er them over to
the disposition of the judiciary. In the mean time, he adds, "all
possible means are using to obtain evidence, and accomplices will be
turned against the others."

The night of November 13, 1794, was appointed for the arrests; a
dreadful night Findley describes it to have been. The night was frosty;
at eight o'clock the horse sallied forth, and before daylight arrested
in their beds about two hundred men. The New Jersey horse made the
seizures in the Mingo Creek settlement, the hot-bed of the insurrection
and the scene of the early excesses. The prisoners were taken to
Pittsburgh, and thence, mounted on horses, and guarded by the
Philadelphia Gentlemen Corps, to the capital. Their entrance into
Cannonsburg is graphically described by Dr. Carnahan, president of
Princeton College, in his account of the insurrection.

"The contrast between the Philadelphia horsemen and the prisoners
was the most striking that can be imagined. The Philadelphians were
some of the most wealthy and respectable men of that city. Their
uniform was blue, of the finest broadcloth. Their horses were large
and beautiful, all of a bay color, so nearly alike that it seemed
that every two of them would make a good span of coach horses.
Their trappings were superb. Their bridles, stirrups, and
martingales glittered with silver. Their swords, which were drawn,
and held elevated in the right hand, gleamed in the rays of the
setting sun. The prisoners were also mounted on horses of all
shapes, sizes, and colors; some large, some small, some long tails,
some short, some fat, some lean, some every color and form that can
be named. Some had saddles, some blankets, some bridles, some
halters, some with stirrups, some with none. The riders also were
various and grotesque in their appearance. Some were old, some
young, some hale, respectable looking men; others were pale,
meagre, and shabbily dressed. Some had great coats,--others had
blankets on their shoulders. The countenance of some was downcast,
melancholy, dejected; that of others, stern, indignant, manifesting
that they thought themselves undeserving such treatment. Two
Philadelphia horsemen rode in front and then two prisoners, and two
horsemen and two prisoners, actually throughout a line extending
perhaps half a mile.... If these men had been the ones chiefly
guilty