The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-28
From The Richmond Enquirer.
Capture of Runa WAYS.


capture Of runaway slaves. preceded By a
desperate fight. Messrs. Osings aud Hay.
u,s hsve Won great credit Tor themselves,
,nd merii the thsnks Of all slave holders
Tor lhrir energy anc perseverance ~ pur.
sung the negroes and preventing their es
cspe 10 the North;
10 The Editor Of sAe Enquirer:
NORTHUMBERLAND Co., Va,
Sept. 5, lsi9.
Dear Sirs: have to communicate TO
YOU q desperate attempt of three negro
slaves 70 escape TO the Northern States, and
their capture BY Captains James Oxtngs
and Joseph Hsynie, after q tedious chase
and desperate and terrible fight, in which
Captain Hsynie vas much hurt and bruised.
Ooe OF the negroes was drosned and anoih
er stabbed. | think that this tTansactIon
should be published. IN Justice 10 the brave
men Who pursued and Captured the negroes,
from sense OF duty which they owed 10
the community IN which they live. they not
kno"ing al the time that there was any re.
ward. IL may also teach the people OF the
Notih that the sons OF old Northumberland
are true Nugi0lans. and in their political
faith are true TO the South. think thai
this 10 Que of the nobes, and brovess scis
tina, has been done IN Virginia for long
time. ! will give you the facts as they
were stated to me by Captains Oslngs and
Hlynie, which believe 10 be true, for both
oil these gentlemen are men OF unlmpeach.
able veracily and sou d no, tell lie for
their lives.
% the 81 of September, lsi9. Captain
Joseph Haynie. who lives IN the county OF
Northumberland, on the Chesapeake Bay,
FIVE miles below Snnh's POINT, was gong
fishing, when he saw strange negro on the
bay shore With large canoe on the beach.
He asked the negro where he was from
He sad, from vesse just up shore two or
three miles, and that bis Captain was gong
to load with wood and bad given them .~ o
OF three days to fish. He then asked If
there we're more. He said, Yes, two had
gone up TO house 10 &c, water Hayne
thinking the negro was suspicious char.
sc:er, started 10 60 10 MIR. Suuon's, which
is near by, and, as soon as he started, the
negro commenced baIling out his canoe.
When HaynIe got TO S0tion's, he sent for
Captain Osings They then had 10 get
their canoe out Of a creek, and when they
got TO The place where Hayne last left the
negro. he was gone. They looked 10 the
Bay, and saw the canoe with three negroes,
mile ahead, with slnd East so that they
could lay Their course around Smith PoIn..
As coon ss he negroes passed Smith Point
they KEEP, before the Wind up the Virginia
shore, Until they reached Pses!ey's on the
Potomac, when they sood over for The Mary
land shore. The sun VAS now 40 hour and
han high, and Hsynie aud OsIngs had
pursued fifteen m,les. Hayn,s proposed
that they should pursue further, ahich was
sg'eed TO. They nov hauled up. and the
who'd freshenDg, they oserhsuled them on
the MARY land side, sb vi two miles from
land. Tie sun vas h'een minutes high.
Caps. O~,ngs then orde ed he middle one
30 tie the forward one, and then the alter
one to TIE The mldd' one winch he appear
ed TO be doing. They then wen. slon
SIDE 0 zee # The negroes we're secured, aud
with the Intention 0 tie The other. W ben
be cot TO them, he SAID TO the negro on the
after part Of the canoe tia! he had seen him
before The negro Smiled sud SAID where
o.. Just then he sad, " Men, nov 5 your
ime;' and be and The negro IA the middle
q the canoe, as qpck as thought, we're on
HAynie and OsIngs-lhe negro in the MD
die stiz,ng HAYNES gun, and throwing II
overheard before he knew II he thinking
that be vas fast. Tie struggle was now
Tor HE and tealh. The negro who made
al Has Die, nearly got him over board a, the
Fl $. onset. The other attacked OaIngs
be gave him a blow, aud fell down 10 the
canoe, and took up sword cane the negro
nov on top, and auenpttd 10 take the sword
from Osiuss. HaynIe, Who ~as doan,
With the other negro on h,m. held he ne
gro that was on hun With oGe hand, and
took bold o lie negro that VAS Oh Osings
End pulled HIN around Just then Osing,
gave hin KICK, and overheard he went
saying, b God + H-fe the wafer stop
ped han. When the gro rose he mad,
for bis canoe, which had drfied sone dis
lance. He found be could not reach her
and be turned back to Haynes canoe, an
told The other, VINO VAS siI Sighting, &
give up. or he would be dreamed. for tnet
WAS heavy swell aud oini fresh. A
soon as the aegro gave up, they started i
rescue the une overheard. H4tne's cauo
had her sal op. He coyli not 90 fas
with one p4dde. IL, however, got With
fse or sS yards. before The negro ~et
down 10 rise 10 more. They could hay
saved him If the other NJ gro had gwen u
10 tune; bat he would 10 uuil ordered b
the one thar vas dreamed, and after be va
stabbed three times. Il was now dafi
and HaynIe and Osrng- thirty miles frot
home. The, fixed up The best they could
for IN the & !ht one Of their sail seats vi
broken up. aud they had much wafer
board; the negroes having tried TO upse, Il
canoe. They lhen pU, into Cone river, az
arrived a, Captain Cofsar,'s al 8 o'cioc
and gave up the negroes up o Cofwart, wi
carried them 10 jail, Haynle and Own.
benz too much l4ugned and hurt to NJ