<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>5679</NoticeID><Headline>$5 REWARD.</Headline><NoticeDate>1843-06-27T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Charlotte, N.C. : Charlotte Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Charlotte Journal</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Charlotte</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Mecklenburg</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>$5 REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 19th instant, a bound boy to the Carpenter's Trade by the name of Benoni Washington Torrence, between 19 and 20 years of age, black hair, and about 5 feet 11 inches high, has a downcast look when spoken to. He had on when he left a brown jeans dress coat, dark cassinet pantaloons and black fur cap. All persons are forewarned against harboring or employing said apprentice, as the law will be enforced ; and the above reward will be paid to any one for his apprehension and confinement in any jail so that I can get him again, or $10 if delivered to me at my residence, 7 miles north-west of Concord. WM. [William] A. WEDDINGTON. Cabarrus co., N. C. June 19, 1843.   t44</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>MEC</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Mecklenburg</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>6/19/1843</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>William A. Weddington</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Benoni Washington Torrence</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>William A. Weddington</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Concord</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Cabarrus</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>