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| ESCAPING WITH MASTER'S CAERIAGES AND HORSES. HARRIET SIIEPIIAKD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHEE PASSENGERS. One morning- about the first of November, in 1855, the sleepy, slave-holding neighborhood of Chestertovvn, Maiyland,was doubtless deeply excited on learning that cloven head of slaves, four head of horses, and two carriages were missing. It is but reasonable to suppose that the first report must have produced a shock, scarcely less stunning than an earthquake. Abolitionists, emissaries, and incendiaries were farther below par than ever. It may be supposed that cursings and threatenings were breathed out by a deeply agitated community for days in succession. Harriet Slioplisinl, the mother of five children, for whom she felt of course a mother's love, could not bear the-thought of having her offspring compelled to wear the miserable yoke of Slavery, as she had been compelled to do. By her own jx>rsonal experience, Harriet could very well judge \vhiit their fate would be when reaching man and womanhood. She dsvlarefl that she had never received " kind treatment." It was not on this account, however, that she was prompted to escape. She was actuated by a more disinterested motive than this. She ivas chiefly induced to make the bold efiort to save her children from having to drag the chains of Slavery as slip herself had done. Anna Maria, Edwin, Eliza Jane, Mary Ann, and John Henry were the names of the children for whom she was willing to make any sacrifice. They were young, and unable to walk, and she was penniless, and unable to |