Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-05-21

and another pair Of pantalOons.
There had been many boats robbed du
ring this and few preceding days, from
which they had secured large amount 0
plunder and . great number of prisoners
Their deliberations turned, however, upoI
their foreign prisoner, and the course they
should take with him gave them very
great uncasiness. | could see from wher,
lay in the boat, that they were undel
considerable excitement, and that they
contemplated getting nd of me il a man
ner that would cause the least trouble t
their future security. was not without
my fears Of the consequences, well know
ing that they were in the habit Of destroy
ing their prisoners, Whenever they had a
suspicion that their escape would involve
them in trouble. At the same time felt
that the superiutendiug providence Of 6 Cd
had faithfully preserved my life amidst
scenes and dangers quite as fearful as the
one in which | was now involved, and |
had faint hope that l should be preserv-
cd. In these trying circumstances, lift
ed my heart to God in prayer for bis con-
tiDued protection. And his love and
care were in mos: wonderful manner ex-
emplidcd.
After the robbers had divided their
spills equally, was sent for to appear
before the great man Of the band, their
chief. Not the least intimidated by the
presence aud the near contact Of these
wIetcLed outlaws, these men Of blood and
carnage, whose very countenances were
enough to cause the heart to sink, passed
with great Indifference through their num-
bers, until came near to the chief, who
was seated on the ground in the centre Of
the circle his men had made around him
and under temporary awning, made by
the large beat sail of coarse cloth, which
was supported in the centre by pole and
secured at several points in the ground by
their spears.
sat down BY this chief, and he entered
into conversation with me freely as to who
l was and where l was going, and what
was my business to these and many other
questions Of similar character, gave
him correct answers, and solicited him to
allow me and my boats crew to 60 on our
way, now that he had obtained all our pro-
perty. was buoyed up with the hope
that he would grant my petition, as he lis
teued very patiently to my conversation.
lie was man digpided in bis appearance,
and possessed an open and benevolent
countenance and several times while
sat by him, he betrayed, but for a moment
only at each time, his sympathy for my
condition. Noticing this trait in his char
acter, and knowing that he had the full
lest confidence Of his men, that his word
was respected and his command supreme
among them, thought l would try how
far could gain upon him in order to OBJ
tain my liberty. Having been already
deprived of my hat and jacket and shoes,
and knowing how much | should suffer
during the night from the cold dew and
chilly night without sufHcien: clothing, l
asked him to give me back one Of my
jackets and be Immediately ordered one
of his men TO give me up a jacket, which
order was promptly aud without the leas.
murmur obeyed. Finding some success,
and sensible that this would not be enough
to protect me during sleep, again solicit
ted him to return me cloak, Of cloth Of
a coarse material, bat very comfortable
aud well made, which had ordered frcm
Bengal expressly for this journey just
before l started, and which had not been
much worn. Feeling satisfied that if l
could obtain this should be very comfort.
able at night, looked around for it and
discovered fellow Of most desperate ap.
pearance, having all the villainy of cold
blooded murderer in his countenance, to
whose lot it had fallen, sitting with it un-
der him. When the chief asked for it be
drew it still closer underneath him, as if to
hide it, but pointed i. out to the chief,
and he bid him give it up to me. The
fellow, cursing, took it out, and it being
enveloped in coarse piece of stuff, be took
hold Of one end of the cloak, and finding
that it was an article of more value than
he supposed i; to be, muttered dissatisfac-
ton, and again placed it under him, and
drew his sword with an apparent determi-
nation no. to give up bis prize and his
share Of the plunder without struggle, "a,
the expense Of blood, and several of his
wild comrades appeared to rally around
him. l was not, however, to be deferred
from my purpose with these threats; l
lgain called tho attention of the chief to
py cloak, but lie turned away his head,as
spoke, which appeared to be a signal of
dissatisfaction, as in moment, hundred
swords were drawn, and with dreadful i'm
)recations and wells they rushed towards