Part 161 (1/2)

”Ranaway, a negro named David Drier--has _two toes cut_.”

Mr. William Brown, in the ”Grand Gulf Advertiser,” August 29, 1838.

”Ranaway, Edmund--has a _scar_ on his right temple, and under his right eye, and _holes in both ears_.”

Mr. James McDonnell, Talbot county, Georgia, in the ”Columbus Enquirer,” Jan. 18, 1838.

”Runaway, a negro boy _twelve or thirteen_ years old--has a scar on his left cheek _from the bite of a dog_.”

Mr. John W. Cherry, Marengo county, Ala. in the ”Mobile Register,”

June 15, 1838.

”Fifty dollars reward, for my negro man John--he has a considerable scar on his _throat_, done with a _knife_.”

Mr. Thos. Brown, Roane co. Tenn. in the ”Knoxville Register,” Sept 12, 1838.

”Twenty-five dollars reward, for my man John--the _tip_ of his nose is _bit off_.”

Messrs. Taylor, Lawton & Co., Charleston, South Carolina, in the ”Mercury,” Nov. 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro fellow called Hover--has a _cut_ above the right eye.”

Mr. Louis Schmidt, Faubourg, Sivaudais, La. in the New Orleans ”Bee,”

Sept. 5, 1837.

”Ranaway, the negro man Hardy--has a _scar_ on the upper lip, and another made with a _knife_ on his neck.”

W.M. Whitehead, Natchez, in the ”New Orleans Bulletin,” July 21, 1837.

”Ranaway, Henry--has half of one _ear bit off_.”

Mr. Conrad Salvo, Charleston, South Carolina, in the ”Mercury,” August 10, 1837.

”Ranaway, my negro man Jacob--he has but _one eye_.”

William Baker, jailer, Shelby county, Ala., in the ”Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser,” Oct. 5, 1838.

”Committed to jail, Ben--his _left thumb off_ at the first joint.”

Mr. S.N. Hite, Camp street, New Orleans, in the ”Bee,” Feb. 19, 1838.

”Twenty-five dollars reward for the negro slave Sally--walks as though _crippled_ in the back.”