Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-03-16


bon, and boing q great proficient in
Fhafsomanship, WIS taken as 80 assistant
lolho riding maslorof he troop, and ~
he year 1901 49, made sergeant uf dfa
Roonai bot toe peace coming the year FOL
lowing vas disbinJe1 lltlnR broI te
80 profession, took up with woman
Who koW gin shop, 10 abihl alley, near
Che Cole Quoyi bul lbg h0usa being
searched lof stolen goods aud my doxy
lahen TO Newgtie, thought il most pro-
dent 10 dccamp, accordingly sot on Tor
! the north and arrived al Dfupheda, whore
IN a few mouths Oilot married the
duughlef Of on eSeJse.mau, by whom /
had three sons,
About the year l772, we removed loI
NeWcfy, whore | commenced The probes.
sion Of scuw banior, which Is that of on.
letug moehoui& lnd country people tot
ship themselves for America Oh promise
Of great advantage, aud then arluily get. |
uns an indeniur0 upon them, in cousu.
qucnco Of which, on their arrival in A +
America, they were sold, or Obliged toll
serve n term OF years for their passage
! embarked at Nowory, in the ship Need.
ham, for New York, aud arrived at that
port the fourth day Of August, INA, with
some lndentej servants kidnapped IL
ireland; but they were liberated IN New h
York, on account of tie bad usage they /
received from me during the passage In /,
that city used the profession OF break K
ing the horses, and teaching ladies' aud >
gentlemen 10 ride; but, rendering myself
obnoxious to the citizens, in heir infant
struggle Tor freedom, was obliged TO ny d
On board the Asia man oi-war, aud from Il
hence 10 Boston, where my own opposl- d
ion to the measures pursued by the Amer Il
cans, IN support OF their rights, was the II
lrSt that recommended me 10 the notice e
II Gen. Gage; aud when the war common '
led, was appointed Provost Marshall to p
he royal army which placed me in u sill
IatOn 10 wreak my vengeance on the II
americans. | shudder To think of the \
murders have been accessory to, both o
With and without orders from govern II
nent, especially while in New York, du. le
ing which tlme, there were more than IL
wo thousand prisoners starved in the IL
ltterent churches, by stopping their ra- II
ions, which sold. al
There were also two hundred and Sc on
enty-iiYe American prisoners and obnox- W
,us persons executed, out Of which nun. til
er, there were only about one dozen pub. ca
c executions, which chiefly consisted OF oV
rItlsh and HesSlan deserters. The mode sh
IF private executions was thus conducted tn
guard was despatched from The Provost, In
bout halt past twelve at night, to the pr
arrack street, and the neighborhood oil Ia
re upper barracks, TO order the people to an
hut their window shutters and put out CO
ler lights, Iorbiddiug them at the same To-
me, to presume 10 look out of their win co
owS and doors on pain of death, after en-
hlch the unfortunate prisoners were be
gagged, just behind the upper pr
lrracks, and hung without ceremony, ial
nd there buried by the black pioneer OF So
Ie provost. TO
At the end Of the war I returned IN eX
ngIand with the army, and settled in ma
aies, as belnga cheaper place of living du
AN IN any OF the popuous cities; but ca
;lng at length persuaded to go to London, M
entered SO warmly into the designations erl
that capital, that soon found my cir
instances much embarrassed, to relieve :,
hIch mortgaged my half pay to an arr w w.
y agent; but that being soon expended, We We
forged d draft for three hundred pounds o' S
erIlng on the board Of ordnance, but be- ~
g detected IN presenting it for accept nv nv
ice, was apprehended, tried and con- ~ =
cted, and for that offence, am here to al
iier an lgnomlnious death. 'ii''
beg the prayers ofaII good christians, P,L
ID also pardon and forgiveness Of God -, ,
+ the many horrid murders have been =
cessary 10. 'i'''
WIN. CUNNINGHAM.