Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-13

nv Jacket. We ended the battle by his crying
enough 1 did not mind the word of the Lord
now, though every day hls blessed spirit was
crying out to me, and was so ful OF wicked.
ness al thus time. That, as God IL my witness, [
had a mind to deliver p the President TO Adj
miral Cock burn SOME night or other, TO be Ia
Ken aboard their vessels l mean the British
vessels, for they la, in The PatuAcDt, aud
could have got hun aooard from seven O'Clock
"a the evening till day light. II could only
have seen the British TO communicate my
ST tme TO them.
As had cot very tired by ths time of the
army, took avery 3iish, snr,rt Young fellow
TO my cuioEc.. and told im hc would take my
place. Dni The cnionti told me, he would as
lief have me as sour common men then tried
colonel Bcai, hat as they wonld Hoie OF them
lei ne 90, ! hired horse and si. in Geor.e-
town aud started oil immediately for Annapo.
liz. broke the gig OIL tie road, aud Tod. I'll
"A, the house Of a minister. ii MAS Sunday the
neAi day, and IA | cOu.d not get the gag mend
ed that day, stald with Inn. lie treated
, me- with great respect, as had an epauieite
on my shoulder; he took me for aii obi.
cti, aus called me captain. gOt Tie glg
| mendcd the mex, day aNd started for An-
maiOs, wlt,c sold the gig and horse to
stranger. and purchased gold watch. !
wem from Asnapel,s To Baltimore, and from
there 10 New York, where I staid all win.
tee. I Ven, then TO Philadelphia and in
! Sno,t time made refinery on the road that
lead from Chester TO The Lancaster turnpike.
Ia the tavern where stopped At, there were
~.
aud had Nag OBS with them. II was on Satur-
DAY night. l stale into their Toom aud took
iron, one of them j .6OD in bank notes. After
tins Was once more in Baltimore. Il short time,
and PM u al the Stone tavern in Bridge street
| Old Town. sold to negro trader, black
boy, that had pnrclasedi n New York, BY the
aame a Harry, about IL Years of age. He was
flee bonn boy, boru IN New York, and
bought him fora waiter, but he lid not tell me
that he wasiree when bought him. do not
know where the hoy is now, bst wish that
soEe good man could find him and have him
restored 10 flcedon.--I feel very sorry that l
sold him. for had plenty fmoney at the time,
anu the teas ran down his cheeks like water.
L married Young girl, seventeen years OF
age. OF very good figure, and respectable con-
neAions, who had been brought up in New
York in good style, aud well educated. I
WISH this book to serve as "A caution TO the
young girls who read it, 10 be particular how
they choose husband and pray that some an
gel w0uld teil'them, what road their husband
| Will be likely 10 walk in. When married this
young girl. had a good deal of money, aud
| never expected to leave the innocent Young
! creature in the sorrow that is now opened be-
| fore her. Soon after, bought horse and gig,
| aud took my wife on TO Boston. Afterwards
! seut her 10 her friends in New York telling
| her had a good deal of business 10 settle
| The fact was, found my money was almost
| gone, and that | would have To repleniSl my
pockets by another robbery l robbed man
| at 4 tavern three miles from Boston, of ;stOU .
| In Princeton, n. j. L robbed the trunk of
| m6 chant who was on hi, way from North Ca
! ro!na 10 New York, of o30.0O9, and started for
Philadelphia, bur " as apprehended next day.
| ,:;S tried at SuninerVille courthouse and
! sentenced TO the slate prison for five years.,
| Alter had served twenty-iour months | gotta
| pardon and was discharged for my good con
dnCi.
I'VE close by giving full detail of the mail
| robbery, AS the circumstances are known 10 be
| pretty near correct, and as tins was the crime
! forMbich lac suffered the punishment OF death. /
| When l was discharged from the state pri-
| son, in Sew-JeISeN (where said before was
| confined for robbng the $40 coo in p'nceton)
! went to Philadelphia, where fell in co,upa-
| ny with Il man by the name OF Alexander an
| honorable thief, and al last the idea occurred
| 10 me OF rObbing the United States mail Alex.
ander approved OF IL, and agreed TO Join me-
also persuaded young man whose name
| do not mention, to leave the man thai was
| teaching him trade, and told him I coaid
make more money III two days on the highway,
| than he could make at his trade i'm tweniy
years; and ! got him 10 Join with RE in this
| sciien,e tor rohDing the mail. We got three
small pistols and dirk, ant left Philadelphia
on Sunday morning. These two new robbers
| did not place much confidence in: thew had
never seen amy snch robher, before, aud one
| was so very Sonng, i was afraid his resolution
wOHld fail. On wednesday n. hit. two or three
! miles on this side ut Hare de Grace, ! made
them help me TO bnIld a ience across The road
before the mail passed that was Oh its way u
| Pbiiadelph from Baltimore 1 wanted TO
| lake both the Northern aud Southern Mail,
| but the young man threw away The rope, thai
| We were to have tied the drivers with i; was
as easy to take both, as one; told the yonu"
| man itwouid be The same crime, aud we might
| as we'll be the best paid: and az 10 i,iug of
the drivers and the guard, if there was one
u would be as easy "a to take couple OF la
| dies ont OF the stage at The stage house. How
! ever TO stop me from il, lie threw away great
/ deal of the rope unknown to me till the verv
night I; and we had scarcely enough to tie one
| party. Tue two mails pass in that place an
! hOur or two apart, and when the mail came
! there that had lett Baltimore, on its way to
| Philadelphia, the fence was made so strong
/ that no horses could he driven across it,
saw The lamp burning OF the stage, aud two
| men III tile stage. The liver let the horses
| come up to the fence, and they stopped told
! my two men not to he alarmed that the one
was the driver, and the other the guard. ran
| nP very quick, that they might not have time
| TO get ont their arms. was soon alongside of
| the driver, and told him we were highway rob.
| beers, and there were six Of us, aud that we all
| lad double barreiIed pistols and dirls, and told
them two different times, not To attempt to fire
| on u.s. The ySung man with us had fallen bark /;
| L could not see whether they had arms. 'fiie
| driver spoke, and said he had no arms; asked
| the Other If he had; he said no. My other
| man had come up by this time, and told him
| to set up and search if they had ANY arms
! Ore was passenger; he had one pistol aud it
| was loaded. They came down, and stept M
| 10 tic passenger and told him not TO he scared,
| that he should not be hart, and that IT he mad
| 10 600 dollars with him, he should not have
cent taktu from him. I told him all wanted
was the South Carolina mail; that these gen.
tleinen held s01nany blacks that tie loss OF q
| 800 dollar note would moi bnrt item that
should be Obliged to keep them duii got the
money out of tic mail. / told tile passenger [
was sorry did not know he was coming that
| eSeriEg, for would have waited till another
| night. We took them INTO the woods, and A.
| leNamdeT tied INN and The driver; was bring.
| ins down the stage that had the mail in. |
threw ,bc large mail Off, and had it cut orer,
! and went TO breaking open the letiers. Tie
| passenger spoke, aud said the rope hurt his