Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-08-21

looking through hole in the door side
saw Col. Love, upon which he opened
the door and held out his hand. saying
to Col. Love, l surrender to you. lie
was in his undress, and Col. Love led
him to the place where Upton and
Mrs. Brown were contending about a
passage into the house. Upton on
seeing Sewer was greatly enraged, and
swore that he would hang him. Tip.
ton held pistol in his hand, some
times swearing he would shoot him,
and Sewer was really afraid that he
would put his threat into execution.
Upton at length became calm, and
ordered Sewer to get his horse, for that
he would carry him to Jonesboro.
Sewer pressed Col. Love to 60 with
him to Jonesboro, which the latter con.
sented to do. On the way he requested
OF Col. Love to use his influence that
he might be imprisoned in Jonesboro,
aud that he might not be sent over the
mountains into North Carolina. Col.
Love demonstrated to him against i'm
prisonment in Jonesboro, for, said he,
Upton will place strong guard
around you there; your friends will at
tempt rescue, and bloodshed will be
the result. Sewer urged that he would
pursuade his friends to peaceable mea-
sures, and expressed great reluctance
at the idea of being taken from his
family and friends. As soon as they
arrived at Jonesboro, Upton ordered
iron handouts to be put on him, which
was accordingly done. He then carried
the Governor by the residence of Col.
Love, and that of the widow Pugh,
whence he went home, leaving Sewer
in custody Of the deputy sheriff and of
two other men, with orders to carry him
to Morganton, and lower down If he
thought necessary. Col. Love travelled
with him till late in the evening, and
was requested by the Governor to send
down to his wife and let her know of
his situation, with a request to her to
send some clothes to him, and some
money. Next morning James Love,
the brother of the Colonel, was dis.
patched with this message to Mrs. Sc.
vier; she transmitted to her husband
the necessaries he wanted. A few days
afterwards, James and John Sewer,
sons of the Governor, together with
Mr.. Cosby, Maj. Evans, and some few
others, were seen by Col. Love follow
ing the way the guard had gone. Be-
fore Col. Love had left the guard, they
had at his request taken off the irons of
their prisoner. The next morning he
attempted to make his escape but the
guard overlook him, and one OF them,
George French, shot at him with a
pistol as the horses were running,
before they stopped him. The friends
of Sewer say that French had it in
charge to kill him, and intended to
execute his commission, and that on
the Iron Mountain on their way to
North Carolina, Gorley, another of the
guard, informed Sewer of the order
and intention of French, upon which
ne endeavored to make his escape.
That in his fight he became entangled
in trees and brush thrown down by a
hurricane, and could proceed no fur
ther, when French came up and fired a
pistol at his face, which fortuna tely
did him no harm, except burning him
with the powder. The bullet had
slipped out of the pistol unknown to
French. The guard proceed with him
to Morganton, where they delivered
him to William Morrison, the then
high sheriff of Burke County. As the
guard passed through the settlement of
the McDowells, in Burke County, Gen.
McDowell and Gen. Joseph Mcdowell,
the latter of whom had been in service
with him, and fought by his side in
several perilous battles, and the former
Of whom had few. years since fled
from the enemy in his own neighbor.
hood and taken shelter under the roof
Of Sewer, both followed him immedi.
ately to Morganton, and there became
his securities for few days, until he
could go down and see a brother in
law, who lived in that county. Agree.
ably to his promise, he returned pune.
tually. The sheriff then upon his own
responsibility, let him have few days
more to visit his friends and acquaint.
ances. BY this time his two sons, with
Cosby, Evans and others, came into
Morganton without any knowledge of
the people there, who they were OF
what their business was. On striking
the settlements ON the east side of the
mountains, they had separated and
had come into town singly. Court was
at that time sitting in Morganton, and
they were with the people generally
without suspicion. At night when the
court broke up and the people dispersed,
they, with the Governor, pushed for.
ward towards the mountains with the
greatest rapidity, and before morning
arrived at them, and were beyond the
reach of any who might think proper
to pursue them.
In July Of this year, the convention
Of North Carolina met at Hillsboro,
under resolution of the Assembly at
Tarboro, to accept or reject the pro.
posed federal constitution. They re.
iected until certain amendments could
be obtained. All the westcrn or ultra