availed himself
of an Underground Rail Road ticket, and bade adieu to that hot-bed of
secession, South Carolina. Indeed, he was fair enough to pass for white,
and actually came the entire journey from Charleston to this city under
the garb of a white gentleman. With regard to gentlemanly bearing,
however, he was all right in this particular. Nevertheless, as he had
been a slave all his days, he found that it required no small amount of
nerve to succeed in running the gauntlet with slave-holders and
slave-catchers for so long a journey.

The following pointed epistle, from Jeremiah Colburn alias William
Cooper, beautifully illustrates the effects of Freedom on many a
passenger who received hospitalities at the Philadelphia depot--

SYRACUSE, June 9th, 1858.

MR. STILL:--_Dear Sir_:--One of your Underground R.R. Passenger
Drop you these few Lines to let you see that he have not
forgoten you one who have Done so much for him well sir I am
still in Syracuse, well in regard to what I am Doing for a
Living I no you would like to hear, I am in the Painting
Business, and have as much at that as I can do, and enough to
Last me all the Summer, I had a knolledge of Painting Before I
Left the South, the Hotell where I was working Last winter the
Proprietor fail & shot up in the Spring and I Loose evry thing
that I was working for all Last winter. I have Ritten a Letter
to my Friend P. Christianson some time a goo & have never
Received an Answer, I hope this wont Be the case with this one,
I have an idea sir, next winter iff I can this summer make
Enough to Pay Expenses, to goo to that school at McGrowville &
spend my winter their. I am going sir to try to Prepair myself
for a Lectuer, I am going sir By the Help of god to try and Do
something for the Caus to help my Poor Breathern that are
suffering under the yoke. Do give my Respect to Mrs Stills &
Perticular to Miss Julia Kelly, I supose she is still with you
yet, I am in great hast you must excuse my short letter. I hope
these few Lines may fine you as they Leave me quite well. It
will afford me much Pleasure to hear from you.

yours Truly,

WILLIAM COOPER.

John Thompson is still here and Doing well.

It will be seen that this young Charlestonian had rather exalted notions
in his head. He was contemplating going to McGrawville College, for the
purpose of prepari