This morning and retuned from . stated that on the 4th. they drove to , hired fresh horses and got to 124 miles about 7 on the morning of the 5th. in advance of the mail <​carrying and ​> about 2 hours and ready to see the with documents— the affidavits were in the possession of , who refused to give them up, either to the or him, on account of a political squib in the State Register, charging with making capital Stock out of my arrest to favor his election to Congress; <​​> then demanded them as my Agent, telling him that if he would not give them up he would take them from him; then turned and said “I will do my duty if it takes my head”, and then went with him and delivered the papers to the . when they received the decision of the , started on their return home,— when they returned to they learned that Gen. had been staying there two or three weeks with 10 or 12 men, waiting for an opportunity of transporting me to , and had only left there the morning previous when they learned the decision of .

In the evening started for to carry further affidavits and see .

<​10​> I rode out with to the .

The following piece of poetry was composed by Miss on the occasion of my late arrest.