New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-16

ne Csmbrjd,v navy. she dSa Aot cous from Com
bridge, bot ftor, kHfhsn Hope, Csraibs Coony,
.ss .ss ss: bee: S. ss 2, Ss a.:ss
sorstch,pg and hghapg, SO, not InfrtqueEty in hS
cu n far y even She hSd no parents tha, sae anew
Of. Left 'bsosuse they used her 90 esd, hss: sid
nooA ed her about
No. iE-Jsck Scott. Jack is about shity.siI
v,sp Of sge, substantially built DARK oolor and
Of quiet arc progressing manrers. lie was ewned
by Dsyid b. Iurrer, esq dry goods merchant Of
regular STAKEHOLDER. HIS slaves were kept hired out
b. the year. AZ Jack had had but slight soqusint
with mis- New York owner, ne say. out very little
about him. He was moved to leave ,lnply because
lie had got tired Of working for the white people for
Nothing. Fled from Richmond, Va.
No. I4S-C. Hi.cbiIs This Individual took his de-
partp,e from Milford. Del, whore ne ws o~nSd oy
VIM. Hill. farmer, who took special delight IN nav
ore OF our p,St common customers. He wa abou. p.
No. I49. Major Ross.-hsjoi hed from John jay,
farmer residing in the neigh oorhoed Of HsVfe GO
Grace nd But for The mean ,rss.sent received no.
have n named oil hD days in chains. " IL an III
Wind that blows nobody any good" ,
20, but preferred leaving at 81, especially az he YVES
moi certain that % woulo come he B OF chest
nut color, well made, &C.. and came from Seaford,
Mo-. Isl. 49, Is3. 154 is. I5s y Iss, Is9, leo,
l73, Ia, u.s. I76, III i7s third arrival from Cam
bridge. This unusually large number Of passengers
left snbridge On the oath Of October They may be
thus reccgrized Aaron Cornish and wife with their
1 =, Sp gsms: PsypV lac asd ns%ssss bsbe eli
very likely; Kit Antony and wife Leah, and three
chiidier Adam, Mary and Murray Joseph HUI and
wife Alice, and their son Henry also, Josepds sister
Add to the above Marshall Dalton and George Light,
both single young men, and We have % as hearty
looking brave ard interesting specimens of Slavery
could Well be produced from Maryland. Before SET
Al - -onA ln H.
that fifteen bad left their neghborhood only few
days ahead OF them, and that every slsveholder md
,avecstcher through bout the community were on the
alert and raging furousy against the inrosds Of the
Underground, they provided Themselves with ne iSL
bsrreled pistols, single barreled pistols sword
canes, butcherknives, l bowie-knife and paw
Thus fully resolved upon freedom or death, with
rain and ttorm bitterly descending, fathers and
mothers with children in their arms Aaron Cornish
had two. the entire party started OF Course their
provrioDs gave out before they were fairly on the
upon them for really three days. Now, with nothing
TO appesse the gnswngs Of hunger but parched corn
and few dry crackers wet and cold, with several Of
the children sick some Of their feet bare and worn,
and Of the mothers with infant in her Arms, in
capable of psrskDg Of the Diet it s impossible TO
imsgine the ordeal they passing. 1t was ,ugh
to cause the bravest hearts to falter. But not for
moment did they allow themselves 70 look back;
children testify that in the most trying hour on the
road, not for s'moment did they want to go back.
The following advertisement, taken from The Cam
bridge Democrat Of Nov. 4, shows how the Rev. Levi
ID Traverse feels about Aaron
$500 REwARD.-Ran sway from the subscriber,
from the neshbohood Of Town Point Saturday night the
r. ass. sfs : S rather
pleasant and carries himself With confident man
longing Reuben Phillips win give the above reward
out S s SUsn sna al9 II the
't Oct Is 1851 '0'''1 Lsyi rrAvr,sr
TO fully understand the Rev. Mr.. Ttaversss author;
ity for taking the Liberty be did with Asrons good
name, may not be amiss to give briefly paragraph
Of private information from Aaron relative to his mas
ter. The Rev. Mr.. Traverse belongs to tine MehOdist
Church, ard was described by Aaron as " bad you1g
man; rattle Drained; with the appearance Of NOT
having good sense; not enough to manage the great
amount of property (he had been lst wealthy in his
possession" AarOn's servitude commenced under
tSs dssh Of h old MASTER AZ
VIM. d. Traverse, by the way, was the fatherin Law,
and at the Same time own uncle OF AAon's present
own cousin and urcles daugh er, hsd been for years
the subject Of the old gentlemsn's wrath, and sot
allowed to near his house. or to entertain any
reasonable hope Of getting any OF his father in laws
his last the young preacher seized upon the inner
itanCe, slaves and ALI at least he claimed two
thirds, allowing for the widow one third.
UnhesitatiDsy he had taken possession Of oil tie
power to the fullest extent. To Aaron this Increased
oppression was exceedingly crushing, ~ he had been
hoping at the death Of his old master to be fee To-
deed, It was Understood that the old man had his WIZ
made, and freedom provided for the slaves But,
strangely enough at his death no viii could be found
Hence, Aaron was firmly of the conviction that the
Rev. Mr.. Traverse knew what became Of it. Be-
tween the widow and the sen-in-aw, in consequences
Of his aggressive steps, existed much hostility, which
strongly indicated the approach Of lawsuit there
FORE except by escaping, he could see not tie anfest
hope Of freedom. Under his old master, the favor OF
biriBg his time had been granted him. He hsd also
bet allowed by bis wifes mistress Miss Jane Carter
Of Batmore to have his wife and children home win
himthsA IT, ultil his children would grow to the age
Of and 10 ss then hey you'd b. taken sr.y s.S
boy, l6, hired this year for $40. They had hsd tes;
two had died, two they we've compelled TO leave in
ehans tho rest they brought sway Not one dSlIsss
tious Aaron not only had to pay his own hire but vas
OBJ iged to do enough overwork to support bis large
family. Though be had no special complaint TO
make sgaAst big old master, through whom no.
be, nevertheless, spoke Of him a. . man Of violent
temper severe his slaves drank hard, So, though
be Wa man Of wealth, and stood high IN the con-
mupity.. One Of Aaron's brothers and other. had
vetsrste hatred Of his sonin law, who he declared
should never have his property hsving NO other heir
but his lnece, except his widow that the slaves 70.
facts referred TO- Aaron was ed TO commit the unps'-
donsble ain Of running away with his wife Dafney,
who, by the way, looked like q woman fully capable
Of taking care Of herself and children nstesd Of hsv
Ing them stolen away hon her ss though they were
Jossph Whey and family. Joseph vas owned by
Charles Bryant Of Alesaadris, We. He had very
nearly fni.hed paying for himself His wife and chill
dIen were lawfully owned by Samuel Pattison, esq .
member Of the Methodist Church, . great big man,
with red eyes, bald head drank pretty bard, and then
wouldn't bear nothing. Two Of his brotAers-in.lsw
had been sold by him. All the complaint made Of
Mrs. Psttson was that she was mean, sneaking, and