declared to his companions that he would now leave them, and immediate thereupon jumped off At this moment, a Quaker, appa- -rently well mounted passed by, and Ferris recognizing in him an old acquaintance told him in a few hurried words that he was flying for his life and asked for the loan of his horse. The friend at first refused, but a moment afterwards yielded to the dictates of humanity. Ferris now mounted upon a fresh steed push- -ed forward to overtake his comrades but in vain. He soon found that his friend's horse could not run with sufficient speed to save the rider, and on passing a small hollow in the road where he was secure from observation, he dismounted, threw the reins upon his horses neck,
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and urging him onward with the whip as fast as he could be made to go, turned about top provide for his own safety. It was night time, for he could now hear the pursuers. Mounting a high rock by the road side he sprang into a thicket of bushes and briers which he drew around him and lay still. In a moment after the Refugees passed by. Carpenter and Knapp continued their flight towards the hills of New Castle. The mare urged beyond her powers at one time fell, but after panting for a moment on the ground rose and justified her origin in resuming the race. It had cleared off and was a bright moonshining night, nearly as light as day. Car- -penter and Knapp rode with great judgment pulling up as they crossed