LARGE stock for sule in a large r.r Small
way at wholesale prices for Rendu Pa 11.
'"-'.-- KENT. GRFNF.r.r.A-Ho
it '
i.Tuklin, June 8, 1852.
EA The best in the county you will find at
' - ' - '- j&KYM.itir s.
The State of Ohio
Portage. County, ss.
Court of Piobate.
; Uriah Sawyer, Jr.. Guardian)
i' . to Harison H. Moultun, vs. Petition to sell land.
his said ward. '
To Harison H.Monltnn. you are hereby informed that
on the 20tb day of WoTember, A. I. 1853, said guardian
filed his petition in the Probate Court of Portage Coun
ty Ohio,' to obtain an order for ihe sale of the following
teal estate of his said ward, viz: situate in Urimfield
for tog e County, being one undivided third part of a
partol' Lot No. 41, west of N. and S. SO, 74 acres; also
of one undivided third part of a part of lot No. 49, west
of M. of N, 11,07 acres, also of one undivided one fourih
of one fourth of one half of 26 acres of land in lot No.
41, in said township; bounded east by land late the
property of 43. A. Thurndike, on the south by land late
, he properfy-of J. M. Twirl.pl. on the west by highway
yiad said Twitchel and Sim's land, and on the nonh Ly
tillage tots.
- ... -URIAH SAWYER, Jr., Guardian.
4 -By D.LYMAN, Atry. . , -
ftavenna. Nov. 20, MS. - 11!)5-4w
rThe State of Ohio, ) ,
'',' ruriage County, ' robalo Court. '
. :f John Forehey. Guardian of V '
Gamaliel L. Moultun, Viola . -
r B-Moutt'",JounV.U.(jari.petltion,01,eIIian(ji
; 4 . ner, vs. 1
1 his said wards. . j ,
' .To Gamalial L. Moulton, Viola B. HTn,,tinn .1 i
V. R. Gardner: You are hereby uoiifipdilmi th. on,i.
ef November. A. D. 1K52. said guardian tiled his peti
titibn io the Probate Court of Portage Courtv Ohil. m
uuiuio Hit uiuci ji mo !. " ." lu.iuwing; real estate
p brs said wards, viz: silnnle in lirimfipld Portage Coun
, ty, the said Gamaliel L. Moulion anu Viola B. Mont ton,
owning each an undivided one third part of a part of lot
No. 42, west of N. and S. 50,74 acres; also of one nn
ivided one third part of part of Lot No. 49,westorM.&
1.11 '07arres;alsoof one undivided one fourth purt of 01 e
i'ourth of 26 ecres of land, more or less; on Lot No. 41
a said lownship, bounded east by land lale the proper
y of Charles A. Thorndike, on the south by land laate
: t, property of, J, M. Twitchel; on the west by high-
ay and said TwicUeland Sim s land, and on Ihe north '
; VillageLots- and that the said J.V. R. Gardner owned
o undivided one fourth, nnd one undivided one fourth
"' one fourth of said 26 arres of land on sanl Lot No. 41.
' ? JOHN FORsllfcY. Guardian to , . I
Gauauel L. AIodltox,
Viola B. Moulton, ;
!, v if i:.D... I
.Ravenna, Nov. 21, 1852. . U9i-4
ING1MMS. A few pieces of Dark Ginghams,- a
food article for 12J cents, just ree'd at
G II.I.F.TT9.
VOLUME XXIIt Number 52.
7k frtj
em?
Yv t ttw
wm
kSC HOOL BOOKSrS PI '
WAD STANDARD WQnKS.
Ml blank book,; )f&,
"THOJIPSON'S PRISON 'LIFE snrl Re
flections; Memoir of the Martyr,; Torrey: Memoir
of Lovejoy. Memoir of O. Scotf.. Henry Bibb's Nar
rative: James Parker, the Fugilive; Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass: Narrative of Henry
Watson, a Fugitive Slave. ;
THE following Biograpbiee.viz-.FranUVm's, J. Q.
Adams, J. C Calhoun's, Andrew Jackson's, Madison
and Monroe's, John Randolph's Silas Wright's, Gen.
Layfayetfs,Lcuis Kossuth 'aG en. Taylor's, James K.
PolK's4c.,&c.
YOUATT ON THE HORSE ; Stable Econ
omy; Co!man's Agriculture; Faimer's Every Day
Book; Rogers'' Scientific Agriculture; Farmers and
Euiigranfs Hand Book ; M;ss Beecher's Domestic Econ
omy ; Practical Receipt Book.
. ANTI-SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS. A
good supply of the lea-ling Anti-Slavery Works issu
ed from the Anti-Slavery Publication Office in New
York,, for sale at publisher's prices.
NEW MASONIC TRESTLE Board: The
Free Masons Monitor: Odd Fellows' Amulet;
National Temperance Offering; Sons of Temperance
Offering ; The ClirystaJ Fount. .
NOTES, Explanatory and practical on the
Boots of Revelation, by Albert Barnes a new
volume jus' published. ' .
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, or Lire anions; the
lrfwly, 100.000 Copies, making 200.000 already pub
lished and sold. A full assortment oftliis astonishing
work, constantly on hand. - 1
THELIFEOF GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT
by Edward D. Mansfield, a new edition, embracing
his campaign in Mexico, with an excellent likeness.
THE NAPOLEON DYNASTY giving the
origin nnd progress of the Bonnpnrte Kanr.ily, the
best history of the times ot JNupoIean yet published-
- ; i . :. . ... . ;
. THE. GOLDEN CHAIN, or Linka of
Friendship, for dd Fellows the world over. Edited
by Miss C. B .: Porter. ' - ' '
Three links nmid the Golden fetters, '
i '.Thai hear! t heiirt out vvi:M;.V . ? '
HEARTS and HOMES by Mrs. E.lis; Fam
ily Motiitor, by Mrs. Kit s ; The Heirof Wast-Way-
land, a I iie .y JMary tlonilt. ' - "
THE SCARLET LETTER; Romance hj
NV.lhaniel liavv ,to: pe.
'.'' JAY'S MORNING aid Evening Exercises;
Be-rian's Family 1 rnyers.
'' BIBLES, 'Inrg" and otnnll, n good neaortmoist
:- METHODIST' II VM'N BOOKS, large aud
smiil!.' i
FREMONT'S EXPLORING, Expedition.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN and the Arctic Re
gions. '
MORAL, RELIGIOUS. Scientific, PoeficHl.
Biograpliicul, Historical und Miscellaneous Works,
a gie;it v.irieiy. .
FOWLER'S WORKS, bound, nnd in cheiip
pamphlet editions'. ' - '-
IO ; a Tale i.f the OUeo Fane, by K. Burton.
GOLD PENS A good artie'e.
C LOVE RN OOK, by Alice Carey.
WOM AN'S FRIEN DSH1P; a Story of Do
mestic Life, by Grace Aguilar; The Yale of Cedars,
or The M artyr, by Grace Aguilar.
WASHINGTON IRVING S WORKS; J.
Fenimore Cooper's Vorks; W alter Colton's Works.
ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY ofthe Unit
ed States. For:ilo at
; HALL'S BOOK STORE.
. Aug. 17,' 1852. . .
saws.
' TEAR & Jackson's Hand Saws also cross
7 cut. Tenon, Rip, Felly and Web Saws at
KffASFR'S.
011 ill !;
P. D. CL&; K'& C.
-S 'Bit ? i l,B 'a,'2pf,t and best ns
QhK. sorlment of Cuniages ever
tif..rw irr...l in portare Co. consisting of
Cliarioiees, ilrnkey s. Prrnre Alberts, hxiension slide
se.tt, r?landinr Top. and every .variety for "beauty and
convenience, all ot which will be sold low and on fa
vorable terras .
The public are respectfully invited to call nnd exam
ine qnafiiies end prices nnd mcge f.r lliemselves, und
see w liether there is any inducement for them to trada
with us.
Minpnn Mam street, east of the Public square.
lUvenna, .March aStii. 1852. 1161
'.''- CarrHsge Tritimssiags.
J3 TF.NT Leaihrr, Knnmelled Cloth, &.C, &c. for
d. sal j at the Carnage shop of
ND CLARK & CO.
Ravenna, March 29. 1852. . 1161
; CHAIRS. SASH AND BLINDS.
rnHF. subscribers, successors of J. B &G. Mc'Ewain
JL are prepared to lurnish at their large Steam Facto
ry, just north ot the I'renliss House, dinerent sized
pine Window Sash and Blinds to order. Also keep on
hand a general assortment of Chairs. Bedsteads, Bed
stead Posts, Table Legs. A.c . n raide of good miteri
als, a'.d in a good, workman-like manner, and sold s
low figures for the ready.
MrEt.WAIN & ARNOT.O.
OVERCOATINGS. A few piecos of Over Coatings,
consisting of
Blue Pilot Cloths,
: Drab do. do
Molded dc
Heavy Broad do. &c., just ree'd nnd seeing
cheap at Gilletts.
Oct. 25.
A'I'KNT and Enameled Leather A good
assortment just ree'd and for sale very low by
E. T. RfCIMKDSON.
LACK Silks 3 pieces yard wide black em
'de rhine silks, I jard wide black Bischoff'a
be.st do, just opened and elling low at
Aug. 30." ' Rowell & Brother's.
; . MISS DUNN
WISHES to inform the Ladies of Ravenna and vicinity,
that she has just returned from New York, with'a
complete assortment of Bonnets, Ribbons and
nilLLLXEIty GOOSS.
Straw Bonnets, White and Colored, of all qualities and
prices. Also, Silks, Satins and Velvets of different varie
ties and colors, and a good assortment of
BONNETS READY MADE,
of the above materials.
The assortment of Ribbons is complete, and are selling
at prices that will defeat competition. Also,
PBournini; Esnnt
Head-Dresses and Caps, kept constantly on hand. Also, a
good assortment of Cap Laces, 'Wrought Collars and Cuffs.
Miss Dunn thinks she has the best assortment of Milli
nery Goods in this village, for she spared no pains in going
from place to place in New York and other Eastern Cities,
to supply herself with Goods of the best quality, and the
latest and most approvsd styles and puttems.
J&r Ladies, please call and satisfy yourselves.
Bonnets repaired as usual.
J!SO Dress, Cloak and Sack Pattern? furnished to Milli
ners nnd Dress Makers on the most reasonable terms.
jZS- Shop one door west of Hall's Book Store, Main
street.
Kavenna, Oct. 19, 1S52. . 1190-3m
ABJIIJIISTRATOR'S NOTICI1.
fin HE undersigned has been qualified as Administrator
ML on the estate of William 11. Jerome, late of Atwater,
Portage County, deceased.
V THOMAS C. HEIGHTON.
Atwater, ftov. 12, 18o2. 1104-3w
Tace and Muslin Drapery 2 pa R Lnre-Cnrtnin Drn
.pery, 10 ps 4i Muslin Curtain Drapery, 5 ps 4J
Fambo-jred Curiam Drapery, just ree'd by
Nov, 8, 1852. II L & R Dat
A Family Ktvspaper, Devottd lo Geceml Intelligence, Miscellaneous Reading, and the Rights of Man.
Bo They Siisj Id
Do they miss me at home? Do they tnis3 me?
'T would be assurance most dear.
To krow at this moment some loved One
Were saying, "I wish he were here!".
To feel that the group at the fireside r- .
Were thinking of me as I roim!
Ob. yesl 'twould be joy beyond measure
To know that they missed me at heme.
WTien twilight approaches, the season
That ever was sacred to song, .
' Does some one repeat my name over.
And sigh that I tarry so long?
And is there a chord in the musio
That's missed when my voice 13 away?
And a chord in each heart that maketb.
Regret at my wearisome stay ?
Do they place me a chair nt the table,
' Where evening's home pleasures are high?,
And lamps are lit in the parlor
And'the stars in the calm azure sky?
And when tlte "good nihts" are repeated, . v.
And each lays them down to-sleep.
Do they think of the absent, nnd waft me .
A whisper "good nighti" o'er the deep?
Do they miss me at home? Do they mis3 me?
; At morning, at noon, or at nuht?
And lingers one gloomy shade round them,
That only my presence can light?
Are joys less invitingly welcomed,
Are pleasures les hailed thnn before.
Because one is missed from the circle?
Because I am with them no more.
Oh, yes! they do miss me! kind voices
Are calling me back as I roam; '
And their eyes are grown weary with weeping;
And watch but to welcome ti.e home.
Ki-d friends, ye shall wait me no longer,
I'll hurry me back from the schs;
For how can I tarry when followed
. "By walchings and prayers such as these?
A Narrative of American Slavery.
Although the first slaves, introduced into the A
merican colonies from the coast of Africa, were ne
groes of a very dark complexion, with woolly hair,
and it was thought that Slavery would be confined
to the blacks, yet the present slave population of
America is Cir from being black. This change in
color is attributable solely to the unlimited power
which tire slave-owner exercises over his victim.
There being no lawful nurriage amongst slaves,
and no encouragement to slave women to be virtu
ous and chaste, there seems to be no limits to th8
system of amalgamation carried on between mas
ter. nnd slave. This aacounts for the fact, that
most persons 'who go from Europe, or from the
Frre States, into Carolina or Virginia, are struck
w:th tho different shades of color amongst the
s'"v3'?' a a plantation emplnying fif y slaves, it
is not uncommon to see one third of them mulat
toe?, snd some of these neaily white. .,. . -
Iu the year 1831,-there resided in the State of
Virginia, a sl.ive w ho was so whits that no one
wou'd suppose for a moment that a drop of African
blood coursed through his veins. Hs skin was
fuir, hair soft, straight, fine, and white; his eyes
blue, noie prominent, lip3 thin; his head well form
ed, forehead high and prominent; and he was often
taken f.ir a white free person by those who did not
know bim. This made bis condition ns a slave
still more intderable; for one so white seldom ever
receives fair ire itmant at ihe hands of his fellow
slaves; anl the whites usually regard such slaves
as persons who, if not often flogged and otherwise
ill-treated, to remind ihem of their condition, would
soon ''forget" that they were slaves, 'and "think
themselves as good as while folks." During that
year, an insurrection broke out amongst tho slavo
population, known as tho Southampton Rebellion,
or the " Nat Turner lusurreclion." . Five or six
bundled slaves, believing in the doctrine that "all
men are ere ;tad equal," m ined with such weapons
as they could get, commenced a war for freedom
Amongst these was George, the white slave of
whom we have spoken. He had been employed
bs a house servant, and had heard his master "and
visitors spenk of the dowc-trodden and oppressed
Poles ; he heard them talk of going to Greece to
figut for Grecian liberty, and against the oppress
ors of that ill-fated people. George, fired with the
love of freedom, and zea! for the cause of his en
slaved countrymen, joined the insurrection. The
result of that srruggle for liberty is well known
Tho slaves were defeated; and ihoso who were not
taken prisoners look refuge in tho Dismal swamp.
These were ordered to surrender; but instead of
doing so, they challenged their proud oppressors to
take them, nnd immediately renewed the war. A
ferocious struggle now commenced between the
paitiec; but not until the United Slates troops
were called in, did they succeed in crushing a
handful of men and women who were fighting for
freedom. The negroes were hunted with dogs,
and many who were caught were bui i.t alive;
while, some were hung, nnd others were flogged
and banished from the State.
Among V.-.Oio who were sentenced to be hanged,
was George. He was placed in prison to await
the day of execut:on, which would give him ten
days to piepare for his doom. George was the son
ot a member ofthe American Congress, his moth
er being a servant in the princ'p d hotel in Wash
ington, where members of Congress usually put up.
Afr.br the birlh of George, his mother was Eo!d to a
neg:o trader, and he lo a Virginian, who sent
agents through the country lo buy up young slaves
to raise for the. market. ' George was only about
nineteen years of age whon he unfortunately be
came connected, with the ' insurrection. Mr
Green, who owned George, was a comparatively
good master, Pnd prided himself on treating his
slaves better than m jst men. This gentleman was
also the owner of a girl who was perfectly white,
with Btraight hair and prominent features. Th'n
girl was said to be the daughter of her own master
A faeling of attachment sprang up between Mary
nnd Gei.rge, wh eh proved to be more than mere
friendship, and upon which wo base the burden of
this narrative.
After poor George hid been sentenced to death
and cast into prison, Maiy begged and obtained
leave to visit Goorge, and administer to him the
comforts of religion, as she was a member of a re
ligious body, while George was not. As George
had been a considerable favorite with Mrs. Green,
Mary, had no difficulty in obtaining permission to
pay a daily visit to him, to whom she had pledged
her heart and hand. . At ono oi these meetings
and only four days from the time fixed for the exe
cution, while Mary was seated in George's cell, it
occurred lo her that she might yet save him from
a felon's doani. She revealod to him the secret
that was then occupying her thoughts, viz., that
George should exchange clothes with hor, and thus
attempt the escape in disguise. , But ho would not
for a single moment listen to the proposition. - Not
that ho f oared detection; but ho would not couscn
to place un innocent and affectionate girl in a po
sition whore she might have to suffer for him
RAVENNA," WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1.
Mary, plea I, but in vain George was inflexible.
The poor girl left her lover with a heavy heart, re
gretting that her scheme had proved unsuccessful.
Toward the close of the next day, Mary again
appeared at the prison door for admission, and
was soon by the side of him whom she so ardently
loved. While there, the clouds which had over
hung ihe city for some hours, broke, and ihe rain
fell in torrents amid the most terriffic thunder and
lightning. In the most persuasive manner possible.
Mary agiin -importuned George to avail himself ol
her assistance to escape from an ignominious death.
After assuring him that she, not boing the person
condemned, would not receive any injury, he atlast
consented and they began to exchange apparel.
As George was of small -stature, and both .were
white, there was na difficulty in his passing out
without , detection; and as she usually left ihe cell
weeping, with handkerchief in hand, and fome-
timas nt her face, he had only to adopt this mode
and his escape was safe. . They had kissed each
other, and Mary had told George where he would
find a small parcel of provisions which she had
placed in a secluded spot, when tho prison-keeper
opened the door and said, "Come, girl, it is time
for you to g.i.7 George again embraced Mary,
and pussed out of the jail. r
It was already dark, and the street lamps were
lighted, so that our hero in his ne .v dress had no
dread of detection. The provisions' were sought
out and found, and poor George was scon on the
road towards Canada But neither of them had
once thought of a change of dross for Gei rge when
he should have escaped, and he walked but a short
distance before he fait that a change of his apparel
would facilitate his progress. But he dared not go
among9t even his colored associates, for fear of be
ing betrayed. However, he made tho best of h s
way on towards Canada, hiding in ihe woods dur
ing the day, and traveling by the guidance of. the
Norih Star at night. ,
One morning, George arrived 00 tho banks cf
the Ohio river, and found his journey had termi
nated, unless he could get some one to take him
across the rer in a secret manner, fur ha would
not be permitted to cro;s in any of the ferry boats;
it being a penalty for crossing a slave, besides the
value of the slave. Ho concealed himself in the
tall grass and weeds near the river, to see if he
could embrace an opportunity to cross. ' Ha had
been in his hiding-placo but a short time, when he
obsoived a man in a small boa fl mting near the
shore, evidently fishing;' His first impulse was to
call out to the man and ask him to take him . over
to the Ohio side, but the fear that the man was a
slaveholder, or one who might possibly arrest him,
deterred him from it. The man, after rowinsand
floating about for some time, fastened the boat to
the root of a free, and started to a neighboring
farm-house. This was George's moment, nnd he
seized it. Running down the bank, he uafastened
the boat, jumped in, and, with till the expei tuess of
one accustomed to a boat, rowed across the river
and funded on the Ohio side.
Being now in a free State, he thought he might
with perfect safety travel on towards Canai 1. He
land, however, gone but a few miles, when he dis
covered two men on hoisebach coming behind him.
He felt sure th it they could not bo in pursuit of
him, yet he did not wish to be seen by them, so he
turned into another road leading to a house near
by. The men followed,-and were but a short dis
tance from George, when he ran up to a farm
houe, before which was Branding a farmer-looking
man, in a broad brimmed hat and straight-collared
coat, whom he implored to Eave him from the
" slave-catchers." The farmer told him to go into
the barn nearby; he entered by the front dooit
the farmer following, and closing the door behind
George, but remaining outside,.and gave directions
to his hired man as to what thould be done with
George. The slaveholders by this time had dis
mounted, nnd were in the front of the burn de
manding admittance, and charging the farmer with
secreting their slave woman. For G-orge wns
still in the dress of a woman. . The Friend, for
tho farmer proved to be a member of the Society
of Friend?, told the slave-owners that if they wish
ed to search his barn, they must first get an officer
and a search warrant. While the parties were
disputing, the farmer began nailing cp the front
door, and the hired' man served the back door in
the same way. The slaveholders, finding that
ihey could not prevail on Ihe Friend to allow them
to get the slave, determined to go in search of an
nfiicer. One wis left to see that the slave did not
escape from the barn, whilo tho other went off at
full speed to Mt Pleasant, the nearest town.
George was not the slave of either of these men
nor were they in pursuit of him, but they had lost
a woman who had been seen in that vicinity, and
when they saw poor Georgo in the disguise of a
female, and attempting to elude pursuit, they folt
sure they were close upon their victim. Howev
er, if they had caught him, although he was not
their slave, they would have taken him back and
placed him in jail, and there he would have re
mained unlil bisowner arrived.
' Aftei an absence of nearly two hours, the s'ave
owoer returned with an t.fTicer, and f.nnd the
Friend still driving large nails into the dnor. In a
triumphant tone, and with a corresponding gesture
he handed the search-warrant to the Friend, and
said, .
" There, sir, now I will see if he can't get my
Nigger."
" Well," said the Friend, ' thou host gone to
work according to law, and thou can'stnowgo into
my barn."
" Lend me your hammer that I may get the
door opon," said the slaveholder.
" Let me see the warrant aguin." And after
rending it over once more, he said, "I see nothing
in this which says I must supply theo with tools to
open my door ; if thou wishes to go in thou must
get. a hummer elsewhere."
The sheriff said, " 1 will go to a neighboring
faim boiTow something which will introduce us to
Miss D'.nnh ;" aud ho immediately went off iu
search of tools.
In a short time the officer returned and they
commenced an assault nnd battery upon the bnrn
door, which soon yielded; and in went the slave
holder and officer, and began turning up ;he hay
and using all other means lo find the lost property;
but, to their astonishment, the slnvo was not. there.
After all hopes cf getting Dinah was gone, the
slave-owner in a rage, said to the Friend,
" My Nicger is not here."
"I did not toll thee there, was any one here."
" Yes, b-it I saw htr go in, and you shut the
door behind her, and if sho won't in the barn what
did you nail the door for ?"
"Cannot I do what I plense with my own barn
door? Now I will tell thee. Thou need trouble
thyself no moro, for tho person thou art after en-
lerod the front door and went out at tho back door,
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and is a long way from here by this time. Thau
and thy friend must be somewhat fatigued by this
time ; won't thou go in and take a little dinner with
me ?" t . - ' -
We need not sny that this cool invitation of tho
good Quaker wns not accepted by the slaveholder.
George, in tho menn time had been taken to. n
Friend's dwelling some miles away, where, after
laying aside his femnle attire, and being snugly
dressed up in a straight-collared coat, and panta
loons to mr.teb, was again put on the right road
towards Canada. Two weeks after this found
him in the town of St. Catherines, working on the
farm of Colonel Strut, and attending a night
school. ' ,
George, however did not forget bis promise to
use all means iu his power to get Mary out of
slavery. He, therefore, labored with all his might
lo obtain money with which to employ some one
to go hack to Virginia for Mary. After nearly six
monshs' labor at St. Catherines, he Employed an
English missionary to go and see if the girl could
be purchased, and at what price. The mission
ary went accordingly, but returned with the sad
intelligence that on account of Mury's aiding
George to escape, the court had compelled Mr.
Green to sell her out of the State, nnd she h id
been sold to a Negro-trader and taken to the New
Orleans market. As all hope of getting the girl
was now gone, George resolved to quit the Amei
can continent fcreter. He immediately took pas
sage in a vessel laden with timber bound for Liv
erpool, and iu five weeks from that time he was
standing on the quay of the great English seaport.
With little or no education, he found roony difficul
ties in the way of getting a respectable living
However, he obtained a .situation as porter in a
large house in Manchester, where he worked du
ring the day, and took private lessons at night.
In this way he labored for three years, and was
then raised to the situation of Clerk. George was
so white as easily to pars for a white man, and
being somewhat ashamed of bis African descent,
he never once mentioned the fact of his having
been a slave. -He soon became a partner in the
firm that employed him, aud was now on the road
to wealth. .. . .
In the year 1842, just ten years after Geo.
Green (for he adopted his master's name) arrived
in England, he v'si'ed France, and spent seme
days at DunkirK.
It was towards sunset, on a warm day in the
month cf October, that Mr. Green, aftor strolling
some distance from the Hotel de Leon, entered
a burial ground and wandered long alone among
the silent dead, gazing upon the many green graves
and marble tombstones of those who once moved
on the thentre of busy life, and whose sounds cf
gayety fell upon the ear of man. . All nature
around was hushed in silence, and seemed to par
take of the general melancholly which hung over
the quiet resting place of departed mortals. After
tracing the varied inscriptions which told tho char
acter and conditions of the departed, and viewing
the mounds beneath which the dust of mortality
slumbered, he had now reached a secluded spot
near to where an aged weeping willow bowed its
thick foliage to tho ground, as though anxious to
hide from the scrutinizing gaze of curiosity the
grave beneath it. Mr. Green seated himself upon
a marble tomb, nnd began to read Roscoe's Leo X.,
a copy cf which he had under his arm. It was
then about twilight, and he had scarcely read half
n page, when he observed a lady dressed in black,
leading a boy some five years olJ up one ofthe
paths ; and a3 the lady's Hack veil was over her
face, he felt somewhat at liberty to eye her more
closely. While looking at her, the lady gave a
scream and appeared to be in a fainting position,
when Mr. Green sprang from his seat in time to
save her from falling to the ground. At this mo
ment an elderly gentleman was seen approaching
with a rapid step, who, from his nppee ranee, was
evidently the lady's father, or one intimately con
nected wilh her. He came up, and, in a confused
manner, asked what was the matter. Mr. Green
explained as well as he could. After taking up the
smeliing bottle, which had f lien from her hand,
and holding it a short time to her face, she soon
began to revive. During all this time the lady's
veil had so covered her face, that Mr. Green had
not seen it. When she had so far recovered as to
be able to raise her head, she again screamed, and
fell back into the arms of the o'd man. It now ap
peared quite certain that either the countenance of
George Green, or some other object, was the
cause of these fits of fainting; and the old gentle
man, thinking it was the furmer, in rather a petu
lent tone, said, "I will thnnk you, sir, if you vi I
leave us alone." The child whom the lady was
leading bad now set up a squall ; and amid the
deathlike appearance of the lady, the harsh look of
the old man, nnd tbe cries of the boy, Mr. Green
left the grounds and returned to his hotel.
Whilst seated by the window, and looking out
upon the crowded street, with every-now and
then Ihe strange scene in the grave-yard vividly
before him, Mr. Green thought ofthe book he had
been reading, and, remembering that he had left it.
on the tomb, where he had suddenly diopped it
when called to the assistance of the 1 idy, he im
mediately determined to return in search of it.
After a wnlk of some twenty minutes, he was
again over the spot where he had been an bour be
fore, nnd from where he had been so unceremoni
ously expelled by the old man. He looked in vain
for the book; it was nowhere to be found: nothing
save the boquet which the lady had dropped, and
which lay half-buried in the grass from having been
trodden upon, indicnted that any one hnd been
there that evening. Mr. Green took up the bunch
of flowers, arid again returned to the hotel.
After passing n sleepless night, and hearing the
clock strike six. he dropped into a. sweet sleep,
from which he did not awake unlil roused by the
rap of n servant, who, entering tho room, handed
him a note which ran ns follows : '
" Sir : I owe an apology for the inconvenience
to which you were suhjeuted last evening! and if
you will honor us with your presence to dinner to
day nt four o'clock, I hIihII be most happy to give
you due satisfaction. My servant will bo in wait
ing for you at half past three.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. Devksast.
To George Green, Esq. . October 23."
The servant who hindod this note to Mr
Green, informed him llint tlto benrer was waiting
for a reply. He immediately resolved lo accept
(ho invitation, and replied accordingly. Who this
person was, and how his mime nnd tho hotel
where he was stopping had beon found out, was
indeod a mystery. However, he waited some
what impatiently for the hour when he was to see
this new acquaintance, nnd get tho mysterious
meeting tn yio grHve-ynriLjjolyed,
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Tbe clock on the neighboring church had scarce
ly ceased striking three, when the servant an
nounced that a carriage had called for Mrl Green.
In less than half an hour he was seated in a most
sumptuous barouch, drawn by two beautiful iron
grays, and rolling along over a splendid gravel road,
completely shaded by largo trees which Bppearcd
to have been Ihe accumulated growth of many
centuries. The carriage soon stopped in front of a
low viil, and this too was imbedded in magnificent
trees covered with moss. Mr. Green flighted
and was shown into a superb drawing room, the
walls of which were hung with floe specimens
from the hands of the great Italian painters, and
one by a German " artist respecting a beautiful
monkish legend connected with " The Holy Cath
arine," an illustrious lady of Alexandria. The
fnrnitSie had an antique and dignified appearance.
U gh backed chairs stood around the room ;: a ven
erable' minoristood' on the mantleshelf ; rich cer
tains of crimson damask hung in folds at either
side of the largo windows ; and a rich turkey car
pet covered tho floor. In ihe centre stood a ia
hle covered With books, in the midat of wtiiBh was
an old fushioned vnse filled wilh fresh" flowers,
whose fragrance was exceeiJTngly pleasant. A
faint light together with Ihe quietness. -of the hour,
gave a beauty, beyond description, to the whole
scene. , . '
Mr. Creen had scarcely seated himself upon
these fa, when the elderly gentleman whom he
had met the previous evening made his appearnce,
followed hy the little boy and introduced himself
as Mr. Devennnt. A moment, more and a lady
a beautifu. brunette dressed ia black, with long
curls of a chestnut color hanging down her cheeks
entered the room. Her eyes were of a dark ha
zel, nnd her whole apearance indicated that she
was a native ot a southern clime.: The door at
which she entered was opposite to where the two
gentlemen were seated. They immediately rose;
and Deveraot was in the act of introducing hor to
Mr. Green, when he observed that the latter had
sunk back upon the sofa, aud tbe last word that he
remembered to have heard was, "It is she."
Afier thi3 ull was dark and dreamy ; h .w long he
remaiced in this condition it was for another to
tell. When he awoke he found himself stretched
upon the sofa, with his boots off, his neckerchief
removed, shirt, collar unbuttoned, and his head
resting upon a pillow. By his side sat an old man
with the smellin? bottle in nnn hand nnrl n olnaa Af
water in the Other, and the little bov standing r
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me toot, 01 tue sola. A3 soon as iYlr,
Green liad i
so fur recovered as to be able to spenk, he Said.
" Where am 1, and what does this mean ? "
" Wait a while," replied the old man, " and I !
will tell you all."
Afier l',.f mJnnf- l r. '
the sofa, adjusted his apparel, and said.
" I am now. ready to hear anything you have to
say.".- . '
" You were born in America ? said the old
man. - . i .. .
"Yes," he replied.
"And you were acquainted with it girl named
Mary?" continued the old man. .
"Yes, and I loved her as I can love none other."
'The lady whom you met so mysteriously last !
. .
evening is Mary," replied Mr. Deyenant.
George Green was silent, but ihe fountains of
mingled grief and joy stole out from beneath his
eyo-lashof, and glistened like pear!3 upon his pa!e
and marble like cheeksi At this juncture the la-
dy again entered the room. Mr. Green sprang j
from the sofa, and they fell into each others arms,
to the surprise of the old man and little George.and
to the amusement ofthe servants, who had crept
up one by' one, and were hid beh'nd the doors or
loitering in tho La!!. When they had given vent
to their feelings, they resumed their seats, nnd
each in turn reluted the adventures through which
they had passed.
"How did1 you find out my name and address?"
ed Mr. Green.
"After you had left us in the grave-ynid, our lit
tle George said, 'O, mamma, if there ain't a book!'
nnd pickd It up and brought it to us.. Papa open
ed i and saiJ, -The gactlemau's name is written
in it, and here is a card of the Hotel De Leon,
where I suppose he w stopping. Papa wished to
leave the book, and said it was ull a fancy of mine,
that I hud ever seen you before, but I was perfect
ly convinced that you jsvero my owu Geo' ge Green.
Are you married?"
'No, lam not."
"Then thank Go 1!" exclaimed Mrs. Drfvenant.
The old man, who had been silent all this time,
said.
Now, sir, I must apologise for the trouble you t
were put to last evening."
"And are you single now?" ,
' Yes," she replied:
'This is indeed the Lord's doing," raid Mr.
Green, at the same time bursting into a flood of
tears. '
Although Mr. Devenant was past the age when
H
After dinner the lovers (for such we have to call
. - - j .
them,) gave their experience from ihe time that
George Green left the jail, dressed in Mary's
clothes. Up to that time, Mr.- Green's was sub
stantially as we have related it. Mrs. Devenant's
wns as follows: : . '
"Tho night after you left the prison," said she,
"I did not shut my eyes in sleep. Tho next morn
ing, about 8 o'clock, Peter, the gardner, came to
the jail to see if I bad been there tbe night before,
and was informed that I had left a little after dark.
About an hour after, Mr. Green camp himself, and
I need not say that he was much surprised on find- ;
ing me there, dressed In your clothes. This was !
the first tidings they had of your escape." ' j
"What did Mr. Green sny when ho found that I ;
d fled-'"
"Oh:" conlinued Mrs Devennnt, "he said to me ;
when no one was near, 'I hope George will get
off, but I four you will have to suffer in his stead.'
I told him that if it must be so, I was willing to die
if you couIJ live." '
At this moment George Green burst into tears,
threw his arms around her cock, and. exclaimed,
"I am glad I have waited so long, with the hopes
of meeting you again." ; ,. i ,
Mrs. Devenant again resumed hor story:- "I was
kept in jail three days, during which "time I was
visited by the 'magistrates Rnd twtroftTnre judges.
On' the third day I was taken out, and mnstor told
me that 1 was'liberated, upon condition lhat I be
immediately sent out cf ItbeSutoThorqhap
men should think upon matrimonial subjects, yet " "' .rausiureo, gave
llvs fcene brought vividly before his eyes the days ' me in a i and b. 88 the act
when he was a young man, nnd had a wife living, eeem 1 """ined . "staot to go with
nnd he thought it wns time to call their attention to h,m' M mistrss laad been put under tbebarge
dinner, which was then waiting. We need scarce- j oftbe CBPta,D 5 " us it would be past ten oVock
ly add, th .t Mr. Green and Mrs. Devenant did very vpben ,he steam6r would land s1l accepted an io
itilo toward diminishing the dinner th.it dnv. v,tation of ,lle caPtBm t0 remnin on board wit 8eT"
pened to be, just at that time, in the neighborhood
a negro-trader, and he purchased me, and 1 Was
taken to New Orleuns. On the steamboat
were kept in a close room where slaves are usual
ly confined, so that I saw nothing of tho passen-
gers on board, or the towns we passed. We ar-'
rived at New Orleans, and were all put into the'
slave market for sale. I was examined by many,
persons, but none seemed willing to purohase me;
as all thought trie too white, and said I would run
away and pass as a white woman. On the second,
day, while in the slave market, and While planters)
and others were examining slaves and making their
purchases,. I obstirved a tall young man with long
black hair, eyeing me very closely, and then talk
ing to the trader. . I felt sure that" my time had
now come,; but the day closed without my being;
sold. I did Dot regret this, for 1 had heard tha
foreigners .made the worst of masters, and I felt
confident that the man who eyed me so closely
was not an American. .' ' ,
"The next day was ihe Sabbath. , The belli'
called the people to the different places of worship;
Methodists sang, and Baptists immersed.and Pres-4
byterians sprinkled, and Episcopalians read their"
prayers, while tho ministers of the various ects
preached that Christ died for all; and yet there,
were some twenty-five or thirty of-us poorre-i
tores confined in the JVegro ren,' awaiting thej
close of the holy Sabbath, and the dawn of anotb.
er day, to be examined like so maoy beasts of bur-,
den. I need not tell you with what anxiety wa;
waited for the advent of another day. ... On Mori-'
day we were again brought out, and placed in rows
to be inspected; and, fortunately for me, I . was,
sold before we had been on the stand an hour. - I
was purchased by a gentleman residing in the oity
for a waiting maid for his wife, who was ju3t on
the eve of starting for Mobile, to pay aTisit to
near relation. I was then dressed to suit the sta
tion of a servant-maid; and upon the whole, I
thought that in my new dress I looked as much
the lady as my mistress. ' - -
"On tho passage to Mobile, who should I see
among the passengers, but the tall, long-haired
man that had eyed me so closely in the slave-market
a few days before. His eyes Tgere again on
me, and he appeared anxious to speak to me, and I
as reluctant to be spoken to. The first evening
after leaving New Orleans, soon after twilight had
let her curtain down, and pinned it with a star,
and while I was seated on tho deck of the boat,'
near the ladles' cabin, looking upon tlie "rippled
waves, and the reflection of tha moon upon the
sea, all at once I saw the tall young man standing -by
my side. I immediately rose from my seat,
and was in the act of reluming to the cabin, when
he in a broken accent said, 'Stop a moment; I wish "
to have a word with you. I am your friend.' I
stopped and looked him full in the face, and he
said, 'I saw yon some days since in the slave mar
ket, and I intended to have purchased you, to save
you from the condition of a slave. I "called on
Monday but you bad been soli and had left the
market.' I inquired and learned who the purchas
er was, and that you had to go to Mobile, so I re
solved to follow you. If you are willing, I will try
Bnd fr0m J"'nr Pre8e Dt owner. Bnd J0"
utin'l ha FraoA Hlhn.A M. 1 I
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est naa cu-uunu manner, a couia not oeueve trie
man to be sincere in what he said.
Why should
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J.ou YV'6U lo betme lreB: A asiteu. -i two an oniy
sister, nu rnpi:eu, -wuo aieu turee years, ago in
FrM"' and J are so much like'her, that had I
not known of her death, I would most certainly
have taken you for her. 'However much I may
resemble your sister, you are aware that I am'not
her, and why take so much interest in one whom
you never saw before?' 'The love, said he, 'which
I had for my sister is transferred to yon." I bad
all along suspected that" the man was a knave, and;
this profession of love confirmed me in my former
D6"el' aDa 1 rUrDe" HWay.BI"3 le" l'"-
"lue next day, while star-ding in the
e cabin and
looking through the window, the' French gentle
man (for such be was) came to the window, while
walking on the guards, and again commenced as
on the previous evening. He took fioitn his pock
et a bit of paper and put it into my hand, and at
,he Bame time. sayinS- Take this, it may some
day be of service to you, remember it is from I
friend,' and left me instantly. I unfolded the pa
per nnd found it to be a 8100 Bank, note, on the
United States Branch Bank, at Philadelphia.
My first impulse was to give it to my mistress, but
upon a second thought," I resolved to seek an oppor
tun'ty, and to return the hundred dollars lo the
stranger. Therefore, I looked for him but in vain ;
and hr.d almost given up the idea of seeing him
again, when he passed me on the guards of the
boat and walked towards the stern ofthe vessel.
It being now dark, I approached him and offered
the money to him. He declined saying at tho
same time, I gave it to you keep it.' I do not
want it,' I said. 'Now,' said he 'jou had better,
give your consent forme to purchase you, and you
shall go wilh me to France.. 'But you cannot
buy me now,' I replied, ' for my master is in New
Orleans, and he purchased me not to sell, but to
retain in his own family. 'Would you rather re
main with your present mistress than be free?'
'No,' said I. 'Then fly with me to-nifefit; we
shall be in Mobile in two hours from this, and
when the passengers are going on shore, you can
,Bke my Rrm' nnd 0U Can escape unserved.
The trader who brought you to New Orleans ex
hibited to me a certificate of your good character,
and one from the minister ot the church to which
you were attached in Virginia; and upon the faith
of these assurances, and the love I bear you, I
promise before high heaven that I will marry you
as soon as it can be done.' This solemn promise
i . , . i. i . 1.-1 .. i .... i j
' eral other ladies till morning. - I dressed myself
in my best clothes, and put a veil over my face
and was ready on Ihe landing of the boat. Sur-
rounded by a number of passengers; we descend
: ed the stage leaning to the wharf and were soon
lost in the crowd that thronged the quay. Aa we
! went on shore we encountered seveiul persons
anr.ouncins the names of hotels, the starting cf
( boats tor the interior, and vessels bound for tbe in-
i terior, and vessels bound for Europe; Among '
i theso was the ship Utien, Captain Pell, bound for
Havre. 'Now,' said Mr. Devennot, this is our
; chance. The ship was to sail at twelve o'olock
that night, at high tide ; nnd following the men
who were seeking passengers, we went immedi-
Mp thrt T wag hia ahttT and far euch we pMia4
during the long vtynge. At the hour of twelve
the Uticn set sail, and we were soon out at ten.
iinni tin uiiui u st vf iiitiii in ti i ti a rat loin it nek
'" Tho morning after we left Mobile, Devenant "
met me as I came from my state-room and embraced
me for the first time. I loved bim, but it was only ,
that affection Which we bavefortine who has done' J . i jlf
us a lasting favor; it was the love of gratitude .,''" j
rather than that ot tae heart. -We were five Wek ' i
on the sea, and yet the passage did not BeemloOgi IT I 1 1
for Devenant wasio; kind -jDsr vat. arrival t : f i;jf
Havre,., we Were married aiiT ame to D-unkir. ;
and I h. v 'esided here evej'Vtoc.'.'- t. ': 1
At the close -of this narrative the otock. strtick., ..
ten, -when the "old man, whowaaeculom4 to
retire at au early hourt rose to tkJeve, py.ing ' i
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