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| ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. 411 WILLIAM, answering to the above description, arrived safely in company with Thomas Harper, about six days after the date of their departure from the house of boudage. Mrs. A. B. Fairfax was the loser of this " article." William spoke rather favorably of her. He said he did not leave because he was treated badly, but simply because he-wanted to own himself—to be free. He also said that he wanted to be able to take care of his family if he should see fit to many. As to Slavery, he could see uo justice ia the system; he therefore made up his rainJ no longer to yield submission thereto. Being a smart " chattel," he reasoned well on the question of Slavery, and showed very conclusively that even under the kin lest mistress it had no charms for him—that at best, it was robber}' anil an outrage. THOMAS HARPER, his comrade, flwl from John Cowling, who also lived near Alexandria. His great trouble was, that he had a wife and family, but could do nothing for them. He thought that it was hard to see them in want and abused when he was not at. liberty to aid or protect them. He grew very unhappy, but could see no remedy except in flight. Cowling, his master, was an Englishman by birth, and followed black-smithing for a living. Ho was a man in humble circumstances, trying to increase his small fortune by slave-labor. He allowed Thomas to hire himself for one hundred dollars a year, which amount he was required to raise, sick or well. He did not complain, however, of having received any personal abuse from his blacksmith master. It was the system which was daily grinding the life out of him, that caused him to suffer, and likewise esoa]>e. By trade Thomas was also a blacksmith. He left a wife and three children. ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND. HARRY WISE. $100 REWARD.—Ran away, on the llth mat., negro roan, Harry Wise. 11« ia about 2-i years of age, and 5 feet 4 inches high ; muscular, with broad shoulders, and black or deep copper color; roundisb, smooth face, and rather lively expression. He came from Harford county, and is acquainted about Bnlair market, Baltimore. I will pay $50 reward for him, if taken ia this or Prince George's county, or $100 if arrested elsewhere. ELLIOTT BURWELL, a29-eo3t* West River, Anne Arundel county. HARRY reached the station in Philadelphia, the latter part of August, 1857. His excuse for leaving and seeking a habitation in Canada, was as follows: " I was treated monstrous bad; ray master was a very cross, crabbed man, and his wife was as cross as he was. The day I left they bad to tie me to |