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ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND. 543
quired not only his personal efforts but the help of friends to get him in a condition to walk. No sooner had he stepped on shore, however, than he began to cry aloud for joy. " Thank God !" rang out sonorously from his overflowing soul. Alarmed at this indication of gratitude his friends immediately told him that that would never do; that all hands would be betrayed ; that he was far from being safe in Philadelphia. He suppressed his emotion. After being delivered iuto the bands of the Acting Committee, where he was in more private quarters, lie gave full vent to the joy he experienced on reaching this city. He said that he had been trying earnestly for five years to obtain his freedom. For this special object lie had saved up sixty-eight dollars aud fifteen cents, all of which but the fifteen cents he willingly paid for his passage on the boat Fifteen cents, the balance of his entire capital, was all that he had when he lauded in Philadelphia.
Before leaving the South he was hired in the family of Ex-Governor Gregory. Of the Governor and his wife he spoke very highly,—said that they were kind to him and would readily favor him whenever he solicited tliem to |