RUNAWAY on the 14th instant, from the subscriber’s at the
faubourg Marigny, the negro fellow named Jean Louis, a creole
of this country, aged 45 to 50 years, speaking French only ;
of the height of 5 feet 8 or 9 inches, slender ; he had on when
he absconded a woolen blanket coat, and a pair of cotonnade
trowsers. That negro is carpenter and sawmiller by trade and
pretends to be free. Persons whom he might apply to for work,
are requested to lodge him in jail, or to send him back to his
master.
Pre. René de St. Germain,
Suburb Marigny, behind the fort.
March 21.