Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-10-06


ing the pursuit was over, when The house
was surrounded by ten or fifteen men, and
was put in prison. A singular thing oc-
cured, which / think was the cause OF nv
being taken. About 9 o'clock, the night
robbed the droyer, as l was riding a.
long very rapidly, TO get out Of the reach
of pursuit, / saw standing across the road
a beautiful horse, as white as snow his
ears stood straight forward, and his figure
was very beautiful. l never before saw
SO white horse. When / approached
within sig feet of him he disappeared in
an instant, which made me very uneasy,
and made me stop at house near that all
night. My seeing hin, was the cause of
my pursuers' reaching me. / think this
white horse was Christ, and that he came
10 warn me of my sins, and TO make me
fear ard repent. Well, my trial came on,
AID ! was sent to the peniLenliary Eor
eight years. --ass-e
After | had served FIVE years, ISwas
dismissed for my good conduct. When
went TO bed that night, after | got out
of the peniteutiary, il appeared TO me
that the Alnighty had brought me out, as
he did Daniel out Of the fiery furnace.
started for Baltimore, where ! worked
six months very steady at the tsyIoring
business. | left Baltimore for Albany,
Y. and was in great distreis and pow
erty, and fell to bad courses again. here
met with an old hand that knew. He
offered to share if l would join him. I
told him l would go. So he bought TWO
horses, and we armed ourselves with
pair Of double-barreIled pistols, and dirk
each. We started across the Green
Mountains towards Boston here we get
two men from New York, going TO Cana
da. We left Boston in company with
them, and crossed into Canada, and after
travelling 20 or 80 miles, we robbed
them. We took from them $4,000, al
most all in English guineas. My share
amounted to l400 guineas, and 1877 doub-
looms. We kept them in the woods till
dark, when We bid them good bye" aud
rode on as fast as We could towards Cam
ada, but then turned and went TO BalIston
Springs, where We staid some time.
started for the City of Washington,
where l sold horse had stolen from
the governor of New-York. fell in
company here with man that had stolen
a horse, and who said he was so well
known, he could not dispose of him. He
seggea TIE 10 dispose Of him, and the con-
sequence was that | was apprehended, aud
lay in gaol several months, when / was
released on condition that I should join
the army, and was FIVE months under the
command of Colonel Carberry. had no
other duty than to be on guard at the
Presidents every day. But they soon
found work for me of another sort Word
was left for me one day that there was
challenge for me there was regiment
OF militia at George Town, and they left
word that they had man that could whip
me, or any man that belonged to colonel
Csrberry's regiment. / got myself ready
in second, and went TO their regiment,
aud told them | could whip any man that
belonged TO their regiment, or ever belong
ed to it, and they might choose their man,
and send him out. In minute they chose
their man, and sent him out with a Sc
cond. ] did not pull off my jacket. We
ended the battle by his crying enough.
did not mind the word of the Lord now,
though every day his blessed Spirit was
crying out to me, and was SO full of
wickedness at this time, that, as God is
my witness, had mind to deliver up
the President to Admiral Cockburn some
night or other, to be taken aboard their
vessels; mean the British vessels, for
they lay in the Patuxent, and l could
have got him aboard from seven o'clock 10
the evening till daylight, if I could only
have seen the British to communicate my
scheme to them.
As had got very tired by this time, of
the army, took very brisk, smart
young fellow to my colonel, and told him
he would take my place, but the colonel
told me, he would as lief have me as four
common men; then l tried colonel Beal,
but as they would none of them let me GO
hired horse and gig in George Town,
and started off Immediately for Annappo-
lis. broke the gig on the road, and
lodged at the house of minister. 1t was
Sunday the next day, and as l could not
get the gig mended that day, l staid with
him.-He treated me with great respect,
aud as had an epauiette on my shoulder,
he took me for an officer, and called me
captain. I got the gig mended the next
day and started for Annapolis, where 1
sold the gig and horse to stranger, and
purchased gold watch. i went from
Annapolis to Baltimore, and from there to
New York, where staiG all winter, L
went then to Philadelphia, and in short
time, made robbery on the road that
leads from Chester to the Lancaster turn