and go to Georgetown for freight, and wait for it.  If any fancy articles are sent on board, I understand he has a place to put them in, and if he has I suggest that he lies still, still waiting for freight till the first anxiety is over.  Vessels that have just left are the ones that will be inquired after, and perhaps chased.  If he lays still a day or two all suspicion will be prevented.  If there shall be occasion to refer to any of them hereafter, it may be by their numbers in the list.

    The family—­5 to 11—­will be missed and inquired after soon and
    urgently; 12 and 13 will also be soon missed, but none of the
    others.

If all this can be done, some little time or notice must be had to get them all ready.  They tell me they can pay the sums marked to their names.  The aggregate is small, but as I told you, they are poor.  Let me hear from you when convenient.

    [Illustration:  JOHN HENRY HILL]

    Truly Yours,

    WM. PENN.

    1. 
    A woman, may be 40 years old,
    $40.00

    2. 
    A woman, may be 40 years old, with 3 children, say 4, 6, and 8[A]
    15.00

    3. 
    A sister of the above, younger
    10.00

    4. 
    A very genteel mulatto girl about 22
    25.00

    5. 
    A woman, say 45,
    These are all one

    6. 
    A daughter, 18,
    family, either of

    7. 
    A son, 16,
    them leaving

8.  A son, 14, alone, they think, 50.00

    9. 
    A daughter, 12,
    would cause the

    10. 
    A son, say 22,
    balance to be sold.

    11. 
    A man, the Uncle, 40,

    12. 
    A very genteel mulatto girl, say 23
    25.00

    13. 
    A very genteel mulatto girl, say 24
    25.00

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FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED.

JOHN HENRY, HEZEKIAH, AND JAMES HILL.—­JOHN MAKES A DESPERATE RESISTANCE
AT THE SLAVE AUCTION AND ESCAPES AFTER BEING SECRETED NINE MONTHS. 
HEZEKIAH ESCAPED FROM A TRADER AND WAS SECEETED THIRTEEN MONTHS BEFORE
HIS FINAL DELIVERANCE.—­JAMES WAS SECRETED THREE YEARS IN A PLACE OF
GREAT SUFFERING, AND ESCAPED. IN ALL FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH.

Many letters from JOHN HENRY show how incessantly his mind ran out towards the oppressed, and the remarkable intelligence and ability he displayed with the pen, considering that he had no chance to acquire book knowledge.  After having fled for refuge to Canada and having become a partaker of impartial freedom under the government of Great Britain, to many it seemed that the fugitive should be perfectly satisfied.  Many appeared to think that the fugitive, having secured freedom, had but little occasion for anxiety or care,