Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, October 24, 1818, Image 2
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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! ;
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