Ceredo crescent. [volume] (Ceredo, Va.) 1857-1861, 1860-10-20
p. Written fss The Cersje Crescent.
oo1Do 0ee00ne - . nA2Oos character
la ne Dig Sandy valley. .
BY BCcKIx0uAN.

- tD0 0x8 U0o0y voneys
II BCcKIx0uAM.
A saabss Of ysars ago, there we're several
shsssstsss 10 this region. Who BY ono crime
- ssethss, % series Of crimes, or unlawful con.
duss % some kiad, became known to the officers
u lav asd the courts Of Virginia aud Ken.
tssty. We have heard Of one and another Who
I'D bseoos qsits famous for something. bot
hsvs not correct eonoeeted history Of any Of
tsss. Some we're horse thieves, some stole ne.
sress. ssd some lived BY Proulins about the
river. SD acquiring money from boa.men. rats
Dss aud Others, playing cards. Some we're
ewes suspected Of robbery On the highway. and
ethsrs we're reported to be eounterfeiters. Bot
good many Of the stories we're Of eour,e made
up on sosse fouodatioo, but a. but few OF the
alleged crimes we're ever detected and pu nished
it h reasonable to suppose that good deal Of
the tradition of horse stealing and robbery and
eousterfeitins. has grown out Of few real ca
80. As for instance, story Of . sharp trick
Of one man, often repeated, would after awhile
bssoos t~o or three stories or, different stories
Of Different men, in different places. would be
told Of one man on the Bi; Sandy, or 10 the
spPsr Guysndotie region OF country. ln this
vsy, Il b. that this section Of country has be
cone celebrated throughout the valley Of Ohio
and the Southern cOuutry. as the resort Of
thieves and eouoterfeitcrs. One sharp genius
would make good deal of STIR throughout q
vide region Of country, aud the place he eanc
from would te Iitel5 to get name. Bag Sandy
Valley has got good deal more ercla than it
deserves 10 this respect. Doubtless tLere haze
been some double re6ned ra.csis in the S,ody /;
soec .eamps ~ho carried OF uniavfal business /;
bat - they could never Lc detected aud pm
ished, &C src bound to believe that good many
Of the stories tod about couuferfcitcr. are mere
6csions.
~enIj ic use!.s. to deny that Biz Sandy
Se1stssJ bss sePssssiss is ti@es Ps.s The
'vssiss - t.A $500 d IA soc - ..x ....-
deserve. We can show aow IL has been abused
IN this rcspe~t. \ reference To .ew facts will
prove hov some Of this nDt,ri~ty wac obtained
The mao Of whom wc relate the sneed.tes be.
lcv. vas caught in numcroa. enterprises it,
other States, ani gave in different places dif
fereat oamc:: bu, va, ,iwiys from Big Sandy
So froes these stories and the new.psper &c.
eossh it appeared that there w,s multitude
regses il the Big Sandy Valley. This one
wss expert il the business be uo1ertopk, and
oeeasiosed . great deal of talk wherever he vas
eeesered, ssd thus became ~ ,re notorious than
Q eoo1os rogue. Ills xit and good humor al.
% sddsd to his fame; ani il is no ~snIer that
people abroad h,d been led to iLiuk ,h.t the
Sssdy Valley wss prolific ia smart seoupdrels
Ma haV bHspi r. ~
ses koosn good many years ago between the
.essa 0fsssdy and the upper part Of the X,
ssvhs Valley. But as most o: them are not
suthenticatcJ, ~e do not wish to bring the
sspes into Prist. Of some :.ere i. Gothins worth
Priosiss. - tbe only history ~c have of ih.p
10 Of crime and uross We have q few auec
1stss TO relate Of one nan Who possessed some
tsbIe qualities Of Mind aud heart. We
refer TO one sho aouri.hei trenty 6re year.
ego on the Keotueky side. some here 10 the
ssighbsrbeod Of Blaine Creek.
He vss Q osn OF more than common natural
sbility. lie aa- distinguished for constant good
huoer. sxtssordissry self posses.ion upder try
isg eisessstssces, srd . resdy poser of isveo.
dos vbse he vas 10 difieulty. The latter tai.
eat sssbled bin to escape Jail ~beo Convicted.
ed frsqsesily to escape being convicted shen
10 sss guilty Of sowe crime. IL srpear. that
hss iose Of fjotiss 0f'en p.onp'ed him TO ;spro.
psissS ss~Js shieh did not belong to him lie
sesId freqsss,Iy take sbss he did no, ssns
SD shat hs sosId nste no s.e of; DOT 90
sseh sfos 80 iseIissfios to borrow other yco
piss psspsssy without leave. ss for the fss Of
shs thise. !f be ssv peightor's shirt hang
leg oct to dry. .nd Ne vrs cerss hi- n,ish'"r
bsd bet one other sbirt. be sosId nearly bre.t
bis seek to g.t ths ssss shirt from the elstbss
lice. IL sosId Be su~h joke TO hear him Isuent
shss be hsd Lost ose Of the Only tso shirts he
hsS 10 The sorid! The owner of the shirt
sesIi ses probably like the joke. but it "a. fss
fev O.
Il 10 rsisfeS Of hin that being once de.,i,u,e
sfssy soets. sLss on bosrd boat he toot Q
good psir he,oseis- " ss~e 90. ,l.- 4 eou.
pisist vss % oee~ msle ~ 'he -,r',.a It's.
In the hssring Of C. shs cosss-nr.I g.
esrse the nss vbo -osli steal sno;her's =, L.
Il tell Joe shsi is 10. esp''io, said he. have
every man 90 board searched. ssI -hcs you