Slaves, Western Maryland

Black vs. White-

Four or five persons, male and female, were last week tried in our Court, upon an indictment charging them with being negroes, and with having come from another State into this contrary to the statutes made and provided in such cases. Their genealogy was thoroughly investigated and their features and complexions rigidly scrutinized, but the evidence was insufficient to identify them with the African race, and they were acquitted.

The Case of Alfred Howard.

The Circuit Court.

The Trial of Mary Ellen Thomas.

In another column, a brief notice appears of the conviction, in our Circuit Court, of Mary Ellen Thomas (free negro) of murder in the first degree. The murder was committed upon an infant about four months old, son of Mr. William T. Baer, near Sharpsburg in this county, and the facts in the case, as they were detailed by the witnesses, are thus stated by a Hagers-Town Correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper :—

WANTED!
AT THE COLLEGE OF ST. JAMES—

4 Good Trusty COLORED WOMEN, 2 as Cooks and 2 as Chambermaids. The highest wages will be given       

M. C. CLARKSON, Sec’ry
October 19, 1853.

WANTED! WANTED!!

A Negro girl, from 14 to 16 years old either for life or a term of years. She must
be a likely, healthy girl, and come well recommended. For such a one a good price will be given.
Address A. H. H., through the Postoffice, Hagerstown.       
Dec. 20, 1848 

A Servant Wanted

Liberal wages and a permanent situation will be given to a woman who is a good Washer and ironer and competent to do house work generally, except cooking. A slave is preferred.
APPLY AT THIS OFFICE.
Aug. 22,1848.

SLAVES WANTED.

WANTED, for a Southern gentleman, 40 or 50 SLAVES, of both Sexes — between the ages of 8 and 30— for which CASH, and the highest prices, will be paid. Apply at the "Globe” Tavern, Hagerstown.       Sept. 2

WANTED

TO purchase a first rate Female House Servant. Apply to
JOHN D. GROVE.
Sharpsburg, Md,

'October 5—3w

CASH For Negroes

EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY men, women and children are wanted, for which the highest price will be given in cash, apply to
JACOB HOOVER at the Hagers-town Jail
August 31—tf.