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NAT TUuNEK-Yle I,.in cent.

ESuat, at airuer from Southampton. Nov. 4.
NAT Turner is 4, last safely lodged
IN jan. lie was 3prrrhended in cave,
near the residence Of his late master.
Oh Sunday about twelve o'clock, and
brought toJcrusalem on Monday, where
heard HIM examined by the magis-
trates. and saw him committed to the
custody OF the "four walls" He was
taken by Bcni. phipps. an industrious
man, IN the neishborhood, and m re-
duced circumstances. so that the re-
ward will be Of great consequence 10
+ him. Nat made no resistance, aud had
no other arms but small light sword,
which he surrendered. His captor had
a Shot gun well charged.
'iie answers exactly the descr;p-
ton annexed TO the Governors Pro-
clama'ion, except that he is Of darker
hue, and his eyes, though large, are
not prominent--they arc very long,
deeply seated in his head, and have
rather q SINISTER expression. A more
gl"omy fanatic you have never heard
OF. tie gave, apparently with great
eandonr, history of the operations Of
his mind for many years past; Of the
signs he saw the spirit he conversed
with; OF his prayers. HASTINGS, and
waichings, and Of his supernatural
powers aud gifts. in curing diseases,
controlling the weather, &c. These
he considered for long time only as
call To superior righteousness and il
was not until rather more than a year
ago. that the idea Of emancipating the
blacks entered his mind. How this
idea came, or IN what manner il was
connected with his signs, &c. I could
not get him to explain in a manner at
all Observation-Disclosures ex
amined him closely upon this point, he
always seemed TO mystify. He does
not, however. pretend to conceal that
he was the author of the design. and
that he impaired it to five or six others,
ali OF whom seemed prepared with rea-
dy minds and hands TO engage in it
These were they who rendezvoused in
the field near Travis's. lie says their
only arms were hatchets and axes az
the commencement-th he entered
ifa'is's house by an upper window,
passed through his chamber, and going
through the outer door into the yard TO
his foilowers-tOldt them that the work
was now open to them. One of them.
Hark,) went into the house and bro't
out three guns: They then commenced
their horr,d butehery! he, Nat. giving
the first blow, with a Ratchet, both to
his master aud mistress, ms they Law
asleep IN bed. lie says that indis
crlminste massacre was not their in.
tention after they obtained foo,hoId,
anc was resortcd to in the first in
stance to strike terror and Alarm
Women and children would afterwards
have been spared, and men too who
ceased to resist.
e" had intended to enter into fur
Their particulars, and indeed to have
gwen you a detailed statement of his
confessions, but l understand gentle
man IS engaged in taking them down
verbatim from his own lips. with a
view OF gratifying public curiosity;
VIII not therefore forestall him.
We are informed by gentleman
from Southampton. that Nat Turner,
the leader Of the late insurrectien in
That county, was tried on Saturday
last. The testimony was clear and
conclusive as to his guilt, and he will
be hung on Friday the llth inst.
Richmond Enquirer.
From the Norfolk Herald, Nov. Q.
The Wurderer'S Doom. We are in
formed by a gentleman who arrived
last evening from Suffolk, that Nat
Turner was tried at Jerusalem on Sa-
turtay last, and sentenced, Of course.
TO be hung. His execution is ordered
Tor Friday next. We also learn that
three other slaves are TO be executed al
the same time and place one of them
taken previously to the apprehension
Of Nat, the other two subseoue
and upon Mats information.
GRIMES acquitted. The coloured
preacher, James Grimes, who was COM
United about two months since by the
examining Court, and subsequently
remanded for trial before the Superior
Court for Norfolk County, under an
indictment Of "c0nspiring 10 rebel" in
me late Insurrect'on in Sou,ham pton
County, was arralgned before that
Court. Judge Browne presiding, on
Saturday last. The witnesses both
on the part Of the Commonwealth and
the prisoner, being numerous, the case
was considerably protrscted, aud the
jury dad not retire until late hour in
the afternoon. Not agreeing on that
evening, eleven being for acquittal,
and one for verdict Of guilty, tho yer.
Dict OF the jury was not rendered until
Monday AT noon, when the dissenting