Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-06
THE TRAGEDY OF SOUTHAMPTON

We have heard 30 mu c 10, and 50 mauv error. ahou,
,oe events In n'hampon, 'ba, i! is some sailactcn
10 us TO ley before our readirs The iolo wing &C.
count In the truth OF which every reliance may De
piafed IL is from tue pen OF correspondent wi o is
r1sien, OF J.russ'on, Who is acquainted with 'h-
localities, Ihe scenes and characters d. serbes-aud
has had as much to do, both In a military and civil,
capacity; bo'h 10 d;rssiing and brp sDg 10
he baudud, as aDy other citizen ia hs .oun,y He
Is oLe VINO may every way be depended upon. Til,
Instructive narrative cuts up many errors thai have
heen Pub'isbed By ourselves, as well as others I'll.
'hows how and where the mssiasre commsnce,,; the
aumber OF the brigAnds; their equipmentp rohbetise
number OF their viems, Ss appt ara that the f;e,
man Bill Arts, ['hs ouiy proved be acuee ned
n The pioi,l was not killed, We stated on Monday
but IS wounded and lurking about
TINS account assumes the epsolary form; for "a /,
appears from ths letter ITSELF, s reply to one which
tic iciormat iol:
JERUSALEM, Aug. 3l.t, 1881
Anticipating your desire to be correctly inorfne
OF the events which have -nily occurred i'm Ibis
eounty-evenis which have l.h fearful and Las iny
impression up hs minds and magnations 81 the peo
pie, l commenced letter TO you On Wednesday last
Ia winch l was interrupted by information then 10 4
received HAT the rebsl1us slaves sill emboipd
10 ,he upper part II tho y whistler repaired wi
small number OF mounted men Your l. ter by las,
nights mail induces me 10 greet he more tina, did
moi complete my objec shall now proceed suecias,-
~ to give you h- particulars Of hi, aroeious affair
Ter az my are Within my knowietg'.-On Sunday
evening four or I'VE slaves met Together at a Mr..
ITavi'' who 'hen resided about 10 miles from this
place IL seems that OF she rngIeaders had pre
yhu'y prepared, IN remote Il Id cen eiled from H. ?
hOUse, pFovisions ard spiris To til. Id thav ,ens
ed aud remaintd unit III or I2 O'Clock on s ,nJav
might. They then went TO Travi,'. houIe, wbisb wa,
entered through an upper window by Of his own
slaves sailed Nat Turner, the leader Of TIE bsud who
opening ho outer door, be ober slaves ttmsug OF
or sewn, rushed in aud Destroyed in ,h. most ba,ba
;ou' manner, every human white beng 10 ,he house
Ave IN number, C, ntisling OF men WON n and e i .
jfep IhIS n Al seems 10 be tod fellow, OF he e sD-
es summing, who Tor years has been enGeavo'ing 10
acquire an influence over The minds of;bts- d-lided
wrs!cLes He reads and writes with sa4e, il il said
sni has long been preacher Separations himss H.
MS obJeei has b. en- 10 opests upon the superstous
hopes and f3ars OF other and The la sing uaY
non Q! he SUP, enabled him 10 Fl | III cir raind, win
we io'' anxious foTebodinss, regarding omen
tin Heaven, that iheir cause would rssul,
~ Their object seems 10 have been, to produse unu-
sal sonste' na ion and dsnay by indsermina,e nassa
ere ana remarkable, thai not single Instances OF
mercy or Py or ming, occurred tbTous hout the
whole Of their proceedings. In the language Of the
leader they determined 'o kill and slay az ttsv went
In prosecution OF this desgp, and for hs purpose Of
recruiting their iOrces, they proeoeds ed from house
mouse IN the vicinity OF Travis until they had muir
dsred about 81 persons, without being srcountered-
Vh me tuesday morning after The massacre I cav In
one room ten dead peTsobs, H. boys aed girls
helpless infancy 10 hoary age OF The family of Mr. l.,
waller aud some children who were al school hou c
near his dwelling.
lhey were not encountered by any force in tbsi,
ocodJ progress, until they came TO Nj. James W. par.
kef', about four mes from this place, where they
were attacked by party OF IS. very few of whom
came inlo ss'iou, hoS1ver-1bs nrsi party they re-
tused, sod ~ete pursuing, when another party, who
had dismooDted at Pskers gate, for the purpose Of
forming an smbuseade, and who mad no knowledge o
tho movements OF the FIRST party came up and rescued
those IN retreat; one Of whom had been jus knock OF
i0m bis hoYse, aud vas about to bo dspa ched by tbs
Osnditi-iho Insurgents, alter receiving few s'Tag
sing hres, Terea'ed, and again teen ib TO ca
Until late on Monday night, when tbey aJyetDblsd al
RdIeys quaHer, about four miles from Jerusalem; ant
at day break on Tuesday, made IN attack upon DR.
BionPs mouse, who had assembled one Or m nis b5sgs
his OVefser aud son, he having also armed bis slavcs
"oo appeared TO be Aiihiui, snd cave proof 10 the so
guel That they waTo resolved stand by their ma.ti
From This houss 'hey were again rspulsed, several
iheir men betng wounded and have never sinse beef
seen in sry orte. Dispersed broken 10 spirits in W
ser despair oi heir cause, they aye now oaIy found
wfechsd iogh'ei from The puni. hueni they have 2
justly p,ovok 'd and mot OF them havs in ias bee
ii her killed Or sfe no 10 jail aitog the sentence
The law. ! s1Ppose not ls.s than ihitty hsve bee
5aiu, Of them no doub, innoesn; and the!s tr
now eb ut forty in j,ii fof lid.
The souri has commenced proceeding to-day sud a
ready sentenced cns 10 be hung Monday mort Tn
will 20 90 asfspdy as possible bei think or lwel,
days nusi eIipse b. 5ro they get throush even vii
those that are spprehendsd and Others ars brous
w daily, either Of known guili or u0deF sroDg ,usp
y elon.