a. Having the Underground Rail Road
cause at heart, he brought with him--all the way from Vermont--his trunk
well filled with new shirts and under-clothing for the passengers on
that Road. It was characteristic of the man, and has ever since been
remembered with pleasure.

From another quarter, hundreds of miles from Philadelphia, similar
tokens of interest in the cause of the fleeing bondmen were manifested
by a Ladies' Anti-slavery Society, in Western New York, which we must
here record. As the proffered aid was wholly unsolicited, and as the
Committee had no previous knowledge whatever of the existence of the
society, or any of its members, and withal, as the favors conferred,
came at times when the cause was peculiarly in need (the Committee
oft-times being destitute of clothing or money), the idea that the
Underground Rail Road was providentially favored, in this respect, was
irresistible.

We therefore take great pleasure in commemorating the good deeds of the
society, by copying the following letters from its president, Mrs. Dr.
Brooks:

ELLINGTON, Nov. 21st, 1859.

MR. WILLIAM STILL:--Dear Sir:--In the above-named place, some
five years since there was formed a Ladies' Anti-slavery
Society, which has put forth its feeble endeavors to aid the
cause of "breaking every yoke and letting the oppressed go
free," and we trust, through our means, others have been made
glad of heart. Every year we have sent a box of clothing,
bedding, etc., to the aid of the fugitive, and wishing to send
it where it would be of the most service, we have it suggested
to us, to send to you the box we have at present. You would
confer a favor upon the members of our society, by writing us,
giving a detail of that which would be the most service to you,
and whether or no it would be more advantageous to you than some
nearer station, and we will send or endeavor to, that which
would benefit you most.

William Wells Brown visited our place a short time since,
recommending us to send to you in preference to Syracuse, where
we sent our last box.

Please write, letting me know what most is needed to aid you in
your glorious work, a work which will surely meet its reward.
Direct, Ellington, Chautauqua county, N.Y.

Your sister, in the cause,

Mrs. M. BROOKS.

ELLINGTON, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., Dec. 7th, 1859.

MR. STILL:--Dear