Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-09

Hcr dausbiers bright enrys;al fountains
End h,inen al ewes iay blessing ny
q give me tie g.Ti 81 ui' rGlivs nouaiaius,
VIE Knows how tpee.sT=s ,lc sweet pu;,phiE pic.
Famfs ptf IS tisic Yt,e s'eiead aizEcet, nearly
syno'sGaS nth 5ani'2a'- pic.
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FROM TIE WASIiA1tOA CIS GAGEtrR
DYING CnNFESSiON or Jos. HAZE.
Alias. Joseph Thompson Hare. one OF the mail
iohb-.S who wss executed at Baltimore. on
the lem September. ISIS. Written by iiin-
SET. balum0Ic, published by Joseph Bar
lng. 1878.
Trhe publisher states that he has the NJ S.
in hAIeS maud writing. We have chosen such
extract, as viii give the reader acorrect view
OF the principal roDDerios: The MINOR pats.
win ti,e r,-ection> OF lie culprit. are omitted,
Oh account AZ ihe lengih No person in This
country. before the publication OF this pam
phlet, could possibly have believed that The
United States coNtatncd Suil aii PXtrdOi dnary
ana darmg bandit as Joseph Hare ~ repre,eai-
ed TO be. 1t we are to give credit to the si0.
~ (apd there H. but TOO mitch reason IN helieye
great pOitioh 0f II irH2g this hero Of the
highway eGua!s, itnOt rivals, ia preparation
OF daring telOHies and airOCious exploits, the
most notorious robbers that ever pTOwltd the
enyirons OF Eina: Ranaiio !tnaldimo or
Itaies de Moor Were nothing 10 hiui. The
only way 10 account tor the possibility of Hare
and his associates Ob,ainIn, so much booty iA
gold and sIivc', Is, the custom that used To
prevail ot travellers from = Orleans aud else
.NHtIe Transporting tnl0nEs Ire wilderness.
(hetore Dank nOtcS we've Ia SuCh geUefa, Circu-
iaiion,( the proceeds OF their merchandise in
specie. The total absence OF dates, however
throneSont tile confessions, throws a Ntroas
suspicion on many circrnsl nceS, though
What II relates as having taken place IN this
nCiShboCrhOCd carries Will! il some color of
Ir"haaltiy. 49,
I was born ia Chester county, in The state of
PrnS>lyanii, Ac. and when aJout ~, went
o. Philadelphia, AID sailed with TN ola irIelid
o; my fathers, sea captain, 10 New Orleans,
and wGIked ml passage there.
Ia New Orleans suffered good deal of
tronblc, fJl ii..d 10 money Int what inade
BY dangerous thevn-, aud gambling. 4 last
enlisted III ihc gOternor'S guard. and al this
time associated myself with some desperate
fellows WHO were in the hEA:t OF knUcs ui.y ieo
pie down IN tl,1 street aid icbbIns them. The
tTst perSol "" r0bi'ed in THIS naniiei Was the
captain III tae ship Oceau, IN company with a
gentleman n, the city ct New Orleans took
the cay tsisS watch. for which he mast have
paii EI!y guinea: ii France. A. / was play
lug AT cards some lime aitV:. ! having Sidked
hiN w"ick a-giuSt tiiiee others, in came n
French gentleman dressed "a uniform, ana
aSksi M it was not an officer beion7Iug TO
the GOeeinri guard, ~ i:e mad seen me III The
gnVesnofs dressed 40 uniform. l tCli !nm
was; lie said c had uCCasIOu Tor proper OF
ttels TO get hack some ,nouc, he mad hceu
robbed OF ilst ni-h,. Il was aud rgy comra-
nioaS that had robbed u m aui had roi = great
deal OF nOrey from bin. What mado ~ Stop
him wa, oar a'ing his mouey Jingle M his
pucNt jS.-anl seeIUe much puwder in ms
har. Ihis WAS good encourac cmC.i TO ils
AMI as for ne, should have been loIh 10
ch"neP MS place Tor q colonel $ c0rl'nissiOD
iSutn0w, Jas We feared we Slioud get u0to-
riCnSin New Orleans, aud saw every iew DAVIS
company siafi frGn New GTrars oB horses
. and wee ioid they carried gsca; deal OF mo
D. Vllh thcm through thc Ch0c3aW aim
ChlChasf nai;onS, to ret 10 f>cUiucky, Ten
"'Ssce, add P,ttsOGrg we thought We should
90 hV;ler on the hlgh"dy.-BM before Wc
went, we made Two other rObbCIieS One OF
nv men took 5 25T from CpThiryinan /; he
tnid ne, when came ~, il was all that he
had leave has ap ) 50 ~ SILVER. The same
evening went and stopped SpaHidvd, and
he gave me his watch aud ) i7.-Iie seemed
ruor, AID ictt hiS watch ana pare Of the mo
i'y Whpie he gOI il again. Now snv ID was
sl3Wauh dam crOns work too TO make money
III the cty 0f Nc~ OrleauS.-So we All agraed
II get some good rliicS aud three first rate
horses, ihat weie swiit aud geniee We lett
Tie Iewp, aud went Us far as Nashville ia tie
STATE VI Tennessee, without meeting with dst,
ttinS. We faked the wilderness from the
bluScle Shoals 10 the Cboctaw nation. Onp
dlE Whcp we were much latigucd with hunt
InE,tEc depended Oh thiS Tor our Cdiing, we
came aCrCSs company Of four men. had
HARD WORK 10 save ther lives. We stopped
them; We had hid all The horses fropl the Sight
OF The road stepped up 10 one dat mad hOl.
s'cra bCiOte him, AMI Tod hlm that bdi
Twelve highway robbers under my command
and tIc tiJS man tliai. moved should b., blown
10 ncd. Ihr dTy cane mate Il great cracking
~ Hds so i'iCk 10 that spot that man could
1ici be sceU Ten feet from ,hc road. it was Il
cloudy dan, and every thing looked very black
DAD gloomy, aud tie sound Ofthe care tho n
hnOt iiiEtcn nc, made nc feel very s3aase
and out " ibe "ay NV iwo nCu saul. We had
not painted ~ face which NC ought to have
done and that SO should be kuUwn. aud IL was
better 10 inurdCrra>cdl~ than let ihrniliyC mud
tell tales 0umS. Abolish irau spoke aud sad,
ior GODS sake spare my be." | told luln Il
WIS vel thOn2hi ut- timt ~ there Should one
nidi move tilI gave leave, they wsuld all be
landed ~ cteIuIty and Will, ti;ls 4 called 20
ore OF nay cofnpaHOHNto come and take gnr
monty. -----Up stepped one, wilma paw Of
dOn5'e barreled pistols banging ina bet bnc-
ed gpTia hls bOdJ and d W cuty haueiug IN
bis bfeii.i 800 SIGHT, and 4 gODd ilc .u his hlnd.
! tod BIN not 10 hIe on thea. mill they
81 ind make hattie. We t0Ok all that they
bad, and after had talkCd litue Wluie !Uug-
e. WilH my mes, We set tHCtn on fIptr road
y Cay ort,gu before tIis. winnie we were huut.
jtlS 10 inc wood, we came across u spot That
seemed very good retreat from any dancer
~ helHg Oycrigkcn by justice, and very cont
Portable home t1r. az Vls on one side at !,
care brake. where tie c1itp grew very tlcl
aud toil. and WouiJ have cOSceaitd ~ from ihc
bpsl eyes, rear The Cuckasaw H,ulis.
Usge we laid ourselves down TO slrcp,us we
had sept bat little foguyo or three nights hack
4 s tOf mt, ! could not sleep, 1ut ldy looking
sometimes ~ tbP FIRE We lad kiGdlcd, and
sometimes 81 the stars, and listening Go the
wind IN among the cane brake. winch made
such q mOurniUl, lustiing nptse. that 1 often
tiongHt some bing o. somebody Nas COgi'u
through the cane sfter ~ 40 ! got Gp, aud
went 30 see B 3ur horses w.re near, Which we
taa let loose near ibe brake aud srsr fond