The true Democrat., 1857-02-03
NO. IT,.

lars spending money l would be sat sfied; he
 said he would, took Barber and bought him
 four suits of clothes anl gave him trunk, and | told him l would be back soon to see how he | got along l went from there to Zion Hill, took l up school and taught one session. I went and seen the boy again, gave him tweuty-fv l dollars and told him to content himself, bid | him adleu and went to Pittsburgh; boarded 1 there about one week, got on spree and in a
 iracus cut George Miller, was arrested and put ln prison; l was in theIre two months and was l again drained of my money, paying lawyers 1 aud other expenses-I got clear. then ship 1 ped on boat as hand and went down as far l as W heellng fell in wilt one J ames Cosby and borrowed some money from him, and got him l to stop there with mb-got him drunk and
 took his money; payhd his passage down to Madison. At Madlsoh got in company with John l.Jt, t0. Lot whuted to kill Lawis Noble from dream hadI l thought 1t wolI be necessary for my owr safety; Lot 4bie;ed at that time aud said vail till we got to Nashville We were on the J. e. Cline, running rom Cincinnati to Nashvilld. After we got to N ash vile we went to Bate GIsville, and copcludod to hire on another boat ab hands; VIC wont as 1ore and met mau by nickname of Chvte Thum- ings he invite Us up town to drink asked us if we could play cards; EThuming gs said we crult get game, and propdSed to play as stral gers to each other, and at tl e same time lie partners and divide what was wlon; we did ao and won some four hundred doll ars-we were soon sus- piconed by the other party. We aot into difficulty, Thumiugs vas killed, and Lot and myself made our escape; Lot had the money that was won. We to ld the captain of the boat | We had lost all of our money and wanted to | go to Nashville with him. We done this in order to avoid suspicio1. The men come down to the boat, but the ca btalu would uot!o, them | come on board after Us Whed we got to Nash- | vlile we paid the Capthin twenty-five dollars
 each we stopped al itick,' acrysS the river, 1 some four weeks; we sal c CT To Nashville | and played cards witf Ho;kIn-' negroes, and | won about one hundred doliArs from them; 1 at first let them win ,m $.25 io order to get l them to make larger bd s-l.tsrd male out that we played against ca srh o'h- .-LiIe at the same tune We played ID each n'l. ..ll, and won the sum above stdted. Tft H.,i gam l bier in Nashville fell ia Wllll, p,.e lr,,.nsad | to h5ht chickens with mc for AN.i..s Ule t!ul- lars; told Lot to con . and s u.,, ,.ls .ht | come out; lost the hIht.
 | Lot and myself comb Co this plto. Patue4h | with one B.: Lot B-- and rl...ti were | to be partners in gambl z, We .r., au oath | to be true to each other D--- act. ,.., -ap'lr- | drel, we and divided witt him. but he did not with us He won Ee thousand doIL,ls from farmer and only y gavf me thirty dollars. B. | - told me to stop Ilere, he sad he thought | could do well. Jeff Paducah and went to Memphis, Tenn; shipped 1lth Capt ---, | as a hand on the - I-, At Memphis, ~c went to Little Rock. Capt --, hai in his employ meht an Indian named Jim, he owed him about | two hundred dollars, and gave me one hundred dollars to Kill him; witch l did at Littl. Rock. l went from there to Ozark, and saw Converse | Crooks down in McLines bottom. He came
 With me to Little Rock Crooks said something was to be done. TomI Star was in jail there and broke him out; that is the last 1 ever saw of Tom Star
 1 went from there to Memphis, and had difficulty with J ames rerrel and cut him; was 1 put h Jall-Capt-- -, bailed me out and burnt hIs steamboat- -, and he got tbe n- surance on her. l was suspicioued of it and
 was put Tn ]aIl, and laid there six months; |
 was cleared, and went from there to New Or leans. l got acquanted with a man by the name of -; We stole eight negroes frem
 Mir. Thornton. We started up on the steamer
 Peytona; was to be the owner of the negroes.
 was taken and put in jail at Baton Rouge
 being detected by MT. De Free. I confessed
 my wrong; 1 had my trial moved to Was hing ton-Mr Crawford was the judge; got dear, and then taught schoolIthere for three months, and left and went back 10 New Orleans. From there went to Little Rock; I saw
 He promised to see me again, but did not do so
 l went from there tq Cincinnati; on the way | hal fight with the dlerk of the boa; 1 took
 passage on. which was the Col. Clay, I shot ! him, and wsHt to Louiskille-and from thete to Memphis. l hired to Capt. -, as watch man on the Luella, aud stayed one month. He
 bought new boat calltd the Trustee and [
 went on her-I have been with him off and on
 for five years; he never acted right with me. I came to PadGcah with him, and he gave me seVenty-hve dollars to pay my expenses; he went to Cincunat, and told me to look out and see if there was any boats for sale-he bought
 the steamer Knoxville. 1 then went to Nash vile, and stopped again at Mir. Hicks; I went to the paper-mill and stayed there three months persuaded Isaac, man of color, to | run away; he was engineer of the paper-mill. l then went to the powder mill; there I got acquainted with negro girl, and promised to marry her, so could get what money she had: 1 succeeded In getting her money, which was nlnety-four dollars, which took and went to Clarksvllle. passed for runaway, and was assisted by the negroes, so my ex penses were
 nothing On to Clsrksville. There stayed two
 weeks, and boarded with an sld negro banned
 Hiram; he told me if Iwould stay with him,
 l should be heir of his property at his death
 Fred. Malone said to me he knew how to make plenty of money; told him 1 would dc any
 thing he wanted me to do l worke,t with him
 about town for some time. l was not making
 money enough, and found there was n conh- dence to be placed in him, SC Set out on my own responsibility and got well to Ii. for
 Gov. Johnson, and got thirtv du,lnrs in ad-
 vance, then left and went to Uad;a, Ky,
 and stayed there about 2 wee ks hat saw uo
 prospect of doing any taing, anu went from there to Hickman, and sta ed there three
 months. again promised to marry woman ot color to get money; she hao some three hum
 dred and twenty-five dollars. 1 got It and
 legt-went on the river with Capt Miller, and
 came up to Paducah. Was here four days, and
 got acquainted with man naned-----, who
 keeps bar in this place, (Paducah.) lie told
 me he could learn me something if 1 would
 give him fifty dollars, which I did; what he
 told me was how to swindle. l left and went
 back to Nashville; 1 then went to Henderson:
 from there to Casseyvie and from there to tho
 Iron Bank, from there to Hopkinsville, and from there to Uniontown, and was employed
 at the Salean Furnace last winter, 1856.
 then persuaded Calip, a negro, to runaway;
 procured pass for him. When he left was suspiconed and left in consequence of it and |; went to Smthland; and from there to Paducah
 employed myself to Jerry Hays. lived in town while with Richard Allen.
 There is many in this place, (Paducah) I
 could expose, who have tempted me to do ma-
 ny things which were wrong; I will not say
 any thing about them, but would ask them to desist, and pursue honest avocations; least their
 fate be like mine. Be warned beseech vou ], in time. I left Paducah and went to Jerry
 Hays to work, and worked for him one month:
 while was out there Peter Hays negro, and myself stole bacon, eggs, and all articles Of pro-
 duce, and sold them in Paducah. Peter was to runaway with me as soon as acquired a suf- , fcient sum of money to effect our escape I came back to Paducah and went out to M'- Clure's and wanted to hire, but he wou not