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far South.

After a sojourn in freedom of nearly three years, Lewis wrote on behalf
of his wife as follows:

TORONTO, C.W., Feb. 2, 1859.

MR. WM. STILL:

DEAR SIR:--It have bin two years since I war at your house, at
that time I war on my way to cannadia, and I tould you that I
had a wife and had to leave her behind, and you promiest me that
you would healp me to gait hir if I ever heaird from hir, and I
think my dear frend, that the time is come for me to strick the
blow, will you healp me, according to your promis. I recived a
letter from a frend in Washington last night and he says that my
wife is in the city of Baltimore, and she will come away if she
can find a frend to healp hir, so I thought I would writ to you
as you are acquanted with foulks theare to howm you can trust
with such matthas. I could write to Mr Noah davis in Baltimore,
who is well acquanted with my wife, but I do not think that he
is a trew frend, and I could writ to Mr Samual Maden in the same
city, but I am afread that a letter coming from cannada might be
dedteced, but if you will writ to soume one that you know, and
gait them to see Mr Samual Maden he will give all the
information that you want, as he is acquanted with my wife, he
is a preacher and belongs to the Baptis church. My wifes name is
Winne Ann Berrell, and she is oned by one Dr. Tarns who is on a
viset to Baltimore, now Mr Still will you attend to this thing
for me, fourthwith, if you will I will pay you four your truble,
if we can dow any thing it must be don now, as she will leave
theare in the spring, and if you will take the matter in hand,
you mous writ me on to reseption of this letter, whether you
will or not.

Yours truly,

LEWIS BURRELL.

No. 49 Victoria St., Toronto, C.W.

As in the case of many others, the way was so completely blocked that
nothing could be done for the wife's deliverance. Until the day when the
millions of fetters were broken, nothing gave so much pain to husbands
and wives as these heart-breaking separations.

William Williams and his wife were the next who arrived. They came from
Haven Manor, Md. They had been owned by John Peak, by whom, according to
their report, they had been badly treated, and the Committee had no
reason to doubt their testimony.

The next arrival numbered four passengers, and came un