Baltimore (MD) Sun, "Slave Stampede," August 20, 1858

   SLAVE STAMPEDE.––Four slave men, two belonging to Joseph C. Pancake, Esq., and two to Mr. Michael Miller, escaped from the South Branch, in Hampshire county Va., on Saturday night last, taking with them four horses, the property of Mr. Pancake. Parties are in pursuit of them. The horses were found in a field near Cresaptown, Md.