"NOTICE.--Was committed to the jail of Washington County, District of Columbia, as a runaway, a negro-woman, by the name of Polly Leiper, and her infant child, William.... _Says she was set free_ by John Campbell, of Richmond, Va. in 1818 or 1819. The owner of the above-described woman and child, _if any_, are requested to come and prove them, and take them away, or they will be _sold for their jail fees and other expenses, as the law directs_. TENCH RINGGOLD, Marshal. "May 29, 1827." Many other similar ones might be cited from papers published in the District. The following is taken from the "Mobile (Ala.) Register" of July 21, 1837:-- "WILL BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH, in front of the Court-house of Mobile County, on the 22d day of July next, one mulatto-man, named Henry Hale, _who says he is free_. His owner or owners, if any, having failed to demand him, he is to be sold according to the statute in such case made and provided, _to pay jail fees_. WILLIAM MAGEE, Shff. M.C." Here are two from the "Vicksburg (Miss.) Register." The first is the notice of the committal of a negro. The second is the advertisement for his sale:-- "SHERIFF'S SALE.--Committed to the jail of Warren County, as a runaway, on the 23d inst. a negro-man, who calls himself John J. Robinson; says that he is free; says that he kept a baker's shop in Columbus, Miss. and that he peddled through the Chickasaw nation to Pontotoc, and came to Memphis, where he sold his horse, took water, and came to this place. The owner of said boy is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs. "Dec. 24, 1835. WM. EVERETT, Jailer." "Notice is hereby given, that the above-described boy, who calls himself John J. Robinson, having been confined in the jail of Warren County as a runaway for six months, and having been regularly advertised during this period, _I shall proceed to sell said negro-boy at public auction to the highest bidder for cash_, at the door of the Court-house in Vicksburg, on Monday, 1st of August, 1836, _in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided_. "Vicksburg, July 2, 1836. E. W. MORRIS, Sheriff." Slavery, as it exists, is not wrong, according to Bishops Ives and Freeman; and yet, in the diocese of the former, in the "Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer," June 27, 1838, this advertisement appears:-- "TAKEN AND COMMITTED TO JAIL, a negro-girl, named Nancy, who is _supposed_ to belong to Spencer P. Wright, of the State of Georgia. She is about 30 years of age, and is a _lunatic_. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take her away, or _she will be sold to pay her jail fees_. FREDERICK HOME, Jailer."