Twenty Dollars Reward.
Absented himself in March last, from the subscriber, a MULATTO
MAN, named JOE, well known by the name of JOE
SEVERANCE, about five feet six or seven inches high, very
straight, has a scar under his chin occasioned by a cut, speaks
good English, and can tell a plausible tale; belonging to the
estate of the late John Severance, of Christ Church parish, and
lately employed by Charles Snowden, merchant. He has a free
pass, signed by the late John E. Boulger, which is of no account.
All masters of vessels and others are cautioned against
harboring or carrying him off the state, as in that case, the law
will be most rigidly enforced. The above reward will be given
to any person, white or black, who will deliver th said fellow to
the Master of the Work-House, or at No. 130, Queen-street
John T. Elsworth.
May 17.