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Runaway in Jail.

--A negro man, himself Albert, was committed to the Jail of Charlotte county, Va., on the 28th day of August, 1864, as the property of John Otey, of . He is of brown complexion; about twenty-eight or thirty years of age; and five feet three inches high; and had on when committed, coat and pants of -mixed homespun, and a vest of black with metal buttons. He says he was hired for the present year to Mr. Thomas Garrett, of Lynchburg.

The owner to requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him, or he will be sold according to law.

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