Twenty Dollars Reward.
AGAIN runaway my two rascally slaves, powder manufacturers,
whose description has already been given in this paper in
November and December last year.
The one named AUGUSTE, formerly a hairdresser belonging
to Mr. Favrot, is aged about 40 years, short and having little
more than 5 feet, having a reddish skin, [gros nez] thick lips, a
sharp forehead, woolen hair woven. He is stamped on the left
side of his breast P. A. Cuvillier, in a festooned lozange [encadré
d’un losange festonné], but the letters are so small that they
are difficult to perceive. He speaks English and French.
The other named DICK, belonged formerly to Mr. Johnson of
Attackapas, he is American born and aged about 40 years, of
the height of 5 feet 4 inches, handsome face ; he stutters, and
speaks a little French—he has very short hair which begins
to become greyish, extremely small ears—he has lost his left
superior eye tooth, and has a small brown spot on the white
of his left eye.—he has on both cheeks the same stamp which
Auguste has on the breast.—He is acquainted with the fabrication
of powder, distilling and making soap.
These two negroes after having formed against me plots the
substance of which I learnt from their own mouth, deserved
the most rigorous chastisement. Too much indulgence induce
me to wait for a further conviction of their criminal intentions,
but probably suspecting that I knew something of it, they absconded
in the day time carrying of each of them a hatchet [un
casse tête]. They are rascals capable of every thing.
CUVILLIER.
September 12. [14 septembre]