Selections: An Eloquent Fugitive Slave

Tlirco crowdcd meetings ;nve been taíoly hpld in Classieal Hal!, Brooklyn, nnr.r this city, to iiGur statements frotn a ybuug man vf'o, sodio twclve or fondeen montha eince, wns n Elavo in Kcntuc!;y. lío is one'of ten children, all nearly white ; tlicir falher was a re'vdluliorrory soldier, who fpught for sovcn yrars, in tlie batiles which icïiiltod in tlic peace aud lHiorty of tHe United States ; bis mothet was Ufe daiicrhtcr of a rich slaveholder in Keniurkv ; thoir ten childron wcre bom 6lave3. Tlús voung man li:is puporior eudowments, and Iiolds uu audfence in breathlesa atlentinn for hours. Since he fled from slavery, he has been hopcfully converted, nnd haa leamc-d to read a little in the Bible. IntJividuals frenri the Sonth who were present at one of the meetings, declared that his s'atements were true. Tüey are heart-rending, and a deop and salutory iropression is made. He wili procëe.d to New Eñgland, and hold, we hope, hundrëda of mi ötin . The people wil! be able to ícg American skvorv as il is,