Forty Dollars Reward
RANAWAY from the Sugar plantation of Richard Butler and
Samuel McCutcheon, on the night of the 17th March two negro
men of the following description, viz.
JAMES, (black) 5 feet 5 ½ inches high, thick set, about 35
years of age, full faced, rather a down look, has a small piece
cut out of one side of his nose, had on when he went away a
blue round-about jacket, and coarse cotton trowsers, and sundry
other apparel not recollected.
PHILL, (jet black) five feet five and a half inches high, about
28 years of age, has a scar on the back part of his right hand
near his little finger, about the size of a quarter of a dollar,
small made, had on a blue round about and black cloth vest
and country cotton trowsers, and sundry other apparel not
recollected. The whole were brought to this country, by Col.
Yerby, in the ship Missouri, captain Hart, in February last ; ten
dollars reward will be paid if taken in the Territory of Orleans,
or 20 dollars if taken out of the territory, for each of them, and
all reasonable expences if brought home, or delivered to Wm.
Kenner & Co in New Orleans. Masters of vessels and others
are forbid harboring or taking off said runaways at their peril.