The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-21
ofIthe lncessaa movement by the
horses preyentiI&his aim With any

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of the 5incess,apt movement by the
horses preyentinshis aim With any:
approacli to
This general. disclarey t.a,ing3
been made, all the passensgas s adj
vance towards Speyers; they ssszsa'
hold OF him; they entreat him fsss,
yield up his arms for they are ALL
going to be victims; lie should recol.
lect that there is aladyamons tliem : }:
SPeyers resists; the robbers sur. 4
round him once more; then he, pistol lSs
in hand, cries: Come you say that
You are brave; We will see ifit be So.
| shall surrender my arms on tWn &
conditions 'What are they? cryss
the robbers; we swear faithfully to
respect them Well, then, said 3
Speycrs, the first is, that you Mil i
make no attempts against my person: 4
the second is, that you will touch
nothing belonging to me- Yes, NE S
swear it. exclaim aIlathe robbers ,l1l IN,
a breath. Here, then, is my wear
on answers Sreyers; sthere are = yct:S et|s
two barrels loaded ssi; si;s;Ef
The captain of the band then re-
ceived the pistol, and all proceeded
together towards the diligence. In
one instant all the trunks were torn r11.s
open, tho carpet.bags turned inside
out, &c, the banditti respecting
nothing but what Speyers pointed
Tut as his property. Meanwhile, our
hero, seated on case containing the
samples of the goods which he carri-
cd, was drawing figure in the sand
with GOODNESS and sang troiid SON AZ
thing more than admirable. ~
The robbery being completed, the
highwaymen having resumed their
seats on horseback, saluted Speyers,
taking leave of him in these Words
farewell, brave man; remember.
that even we robbers know how to !
keep our word Farewell, answer
ed SPeyers, God grant thatit may
not be forever
In this fight more than thirty shots /
we're discharged at Speyers. Two
halfspent balls were the only ones ]
that reached him, when lie vas
searching for his revolver in the dill.
gence-one struck him on .thegarm
and the other in the back; atiHrd ha3
found in his boot on going to bed,s
without knowing whence it came.
The Englishman had his hand badly
injured by bullet, which even now
cannot be extracted, the driver was
also wounded, and the French lady
received in her dress four bullets,
which did not. however, irjure her.
Mr.. Albert Sfoyers lost, in this
affair nolhirg but his watch and someSg
money, deposited in the diligence
and wlicn he did not claim, having
no arms to back a5iRga nd ----. q
Issa ye esecn Informed that Mr..
Spcyers is merchant, established
at New York, and accustomed to I
travel in caravans among the Indians
of the North, and on one occasion.
behind his wagons. With ten compass.
ions, sustained from sunrise till sun
set, leaving more than twenty-five Of {
them stretched on the ground. s
We sincerely wish that there we're /.
in Mexico few hundred men Of the
Speyers stamp, in order that the
highway bandltti might receive the
only treatment and the only indul-
gcnce they deserve daily, notwi,h-
standing the philantlropic tender
ness Of the honorable representatives
who, at most. prescribe a change Of
climate for the cure Of what they
deem a local infrmity.