Wednesday following, as they think.  He reached the house of Dr. Woods, (a colored man since deceased,) before day-break, and staid until dusk.  Mrs. Path, John Woodson and others made up about twelve dollars for him.  Woodson accompanied him out of town a mile and bid him “God speed.”  He has never been here since.  Woodson and Clark saw him at Detroit two years ago.

                                        Yours truly,
                                        William Birney.

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     [No. 4.] Louisville, March 14, 1845.

Mr. Stewart.—­Yours of the 1st came to hand on the 13th inst.  You wished me to inform you what became of a boy that was in the work-house in the fall of ’39.  The boy you allude to went by the name of Walton; he had ran away from Kentucky some time before, and returned for his wife—­was caught and sold to Garrison; he was taken to Louisiana, I think—­he was sold on Red River to a planter.  As Garrison is absent in the City of New Orleans at this time, I cannot inform you who he was sold to.  Garrison will be in Louisville some time this Spring; if you wish me, I will inquire of Garrison and inform you to whom he was sold, and where his master lives at this time.

Yours,
W. Porter.

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[No. 5.] Bedford, Trimble county, Ky. 
C.H.  Stewart, Esq.,

Sir.—­I received your note on the 16th inst., and in accordance with it I write you these lines.  You stated that you would wish to know something about Walton H. Bibb, and whether he had a wife and child, and whether they were sold to New Orleans.  Sir, before I answer these inquiries, I should like to know who Charles H. Stewart is, and why you should make these inquiries of me, and how you knew who I was, as you are a stranger to me and I must be to you.  In your next if you will tell me the intention of your inquiries, I will give you a full history of the whole case.

I have a boy in your county by the name of King, a large man and very black; if you are acquainted with him, give him my compliments, and tell him I am well, and all of his friends.  W.H.  Bibb is acquainted with him.

I wait your answer.

Your most obedient,
W.H.  Gatewood.

March 17, 1845.

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[No. 6.] Bedford, Kentucky, April 6th, 1845. 
Mr. Charles H. Stewart.