ry did not find
fault with the alderman, but she could not possibly get along with his
wife; this was the sole cause of her escape.

Moses was twenty-four years of age, of a chestnut color, a
bright-looking young man. He fled from Norfolk, Virginia, having been
owned by the estate of John Halters. Nothing but the prevailing love of
liberty in the breast of Moses moved him to seek his freedom. He did not
make one complaint of bad treatment.

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ARRIVAL FROM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C.

JOHN JOHNSON AND LAWRENCE THORNTON.

John escaped from near Washington. He stated that he was owned by an
engraver, known by the name of William Stone, and added that himself and
seven others were kept working on the farm of said Stone for nothing.
John did not, however, complain of having a hard master in this
hard-named personage, (Stone); for, as a slave, he confessed that he had
seen good times. Yet he was not satisfied; he felt that he had a right
to his freedom, and that he could not possibly be contented while
deprived of it, for this reason, therefore, he dissolved his
relationship with his kind master.

John was about twenty-seven years of age, smart, possessed good manners,
and a mulatto.

Lawrence was about twenty-three years of age, tall and slender, of dark
complexion, but bright intellectually. With Lawrence times had been
pretty rough. Dr. Isaac Winslow of Alexandria was accused of defrauding
Lawrence of his hire. "He was anything else but a gentleman," said
Lawrence. "He was not a fair man no way, and his wife was worse than he
was, and she had a daughter worse than herself."

"Last Sunday a week my master collared me, for my insolence he said, and
told me that he would sell me right off. I was tied and put up stairs
for safe keeping. I was tied for about eight hours. I then untied
myself, broke out of prison, and made for the Underground Rail Road
immediately."

Lawrence gave a most interesting account of his life of bondage, and of
the doctor and his family. He was overjoyed at the manner in which he
had defeated the doctor, and so was the Committee.

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HON. L. McLANE'S PROPERTY, SOON AFTER HIS DEATH, TRAVELS _via_ THE
UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD.--WILLIAM KNIGHT, ESQ., LOSES A SUPERIOR
"ARTICLE."

JIM SCOTT, TOM PENNINGTON, SAM SCOTT, BILL SCOTT, ABE BACON, AND JACK
WELLS.

An unusual degree of pleasure wa