Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-06-21
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. }

ny ms ErctNcnty PIERCE ~. EIjT-
Lem ESQ. G0rcrnor ant Commander
m-Ce"i ~ t1'a orcr tie State ujonsoid.
w HEREAS on the 2lt!, of Octnhcr.
~ 1851, q Proclamation was issued by
.h's department, offering Il reward Of 5000
'"r Inc apprehension and delivery nrJiCK.
a heSr" man slave, the property of (icorcc
creamy charged with The murder of Wm.
NANCE, and which said Jack has cscnnc;I
ana He'd from justice
Nhd Whereas it was made known ,o This
Department, by letter from His ExcclI,nr,,
the Governor of Kentucky, dated 7,b ot
March, 1883. that the said reoto Jnck
iiVc or six weeks previous to The da,c Of s,i,
Httcr' Had hccn apprchcn,lc,, and was then
cohtinca IN The jail at Frankiori, as {, ruri
i've from Justice, OH account of s,id mir
oer' ahn rs such would be delivered to ouv
agent c'"'tcd with proper demand from,
'h's department: And whereas, in c,nsc
tuchcc oi tic aforesaid inlormn,ion trnr,
Ills lINcciicncy the Governor of kcn,uck,.
demand, in due and legal f,rm. was n,,Lc
bearing date the l7iil of April los,. rcun;r'
'ng the Governor Of Kentucky to surrender
he body of the said Jack To the ancn, ,,,crn-
IN naned, 10 The end that he m.i,t hc
brought 10 this State and tried for ,Lc s.,d
crime: Aud whereas it appears ,ha1 hrG,rc
liic arrival ol the agent from this State in
Kentucky, with tie demand aforesaid. :,
man chiiing his name liAHcock npucurc,l
at the jail in Frankfort. Iicmtuckv. with =
power oi attorney from George McAlilly.
'lc owner oi sai,i Jack, and demanded him
from t!ic JaIlor as a RUNWAY slave of said
McAhiiy 5. to whom the sai! TAILOR deliver
Ell nm: And That the said linncnck, rs a.
gent oi said McAlilly, Afterwards sold said
mel. f,,. !
living county, kentucky, who nrain sold
him, and refused to inform the nurn, nr ,l,;.
statc /" whom sold, or where he was carried.
Mud il is further stated to Ills ncn,r,mrn,
that The ncgrnS name. nn 1,r. lnst sail, v:.
changed from .Juck. to B,D.
NOW KNOW .YE, That 10 ,hc ;n,cn,
hat Justice may he done. and ihc said Jack
! his aI'trcs, and nbcttUss brought To coudiru
punishment Tor The crime aforesaid. | ,Io
hereby offer reward nf EIGHT HUN
DRIED EOll.ARS. in addition 10 The re-
waf' offered IN my former proclamninu.
| dated 9Th October, 1887, for The annrchen-
SION and delivery of The negro jack into nuv
Jail within this State: and halirhnt umour,
Tor such information against any person nr
persons who have been guilty. of harborino
aiti'n", or assisting the said Jack, as will
etlect conviction in Il cour, of Justice.
! Ana II Is further proclaimed and made
known. that the informant on his appcur-
ing aud giving evidence on tho trial of such
person or persons charged with the crime of
t'Irbor!ng, aiding, or assisting the said Joc,,
to escape from justice, shall remain free ol
and discharged from amy prosecution or
legal proceedings against himself, for ar o,,
| account oi any matter or thing he MAY
have done i'll relation to the escape of said
Jack.
| In testimony whereof have
| - hcrcun'o set my hand and
| LIS. caused the seal of the State
(O~) 10 he affixed, this Gil, da,
Of juno. \. d. 1883.
| Il. III. BUTLER.
Ey order.
j.. II. SAXON, Secretary of State.
| June Ii ,Io