to fire the solemn word for the dissolution of the Union!"

Telegraphic intelligence is received, that President Fillmore
has announced his determination to sustain the Fugitive Slave
Bill, at all hazards. Let him try! The fugitives, as well as the
colored people generally, seem determined to carry out the
spirit of the resolutions to their fullest extent.

Ellen first received information that the slave-hunters from Georgia
were after her through Mrs. Geo. S. Hilliard, of Boston, who had been a
good friend to her from the day of her arrival from slavery. How Mrs.
Hilliard obtained the information, the impression it made on Ellen, and
where she was secreted, the following extract of a letter written by
Mrs. Hilliard, touching the memorable event, will be found deeply
interesting:

"In regard to William and Ellen Craft, it is true that we
received her at our house when the first warrant under the act
of eighteen hundred and fifty was issued.

Dr. Bowditch called upon us to say, that the warrant must be for
William and Ellen, as they were the only fugitives here known to
have come from Georgia, and the Dr. asked what we could do. I
went to the house of the Rev. F.T. Gray, on Mt. Vernon street,
where Ellen was working with Miss Dean, an upholsteress, a
friend of ours, who had told us she would teach Ellen her trade.
I proposed to Ellen to come and do some work for me, intending
not to alarm her. My manner, which I supposed to be indifferent
and calm, _betrayed_ me, and she threw herself into my arms,
sobbing and weeping. She, however, recovered her composure as
soon as we reached the street, and was _very firm_ ever after.

My husband wished her, by all means, to be brought to our house,
and to remain under his protection, saying 'I am perfectly
willing to meet the penalty, should she be found here, but will
never give her up.' The penalty, you remember, was six months'
imprisonment and a thousand dollars fine. William Craft went,
after a time, to Lewis Hayden. He was at first, as Dr. Bowditch
told us, 'barricaded in his shop on Cambridge street.' I saw him
there, and he said, 'Ellen must not be left at your house.'
'Why? William,' said I, 'do you think we would give her up?'
'Never,' said he, 'but Mr. Hilliard is not only our friend, but
he is a U.S. Commissioner, and should Ellen be found in