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

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up to them with my dagger in my hand,
and took from them two pair Of pistols
and three daggers /; my two highwaymen
stood off about Is feet, with their rifles
cooked, a dagger in their hands, and each
a pair of pistols belted around them. Il
would not suffer them to speak to each
other whilst was robbing them, as | did
not understand their lingo, and was afraid
OF some scheme. We got 40 weight Of
gold from this company of five, and S28
10 silver. My share of this robbery
amounted to 233 doubioous (S3,7231.
| We were forty miles from our cave, and
lz0 from Pensacola. 1t was O'Clock in
the afternoon when We left them, and at
AZ minutes past we reached our cave,
aud found large grey wolf 10 it. lie
had been drawn there by some fresh meat
we had left 10 the cave. He sprang II
feet down from the rock, but We put two
balls in him, as he jumpt. We staid 10
our cave six weeks before we went GU the
road again.
One day as / was walking near the
road, / saw gentleman pass, with a
waiter behind him, both armed. The
waiter had broadsword hung 10 his side,
and pair of pistols. This was noted
lsign for money. We mounted our horses,
and overlook them at 80 miles from
our camp. The man in front asked us
who gave us leave TO carry arms, and
| assault people on the highway / told
him was an officer, q had a uniform
ou) that war was declared between
Spain and the United States, and that he
must surrender all his money or We would
| put powder and ball into him. Seeing
our pistols cooked in our hands they dis
mounted and gave up their money; after
taking their arms from them took their
saddlebags and portmauteau. / got for
my share 534 pieces gold. amounting to
/ $500. We had been in this cave alto
gether about two mouths, aud bad made
during that time 26,700 dollars. In a
few days we started for Pensacola, and
put up at the boarding house OF madame
st. Valley. Our time passed with great
pleasure, and we staid months. There
never was a week without a ball being
given by some Of the French or Spanish
gentlemen in town. One day one of them
asked me if had heard the news.
told him no. / was alarmed, for thought
he was going to mention the robbery of
the last Spaniard but it was only that
and my companions were picked out 10
i give the next ball on that night week. l
toid one Of my highwaymen to give a
\ ball at my expense, as he could speak
| their language. We then left. Pensacola,
and when we arrived at Baton Rouge
| the governor sent priest to bring us into
the garrison this priest was his inter
Ipreter. Gov. Grandpree asked me if |
was from the United States. l told him
No SIR" and taking out my pocket
book, gave him the passport which he
had given me 8 months before, to pass
through the Spanish dominions. He looked
very earnestly at us, and said we had
been passing through the provinces to see
the Notifications, aud that he would send
us to the mines, unless we could give
more satisfactory account of ourselves.
He gave us in charge of an officer, until
he got some word from Pensacola. We
were put 10 the guard house, and our
money taken from us. | hired man to
go to Pensacola, and to get true &C.
count of us from the house where we had
boarded, and to bring letter from some
Spanish and French officers, who boarded
with us in the same house. On the
fourteenth day my messenger returned
accompanied by the son of the lady at
whose house we had boarded. He was
known to the gcvernor--and had num-
Der of letters from the French officers 10
favour of US, and he gave so good an ac-
count of us that the governor ordered us
to be released, after it had cost us near
| 1000 dollars.
| We got on board of barge and went
to Nashville, Tennessee. Finding there
was man going from Nashville to Geor-
gia, we left the town, and lay 10 wait for
1 and robbed him. We had no horses, but
as he came along the road | rushed from
the woods, and seized his horse by the
bride. / told him he must aIight and de-
4 liver up his money. Seeing that We we've
i well armed, he dismounted very peacably
and gave up what he had. 1 got go
dollars from him in bank notes and silver.
We determined now to get some cave
between Knoxville and South West Point,
as we thought it would be good place to
rob. therefore left my two robbers at a
tavern in Knoxville, and went to Nash
vile, to make some previous arrange
ments. Upon my return, fell in, and
Joined company with drover, on his
way to Virginia. As supposed he was
pretty flush of money, l determined to
rob him. When We got into Franklin
/ rountv Va. Favourable sDot nresented