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| ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 1857. 425 his earlier conflicts bat for the desire manifested by the Committee to get all the information out of him they could. He was next asked, " Had you a wife and family ?" " Yes, sir," he answered, " I had a wife and eight children, belonged to the widow Slade." Harry gave the names of his wife and children as follows: Wife, Susan, and children, Oliver, Sabey, Washington, Daniel, Jonas, Harriet, Moses and Kosetta, the last named he had never seen. " Between my mistress and my master there was not much difference.'' Of his comrades time admitted of writing out only very brief sketches, as follows: EDWAED LEWIS. REWARD.—Ran away from the subscriber, on the 7th of November, negro slave, EDGAR. He is 36 years old, 6 feet high, of dark brown complexion, very high forehead, is a little bald, and is inclined to stoop in the shoulders. Edgar says he was raised in Norfolk county, has worked about Norfolk several years. I bought him at the Auction house of Messrs. Puliiara & Davis, the 20th of July, 1356. The bill of sale was signed by W, Y. Miliner for 3as. A. Bilisoly, administrator of Q. W. Chambers, deo'd. He told one of my negroes he was going to Norfolk to sell some plunder he had there, then go to Richmond, steal hia wife, get on board a boat about Norfolk, and go to a free State. He can read and write well, and I have no doubt he has provided himself with papers of some kind. He may have purchased the papers of aome free negro. I will give tne above reward of One Hundred Dollars to any person who will arrest and confine aim, so I can get him. C. H. GAT. My Post office is Laurel, N. C. no. 21. The above advertisement, which was cut from a Southern paper, brought light in regard to one of the passengers at least. It was not often that a slave was so fortunate as to get such a long sketch of himself in a newspaper. The description is so highly complimentary, that we simply endorse |