Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-28
From the spirit Of the Times.
The way .'AssIn's,, 1.sIn's Horse. and Chaise


The way s'AeeEn's'' Horses and Ghaise
were stolen and recovered. -
BOsTOs, August l6th, 1858.
A{sa5 ga "eRHA' On one Of the hottest DAYS
We have experienced this sumner. nv hnrSe. ard
ehaise were stolen, and what made il particularly
PFofeng vas me fact that the T0guss took it While
stood looking on! As the affair esused rsusb
merriment at The time among ny friends WIN baVs'
oeeh amazingly industrious in circulating different
ana not little exaggeratsd accounts Of il as we'll
as eOont ny encounters While giving chase to the
tnleFes' through cur streets al time Of day when
they we're throRged With people. I have tbousht
proper 10 give some Of the msin features Of the
chase, viii has beea the cause OF SO mueh f1o "a
olhets ana me source Of no little annoysace ai6
aggravation to myself, il hopes the rsadibg Of IAs
aoIehtufe viii 9e enjoyed mora thar Was the ae-
tusl performances Of a.. Should /, as times, IN
fuse into the Ger wrought tale sOmewhst vivid
eoloflng, It must be aIIribuea 20 nv excitsd
Inauguration when lighting my battles Ger again.
ralneI tnan 10 desire to draw the picture eEIrag-
a snort time since, while making call on Ssick
triend 81 the west part Of the eify left nv horse
and ehaise standing in the street oppoeiie it, ao
OF ny Irlend dEeliing, into which hsd bnt iust
entered and vas making inquiries Ia regard % The
health o. the person that Was i'll : when vas in-
formed that my horse had started. stepped to-
ward the window and perceived that nv tfustv
sliced, whom never knew 10 star. unIess isrsfo
DO So was moving of. hnriedly went inlo the
street and saw two persons seated In NV eksise
but supposed them to be friends who had merely
borrowed my team, 'as is unfrequently the case
when they il standing in the street baes,,s5
70 them, and made various signs. bu, instssd of -
Plying, the thieyss applied the whip right lusiilv 10
the sides Of ''Old Gharieyp By fhis- tine IL 6sd
"got through my hair" that he was in 4 he prsses
sion Of couple Of eoRsUmmats roquss; and potvitb
stahong me day vas one Of the hottest Of the sea-
son, The Mercury dsnotiRg $50 Fahrenheit in the
shade, while in The sun eggs would gosst in four
mltuiest yet started upon keen run in pursuit
bello8iDg e. the top Of my voice. stop thief stoI
thiet !! stop thief !" Before running more than
Two squares, L perceived q crowd sffer me vbo
quickly set up the yell Of .'stop tbieg' also; and
was soon seized By the throat By poeer5s6 While
another Commenced pUtti1g the srLf7s on nv
WIS., ana ancies While, with what liuls breath (
ha1 lels was protesting against such proceedings
and that was not the th sL 5Hf Gkaf kfs ofb,I rBb
tR he chase WeFe but IL was Of no avail for so5a
minutes. nor until friend came alsng 20 whom F
related ny misfortune, we'll asI could win s,bst
breath had left in my body. After close seruti
ny, ana taxing down my nsme and residences the 4
policemen hnaliy released me- when sFfsr nuJling Z
of all my costume, save pair Of linen ps5tstoo5s
and shirt, again gave chase. When near Warren \
Bridge. leading to OharlestOWn saw q nan ar
preaching in wagon. and instantly resolved 10 tske
f0rcibe ossessiOn Of his team and ooutinne NV I
chase ID searen ol the thieves. when opposite me
leapt on TO the wagon and seized the reips furn
ing the horse round 10 follow in s.Old CharIsv's" \
wake But what was my amazement, when the \
owner ef the horse and wagon instantly Commenced I
screaming 'fhief! ihiefli thiefll - and Al he 4
same time Justify applying the toe Of his thick COW
hide boot 10 my shius, while With his hands he vas
tearing out my Rair, and scratching ny face like
wild cat! and applying the whip to his horse. and
screaming s'Pm IN pursuit Of = shieftl1 But AN \
this had no effect toward alaJ ing his desperation or
anger. He still continued his YELL '.I know you, |
you're highWsymsnl" aud, with desperate 4
NJ ba fast mad hfsf = 80
long and sharp ones, into the thick part Of nv Sr
and held on aad groWled like a bullterri,r! The |
agony this last effort caused me- with heanxiefVto
catch the thieses made desperate, aad with one
tremend duous stnggle tore his poisonous teeth from
out Rssh, and huTling him from bis wagon 20 the
pavement, sprsng 10 ibe side walk leayipT 2 the avn
er Of the wagon beWildered, while crowd Of boys /
and men that had been attracted to the scene by our
hOWliDgs, stood apparently amazed In this last I
struggle my shirt was torn into strips not wider
than common dinner knife while my hat was 1
shocking bad one! Being determined however
10 catch the thieves or perish in the attempt, \
sgeln gave chase fol owe BY crowd, whose yslls |
made the Eelkin TiDg 70 say nothing Of the barking
Of dogs and screaming Of children that lined the
Streets and the walks on Warren Bridge as passed
over it. the crowd Of aud boys screaming, stop
thief! stop thiefli" On arriving at Chsrlestowr, /
and finding ny wind as well as my strength falling L
made for STABLE kept BY Mr.. B. and wiIh 4
what breath had remaining, endeaYored 10 tell bim
that wanted horse and Wagon, that was in
search Of thief, who had lust stolen nv team and
they had been traced through that city But being 4
nearly brealhless, il was Impossible for me 10 artic
ulaie; and MIR b not inclined to let ne have a \
horse, as be afterwards told me he was not certsn
whether wanted 10 steal one, or was after some
rJgus who had already stolen one Finding II i'm
possible to convince Mr. B thatI HasR man Of hor-
est intent fan6caiy rush ed iuio the street 10 nd
some persons with whom | was acquainted; and \.
luckily, before going far had tbe good fortune
meet the City Marshal Of Charlest0Wn, WHO had
known me from boy. Z told him nv tale OF woe Il
quickly as possible and desired him 70 aceomps~
ny me to che stable of Mr. B. and assure him be
would be safe in letting me have horse and wagon
which set Of kindness he not only did for me, but
while the horse was being barnessed my old friend
went for police officer TO accompany me on my /
search for the r0gues and for which beg here 70
thank him. and shall always hold myself his dsbtcr
With my raime1t all shai.ered as it was, Iresumed
my chase, in company Fith the policeman, and
chased the rogues over Chelsea Bridge About two
miles from the toll gate, road diEerges from the
turnpike leading TO Chelsea Beach, Rhieh place is
q fagorite resort 10 hot weather for all kinds and
sorts Of people, from the sristOeFacy to The chap
who viii show you the "liitle Joker" or steal q
horse and chaise. The officer advised driving to
this place first, as he vas guile confident it would
be there be should catch the thieyes While cross
ing the Beach We discovered ehaise approaching
ms, and seeing my companion was someFhat restless
and Hneasys inquired the cause. Hs in a trem-
bling voice, sal 4: Suppose the ehasse thsi is oOm
toF.rds US proves 10 be yours; the probability Is
that the fellows who have stolen it are desperate
characters and We alone WhileI am without
the bounds and limits Of my jurisdeiiOn and lbere-
FORE have no legal authority 10 arrest them; and,
besides, brought with me no irons nor have l any
weapon; what is to be done2" turned 70 him with
amazenent on my BROS and said: "For Gods sake
and my own, don't already begin TO express fears
that we shall fad The thieyes" and, after mo-
menps pause, continued: 'ShOuld the ohaise that
is coming towards prove to be mine, and the two
in it the thieves al will require Of you is to
gather up ohst has and boots y0u ind hing ronrd os
tic sand; viii lake care Of the reslIf We soon
apprOaoaed near enough to see that the team vas
not mine, Ehea my brave associate seemed 10
eathe easier. We retracsd Our tracks ao1ogs the y
Beach 70 the turnpike, and drove to IYna, anda0b-
cluded that as the rogues had good bot weather
horse in 'Charley," and ours had begun 70
l.naza IN. p We mud give Nm The nhaaa and eaLah