NEW BEDFORD, Mass., March 22d, 1854.

DEAR SIR:—­I am happy to inform you that I arrived in this place this morning well and cheerful.  I am, sir, to you and others under more obligations for your kindly protection of me than I can in any way express at present.  May the Lord preserve you unto eternal life.  Remember my respects to Mr. Lundy and family.  Should the boat lay up please let me know.

    Yours respectfully,

    DAVID ROBINSON.

    Please forward to Dr. H. Lundy, after you have gotten through. 
    With respects, &c.

    D.R.

WM. ROBINSON, alias THOS.  HARRED. William gave satisfactory evidence, at first sight, that he was opposed to the unrequited labor system in toto, and even hated still more the flogging practices of the chivalry.  Although he had reached his twenty-eighth year, and was a truly fair specimen of his race, considering his opportunities, a few days before William left, the overseer on the plantation attempted to flog him, but did not succeed.  William’s manhood was aroused, and he flogged the overseer soundly, if what he averred was true.  The name of William’s owner was John G. Beale, Esq., of Fauquier county, Va.  Beale was considered to be a man of wealth, and had invested in Slave stock to the number of seventy head.  According to William’s account of Beale, he was a “hard man and thought no more of his black people than he did of dogs.”  When William entered upon the undertaking of freeing himself from Beale’s barbarism, he had but one dollar and twenty-five cents in his possession; but he had physical strength and a determined mind, and being heartily sick of Slavery, he was willing to make the trial, even at the cost of life.  Thus hopeful, he prosecuted his journey with success through strange regions of country, with but little aid or encouragement before reaching Philadelphia.  This feat, however, was not performed without getting lost by the way.  On arriving, his shoes were gone, and his feet were severely travel-worn.  The Committee rendered needed aid, etc., and sent William on to Canada to work for himself, and to be recognized as a subject of Great Britain.

EDWARD PEADEN AND WIFE HARRIET, AND SISTER CELIA.  This man and his wife and wife’s sister were a nice-looking trio, but they brought quite a sad story with them:  the sale of their children, six in number.  The auction block had made such sad havoc among them, that no room was left to hope, that their situation would ever be improved by remaining.  Indeed they had been under a very gloomy cloud for some time previous to leaving, fearing that the auction block was shortly to be their doom.  To escape this fate, they were constrained to “secrete themselves for one month,” until an opportunity offered them to secure a passage on a boat coming to Philadelphia.  Edward (the husband), was about forty-four years of age, of a dark color, well made,