Maysville (KY) Eagle, "Grand Stampede," April 29, 1847

  GRAND STAMPEDE.––On Friday or Saturday night last, says the Cincinnati Times, between twenty and twenty-five negroes, belonging to different plantations in Kenton, Co. Ky., across the river, left for parts unknown, via the State of Ohio. We learn that the aggregate amount of reward offered for their apprehension is over four thousand dollars.