In the same paper with the last are four advertisements of Runaways: two of them, as specimens, I transcribe.
$200 REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the employ of Messrs. Holmes & Brown, on Sunday night, 20th inst., a negro man named YATNEY or MEDICINE, belonging to the undersigned. Said boy is stout built, about 5 feet 4 inches high, 22 years old, and dark complected, and has the appearance, when walking slow, of one leg being a little shorter than the other. He was brought from Chapel Hill, and is probably lurking either in the neighbourhood of that place, or Beatty's Bridge, in Bladen County.
The above reward will be paid for evidence sufficient to convict any white person of harbouring him, or a reward of $25 for his apprehension and confinement in any Jail in the State, so that I can get him, or for his delivery to me in Wilmington.
J. T. SCHONWALD.
RUNAWAY
FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, on the 27th of May, his negro boy ISOME. Said boy is about 21 years of age; rather light complexion; very coarse hair; weight about 150 lbs.; height about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches; rather pleasing countenance; quick and easy spoken; rather a downcast look. It is thought that he is trying to make his way to Franklin county, N.C., where he was hired in Jan. last, of Thomas J. Blackwell. A liberal Reward will be given for his confinement in any Jail in North or South Carolina, or to any one who will give information where he can be found.
W. H. PRIVETT,
Canwayboro', S.C.
Handbills, written or printed, offering rewards for the
return of runaway slaves, are to be constantly seen at nearly
every court-house, tavern, and post-office. The frequency
with which these losses must occur, however, on large plantations,
is most strongly evidenced by the following paragraph
from the domestic-news columns of the Fayetteville Observer.
A man who would pay these prices must anticipate frequent
occasion to use his purchase.
"Mr. J. L. Bryan, of Moore county, sold at public auction, on the 20th
instant, a pack of ten hounds, trained for hunting runaways, for the sum of
$1,540. The highest price paid for any one dog was $301; lowest price,
$75; average for the ten, $154. The terms of sale were six months'
credit, with approved security, and interest from date."
