St. Louis (MO) Democrat, "Runaways," September 7, 1861

   RUNAWAYS.––Slaves appear to have become a very slippery kind of property in Missouri lately. Their late recent flights from some of the troubled counties of the State have amounted almost to a stampede. In very many instances the runaways have found themselves very acceptable as cooks and servants in some of the many military encampements in this neighborhood. In addition to the arrests already recorded, two were made yesterday--one of the negroes, named Washington, belonging to James Halbend, of Crawford county; the other belonging to Mr. Hurlbut, of Calloway county. The owners were at once notified.