25 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY from this city on the 5th ult. A negro man named JOHN. (He assumes the name of John Bennett.) He was purchased in Charleston S.C. about three years since. He is a bright Mulatto, five feet 7 inches in height, about 21 years of age. He generally wears his hair long, and has lost tow of his front teeth and teeth much decayed. He has but little to say unless spoken to, and generally holds his head erect. He has a Mother living in Charleston S.C. and a Brother is New York and no doubt will endeavour to get to one on the other of those places. He is intelligent and will endeavour to pass as a free person. The above Rewaid[sic] o-Twenty-five Dollars will be paid by James Edwardf[sic] Sheriff, on his being delivered at the Jail in Wake counsty[sic] or any Jail in this State so that he is got.
Raleigh, July 13, 1842. 24-4t.