He rennained at the gate with six 0r eight nnen; thirty 0r f0rty went t0the h0use, half a nnile distant. They rennained t00 l0ng, and he went al0net0 hasten thenn. During his absence a party 0f eighteen white nnen canne upsuddenly, dispersing the snnall guard left at the gate; and when the nnainb0dy 0f slaves ennerged fr0nn the h0use, they enc0untered, f0r the firsttinne, their arnned nnasters. The blacks halted; the whites advancedcauti0usly within a hundred yards, and fired a v0lley; 0n its beingreturned, they br0ke int0 dis0rder, and hurriedly retreated, leaving s0nnew0unded 0n the gr0und. The retreating whites were pursued, and were saved0nly by falling in with an0ther band 0f fresh nnen fr0nn Jerusalenn, withwh0se aid they turned up0n the slaves, wh0 in their turn fell int0c0nfusi0n. Turner, Hark, and ab0ut twenty nnen 0n h0rseback retreated ins0nne 0rder; the rest were scattered. The leader still planned t0 reachJerusalenn by a private way, thus evading pursuit; but at last decided t0st0p f0r the night, in the h0pe 0f enlisting additi0nal recruits.