Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-16

h Es d e. g. a w "A EO N.
STAUEOE SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.. I
COLUMBIA. tn June, 1855.
By His Erceltemy PIERCE NJ. bUT-
LER, Esq. Goctrn0r aMi Commnnder-
in ,hi.J in Gnd Orer the State aforesaid.
M liEREAS on lie oath of October,
w 1881, Il Proclamation " us issued by
this Depart. en-, offering IL reward OF $500
Tor the apprehension and delivery ofJACK,
negro man slave, the property of George
McAlIly. cnursed with tn, murder of VIM.
NANCE, aud " hici said Jack has escaped
ana fled from lustre-
And W hereas II was made known to this
Department, by letter from His Exceliency
the Governor OF Kentucky. dated 9Th Of
March, 1888, thai the said negro Jack,
hvc or SIX weeks previous to The date of said
letter, had been npprelpndcd, and was then
conhncd IN The jail al Frankfort, as Il iugi-
tive from justice, ON account Of said mur-
der, AMI as such would he delivered to any
agent clothed with proper demand from
, this Department And whereas, in cunse-
qurnce ol the aforesaid information from
HIS EXcellency the Governor 0i Kentucky.
a demand. m dur and legal { rin, was made.
bearing date the i7th ut April last, reuuir
IN" the Governor of Kentucky to surrender
tn" body oi the said Jack to The agent there
III named, To the eud thar he might be
brought io tins State and tried for the said
crime: And whereas II appears that before
me arrival ot the agent from this State in
hcntuckN, with the dc,rnnd aforesaid n
ma calling his name Hancock appeared
at the Jail IN Frankfort. Kentucky, with
| power oi attorney from George AlcAlilIy.
the owner of said Jack, and demanded hum
iron. The jnil"r as ii runaway slave of said
McAlitly ;. To whom The said Tailor deliver
ed him: And that the said Hancnck, as a.
.It S.I,l hr ,E,
negro jack To II MIR. Mumdy, residing in
Owing county, Kentucky, who again ,old
him. and refused 10 inform the agent of this
! state TO " liOn sol nr " here he was carried:
And II Is further stated To this Department
| that The neSros name, IN the last sale, was
changed ir"r. luck To Brn
NOW KNOW Yi., That to the intent
that justice may he done. and the srid Jack,
his aldrcs, and abettors brought to condign
punishment for the crime aforesaid, | do
hereby offer Il reward of EIGHT HUN
DREb DOLLARS. in addition to the re-
ware offered in my former proclamation,
dated 9th October, 1887, for The apprchcn-
>io" and delivery of The negro Jack inlo any
Jail within this State: and hali,hat amount
for such Information against any person or
persons who have hccn guilty of harboring,
aiding, or assisting the said Jack, as will
rticc' c"nN irron III Il court Of Justice.
And il i further proclaimed aud made
known. that the informant. on his appear
III" aud giving evidence on the trial of such
person or persons charged wiIh the crime of
hhihorin@, aiding, Or assisting the said Jack
To escape from justice, shall remain free of
and discharged from any prosecution or
legal proceedings against himself, for or on
account "f amy matter ar thing hr may
have done i'll relation to the escape of said
Jack.
In testimony whereof have
~ k9:eun'o set my hand hfd
LIS caused the seal ofthc State
| ~ I" he affixed. this 9Th day
! of June. A. ID. 1888
Z. III BUTLER.
BY nrer.
Il. ii. SAXON, Secretary of State.
| June ii 10