Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-10

!, from the country, 'wiko said, he had bcen
near the SayaDnahs, to Nr. Middleton'ss
| place = heard afterwards that this err
rand was on this business.
/ know John the Cooper. who said
he was engaged too in this business.
| William Garner said he was engaged
in it and had got twelve or thirteen
draymen to join.
Sandy Yesey told he belonged to it
too.
At vesey's house, Frank told Gull
lah Jack to put one balland three buck
shot in each cartridge.
| Milgo Harth acknowledged to me
that he had Joined, & Peter Poyas told
me SO too; he. Mingo, told me SO seye-
raj times-Mingo said he was to have
his masters horse on the night of the
10th.
Lot Forester told me frequently
that he was one of the company, and !
know that he had joined in the BUSH
ness myself, Isaac Harth told me
once that he had joined, The knew that
| was in the business.
Morris Brown knew nothing Of it,
and we agreed not to let him. Harry
Drayton, or Charles Corr, knew any
| thing about it. --- told me in
my store that he was to get some pow.
der from his master and give it to Peter
Poyas- he seemed to have been long
time engaged in it, and to know great
deal Joe Jore acknowledged to me
once or twice thathe bad joined,he said
he knew some Of the Frenchmen con /.
cerned-he knew was init.
/ The confession of JACK PURCELL.
| If it had not been for the cunning OF
that old villain Vesey, Isbould not now
be 10 my present situation. He employed
every stratagem to induce me TO join him.
He was in the habit of reading to me all
| the passages in the newspapers that rela-
ted TO St. Domingo, and apparently every
pamphlet he could lay bis hands on. that
| had any connexion with slavery. He one
day brought me speech which he told
me had been delivered in Congress by a
! Mr.. King on the subject Of slavery ; he
told NE this Mr. King was the black mans
| friend, that he, Mr.. King, had declared he
) would continue to speak, write and pub.
lish pamphlets against slavery the longest
day he lived, until the southern states con-
sented to emaneipate their slaves, for thai
slavery was grea! disgrace to the country
| Confession of JOHN ENSLOW.
! Monday Cell led me into it and took
me TO Vesey's; there was large meeting;
| Vesey told the meeting the people was to
rise up and fight the white people for then
1 liberty; we always went to Mondays
house, afterwards, Monday did all the wri,
ting; heard they were trying all round
the country TO Georgetown, Santee. and
round to Combee, sc. about to get people;
| Peter was also there, he was one Peter
named Poyas' plantation, where be went
TO meet BelisIe Yates have seen at the
meetings, g. Adam Yates, Naphur Yates.
Dean Mitchell, Cesar Smith and GeoEge
| "a st.yedore.)
| At Vesey's they wanted to make col.
lection TO make pixies tor the country PEG
pile, but the men had no money! Monday
Cell was one to get horses to send men In
the country; heard blacksmith was to
make pixies. Jack MacNeil is engaged;
have seen them all at Mondays; Jack
said he was one and would Try 10 get men;
the plan was to take the arsenals y guard
houses for arms, and not to FIRE the town
unless they failed; Monday was writing a
letter to ST. Domingo, to 60 by a vessel
laying at Gibbs and Harper's wharf; the
letter was about the suferings ofihe blacks
and TO know if the people Of ST. Domingo
would help them. it they made an effort to
free themselves; be was writing this letter
in March, am not certain OF the time;
PerauIt was present when Monday wrote
| the letter, g. also painter, named Prince
RightoD; | have seen Pompey HaiIg at
Mondays; but be neither assented nor
dissented; Jerry Cohen was al Vesey's,
and said to me he was one; heard from
Vesey and Monday that they had engaged
men from the country; Peter Poyas said
! he had sent into the country to his brother
to engage men, who would send him an
| answer; party was to attack the guard
| house aud arsenal; another the arsenal on
the neck; another the naval stores on Mey's
wharf, another to attack the magazine;
Another to meet al Lightwood's alley, and
then to try to cut off the companies from
meeting at their rendezvous; / belong to
the African congregation; 90 Saturday, the
18th of June, man was to be sent into
the country 10 bring down the people and
Rolla was to command the country peo..
pie from Ashley River at the Bridge; Ned
Bennett aud John Horny to meet at Mr..
| Horrv's corner and Ratteau TO come down