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Runaways.

--The following named Slave left the Piedmont Railroad at Danville, on the 28th August:

  • Davy--5 feet 2½ inches high, yellow, hazel eye, right arm has been broken, about 30 years old. Bought of Wm. Borahan, of Southampton county Va.
  • Tom--5 feet 6 inches high, yellow, black, eye scar over the right eye, smiles when spoken to, about 26 years old. Bought of Peter Burched Prince George county.
  • Thacker — Hired of Jesse Brown, Griffin of N. C.
A reward of $25 each for Davy and Tom will be paid, if taken within the State, and $50 each taken in another State, and delivered to me at Danville; and the legal reward for Thacker.

E. B. Welburn,
Superintendent First Division Piedmont
se 2--ts Railroad at Danville.

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