Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-30
Exiraet " letter from jerusalem. Va. 2lth Asgusi.
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women and children, and some or 10 men, Every
house, room aud sorner In this place 10 full Of
and children, driven from home who bad TO take the
~ooo until they could get 10 this place We are worn
out with fatigue" SC.
We have also seen letter, mailed Al Jerusalem, and
written BY lady on Tuesday her friends In this city
She enters into variety Of family and local detas-
whish we omit-eonten'ns Ourselves with tho follow
ing extracts: RI, will DO remarked, tina, the writer va,
evening the 23d-that the Cross Keys 10 Is miles S.
W. oJerusalem- Carey Bridge miles above Jerusa.
lem, and that this village has IL or 10 families in III
Inc writer alter Stain. tina, her friend: nigh, be
Richmond, "knowinE that when carried TO distance,
they are apt be sxkGeraeJ though the best 10 bad
morning resolved a, jerusalem tina, many nurdsrs
were committed about tho Cross Ksys the night be-
'ore by aband Of runaways including some slaves that
had joined them, amounting n number TO 40. Notice
W" Immediately given 10 every direction throughout
the county" The Impression may be easily sonseiv-
ed-Some families went TO Jerusalem; some TO Suffolk
sc. &c. The writer reminds her eorrsspopds that
X KY, IL on the other side Of the river, She then
adds: "Thee armed force sta,ioaed Jerusalem
aud Al the several bridges Notoway, at other
Places &e There have been various repot,; but ibe
most correct Information seems to be this: that the
ru'atcdys turned out on Sunday night, entered one
house-murdered Is in roon!-all having collected
10 one room TO be together In another fau " James
Pa'k.r" loot design the above ,l s,hey muir
dered his r-iu-iaw ard all his children except,
one; himself, wife and one child escaped Several
were killed yesierday-but how maiy do no, know |
The above are all that are confirmed, far can
positively hear of-though report ex,ggsraes The num- |
ber" The writer then speaks Of two skrmishes that
had taken places zone In Parker's hsld yssterday"-
where Is whites met about 30 blacks, we'll armed and
meuntsd-th'ee blacks weTe killed, sc. ke. "Thsy |
show great desire to the river They tried 10
force their way over Carey's B'idge-snd an engage
meut we understand took place there yesterday morn.
log. The result not heard Of. The bridges arc reu-
dsred impauablo TO them. jerusalem 10 full OF wo
men, most OF hem from the other side Of tho river
about 200 at Vixs BSins. Severa, eompauies went
over The river This morning. join those hsre, in pur-
suit Of the runaway, Espre..e. were sent to the ad
joining counter; TO Suffolk and Norfsik-,nd rentore.
mens are coming in. -Four Of tho slaves t,at had
lsioed the runaways have given themselves ur.-l
They said they were forced TO j,in.'-The w::;.r
then proceeds with some dsD..'is 1s,ail, whisb
show in touching soc.. the 5engs Of the family ,b,
unea'lnss' me- expsrieased; the precautions they
look 70 ave hem'evs'; their sleeping out in . ihisk
sluster Of pnes. with blanket each aud pallet for
the children. She Thea says, that they had returned
to their hcme, trusting to Providence.
In p. s. she adds, Eight o'clock at Might've
'useeeded 10 taking and killing, aross her about twenty
OF the blaeks They have the riDgieadsr safely Iodf.
cd in jail with the rest, guardsd by urdsr arms"
It seoms frsm Gen. Eppe, las dispatch, that the wr-
ter mi',sken in supPosing that the principal ader
has been appreh. ndsd) zone hundred aud City men
from Sussex joined with tho the oher side Of
got all their and bsrses and think there are NOT
moro than 10 or 10 behind, and those without arms
IL 10 believed that there have been in all about so
whites kiiIed-sll on the other side OF the river"
Wednesday Morning, 24th-"We have heard moth
ing more Henry Vaughan had some OF bis near rsla.
lions killed with the rest, bellows mother in. law
The ringl is an old grey headed man."
! The following Is extract Of a letter written .t
Petersburg on Thursday night, and addressed to gem
| t!eman In this CITY:
| "I have just read a letter from--,o bis t,,b.,
da'ed yesterday lat Scuhampton) He states that he
was among the first that went in pursui, Of The ne
groe'. They c'mmenssd near the n. Carolina line, d.
retiinB their course towards Jerusalem led on bv
fellow called Capt, Nat. Turner "a back)-ihs bandit
sonsntd OF about 20 TO 30: no others joined. He
says ina, he has counted 40 corp'es-mosy women
aud chiidren-Another letter says TO- They have 90.
vefal in jail For many miles around their track the
country is deserted by The and children, blu,
armed troops are In every mile In squads il i, mo,
general and has subsidized. When the fi,.p party cam.
upon ,hsm, they Che pary had dismountsd else they
would have taken than ALL"
- SH Later "A letter w as re ceived vest,r
Hoveraor, from Gen. Eppes, dated al Jerusalem A.
"a lie STATES, that II is ascertained that fcr,,,
.Oes nave osen nurdereo como Of iheHi horribly
mangiso; some say tbatJyt three are killad-ha, ~
numo'r OF insurgents were according 20 In, jr,I
iigence, reduced to tix--housh IL /, mo, imnrohani
savs, 'S .d rany Twelve had been taken;
suspected had been kilvd-,hs r,s, with CO.
era war. 1urner Ca preacher and slapeJ and VII,
' neemsn oil colour, at their head, were trying
military aud had no doubt of restoring trapoulIIity +"
short tune. sfN"'y iu d
VIVA, an abandoned sci OF bsnditl these cu..broa,s
arc ihsr Steps are every where marked with The
oIoOu oil women and children An astonishing faali.
seems 10 nave attended ,bess hepless classes Nj.
- ey no' sne female sex Is spared in their blood
.uH,.y "ra,t! what they expested to gain whether
me brigands sought blood or plumber how nn.h IT,
'"e. &C &c. seems less known If sourse ,b,n hn,
many tney niS:...iered, One thing seems To- bs e.sh
shsd by these severn, ecc:nnis, that the number OF
ms detachment has been much ussn6sd. II wac
baud more marked by its ferociiy than lis iu;es T. ia
astonishing that such parcel OF wretehss should have
dared the mufderous deeds which they have commits,
eo lheir ultimate object, az well az the means I'M %
look 10 perPetrate so many murders, whence tbey
o, anu wnnher any OF them 10 going, eirsum-
stances not yot exp aimed Were they connected with
me desPeradoes who harrased NJ Carolina last v,a,
Who is this Nat. Turner,-Where is he from,
Less even Is known OF the detachment which Ia s,d
70 DC near belhed. Tho following account from yes
,erdsys Pe'erburg Iniegencer, gives all Thai 60.
pave heard sioce yesterday morning. paper With
ihese extracts and the following extract from The Nor
fok Herald, we conclude the present recital If tbe
numerous DEEDS Of the bandit, who will paw dearly
for their rashDess and barbarity ~ '
BELFIELD, (Gfeensvle Coz Aug "a 1921
'in the greaesi haste write you a few I,p,s-I
can merely say that we are all in arms and in srea,
eheemen' on account OF the insure con which brok
Tu' Oh HunpV ulght-be'w'en eighty and hundred Of
inc Wnhes nave already been butehered, their head,
severed from their bodies The intention of the
was 10 feash the Dismal Swamp. | think howsv.r |
mat we have them heWmsd 10 a, 10 render n mnos
nole iof mem TO do 80. On Monday nigh, rescued
BeIbeld (hesd quarters OF the uoops) and was given
the command Of small body and piece of Aru1l.rv
which sa'ioned so az 10 Command tho bridge. / was
up inc whole night wishing each one of nv S.ulipel,
every ton minutes At Jerusalem the black. mad,
'nIee desperate attempts 70 cross the bridge bu,
were rePulsed with some loss No white, have hssn
lost IN any Of the skrmi.hs, which bay. ,aLsn 49,
ne'o ieho"s commenced by numbering a family n,
sns heit arms and horses, and pushing on TO lac
mouse WIN all possible speed, whore ihey massacre
evoy "pne' even TO Tho infant in the cradle Thew
commune IN tnls manner until they are ipterrnptsd
when they dispsrse and skuk about The wood, n,,ii
ano'her favorable opportunity occurs of