Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-10
From lie Compiler.
CAPTURE Or NAf--Pnk iiCULARS.
EDITORS CONTEMPORARIES.

We Indebted % l'tfnuo III
for the following particulars ofGen. Mats APP
,reheo,iop lie seems to have acted very lit
,le like a Hero---sud ihr wonder seems TO Us
INV such a man should dare to form aud e4.
.c,te the scheme of insure Cton, which has
raa,,aa so terrIu, upon him AMI his associates
Tbare is not a tedtu't IN ms conduct, ~h,Gh
bespeaks Tue character vi General aud a lea
der.
Extract ofd letter do'ed. Southampton, N0Uenl.
Der |.
Nat Turner is at la.i safely lodged in ill.
lie VS. apprehended Ia a cave, near the test.
dence OF his late thastrr. Ga sunday about ~
o'ciork aud brought 10 Jerusalem On Monday
| where heardhim examined hy tde mag is'rates
| and saw HIN committed 10 the custody vi the
four walls" He wa, taken by Francts
| phipps, an industrious man, ia the ncighhnI-
hood, AID 10 renaorG circumstances, so thai The
reward will la OF gr"al consequence 10 him. Maj
made no resistance, aad had 40 "the, arms bat
u s,Da = light sword, which he surrendered. ii,o
tdptor Ind short gun well charged.
liz answers exactly the description annexed
10 the Go.e,ner's Proclamation, except that he
Is oil n darker l.ne, and hts eyes, though large,
| are not pron,inenl---they are very luug, dreply
seated ~ hlA head aud have rather "a SINISTER
lexp,esaion 4 no,e gloomy fanatic you have
never heard OF. He gave apparently with great
caudonf, Il history Ut the operations ot his mInd
Tor many yeats past /: Of the signs he sRw-ot
| the spuil he ConVersed wIth-Of his prayers,
ts.tlnss, and watehines, aud OF his suptrnatu.-
al powers aud gllts. III curing diseases,
tIolIng the ~ea,her &C. These he considered
| for long tune only as call 10 suptfiui r,.hI.
| eousness--and II WAS not until rather more
| than year ago that the idea OF eInanctpatmg
The blanks entered his mind. How thi. idea
came, or IN what manner II was cunnec ed with
his signs, e. | could not get ma To explain
| in a mater ut all satisfactory --nUt"uhst andmg
| exsmined MN closely upon tina point tie III.
ways strmed Ia mysfty. tie dos not, bow
ever. pretend 10 conceal that he Wa, tho "a nor
| oil the dSsigu. and that he impaired 10 i've or
! six others all of whom spemed prepared with
ready minds aud hands 10 engage IN it. Ihess
were they VINO rend, zroused ~ the field near
lraylss. tie says tneIr only arms were hatch
! els aud nXes at the CommtnCemeuI--Ihdt he
| entered Travis 5 house by al upper window,
passed through his chamber, aud gUiag Iuruuga
! THE ontel door iuto the yard ~ bis iJiiowe's,
told them that Inc woIk was now open 10 them.
Uno oil them, llAtk, went 'Eto he house aud
! brought out inree guns--they theI commenced
their norfia bu cherry, he, Nat. s'"ns The ii 5
! blow, WIN "A ha5chei both to hts master aud
mistress, they lay asleep ~ bed lie say
! thd ludis1imiuale inaashcre was not tneH AZ
! ifhAtBu hlttF tH'iS Ob'dIilfb i'''b'tbt anu was
re sns'f,l 10 ~ tne no, INSTANCE to strike ter
ror dnd antm. Nonen aud Chnjren would
afterwards have oe,n si'aied, and snen 100 wno
| cessei 10 re5ist
= naa intended 10 enter into further paricn.
| lars, aud indeed IL nave gIYenNou detailed
| stateneai oi Its ,ont' ssions. hut | understand
grntlenIan Id engaged IN taking them Gown
| seIhaam hon ms own hps, with Il view OF
gratifying p"hc curiosity viii mol therefore
| tirestdl him.
.inother Lsttc6 from Southampton, N0rcmbcr |.
| i he hero vi the Southampton InsnrrrCuon is
tnke0 AMI safely lodged IA our j i. | have
jgst had conversation wHh sOme gentlemen
Who saw hun yesterday, from whom learn
the following particulars, " h,ch may lie relied
ON Nat states that there was no concert oil
an instruction j; thai hr dad mention the sub
| leCt 10 Two persona about the muath Ui April
| vi Nav las, md that no other person kne"
any thing about his p.ans, uniil the day previous
10 the attack which was CorpDerced GA his
masters faulty Jos. Travis. lie admits he
struck his with his hatchrt iIlst, who
called uh hts vile, When lac IeCe,veu the talal
blow iiom our OF his associates. lie was ask
ed what he had done with all The money hr
had taken from The Individuals they murdered
| tie answered, that he only received Il. Oh,
aud uInIng tn one OF the prisoners, tree ne
gro who stands over Tor iuTtheT iriai, said 10
him,1 uu kuuS money whs 0oI my uhJtct.--He
had been sev'idl iInes w'thIn Ibe last
hneen days by negroes aud about three days
before he "as Iaken, Nj. Eiancis found him ~
one ot I'm STACKS d"d fred pistol al ham, but
he succeeded IN making his escape About
dty men turned cut immediately, and Kept up
the pursuit two three days, but could see
nothing OF bim, aud On Sunday last, y"nug
man by The name OF PhipFs, went ~ h III
IS.li Ia. i.
taion they had drove the previous Gays he
had no arms except sword, winch hc lure"
down anu surrpndered.'
Anoiher letter daied NOremdei l.
Nal, tue ring leadtr OF the ln,~ insui rection,
was appehended by Mr. Benz. fnipps on Sun
day last, aud has been comnItled 10 jan. lie
10 making voluntary conGess,un, oi tne nv
ives whlCh induced him 10 Commence the IA
suifeeuon, 10 Nj. Ihomas Il Gray, nno in
tends publishing them, IN pamphlet loan, Tor
the satisfaction oil the puuiIc."
Nat states there were eight in number when they
conaenoed, aud lhey, only knew any th. Oi hls sus.
-N1-
MIR. PHIPPi, as the sole captor of Nat, is a.
Ions emitted ~ the several rewardS (tmounIlng
III the aggregate as we understand, 10 about
Sl.iUO) osered ny the Commonwealth and
othriem gentiemen, for his apprehension q
We are told ,iha, IN thus lnslanc Fortune has
favored n very deserving indiv'duaL--ot whom,
IN addition 10 tue pleasure Arising trum The
reeohec1on oi lhe deed, the money derived
IRON II viii no. be unacceptable.
Petersburg hrleRgsHcer,
u Tue negro, belonging to James 5. Aen,
VII" Vas accused oil exciting iusurrecton, had
} his iiai Ga Saturday last, aud for want OF suii
Gent e'idrnce 10 convIct h,m, wa, acquitted.
FtncaSt!s Patriot, NOv. 4.
All the blacks who were confined 10 saol do.
ring the lie excitement IN this Couu.y (Sus-
sex, Del. have been set al liberty. The alarm
has entirely ceased, although a guard is sill
Kept up IN tue d'iaren, towns. Nat. PUB.
The following Information, it is much 10 be
aPPtehended, will prove the harbinger Of news