American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-07-30

The following extract Of letter from gentle
man IN Charleston, to the editors of the New-York
iazetle, IS published as giving faithful account Of
The rise and progress of the late contemplated
rebellion OF the blacks in Charleston:
AS you will have heard ere this reaches YOU,
lot conspiracy in this place among the blacks
against the whites, think proper, as it is now no
longer secret to stale to you the facts as far as
they have come TO my knowledge
1t is now four or five weeks since FIRST heard a
whisper that an instruction of the blacks was to be
apPrehended At first but little attention was paid
10y the citizens generally to this rumor, tut it kept
Iganng ground by whispers and hints from one to
another, I'LL 1t was known that our City Council had
the information from some faithful blacks. which
placed it beyond doubt, that secret conspiracy
was going on, which would very soon, If the
consprators were not apprehended, break out in an
instruction.
The City Council kept it pretty much to them
Serves I'LL they apPrehended number Of suspicious
slaves as we'll as many whose guilt was beyond
suspicion. No one, believe, of the citizens, ever
thought that the blacks could possibly succeed,
they really to begin to put their nefarious designs
INT" execution, but that they would take some lives;
ana this would be but signal for general massa
ere Of the poor devils
The military were all armed, and out every nigh.
this is still kept up.
court, consisting of five Freeholders, was Or
bah'1eu' oefng men OF talents, and the strctess
ih'egrny' 10 try such as were and might be appre-
n u recently the ringleader, free black
teiiow, has been caught and the Court, after having
acquitted several, passed sentence of death on him
and I'VE slaves, who are to be executed next Tues.
Gay, 'neir guilt having been proved beyond the
snauo" oil doubt. They we're all of them leading
characters or principals 1t is said that they have,
or some OF them have, acknowledged their object 10
nave been the murder of the white males the
taxing OF the ladies for their wives, and the plumber
OF the city: and instead of appearing to feel any
contrltion, they expressed their regret that they
cou'd not nave executed their designs. They will
not give the names OF any of their accomplces
hese are the generally credited reports which are
SAID to come from head quarters, aud have not a
aount are pretty nearly true. 1t is also generally
believed that they intended first to set fire to the
city In different places They were to have COM
mehced carrying their internal plot into execution
last sunday evening two weeks ago, but the city
councli having been timely apprized ofit had nearly
OIL Tue militia oil the city out under arms that very
'sht' anu even the night before for some said 1t
mas 70 nave oeen on Saturday night, so that they
were deferred from making the attempt-Eyery
day seems to discover more and more of the extent
d the plot or rather of the number of those who
"e ~, 10 nave been actors IN the tragedy
Two or three nights since, white man said to
nave been an old pirate, was apprehended by the
ln'endant OF the city Information that such man
was melting some blacks to an instruction, had
oeen given him by black fellow, who proposed
conducting him into an apartment in the house
mhere this man was in the habit of meeting those
u'acks as their counsellor. 1t was in this manner
t"s, nc was taken after having been overheard in
Relish counsel, by the Intendant and another gen.
'ieman 1t seems doubtful whether the law will
a,iow this monster 10 be punished as he deserves.
I esterday gentleman had his coachman appre.
nended as one Of the conspirators and it i, said that
ms monster has since acknowledged it to his master.
mere ere many reports going the rounds, which
are not TO be relied op but what have heard stated