ently borne
their testimony, and they too quietly forsook it.
Prior to this event, by his industry and hard-earned savings, Miles had
become the owner of a comfortable brick house, and had made up his mind
to remain a citizen of Philadelphia, but the spirit which prompted the
aforesaid treatment called up within him reflections somewhat similar to
those aroused by Slavery, and it was not a great while before he offered
his property for sale, including his business stand, resolving to return
to Boston. He received an offer for his property, accepted it, pulled up
stakes, and again hopefully turned his face thitherward. The ambitious
Miles commenced business in Chelsea, near Boston, where he purchased
himself a comfortable home; and he has ever since been successfully
engaged in the sale of kerosene oil. Instead of seeking pleasure in the
banjo, as he was wont to do in Virginia, he now finds delight in the
Baptist Church, Rev. Mr. Grimes', of which he is a prominent member, and
in other fields of usefulness tending to elevate and better the
condition of society generally.
* * * * *
ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND.
JOHN WILLIAM DUNGY.--BROUGHT A PASS FROM EX. GOV. GREGORY.
"He ought to be put in a cage and kept for a show," said Anna Brown,
daughter of the hero, John Brown, at the house of the writer, where she
happened to meet the above named Underground Rail Road passenger. He had
then just returned from Canada, after being a Refugee four years. In the
mean time through the war and the Proclamation of Father Abraham the
fetters had been torn from the limbs of the slave, and the way to
Richmond was open to all. John William on this occasion was on his way
thither to see how his brethren together with their old oppressors
looked facing each other as freemen. Miss Anna Brown was _en route_ to
Norfolk, where she designed to teach a school of the unfettered bondmen.
The return of the Refugee was as unexpected as it was gratifying.
Scarcely had the cordial greetings of the writer and his family ended
and the daughter of Brown been introduced before the writer was plying
his Refugee guest with a multiplicity of questions relative to his
sojourn in Canada, etc. "How have you been getting along in Canada? Do
you like the country?" "First-rate," said John William. "You look as
though you had neither been starved, nor frozen. Have you had plenty of
work, made some money, and taken care of
|