forts were powerless against the three;
they threw him off, and with frightful imprecations hurried the
girl to the carriage. Quickly as possible my father started in
pursuit, and reached West Chester only to learn that the
carriage had driven through the borough at full speed, about
half an hour before. They had two horses to their vehicle, and
there were three men besides those in the house. These
particulars we gather from the colored boy Ned, who, from his
hiding-place, was watching them in the road.

"Can anything be done for the rescue of this girl from the
kidnappers? We are surprised and alarmed! This deliberate
invasion of our house, is a thing unimagined. There must be some
informer, who is acquainted with our house and its arrangements,
or they never would have come so boldly through. Truly, there is
no need to preach about Slavery in the abstract, this individual
case combines every wickedness by which human nature can be
degraded.

Truly, thy friend,

MARY B. THOMAS."

In a subsequent letter, our friend says: "As to detail, the whole
transaction was like a flash to those who saw the miserable ending. I
was impelled to write without delay, by the thought that it would be in
time for the 'Freeman,' and that any procrastination on my part, might
jeopard others of these suffering people, who are living, as was this
poor girl, in fancied security. Our consternation was inexpressible; our
sorrow and indignation deepen daily, as the thought returns of the awful
announcement with which we were awakened: they have carried Martha to
the South. To do what will be of most service to the cause--not their
cause--ours--that of our race, is our burning desire."

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HELPERS AND SYMPATHIZERS AT HOME AND ABROAD--INTERESTING LETTERS.

The necessities of the Committee for the relief of the destitute and
way-worn travelers bound freedom-ward, were met mainly by friends of the
cause in Philadelphia. Generous-hearted abolitionists nobly gave their
gold in this work. They gave not only material, but likewise
whole-souled aid and sympathy in times of need, to a degree well worthy
of commemoration while the name of slave is remembered. The Shipleys,
Hoppers, Parrishes, Motts, Whites, Copes, Wistars, Pennocks, Sellers,
Davis, Prices, Hallowells, Sharpless, Williams, Coates, Morris, Browns,
Townsends, Tayl