From the “Savannah (Ga. ) Republican,” Sept. 3, 1838.

“$20 Reward for my negro man Jim.—­Jim is about 50 or 55 years of age.  It is probable he will aim for Savannah, as he said he had children in that vicinity.

J.G.  OWENS. 
Barnwell District, S.C.”

From the “Staunton (Va.) Spectator,” Jan. 3, 1839.

“Runaway, Jesse.—­He has a wife, who belongs to Mr. John Ruff, of Lexington, Rockbridge county, and he may probably be lurking in that neighborhood.  MOSES McCUE.”

From the “Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle,” July 10, 1837.

“$120 Reward for my negro Charlotte.  She is about 20 years old.  She was purchased some months past from Mr. Thomas.  J. Walton, of Augusta, by Thomas W. Oliver; and, as her mother and acquaintances live in that city, it is very likely she is harbored by some of them.  MARTHA OLIVER.”

From the “Raleigh (N.C.) Register,” July 18, 1837.

Ranaway from the subscriber, a negro man named Jim, the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield.  He has a wife at the late Hardy Jones’, and may probably be lurking in that neighborhood.  JOHN O’RORKE.”

From the “Richmond (Va.) Compiler,” Sept. 8, 1837.

“Ranaway from the subscriber, Ben.  He ran off without any known cause, and I suppose he is aiming to go to his wife, who was carried from the neighborhood last winter.  JOHN HUNT.”

From the “Charleston (S.C.) Mercury,” Aug. 1, 1837.

“Absconded from Mr. E.D.  Bailey, on Wadmalaw, his negro man, named Saby.  Said fellow was purchased in January, from Francis Dickinson, of St. Paul’s parish, and is probably now in that neighborhood, where he has a wife.  THOMAS N. GADSDEN.”

From the “Portsmouth (Va.) Times,” August 3, 1838.

“$50 dollars Reward will be given for the apprehension of my negro man Isaac.  He has a wife at James M. Riddick’s, of Gates county, N.C. where he may probably be lurking.  C. MILLER.”

From the “Savannah (Georgia) Republican.”  May 24, 1838.

“$40 Reward.—­Ran away from the subscriber in Savannah, his negro girl Patsey.  She was purchased among the gang of negroes, known as the Hargreave’s estate.  She is no doubt lurking about Liberty county, at which place she has relatives.  EDWARD HOUSTOUN, of Florida”

From the “Charleston (S.C.) Courier,” June 29, 1837.

“$20 Reward will be paid for the apprehension and delivery, at the workhouse in Charleston, of a mulatto woman, named Ida.  It is probable she may have made her way into Georgia, where she has connections.  MATTHEW MUGGRIDGE.”

From the “Norfolk (Va.) Beacon,” March 31, 1838.

“The subscriber will give $20 for the apprehension of his negro woman, Maria, who ran away about twelve months since.  She is known to be lurking in or about Chuckatuch, in the county of Nansemond, where she has a husband, and formerly belonged.  PETER ONEILL.”