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| SUNDR Y ARRIVALS ABOUT AUOUST lit, 1855. 287 felt most tenderly allied, aud from whom he felt that it would be hard to part, were his father and mother. He, however, decided that he should have to leave them. Freedom, he felt, was even worth the giving up of parents. Believing that company was desirable, he took occasion to submit his plan to certain friends, who were at once pleased with the idea of a trip on the Underground Rail Road, to Canada, etc; and all agreed to join him. At first, they traveled on foot; of their subsequent travel, mention has already been made in friend Garrett's epistle. JOSHUA is about twenty-seven years of age, quite stout, brown color, and would pass for an intelligent farm hand. He was satisfied never to wear the yoke again that some one else might reap the benefit of his toil. His master, Isaac Harris, he denounced as a "drunkard." His chief excuse for escaping, was because Harris had "sold" his "only brother." He was obliged to leave his father and mother in the hands of his master. CHARLES is twenty-two years of age, also stout, and well-made, and apparently possessed all the qualifications for doing a good day's work on a farm. He was held to service by Mrs. Mary Hurley. Charles gave no glowing account of happiness and comfort under the rale of the female sex, indeed, he was positive in saying that lie had " been used rough." During the present year, he was sold for $1200. EPHKAIM is twenty-two years of age, stout and athletic, one who appears in every way fitted for manual labor or anything else that he might be privileged to learn. John Campbell Henry, was the name of the man whom he had been taught to address as master, and for whose benefit he had been compelled to labor up to the day he " took out." In considering what he had been in Maryland and how he had been treated all his life, he alleged that John Campbell Henry was a "bad man." Not only had Ephraim been treated badly by his master but he had been hired out to a man no better than his master, if as good. Ephraim left his mother and six brothers and sisters. FRANCIS is twenty-one, an able-bodied " article," of dark color, and was owned by James A. Waddell. All that he could say of his owner, was, that he was 3 " hard master," from whom he was very glad to escape. SUNDRY ARRIVALS, ABOUT AUGUST IST, 1855. Arrival 1st. Frances Billiard. Arrival 2d. Louisa Harding, alias Rebecca Hall. Arrival 3d. John Mackintosh. Arrival 4th. Maria Jane Houston. |