Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-21

I had q great desire TO get tneie " ~
cure arms and ammunition. l., ,.,s
After going short distance AZ -,
private way, accompanied by apou'
,r,s,,ty mon overlook two or three.
who told me the others were dispeIssu
I'm every direction. After trying III VAN
10 collec. a sufficient force 10 proceeu ~
Jerusalem. I determined TO return az
was sure they would make back W m.
old neIehborhood where they Wou'u
toIn me make new recruits, ana coihe
down again on my way back caiieu az
Mrs Thomas's. Mrs. Spencers, ana se ,'
raj other places. the white laininss
having fed, we found no more V'e.,s
TO crafty our thirst for blood We 80 81,
ped at Major Ridleys qaa' ,' ,a,r
The night, and, being Joined oy ion
y, ,,s non With the recruits made since
" -. dafs,, we mustered now about forty
strong.
A SECOND DEFEAT.
".fter placlng out sentinels ialu
down 10 sleep. but was quickly rouSes
bv a great racket. Starting up, iouhu
some mounted and others in great .o"
fueion. one of the sentinels having sFe''
Tho alarm that we were about TO De az
tackled | ordered some to rue aI -
and reconnoitre. and on their return -
others being more alarmed, not hhoW-
ING who they were. fed in different WIZ
so that I was reduced 10 about .men.'
agaln. with this ! determined 10 ~,
tempt 10 recruit, and proceed on ~ ~
In the neighborhood l had ei' -
I1lunt's was the nearest house. winch
,,'n reached lust before day. on riding
IN the ward Hark fired gun. we
nscted Or Blunt and his family were at
Motor pidlsy's. as | knew there was d
co,,,orv az men there: the gun was Hreu
70 ascertain If any Of the fanny ~
=. 80 we were Immediately hfeu
,,,on and retreated, leaving several OF
nv mon. do not know what became VI
them. rs never saw them aileI"dlu
"Pursuing our course back anu coliii.e
in sight OF Captain Harriss'. where W
had been the day before. we discoFeIeu
.'"a ~ white men at the house on
u,bicb alt deserted me but two lJacoo
Owl Ran. We concealed ourselves IN the
woods I'M near night, when i sent them
in search of Henry, Nelson, ham' ana
Hank and directed them to rally All
thew could. 1T the place we had hau QUE
dinner the Sunday before. wnere the!
vould find me, and i accordlnSy le
turned there as soon as II was DARK anu
remained until wednesday evening when,
discovering white men riding afouhu ."c
Mace. 40 IL they were looking ior sum,
one. and none OF my men joining me-
concluded Jacob and Nat had been 'ahe''
and compelled to betray me. ..o
ION this ] gave up all nope ior tne
nrcsent. ard on Thursday night. after
having supplied myself with pfo'lalo','
from Mr.. Travis's / scratched noe
under n pile OF fence rails IN Heiu'
where I concealed myself for SIX "eeAs'
never leaving my hiding place put TOT a
few minutes in the dead Of night 10 set
water. which was very near. IniiiNi's
bv his time I could venture out, i pesd"
to 20 about in the night ana eaNeouto p
the houses in the neiGhborhood' puIsuinS
this course for about a for'hiSH'' az,
gathering little or no inteihseHce' ai,"'S
oT eneelinp 10 any human being, and
returning every morning 10 NY '"'e
before the dawn OF day.
II know not how long | might nave
led This life If accident had not betrayed
me 4 dog in the neighborhood passing
Inv my hiding-place one night while was
ont. was attracted by some meat hdn
In nv cave. and crawled in and sto.e H.
and was coming out just as / returned
4 few nights after, two negroes having
started TO 80 hunting with the same doe'
passed that way. the dog came again 10
the place, and having just gone OUT 10
walk about. discovered me and barked,
on WHICH, ll4IhlIi5 iigsS'A
smoke TO them to beg cOncealment. On
making myself known they fed from
me.
KNOWING then they would betray me,
I Immediately left my hiding-place. ana
was pursued almost incessandy until
was taken n fortnight afterward by MT:
BENJAMIN Phiprn, in a little hole L hac
dug out with ny sword, for the purpose
Of conceaimsnt, under the top OF lsiien
tree on Mir. Phipps's discovering the
place of my concealment. he cooked his
gun and aimed al me. / requested him
not to shoot, and / would give up, upon
which he demanded my sword. 1 de-
Mvered it TO him. and he brought me TO
prison. During the time j was pursued
/ had many hair-breadth escapes, which
your time will not permit me relate.
| am here loaded with chains and am Will
ing TO suffer the fate that awaits me-.