Runaway negro wench,
Named OLIVE, sometimes called PAULINE, about 18 or 20
years of age, speaks French, English and Spanish, of a middle
stature, a good looking slave, and fat, branded on the right
shoulder P. E. G. besides two bars on the neck, ll ; [P. L. G. de
plus deux barres sur le col comme suit II]. She had on when
she went away a rose-coloured gown, and a coloured handkerchief
round her head ; she formerly lived at Pointe Coupee,
at Mr. Poncon’s, [Ponson] and has been a hawker. She went
away on Sunday last the 10th inst. and took with her a dozen
of mock Madrass handkerchiefs, two pieces of Britannias, and
a bunch of granets [grenats]. A generous reward will be given
to any person apprehending her in any jail in this territory, or
giving notice thereof to Mr. Ducournau, justice of the peace,
at New-Orleans, Toulouse street, or at the corner of Bourbon
and Custom-house streets, who is authorised by the owner to
pay the reward.
It is expressly forbidden to any person or persons to conceal
her, or captains of vessels to harbor her, as they will be prosecuted
according to law.
September 15.