The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-06

OF this far-famed event, 10 little undrlood and 70
frequently n,iirepreen,ed, Lieut., fiudfon has gvr:.
US the follow in, account:
!n the month of lun-. 1871. On nv wav to ioin
the Marquis la ;s.tes army. met near Nixon,
" with q MIR. Log, who informed me- that Dewitt
e (fcr which iervioe the Legislature gave him f,vord
lad arrived the preceding evening at Charlotte
and brought inform oi the approach Of the En-
"gliih 20 that place under Tar!ton. Upor euquiriny
+" from Long whether Mr. JcGerion had received in
" teiiirence, he was isroran,. directly proceeded
to Monticello, where found MIR. yerlun srexcs;!
" aud nrd;iu,6sa ~ my ea,H.f! resaef, h.. left his
houfe, which Was fnroutGei III rel Da;sues q. far
f5,eA, with troop of Ugh, horie was conyimced
his ituasion truly critical, free there we're bot
(NIr. Short & his gardenc.> ant. Mr. Carr,
&c at thar time a hoy, upon the iot. ] well renem.
Der ne Gove,no, at baf peeiod bis tern of
4" tyVire ba-,zg expired and Cen. Neilon appointed his
4" iucceanr"
SUCH then, fellow-citi7ens is the celebrated ad-
venture of CARRIERS MOUNTAIN, which has 70
squenty retounded in the Slandsrous Chronicles of
federation. lis true, they have ever cautio,i.lv a.
volded entering into is details becauic thsy ell knew
how to evaie detection. Their tlliimsn would then
have been broker their ignorance or their misrepre
fentaton would have been expoiei and this fvori,e
| innuaion againa the character OF MIR. IeGerfon
wou'i have been FILTERED down to the il,,ple fla
that Mr. did not ehno,c to remain in his Loufe iug-
~ to encounter whole troop OF horie or tufr HIM
fell TO be taken prifoner by al inveterate enemy
This then is the famous adventure of Carers
! Mosn'ain The burthen nj every farourte ballad .
rhe hni, Of every federal hrniourt Where now fhai
she Poet eek theme for the competition Of his ia,ire?
Where !hl the wit find point for his curious e.
rgrirn? Ye Editors, Soribbers, Paragrarhi.is and
Purifiers, array yourtelves ia iackclot & aihes-
All your genius is reduced vapour. Alas the He
70 OF Carriers Mountan has dapp cared, and the wit
OF Federal'iin is extinguhed for cyeri
Having accompanied ls family during one 6ay',
Journey, tis be>o Car..,'s Mountain returned 60
Mon,;cc!!,. Taron meanwhile had retired after 8
hours refdence in Charlottesville. Finding the enc
my bad FOWL MIR. once more Joined his family
and repaired with them to an ehate, which he had in
Bedford about so miles s. w. I. was here that ano
ther adventure befe him, which tie ingenuity OF
MIR Turner Las givca dramatic eiieCi. Rid;na OH
his farm i5 mon farmers would doI oIie time ali err
he was thrown (ls ioae riders ouid have BEEN BY an
| unruy hoEr, s; "a. natural eonieorence O! iuch an
EVENT. he was diiabled from riding Tor confederate
time afterwards But obierye the magic genius of
MIR. Turner: how it :" annlhilates both time and
fpace )" how it f'ifts the fcene OF action by f,,yle
Os'tiou, and Cops the feathered foot Of tie; How
Aibenirle Is converted into Bedford & how he ob!te-
rates whole days to give conittency 10 his tale This
unfortunate fall which he received in Bedford coun
~, Mr.. Turner finds it much more conven;en, to give
MIR. IL his retreat before Tarlton Does the reader
| with TO know the reafon He fall have it IN the
preeiie language of MIR. Turner hmlelf:
" His retreat or rather his R;gbt from NIonte clio,
or the information that Taron had penetrated the
Country, and ad7areiag to Charlottesville was
efe9ed with fuoh Gvyri.d aj,petneG as to produce
"a Tall from his horie, and iGos4t0u of tJs opl-
| " dr." And then. adds author he proceed
cd 20 Bedford" and then he forwarded his reii,r
nation to the saen,biy" But ithas already been obCery
&c thar this r.iigna-on earn tyfey to Tarltop's
approach to Charlottesville. We ihail now attempt
TO thew, that MIR. Turner is not more faithful
| chronoloet with refpea the dillocated ihoulder
For fall irlt prove that this accident did not be-
ia Mir. j. before lie arrived Bedford; and feconi
, y, that it did befal him zcbiR he was there
! The Certificate of MIR. Dralfute will prove the
| frlt:
" In the year 1871, lived within two miles of the
Poplar Foreit eitate that time belorynv 10 Tho
mas JefierIon' Eiq now Preljrnt of the United States
Sometime III the hummer OF that year went 10 Tn.
Poplar FoleR ione bufnef. with Mr.. IelE,rfon',
overiecr, where found Mr. JeTerlon. / had rot
before heard OF his arrival! c coare believe he had
been UP only day two cr Tome fhort time.
was in company with MIR. Jefferion in his tent. per
'a"s IN hour or two; he appeared 10 me to be YER
! ieStiy Vel, and heard u" complaint
/ "ROBERT ERADFUTF."
| Auguf 6. 1905.
! The certificate Of Mr. lanes Steptoe fenr. of Bed
| ford, will eltablilh the ia!i po;iiioc
! " In the year ISL, reided within two miles OF
the Poplar Force, Bedford county, Virginia this
eitate did then belong to Thomas Jefferfon, efc
Sometime in the thinner of that year | heard that
Mr.. Jeiierlon was at the Poplar ForeR, and when
riding over his farm had been thrown from his hori,.
and much hurt. Having been acquainted with MIR.
! Jeerion when he lived in Williamsburg, imnsdi
atey went to fee him, and found him very much dif
abied indesd--too much TO- think, to have travel
led on horfcback--1bc account which received :,
that time reipe9iug MIR. Ieferfon's fall from his
horie, Gtfsr his arrivaI ts E,,m, did certainly
believe to be eorreef, aud do now believe f.
! JAMES STEPToE, fenr.
| huguG 6, 1905.
| Other perlons could be produced 20 authenticate
this ercumitance. The man who lived with MIR.
j. at the time and WHO probably faw the fall is fill
alive. His telfmony we {hsnId have obtained, but
that the diitance At which e Ieldes Was too preat
permit us acquiring fuch Information as might 90 A.
long with theie remarks Mr. S,eptoe's chara Ger
as however fuiIicent firety for the tefiimony of
ruh.5srieis witnenes" To cultivated underaand
ing, he uneS an ncorrup;i6le integrity of heart &
the mott graceful urbsnity 4 dhpolition. Differing
tho ne does from the Prefent naturalization on ma
ny political queitions, he has never fuered hin(eIf
towanton in thoie malignant efuiions Of party fptit.
winch bstray a'i the peevilhneis of PATTON withou,
the itrength of the understanding.
Such then we repeat is the celebrated adventure Of
| Carriers Mountain!