The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; Also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835, and the Execution of Five Professional Gamblers by the Citizens of Vicksburg, on the 6th July, 1835Harper & Brothers, 1836 - 273 páginas |
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... commenced with a brief account of Mr. Stewart's early life to the time when he under- took the capture of Murrell and his party . We then continue with his adventure on that expedi- tion , and conclude with a full history of the insur ...
... commenced with a brief account of Mr. Stewart's early life to the time when he under- took the capture of Murrell and his party . We then continue with his adventure on that expedi- tion , and conclude with a full history of the insur ...
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... commenced pointed out some fine horse for his friend to steal ; and while he was preach- ing and praying for them , his friend would save the horse for him . He always gives his residence some other course than the correct direction ...
... commenced pointed out some fine horse for his friend to steal ; and while he was preach- ing and praying for them , his friend would save the horse for him . He always gives his residence some other course than the correct direction ...
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... commenced the following dialogue : : - Murrell . " Well , Hues , I think I can put you in better business than trading with the Indians . " Hues . “ I have no doubt of that , sir . ” M. " Did you ever hear of those devils , Murrells ...
... commenced the following dialogue : : - Murrell . " Well , Hues , I think I can put you in better business than trading with the Indians . " Hues . “ I have no doubt of that , sir . ” M. " Did you ever hear of those devils , Murrells ...
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... commence . " M. " Sir , I pledge you my head that I will give you all the instruction which my long experience will en- able me to ; and I flatter myself that I shall never be ashamed of the progress of so very intelligent a pupil . Sir ...
... commence . " M. " Sir , I pledge you my head that I will give you all the instruction which my long experience will en- able me to ; and I flatter myself that I shall never be ashamed of the progress of so very intelligent a pupil . Sir ...
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... commenced their sharp - shooting at me . They may now look out for breakers . Their long prayers and Methodist coats shall be no protection against my sworn vengeance ; neither will they ever again see their negroes if once they fall ...
... commenced their sharp - shooting at me . They may now look out for breakers . Their long prayers and Methodist coats shall be no protection against my sworn vengeance ; neither will they ever again see their negroes if once they fall ...
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Página 65 - We were detained a few days, and during that time our friend went to a little village in the neighborhood and saw the negro advertised (a negro in our possession), and a description of the two men of whom he had been purchased, and giving his suspicions of the men. It was rather squally times, but any port in a storm; we took the negro that night on the bank of a creek which runs by the farm...
Página 207 - State of Tennessee, Tipton County. " I, Robert W. Sanford, clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county...
Página 265 - Consequently, it was determined to take him into the woods and Lynch him — which is a mode of punishment provided for such as become obnoxious in a manner which the law cannot reach. He was immediately carried out under a guard, attended by a crowd of respectable citizens — tied to a tree — punished with stripes — tarred and feathered, and ordered to leave the city in forty-eight hours. In the meantime, one of his comrades, the Lucifer of his gang, had been endeavouring to rally and arm his...
Página 93 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Página 265 - ... in forty-eight hours. In. the meantime, one of his comrades, the Lucifer of his gang, had been endeavouring to rally and arm his confederates for the purpose of rescuing him — which, however, he failed to accomplish. • " Having thus aggravated the whole band of these desperadoes, and feeling no security against their vengeance, the citizens met at night in the Court-house, in a large number, and there passed the following resolutions : — " Resolved, That a notice be given to all professional...
Página 104 - Clan ; and practised ourselves to give and receive the new sign to a fraction before we parted; and, in addition to this improvement, we invented and formed a mode of corresponding, by means of ten characters, mixed with other matter, which has been very convenient on many occasions, and especially when any of us get into difficulties. I was encouraged in my new undertaking, and my heart began to beat high with the hope of being able one day to visit the pomp of the Southern and Western people in...
Página 224 - Soon after, she again heard the same girl engaged in secret conversation with a negro man belonging to a neighbour. From the low tone in which the conversation was carried on. she was unable to hear it all, but gleaned the following remarks : The girl remarked, " Is it not a pity to kill such...
Página 66 - I commenced with horses, and ran several from the adjoining counties. I had got associated with a young man who had professed to be a preacher among the Methodists, and a sharper he was; he was as slick on the tongue as goose-grease. I took my first lessons in divinity from this young preacher. He was highly respected by all who knew him, and well calculated to please; he first put me in the notion of preaching, to aid me in my speculations. "I got into difficulty about a mare that I had taken, and...
Página 54 - The great object that we have in contemplation is to excite a rebellion among the negroes throughout the slave-holding states. Our plan is to manage so as to have it commence everywhere at the same hour. We have set on the 25th of December, 1835, for the time to commence our operations. We design having our companies so stationed over the country, in the vicinity of the banks and large cities, that when the negroes commence their carnage and slaughter, we will have detachments to fire the towns and...
Página 108 - I drew my pistol and shot him through. He fell dead; I commenced hunting for his cash, and opened his large pocketbook, which was stuffed very full ; and when I began to open it I thought it was a treasure indeed; but oh! the contents of that book ! it was richly filled with the copies of love-songs, the forms of love-letters, and some of his own composition, — but no cash. I began to cut off his clothes with my knife, and examine them for his money. I found four dollars and a half in change in...