After which he was heard of in Montreal,
Canada, having successfully, with the aid of many friends,
escaped the snares of all kidnappers, in and out of Boston.
The acting President, MILLARD FILLMORE, issued his
proclamation, countersigned by DANIEL WEBSTER, Secretary of
State, requiring prosecutions to be commenced against all who
participated in the rescue.
_Shawneetown, Illinois._ A woman was claimed by Mr. Haley,
of Georgia, as his slave; and was delivered up to him by two
Justices of the Peace, (early in 1851.)
_Madison, Indiana._ George W. Mason, of Davies County,
Kentucky, arrested a colored man, named MITCHUM, who, with
his wife and children, lived near Vernon. The case was tried
before a Justice of the Peace, named Basnett, who was
satisfied that Mitchum was Davis's slave, and had left his
service _nineteen years before_. The slave was accordingly
delivered up, and was taken to Kentucky, (Feb. 1851.)
_Clearfield County, Penn., about 20th January, 1851.
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