ace, as he only owned two other slaves.
Charles particularly remarked, that no weather was too bad for them to
be kept at work in the field. Charles was a fair specimen of the
"corn-field hand," but thought that he could take care of himself in
Canada.

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ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, 1857.

OSCAR D. BALL, AND MONTGOMERY GRAHAM.

FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.--Ran away from the owner in
Alexandria, Va., on the night of the 13th inst., two young negro
men, from twenty to twenty-five years of age. MONTGOMERY is a
very bright mulatto, about five feet, six inches in height, of
polite manners, and smiles much when speaking or spoken to.
OSCAR is of a tawny complexion, about six feet high, sluggish in
his appearance and movements, and of awkward manners. One
hundred dollars each will be paid for the delivery of the above
slaves if taken in a slave state, or two hundred dollars each if
taken in a free state. One or more slaves belonging to other
owners, it is supposed, went in their company.

Address: JOHN T. GORDON,

Alexandria, Va.

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Although the name of John T. Gordon appears signed to the above
advertisement, he was not the owner of Montgomery and Oscar. According
to their own testimony they belonged to a maiden lady, by the name of
Miss Elizabeth Gordon, who probably thought that the business of
advertising for runaway negroes was rather beneath her.

While both these passengers manifested great satisfaction in leaving
their mistress they did not give her a bad name. On the contrary they
gave her just such a character as the lady might have been pleased with
in the main. They described her thus: "Mistress was a spare woman,
tolerably tall, and very kind, except when sick, she would not pay much
attention then. She was a member of the Southern Methodist Church, and
was strict in her religion."

Having a good degree of faith in his mistress, Oscar made bold one day
to ask her how much she would take for him. She agreed to take eight
hundred dollars. Oscar wishing to drive a pretty close bargain offered
her seven hundred dollars, hoping that she would view the matter in a
religious light, and would come down one hundred dollars. After
reflection instead of making a reduction, she raised the amount to one
thousand dollars, which Oscar concluded was too much for himself. It was
not, however,