$100 Reward!
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the 14th of June, a very bright mulatto woman, about 23 or 24 years of age, likely and well dressed, about 5 feet 3 or 4 inches high. Her front teeth are large and separate, hair long, straight and black, had a Portmanteau or Travelling Bag. Her mistress thinks she usually wore a gentleman's gold shirt button in her bosom, has a number of warts on her hands, is a first-rate sempstress and laundress, and is well skilled in every department of household business. Her object, I presume, is to go North.
On the 16th June she was seen to take the cars at Belfield, and went to Weldon, where she remained until the 18th ; whilst there, she recommended herself as a sempstress. I have no doubt her object is to get to a free State, as I am not aware of any good casue for her leaving save the love of liberty. There are no marks remembered, as she has never been whipped in her life that I know of. At Belfield and Weldon, she called herself Martha Payn, and said she was free--her proper name is ELIZABETH, and sometimes calls herself Elizabeth Scott. Some of her clothes are probably marked with the letters E. S. She can read print, and may attempt, to disguise herself. Some worthless white man, it is thought, has given her a pass since she left Belfield, and may otherwise assist her escape.
I will pay ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS to any person who will confine her in jail so that I get her again.
T. J. PRETLOW,
Southampton County, Va.
Sept. 2. 71 w3w
P.S. Any information of the above-named woman will be thankfully received. T. J. P.
