RANAWAY from the subscriber in Desoto county, Miss., a negro boy named PETER, 20 years of age, tall, stout and of a light complexion; very ugly, having thick lips—one of his ears is smaller than the other, and has small teat at the lower end of it. He stole a bay mare of fine form, on whose speed he will rely for escape in case an attempt is made to apprehend him. He also stole two carriage horses, both bays with black legs—one of them a fine pacer, scary and has but one eye. He was at work in Memphis on the 24th ult., and was traced on the 25th on the road to Somerville, with all three horses. A bright mulatto fellow, a runaway from Vicksburg, was with him in Memphis. I will give $20 for the boy, and $10 each, for the three horses.
HAWES H. COLEMAN
July 14, 1843