Rochester (NY) Douglass's Monthly, "Stampede of Slaves Frustated," November 1859

   STAMPEDE OF SLAVES FRUSTATED [sic] --The Towsontown (Md.) Advocate has the following:

   'We understand that on Saturday night a band of some forty slaves was to have congregated at Dr. Butler's place, near Finksburg, in Carroll County, Md., but one of them disclosing the secret, the plan was frustrated, and five of them arrested and placed in Westminster jail.'

   The above, says the New York Tribune, is confirmed by the Westminster Sentinel, which states that the slaves belonged to Dr. Butler, George Jacobs, and Hanson T. Bartholow. Horses and carriages were in waiting when the discovery was made. That paper adds that they were all arrested, and that unknown parties were concerned in the attempted stampede.