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(Conti ItlWjpd V ton, *h?M? state* from tb< Y?k. I fell m company ? gun that bad stolen la borte, lot*./, ofWasMng fWj "of could y> consequence was that 1 was appre hended #nd tay^pJ?| sevftal months, when f-was released on con dition 'that 1 stmld join;, the ;h* under ter,dnty than to ba on at tlfclWedent's e<Sor day. diey mou%ouiuI wbrMb*. ma of anbther sort Word w as left for me {KW<|*$'that there*waa a chtlkip ' for there was a regiment of mili tia at Ghwrge Town, and they left wordlfcsttbey bgil t man that could whip me, or any man that belong* ed to colonel Carberty's regiment. I got toyaetfready in a secondhand went to their regiment, and told tbea I could whip any man that be ? - at. or ever W longud to It, and , they migb|^?hoea their nun, and send hiiu out. In a Jttifethej^host^heijr matijjiiid *eut him out ffith.a second. I did offmy jftcket. Weeded ) by tya crying enough. , I miod'&e word of the Lord uriuf uiuttgw eve wmmmrwm , crying out to me and'jf vps so fall I jtW *?toa^ l had tt iaind to defcv^p the President to Adtou** tokeu r, Mlovr to my colonel. < woukl Uk/mj Xe told um he w^wPm !&nat' mmms* sat respect, and s oit|my>!efcoul SfST WVJwP** \ Wife *> i?S #Nev?6Yoii him K wnhet, iJI JhW W** ^ "ht$ dM not teiFm c^ht tbUlHtfUoow gOO(l nun COU.,. ..ana BUM MVI him rfcatored to freedom ? X feel vr ry ftorrv that 1 0oUl him, for 1 hint plen ty of money at the time an<| tlicv t<*nr? ran down hi* cheek* likepiraier* I married a young p;irl, seventeen years of a$r, of ver^ wod finite and reapectable connexions, who -had beert brought up in New-York ill a good style ?iul we.H educated wi*h thw book to nerve {* a rtvOfion the y?>on$ girki who read it, to be particular how they choose i\ litis* bancl, and pray tint *>mc angel WOUiU WH ImCOI, " ifPj'li; *vJ dji&P ???via be likely to wdkiu hosbaudj^poB be Jikoly foao^lftLit in th?? flw^w thii b now opeued before l>er. Soon after, on lf? hosted AKrwarcU, het^to .fcer, friepf^ti^New^ York, felling hcrl had* good deal of buiiwii to settle.;, 'Die fafct wm* t fodiid my money was almost gone, and that I would have to replenish* my pockets by another robbeity^ i I. robbed a inaaat alavem S miles from Boston, ot&KXk ' Ijt Prince ton, N . J. 1 robbed tlie trunk of a merchant who was on life Vay : from North Carolina to New- York, of S30>000, and started fcfr Philadel fia, but was appreliended next day. was tried at suintnerville court* house, and sentenced to the State's prison for five years. After I had jM**rd twenty four romiUts, got a pardon aad was discharged for my /good conduct - " , ?>' fcWe, close by^givinp-a full detat) of Hie mail rottberry, artUcurpum smfwarttkiiown to be pretty near I tycfrrifect, AWtap tbjp uas the crime I or which he tnflVred tbn sentence of " When I vw discharged W ?w' state's prison in New Jersey, (wlvece as I wid btfim I wai'. confined foe robbing the: 8(V000 br, Princeton)! ? went to Philadelphia, Where; I -Jfell ^ in company with a inaatoy. the name j fa Alexander; an honorable thief; j ; and nt last the wa accurred to me of , 'whose name Ho no* Wtoo^o leave the wan that waa teaching him la tr#de ; and I told him I could mriw; u^de in^venty /eftrs.; Jcl got Mm to"; ) join *ltt? aw inlSr scheme for robi j; Ss eta, ?.il. W, p? (!??? .m.ll pistols and a dirk, andleft Phife det - phia on the Sunday morning. ? ftjeaetvto new robbers I did not .place much confidence las ; they had never seen auy soch a robberry be tfererto have tiedti it waa easy to take* Jjbe the heat paid of thc drivers -all was one, it woo take m.coupit^ the nail toot be Imrt; ifttl U*M if U K^IttOffb ?||? ctbes* gentleweu lield so mstiy blacks, that the loss ??f a 5G0^1ottar rtole would nathart them;? thatl should be obliged to keep litem nwtil 1 got the num^^at ?f the mail. I ?b*d ^he passenger I WMSprry-X did^t? know he wm cwwft; tluft evening, Mbr Iwwikl lat?t>mwMi till anatfifi^ ? night ??W? > took V" them ihto'Uhe > woods, and AlejuuHlefclierf him AtHl the 4?iw. I was, UiugfcOBlB the W that had the maif?!^.: IT ; tlirrW the large mail . off,* and., had it cut omu, and we went tt> o^a tfw W^ip . The |mS apoke, ? and v. IfiftlfcpF ^tookthTSeS^tJ had bete lira*: but ? T ZS? Ca. <Juua-?i tied th?4wo meu Jojife Ijtbd the wn-?u ; il >y<w my w ^?cngftfu^wni, an^rr he^&aty it wotrltl to ?&y u would not &*?? ?we rtartwl the money ; it wm all in bank note* nlmoftt ; and came to 4R,9O0 dollars t Itad 7,500 lor my hate, fur 1 had tho most, because I Imil st<*jr ItMril the danger, and hnddoite Mm robbtty nwotly my*elf. *wfUf second night after the rob berywas committed, we got to Bal timore. When it came day ?lights Jm parted; Alexander Wa? to meet us at tfn o'clock. Tbo young lad ?Ad I got brekfiwt and wen* to boy some ctotbt-v "* ? ahop where they kepi ready r-wade cfuUm, The young lad iu my Inrother. J bad thought one -plaid eloah lined with crimsoned silk at the price of &? dol-; I*m, and one coat fat the style ofas MHcer** at the price of 73 dollars ve* ry da?liy, and a m m>l>ct at - tiiitte i?pikl ai)jn >era ; ttkea> I**fi ?mined aud r '* ? ^ ( court ex 'Fw the last Ibmlreti J ears bf uv life 4*ave t*e? a M^y rubhrr,%^f ? a scafo wa fhew> ittora MrantsftU tltaii aDy-jSu^ her ^rtltftHn^friroite ?r in llu> cuun. killed .? wounded anylBH alwi that k uwh head. ? t. <i-. r. Hom ;jlM#vl?p|' ot o?ly deaettiifg lua \t*, ba\ pri?4-be't?S ? It i in ii rfif-" iiSa vmS J obiKtit* t my dia-t ?$.?Htem1in* <t?{Jareit ho oau ?r, ami ?li tbf It Bjr VOC pnWcj tkm from the pt particular feel in? tleman beln&Mi ES?i l^toJkkinl'u^' ^ toetl\p<li< necromi ?ibo tj|fe _ ry. wU(&' w patient experienced ; but nn4 l>eing right in hi* conjectures, be wt? per mitted to - repeat h>* triftl *overal (Rota; til) observing' on Qio counten bis pMientn contentions aniile, tfee dpclor (jas^icnntclj c \cl&imei! ; original stained