The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-17
Eiopcment OF Largo Gang OF Runayya,
Negroes.

EIopcmemt OF Largo Gang of Runaway
Negroes.
We learn from police Magistrate thai
sixty or seventy runaways passed through
Ibis city last night en- Youte for Pennsyl.
vanla. They have eIoped, doubtless, &c.
cordIng 10 pTcconcelted arrangement,
from the neighbor;ng counties Of Prince
George, Ch'rIes, and St. Mary's, in Mas
rylind: and are said 10 be armed with
scythes, blu1gcons, and sone guns. They
are probably hoping 10 make good their
escape through the counties Of Montgom,
cry and Frederick, Maryland, We un-
derstaud lha, nearly 300 citiz2ns Of Wash
ingloo aud the vicinity have s'artcd in
pursuit, who will doubtless, succeed in Sc
curing most, if not all Of them Wash
Union, Tacsday
Further Intelligence since received,
places the subject in a still more serious
light. The number Of Slaves VINO enter.
ed into the combination, is stated, else.
where, at one hundred or more. Thew
came from three Counties in MARYLAND
Prince Georges, Charles aud ST. Marv. |
they were led by resolutc negro, and
were all armed with bIuJgeons and clubs, I.
They crossed The Eos crn branch bridge.
on their way through Montgomery, and
for Pennsylvania. The movement of SO
Iarg body OF men spread CONSERVATION
among The people.
TINS alarm reached Washington, where
Colonel Henderson had the marines at the
garrison, and the Navy Yard, under arms
III the night of the 7tb, aud arms were
given out 10 members of the Anacostia
FIRE Company, who volunteered their SER
noes TO g We chase to the coored fupitives
number Of families, CONSISTING of females
nd chlIdfen, were SO much alarmed that
hey took refuge within the walls of the
rsenal, and remained there all night un-
er the protection Of Col. Henderson and
be marine corps.
a letter dated Washington the s b, in
ne Courier, says: -" This morniuo about
O'Clock, II being ascertaineG thai the ne. :
roes bad taken the road towards Rocks
''Ie' Montgomery CO., (hav;ng pissed
trough the turnpike gate, Two miles north :
this city, party of about twenty per, q
pms, went out with double barreIed guns,
evolving pistols, &c. on horseback ami il
ug9l"s, with view 10 overlake and arr a
Isl the tugi'ives. AT 8 o'clock to.nirh, 81
lthenic intelligence reached this civ, e.
lat the fu9ltives had marched on the r
iIfts of their village, and struck into the /
frederick road, had followed the rupawavs Ii
nj ovcrlaken them at place called Log
WI, where fight ensued, the negroes n
SIslIog desperately with clubs and stones.
was then found necessary to fire upon "
e fugltives. Eight were wounded, two
them severely; % olthe negroes i'm.
edia.rly surrendered many ran to the
GODS and made their escape, but some of
csc were afterwards taken, It's certain S
at ~ tugItlves were captured and lodged ~
Rockville jail. My information is de. -
yea from respectable citizen who left d
ockvlIIe about o'clock this afternoon. p
was confidently expected That most OF q,
G negroes who fed to the woods would
taken, as the neghboring farmers had ~
tned out in great force, and would scour ~
country. The woods near Loolown w
ere the battle was fought, were complete.
surrounded "--Bee.
POTATO BLIGHT. 1t grievos us TO o.,
tie that the blight which caused such -,