(May, 1854.)
_A family of colored persons_, at Uniontown, Pa., were
claimed as slaves by a man in Virginia. They admitted that
they had been his slaves, but declared that they had come
into Pennsylvania with their master's consent and knowledge,
on a visit to some friends in Fayette County, and were not,
therefore, _fugitives_. This was overruled, and the negroes
were sent back by a United States Commissioner, name not
given. (September, 1853.)[A]--_Pittsburgh Saturday Visiter_.
[Footnote A: _A correspondent_ of the _New York Evening
Post_, writing from Columbus, Ohio, September 1, 1853, states
that a very large number of fugitive slaves are continually
passing through that State; that they are generally armed;
and that they find increasing sympathy among the people on
the road, and the boatmen on the lakes.]
_A desperate fight_ between a party of four fugitives and
about double the number of whites, took place in Carroll
County, Maryland. Four white men shot--none dangerously.
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