WILMINGTON, 8th mo. 25th, 1858.
ESTEEMED FRIEND:--WILLIAM STILL:--Thine was received yesterday.
Those two I wrote about to be with thee last 7th day evening, I
presume thee has seen before this. A. Allen had charge of them;
he had them kept out of sight at the depot here till the cars
should be ready to start, in charge of a friend, while he kept a
lookout and got a ticket. When the Delaware cars arrived, who
should step out but the master of both man and woman, (as they
had belonged to different persons); they knew him, and he knew
them. He left in a different direction from where they were
secreted, and got round to them and hurried them off to a place
of safety, as he was afraid to take them home for fear they
would search the house. On 1st day morning the boat ran to
Chester to take our colored people to the camp at Media; he had
them disguised, and got them in the crowd and went with them;
when he got to Media, he placed them in care of a colored man,
who promised to hand them over to thee on 2d day last; we expect
3 more next 7th day night, but how we shall dispose of them we
have not yet determined; it will depend on circumstances. Judge
Layton has been on with a friend to Richmond, Virginia, and
fully identified the two Bradley boys that were kidnapped by
Clem Rust. He has the assurance of the Judge there that they
will be tried and their case decided by Delaware Laws, by which
they must be declared free and returned here. We hope to be able
to bring such proof against both Rust and the man he sold them
to, who took them out of the State, to teach them a lesson they
will remember.
Thy friend,