The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-18
MATCHES, September IS.

MATCHES, September Is.
Ne haze reeei4,ed the following particulars offks
/eiSve ot'tbe MeGrs. Kemper's $, in a letter from
Fort adams, dated Sep STU.
YOU no doubt will have heard, ere this rea-
ches you of the taking of the three Kempers,
but as you may not have heard all the particu-
lars permit me to give them to you.
On Thurfday night between the hours of ee-
ven and twelve O'Clock an armed force compof-
ed of negroes and white men with black'd faces
furrounded the houie of Nathan Kenper, two
miles north CT the line and one mile from Pink
NEVILLE, they in an Infant broke open the door
and fome ftout fellows believed to be negroes
dragged Reuben Kemper from bed on the
floor ont of doors and tied him, at the fame
time heating him with clubs, itabhing him with
a knife or bayonet and giving him icvere wound
in the face (; about the fame moment two or
three fellows one of which was a large negro
OF the neighborhood, and can be identified fciZ-
! ed Nathan keclper and dragged him from on
bed and out of the door, where he was tied in
like manner. While tying Nathan Kemper,
tout negro man threw down his wife with much
violence, where he held her until the party were
ready to move. Nathan Kemper was permitted
to put on his overalls, but Reuben was dragged
OF in his ihirt without hoes or hat the party
fuppoied to be upwards of fifteen in number,
now moved off, dragging the Kempers on foot
every now and then beating them with clubs
It's believed when they arrived oppoite Pink
NEVILLE part of their force was detached to
take Samuel Remper, the young brother, who
was at his reI iienss :" Finckney viIlr, and about
nan after eleven O'Clock feven tout fellows
ourn-open the door and dragged Samuel KEN
per from a lick bed where he had been confined
for few days with violent attack Oft the fever.
he was very much beaten with clubs and with 4
rope ABOUT his neck was conducted to where the
oaiance OF thefe ruiiians were in waiting, the
Juhet'oh formed they proceeded to the line.
Wnere number OF men were in waiting TO re-
ceive them, the men at the line were command
cd oy poor trllling wretch who calls hio,fIf
capt. Alton.
| Inc three hempers under this guard were
then taken in ftrings (the elder Kemper BLEEDING
at ieveral pores) to Bayau Tunican, diaance
or nine miles from the line, and iuft before dav
| .ight they were put on board boat and fent off
,or baton Rouge under aguard of fix men; a.
bout eleven O'Clock next morning tbev re,chcJ
the fettlement of Point Coupee, when opnoiite
the rehdence OF Doctor fowls one of the KEN
pers nailed and deicribed their ftuation: altbo,
| iniS was done from about the middle ofthe river
the Or. who was in bed ick heard if. and ffimn.
lated by thofe feelings which are the attendants.
OF every good man, he arofe, mounted his borGe
ana galloPed down to the Fort, diifance ofbe-
sweeI !our and hive miles; on his giving the in
formation he had received to Lieutenant wilton
the Commanding Officer he (the Lieut., man..
hed large barge with fome folders, and row
cd INTO the ftream when after fome LITTLE ref.
tance the guard fnrrendered TINS was tboc,
unfortunate men who had taken an aiTyIum in
our territory faved from punihment to tbink
or which Will make feeling man lhudder =
Samuel Nenper knew fix out of the feven fell
,owS' VINO dragged him from his houfe, and
4 m
near neghbors, two Others were from below
the line, but Americans, and two otbers ,yor.
negroes OF the neighborhood, all whom he has
no doubt, ere this fworn TO. Manv c;rcnr1
itances have already tranfpired in the neiqbbor.
hood OF Pinckneyville in corroboratiou of gen.
pers abortion, the moA ftrkine of which ia.
'hdt me TWO white men above the line who are
aGcuied have He'd below; there is not a doubt
p"t NUMBER OF white men below the line were
aoove WIN rms armed force, but that negroes
were molt active Teens certain.-Tbe citizeno
or Pinckneyvie as well as all other places to
wilJch the news has extended are much enraped.
ana wait m anxious expectation of fome deciGve
ineaiures bciig taken TO bring to condipn MN.
iIhmcnt the perpetrators of this horrid outraoe
now tar the act has been jufifed in the neigh
bor7ng government remains to be determined bv
our ie2erlors, but TITS much TO be hoped notime
WIN o. ioif III occurring the white men who live a.
= " "'N' "S CltZehs appear to be all onthc
!'cft, no man coniidering himfelf fafe where 4
few dehgnns bad white men can exercire an in
i'uence over the blacks fsch as have aated 70
'' MN. Her.
IRE f'llo7'i1g is n O29y ofa General order zpJ;eb
haJ bSsg fr0nl7ritfedfo Col. Ellis, cos,,uauIjog
ne Militia ofHTkiqfoa Csaafy.
HEAD QUARTERS,
'tgl7hg'o7' 3filiDIppi 7rr-hayy, S.zfemyst 9TH,
1905.
SIE,
,.YOV vii, on the receipt Of thie order. i'm.
nediately alsmble from your Regime # ih. TO-
o"Ine dctach"lrnt f1r duty: viz. two Ca,i1u..