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The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], Vallandigham meetings in New York (search)
Absconded Slave--$25 reward.
--Left my place on James river, upper end of Henrico county, on Sunday last, June 24, 1862. without any cause, my Servant Man, Cornelius, commonly called Buck.
He is about 25 years of age, rather small, well made black, good teeth, likely, and no marks; about 5 feet 7 inches high.
He is no doubt lurking about Richmond or endeavoring to get employment as servant in some of the camps, having many acquaintances among the servants in Richmond, but in no other place.
For his safe delivery to Blair & Chamberlayne,or placed in jail so they get him, they will pay the above reward.
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Whipped.
--The Mayor's police had another busy time yesterday settling with a number of negroes who were arrested on Monday night without passes.
Each of the following received a number of stripes, varying from ten to thirty-nine:
Pompey, Burwell and Henry, slaves of John Matter; Archer Hampton, a free negro; Mack Turpin, do.; Lewis, slave of G. F. Hicks; Cornelius, employed at the Richmond and Petersburg railroad; John, in the employ of the Richmond and Danville railroad, for passing a spurious $100 note.
Twenty Five dollars reward
--Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of my servant girl Cornelius, who ran away on the 1st inst. Said girl is 14 years old, well grown, and of dark brown color, with no marks.
She had on when she left a homespun dress, faded; no shoes.
She is supposed to be in the neighborhood of Manchester.
I will give the above reward for her apprehension, and $10 for the conviction of the party who is harboring her. John Charlton. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1863. Petersburg Express copy six times. oc. 7--4t
Twenty five dollars reward
--Will be paid for the apprehension and delivery of my servant girl Cornelius, who ran away on the 1st inst. Said girl is 14 years old, well grown, and of dark brown color, with no marks.
She had on when she left a homespun dress, faded; no shoes.
She is supposed to be in the neighborhood of Manchester.
I will give the above reward for her apprehension, and $10 for the conviction of the party who is harboring her. John Charlton. Manchester, Oct. 6, 1863. Petersburg Express copy six times. oc 7--4t
Trial for Robbery.
--Three negroes, named William, Cornelius, and Jenks, charged with breaking into and robbing the store room of Mr. James H. Grant, on Saturday night last, of a large quantity of provisions, were examined before the Mayor yesterday morning.
Mr. Grant, whose farm is some miles from this city, fearing that he might be visited by the Yankee raiders occasionally prowling about the country, bad removed therefrom several barrels of sugar, 5,000 or 6,000 pounds of bacon, and other articles, to the store room over his factory, in this city, for safe keeping.
The boys arraigned above slept over this store-room, and conceiving the idea of possessing themselves of some of the rich luxuries, fore up the plank flooring above and descended to the repository below.
They then set to work and succeeded in passing through the aperture created by the removed planks several barrels of sugar and about two thousand pounds of bacon, the whole amounting in value to between $5,000 a
The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Further Foreign news. (search)
Fifty dollars reward.
--Ran away from my farm in Chesterfield county, four miles from the city of Richmond, on Friday, the 9th inst, (October,) my man Cornelius, aged 24 or 25 years, 5 feet 1 or 2 inches high, dark gingerbread color; has one tooth out in front below, and lisps a little.
Said negro was raised by Edmund Ruffin, a little below Richmond, of whom I purchased him; don't recollect what kind of clothes he had on when he left.
Any one finding him will please deliver him to me at my store on Cary, between 13th and Virginia sts. B J Johnson. oc 13--3t*
Fifty Dollars reward.
--Ran away from my farm in Chesterfield county, four miles from the city of Richmond, on Friday, the 9th inst., (October,) my man Cornelius, aged 24 or 25 years, 5 feet 1 or 2 inches high, dark gingercake color; has one tooth out in front below, and lisps a little.
Said negro was raised by Edmund Ruffin, a little below Richmond, of whom I purchased him; don't recollect what kind of clothes he had on when he left.
Any one finding him will please deliver him to me at my store on Cary, between 13th and Virginia sts. B. J. Johnson. oc 13--3t
Fifty dollars reward.
--Ran away from my farm in Chesterfield county, four miles from the city of Richmond, on Friday, the 9th inst, (October,) my man Cornelius, aged 24 or 25 years, 5 feet 1 or 2 inches high, dark gingercake color; has one tooth out in front below, and a little.
Said negro was raised by Edmund Ruffin, a little below Richmond, of whom I purchased him; don't recollect what kind of clothes he had on when he left.
Any one finding him will please deliver him to me at my store on Cary, between 13th and Virginia sts. H. J. Johnson. oc 13--8t
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], The law in relation to Substitutes (search)
Stray boy.
--Strayed from the premises of the subscriber, on Wednesday morning last, a mulatto boy, six or seven years old, named Cornelius.
A reward of $10 will be paid for his delivery to W H Pitis, opposite the Leigh street Baptist Church, Church Hill.
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