Committed to the Work-House,
AS RUNAWAYS.
ROBERT JAMES, taken by the City Guard ; says he is free,
but has no vouchers to prove it, he is by occupation a sailor,
born in Shipping-street, Philadelphia, is 5 feet 4 inches high,
about 40 years old, has lost the first joints of the four fingers of
his right hand, and all the toes of his right foot ; has a scar on
his left cheek and one under his right temple.
James Connor, says he is free, has no vouchers to prove it ; was
born in Berke’s-County, Pennsylvania, is 5 feet 6 inches high,
about 34 years old, is also a sailor, has a scar above his right
temple, well known in this city for an artful fellow.
Moses, says he belongs to the estate of James Belin, and that
Mr. John Screvin, near Georgetown, is executor to the estate ; he is 5 feet 10 ¼ inches high, about 33 years old, has on a blue
jacket and grey negro cloth trowsers.
Peter, says he belongs to Mr. John Alston, of St. Stephen’s Parish,
is 4 feet 11 inches high, about 13 or 14 years old, has an
impediment in his speech, a scar over his left eye, and one near
the tip of his nose, one of his upper front teeth is out.
Isaack, says he belongs to Mrs. Cain, of Milford, St. Stephen’s,
Parish, Santee, near the Canal, is 5 feet 4 ½ inches high, 40 or
45 years old, has lost his upper front teeth.
D. Ward, M. W. H.
May 13.