_Philadelphia, about January 10, 1851._ G.F. Alberti and
others seized, under the Fugitive Slave Law, a free colored
boy, named JOEL THOMPSON, alleging that he was a slave. The
boy was saved.

STEPHEN BENNETT, _Columbia, Penn._, arrested as the slave of
Edward B. Gallup, of Baltimore. Taken before Commissioner
Ingraham; thence, by _habeas corpus_, before Judge Kane. He
was saved only by his freedom being purchased by his friends.

_The Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate_, of January 1, 1851, said
that Messrs. Markwood & Chester had brought back "_seven of
their Slaves_" from Michigan.

_The Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle_, of a later date, says that
within a few weeks "at least five fugitive slaves have been
brought back to this city, from free States, with as little
trouble as would be had in recovering stray cows." The same
paper adds, "We occasionally receive letters notifying us
that a slave, said to be the property of some one in this
vicinity, has been lodged in jail in Illinois or Indiana, for
his owner, who will please call, pay charges, and take him
away."

_In Boston, end of January, 1851._ A colored man, lately from
North Carolina, was sought by officers, under Marshal Devens,
aided by a lawyer, named Spencer, provided by the New York
Union Safety Committee. The arrest was not attempted. It was
found that the colored man was too strongly guarded and
protected.

Mrs. TAMOR, or EUPHEMIA WILLIAMS, _Philadelphia, February,
1851_, mother of six children, arrested and brought before
Commissioner Ingraham, as the slave Mahala, belonging to
William T.J. Purnell, of Worcester County, Maryland, admitted
to have been absent since 1829--twenty-two years. Children
all born in Pennsylvania; oldest about seventeen--a girl. Her
husband also in custody, and alleged to be the slave of
another man. Under writ of _habeas corpus_, Mrs. Williams was
taken before Judge Kane, of the United States Circuit Court.
After a full hearing, she was discharged, as not being the
woman alleged.

SHADRACH, _in Boston, February 15, 1851_. Arrested in Taft's
Cornhill Coffee House, by deputies of United States Marshal
Devens, on a warrant issued by George T. Curtis, United
States Commissioner, on the complaint of John Caphart,
attorney of John De Bree,