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rinii an uiir Dim! hr nan mi; mue pm—conversed chrcrlulfy. and wade all his arrangement* fur his approaching end with thlt;» greatest niin|mcr* anil resignation. He will be buried tiedny at 3 o’clock. I\ M„ lamented by the whole camp,— Thy wounded am erne rail}’ 'Mug wry well.I am v»*nr obedient servant.J. M. FOLTZ. Surgeon U- S. Navy.'run Ur.v. Mr. ToniiiiV. who was'convicted in llaliiinorc. sonin twnynars ago, oh ihe rhnrgt* of enticir.g slave* to run away, and imprisoned in tho Maryland i’enilrtttmy. died in prison on the Dili instant. Ilis remains wereconvey! itVnp-inri hy hi* friends—and interred in Mount Auburn CKinoirry; where a monument w to be erected to hiv memory. A funeral discourse was preached in Fanetiil Hall, by ih Il«v. Mr. Lovrjny, lie rhnrgi’d the dt-ath of Mr. Tnrrry, as :»judicial murder, on the State of Maryland, lie admit* ted that Mr. Tor fry had enticed slaves to run n-way from their masters; and said ho rejoiced in the knatch'tlzc that he had been instrumental in aiding in the tsenpo nf “hundreds, hundred*,’* of slaves from tho hnd of whips and chains to the land of hhcrty. He claimed for him the honor r.f having devised that “under-ground railroad.” as it ts callr d.by which the bondmen of tho South are pia:td safely on to Cnstl?.
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Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1846
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