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81 ATE OF Sol TIL CAROLINA.
EXLCIIrIXE HEpAR,EAIEN N,r i

COLUMBIA, 9th June, 1888.
By lis Erceficn,y PIERCE NJ. BUT
Lex, Esq. Gorcrnor and Commander
IN Chiefm and orer the State aforesaid.
M llEkEAS on the 24th Of October,
w 1857, Proclamation was issued by
| lhis pcpart'uent, offering Il reward of 5000
sor The apprehension and delivery ofJACK,
negro man slave, the property of George
NcAillly, charged with the murder Of WIN.
NANCE, aud which said Jack has escaped
ana fled from iustire--
And Whereas II was made known to this
Department, by letter from His Excelency
the Governor of kentucky, dated 7th Of
March, 1888, thai the said negro Jack.
five or six weeks previous TO the date of said
letter, had been apprchendcd, and was then
confined IN the Jail at Frankfort, as a fugi-
tive from Justice, on account of said muir
der, and us such would be delivered to anv
agent clothed with n proper demand from
| this Department: And whereas, in consc-
qucnce of the aforesaid Information from
HIS EXcellcncy the Governor of Kentucky.
drniand, in due aud legal firm, was made
hearing date The i7h of April last, reouir.
| ing The Governor of Kentucky to surrender
| the body of the said Jack to the agent there
in named, to the .cnd that he might be
brought To this State and tried for the soiJ
crime: And whereas it appears that before
the arrival of the agent from this State in
| Kentucky, with the demand aforesaid. a
man calling his name Hancock appeared
at the Jail IN Frankfort, Kentucky, with n
power of attorney from George McAIiIIv.
the owner of said Jack, and demanded him
from the Jall0r as Il runaway slave Of said
McAhiy's. TO whom The said tailor deliver
ed him: And that the said Hancock, as n
gent Of sad McAliIly, Afterwards sold said
negro Jack to n MIR. Mundy, residing in
Owing county, Kentucky, who again sold
HIM, and refused TO inform the agent of this
Stale TO " HON soil, or W here he was carried:
And il is farther stated to this Departmcn,
that thc ncgro's name. on the last sale, was
changed from lack to Bon.
| NOW KNOW YE, That to The intent
that Justice may be done, and the said Jack,
his adrcs, and abcttors brought 10 condgn
punishment for lie crime aforesaid | do
hr,"hy offer "A reward Of EIGHT HUN
| DRIED DOLLARS. in addition To the re-
ward offered in my farmer proclamation,
dated 2lth October, 1887. for The apprehen-
| sion and delivery of the negro jack into ;,:y
jail within this State: and halfihat amount
Tor such information against any person or
| persons who have been gully Of harboring,
aiding, or assisting the said Jack. as will
esiec' rnnvic'icn in cour; of Justice.
Aud IL Is further proclaimed and made
| known. that the informant OH his appear-
lug and giving evidence on the trial of sucI,
person or persons charged with the crime of
llaihorlng, aiding, or assisting tho said Jack
to escape from justice, shall remain free of
and discharged from any prosecution or
legal proceedings against himself, for or on
account OF amy matter or thing he may
have done i'll relation to the escape Of said
Jack.
In testimony whereof have
49, hcrcnnlo set my hand and
! LIS. Caused the seal Of the Stale
~ to be affixed, this 9Th day
OF June, A. ID. 1888.
p. NJ. BUTLER.
BY order.
i. H. SAXON, Secretary of State.
| June III 10