Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-18
cAprI1RE nF RuNAwAYs:

] We sIe indebted 10 .r;snt TOR the ioi''"''S
/ graphic and authentic she'ch u Tue edl""'. ~
Runaway slaves, precetet by desperate hsh'
Messfs. Ovinss and Harnis have won etea'
cred Tor themselves, AID merit The iharks u
all slave holders Tor heir energy aud PefseVef'
ance in pursuing the negroes AMI preventing
their escape la lie North:
, To the Editors ~ tie Enquirer.
NORTHUMBERLAND Co Va Sept D, lol?.
Dear Sir: have 10 communicate 10 you
desperate a.cmpl OF three nesio slaves 10 esc"fe
10 The Northern States, and Their capture ~ Gap
.ains James Ownss AMI joseph Hash!e' arel
tedious chase ami a desperate ahd trrtioie hSn
in which Captain Hayue was mnch hui, a"a
bruised Ore OF The negroes w?s drowned anu
ano her stabbed. lhirk thai 'his TRANSACTION
,huud be published in justice 10 the brave
men who pursued and captured INC nesiofs,
lTola A sense III GUY watch they owed 10 me
community in which they live, they not KNOW
ing al The time that there was any fe"a'". -
may also teach the pcopt vi The Norih !hst 'he
sons OF cd Northumberland ale tue VIrslnia.sr
and in their political iah are tue q inc oou.n
think that This is one Of lit aobl:si and DtaVes'
ac;s thai has teen dvne in Virginia Tor long
time. | will give you The acis as ,neY were
stated to me by Captains Ow,Egs and lilynie,
i
l,eInen are men OF uhimprachaoe Vefaciy anu
would not tell lie for their lives.
On the 81 Of September. lS49, Captain Joseph
uaynie, who lives in h, county uf NorhumoeI>
laui, ON The CHESAPEAKE Bay, five miles belt"
Smiths Point, was going fishing, when ne saw
| slraner negro on the bay shore win large
canoe on the beach. Ii" asked The negro whele
he.was rom lie said, irom vessel Iust up shof"
two or three miles, ant that his Captain was soiDS
TO lead with wool ard ha given them Two or three
days 10 fish. He then asked il there were more.
lie sad, "Y:s W. he'd goce up TO house 10
pet wafer" Ilaynie ihinHins the negro was a
suspicious characcf sarct 10 60 10 Mr. Sui
lon'>, whieh is lea! by, and, as soon as ne sar.-
ca, the. ncs5o commenced hailins out his canoe.
Mhens Haynie got 10 Su!:ons, he seFt Tor Gap.
tain O@ines. They ihsn had 10 geI their canoe
out OF creek, AMI whom lhey got 10 the place
where FL ynie last lei, the negro he was gone.
They looked 10 the Bay, and save he canoe win
three nesroes, a nile ahead, viii winG Eds', 80
that they Could lay ,heir coarse around Sn!i'n
Poin'. As son As he acgrocs passed Sn.;!h
Point, they KEEP! before he wind up the virginia
shore, until they reached Pfesey's on lie poto,
mac, whca they stood over ;or HE Maj Jana
| shore The sun was nov IN hGiir ana h'.ii
high, and Haynie sn1 Owinss had pursued ilieen
mllts. Haynie proposed that they should put
sue iuTner which Was a2.ted II. 1hey @iW
hauled up, and the wind fTcshening, they
oyeIhauied them On The Maryland side, about
TWO mics troin and. '.'ac san was thea hitecn
minutes high. Captain Owings then ordered The
middle one 10 Ii, the forward Gae End lhen lie
after one 10 lie the middle one, which he aHpcafel
to be doing They then went along side 10 see IL
the negroes We're seclrd, ard with The intention
10 lie The other. When he col 10 them, ne SAID
b III negro on The aier part OF thr canoe mat
he had seen him before; the negro smi.cd and
SAID where al Just then he said, Men, now is
your TIME" and he and Inc negro in The mIddle
Of the canoe, as quick IS thought, were on hay
ME aud Cwirss-the negro in the middle selz-
ing Haynes gun, and throwing il overheard be.
fore Re knew II he thinking hat he va fas'. The
struggle was now Tor lite and death. The negro
who maze at Haynie, nearly go! him oyerboaES
| al the first cnsei. The other attacked OWir"'i
he cav him blow, a. i fell down in Inc canor,
and took up swort can; the negro now on top,
and attempted 10 take the sword from O"lnSS
HaYrie who vas down, with The other negro on
him, held the negro that WAS OF hin w'h one
hand, and took hold III Ile Ergio that wa. on
Orings, and pulled him around. Just Then Wv
| ,ugs gave hin ok, and overheard he wen,
aging, "By God.' Heie Tie water sofped him.
When the neg:o rose he maze for his canoe,
which had driii,d sJme d.s'ancc. He found he
caui lot reach er, and h" turned back 10 Hay
nir's cdnce, and .oli the oher WAC Was sti.!
fi.h;ing, % give up, n h. wonld be dtowned loF
lEcfc vas heavy swell Id wind fresh a socu
as the nfs!o gave rp tney g;arc.i 10 TcscIs lie
one overheard. Haync's canoe had hex sail
| up. lie could no; go 'asi with one paddle. tie,
I! however, 60: within i've or six yards, before
the negro went down to rise no more. They
could have save. him i. The other negro had
given mp in time; br; ne xou!d not ua;il ordered
| BIZ The nDr that was dcnwRe., and after he was
ga bel three tir,1s. II va, nov daf., and f!ay-
| lie ai.d Oain.s ,hirty niles iroai hvnl-. :tey
! fxc. mp lnc ycsl they conJ; ior in lae fight ore
oil their san s.a!s i IS broken up, and they hal
mu n " .er al ar; ne ncs RS having TIED 10
upset tie .anoa. fuey hen pu! inio Cone river,
| an, arrive. at Car:aia C,twan', a. 9 O'clock,
! AMI gave UP suc neys"cs up = Co~4u, ~ Cat
rid thcm 10 l.il, Haynic and Ow!nss being 100
much ia'i.ued and hui To proceed aayhle
| was much bruised and huri.
! These nen ran great danger c. being killed,
and would have beer il one Of line negroes had
| not been tied mink all Shareholders owe those
| men a debt oi gratitude. Ali will say that h hrs
was an act OF perseverance and bravery which
must he admired. These men regretted much
and seemed an cled al he tcan OF ID. doomed
negro; but i, tai 70 b. done, or they wou.d have
! !, 5. lheir lives.
The Negroes, arer they were pat in jail, said
hat lheif names wtIe Henry Green ard a oeil
Rin-olJ. The ere nav aed was NAMED WIN
Cox. Tney say they are iha properly OF Coch'
ran and James oil Richmond, Virginia.
CAPT RANDOLPH AND THE ROUND
lSLAN1ERS.-W have ben permitted 10
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