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70 first-class." The Fugitive was of a light complexion,—he said, "Am I coloured? Look at me." The Conductor supposing it possible he might only be a dark-skinned man, begged his pardon, and left him. He afterwards took another view of him, and not being satisfied on the point, called the second Conductor, and asked him if he did not think the man in question a Nigger. He said, "Certainly he is." They violently dragged him out although he had a first-class ticket. He got on the freight carriage. Nearing their destination, the same Conductor, collecting fares and gathering tickets, came to the Fugitive, "I say, Boy." The Fugitive seemed to be deaf. "Boy, I say,—I mean you,—ticket, ticket." The Fugitive said, "What do you charge per hundred for weight?" The Conductor replied, "25 cents." "I weigh just 150 lbs., as I am freight and not a passenger, I will pay you accordingly," which he did. Another notice may not be out of place.

"Mrs. Pendleton's Slaves, fourteen in number, who ran off to Pennsylvania, from Washington County, a few days ago, have not been arrested at Harrisburgh, as reported, although they are said to be in that town." (The Rockingham Virginia Register says, "that on the 4th there was a considerable stampede among the Negroes of Pendleton County, —G. Dyer, Esq., late Clerk of the Courts, lost three; Tyrus Hopkins, Esq., two; and