Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-06

hands but two. Nav. all persons WIN can be
lieve that an insnrrectinu is managed Ia this
~ay, have more credulity thrn myselt-yet
one ofthose dissenting two, has ideulihed n
black, who was Mt the aforesaid preaching,
aud understand the court Of Nansempnd has
! sentenced him To be hanged Report sBys,
Norfolk Jail Is full upon simdar evidence.
What the courts will do in that quarter, with
thu oslhs Of 1913 when weighed with two-l
| know not.
| On the consequence Of this rebellion. petty ms
| II is. nv Opinions are alnost exclusiyely my
own ; aud therefore, II is impoliuc TO mention
lhem-bnt OF The manner OF treating u, togeth-
err with other subjects. closely connected will
! presently speak.
| mus here paw passing tribute 10 our
slaves, but one which they richly deserye--it
/ Is, TINT there wa not an instance oil disanec-
| lion IN any section of onr country save ou the
plantations which Capt. Nat visited. and 10 thrir
credit the recruits were ie~, an ! from the chief
settlement among them, not a man was Obtain .
ed.--Many from thu COURSE pursued by the ne.
groes, were heard 10 rrmhtk. that II they had
/ 10 choose master, II would never be black
one. Had time. could detail many an act OF
true fidelity butt beI,eye. though the boieherir,
"efe lnhuman, thera was not single Instauce
Of wantnn torture.
Ihis view OF tue subject. leads me to en9uire
dom. and indisrr,mlnate carnage hls watch
word. The selzhte oil jerusalem aud the mas
sHcre OF its mhanitanis, was with hun, chief
! purpose, aud seemed Ia he his mtimatlm; for
farther he gave no clue 10 his desgn-pusses-
sed that, ne wonid have thought his object
attained, But troi,ak cat t"red dndre, aad
a frolick saved Jerusaem-Nd Mats object was TO
commence his bntche,ies, az soon ns the mhah-
itants of the county were asleep, by that means
at
ilaus On his ,onte , anh atri.e NJ tins place
before day -lut several OF his party getting
beasty drunk, al their dinner on Sunday, de-
hyed until very late IN the 0lRht his purpose
the seizure however oi tins place, "onld bave had
little other 'iiect than supplying the baud with
arms aud ammunition. | must here advert TO
| tsltl,ng incident 10 show how hellish was their
! purpose. With "A scarcity OF powder, they made
| many OF their ,eGruits, ma II with their bran-
| dy thinking thereby. 20 excite ih.m more
| highly. But before their progress was arrest.
ed. the practice OF drlnalug had been suppress
| sed
On sun 'av night, The 81 OF Angus, the par
| ty mentioned NJ the dinner, assembled ut Nh.
| Travis Kit chen, aud about one or iva o'clock,
having recovered from their dehauch, ia y
common ed their hell,sh purpose, by applying
"A ladder 20 the WIN low, entering 1t aud Unbar-
ring the doors. Nat aud Hark have the credit
! OF performing The hs, art. No member OF
this family eyer awoke from their sllmbrIs
| Win II hroad-aIe. were they all dispatched /;
aud one blow seems In have suiliced lot two
little boys, who were Sleeping 50 close ,hat he
same stroke nearly sev'r0d each neck. FIVE
were murdered at this house; several never
| changed Iher positions bat IA iiule infant with
lis head cut oil, was foI Ced 20 ench tnge ITS era
die for the fire place. Here were obtained sew
eral guns which were deliberately cleaned end
| loaded the horses on the farm saddled, aud
| their career Commenced. Proceeding IN "A
zgzag course, they vghed eseIy house on
their way to Capt. Newt Harms aud no soul
escaped them through ciemency. In this part
Of their route, they numbered with the dead a
| Methodist who bud preached where several of
them were present the day before. 4 division
was there eff cted. for the purpose Ol eGleud-
ing their dpvssIHtlons, bat they soon again unit
ed The last house thas visited, brfuie reach.
inr Cant. Harm WAS NJ d. J L. Bstrow's who,
although 0ppIised vi th,t' intention, could not
gel away sufficiently s0un-overpo@eIed by
numbers he resisted nauhiIIy, aud the savages
who bat chered him. paid tribute to his nv
mory, by rep aiedlj saying there were no
more lem Burrows 10 contend with" Ills
! wife tremendously escaped, but itnesscd TIA"
deadly struggle. Au"lHg ~ Cap'. Harris
tho family having usi escaped, with their num.
! bers increased they plnnder' the huusr, aud
sci Of directly Tor } instlem. II was just be
! lore they rracned lhe last mentioned house that
! !, with u party Of Volunteers, hli IN tlrir route
and pursuing TIA ia We found The blood hard
! " congealrd, IN tie houses they had lott
/ Within two aud "a haIi or ihree miles Of Jrrn.
/ salem, their progress VAS Hiresitd--and though
pursued the whole uight, fortune sccm-
ID 10 sport with us, by bringing US near to-
gelher, and yet making rs porsnP separate
/ route. The iamdIrs, hOaeyeT, throughout
he cJun ~, were Inen placed upon Their guard,
and no more murders committed lhrH last
eiTlrt al plumber aud murder, wns mnhe ~
| Ineir attack IN Or. Sam'I Biunts house, wnere
| they met with reception .hy oil he ga'-
| Ian little trce that gave Il. IL would DO here
unjust not 10 adyeft 10 the determined hrmne,s
oil Mr l.. W. fuzhngh, The leader, hcirve OF
| tue little baud. Add hrie another GIcum stance
corroborared in lgut d'greee. my opinion
That the iOsurrectiun was not & herai--h
| slaves of Or. Blunt, many in number, JOmrh
/ heart and b iud IN defence OF ter master.
/ The force Of the.badd was there much broken
by desrriiun aud on that {. the following day I,
+ mOst Of tRe,n aere shoi.
In retracmg IN Tuesday morning The rou'e
pursued ny tue Uandiiu, consisting oia distance
oil 20 miles, my mag was struck with
norp horror than rne most dreadful cafnsge
! in Il field of bat1 could nave produced In"
massacre before m, being pIhcipsiy Oh help-
les women and children. Al LsVI Wall IS
the spectacle was truly touching here, foI the
first time saw at one OF those ihtad hon,es, n
living white soul aud this consisted oil lntIe
gar ahuut IL yeas of ago, Looking With an ag-
4 onzed counteuaucc, on heap oi dad bodies
i lying before her, nibe oil them women and
! caiidi Ca her SISTER amo"g TIE nhihbrT. She
gave me a mlnotr account OF the tragedy there
acted, having Witnessed il from her place OF
co1ce4lnenl. C1ngratulaling her on having
ESCAPED, she SAID win mach simplicity, " chat
she knew the Llrd protected her" | Was
more affected, aud there app 'arei TO my mind.
more true religion IN that supple remark, from
d child, tnan have heard preacher utter IN
raving an hour. la visiting each housr, the
mad became sick aud its sensibilites destroy
Ell Not asmgis fnnor at mercy was heard
to break il upon the hcnd.ke track Of those
aretcbes. The slaves through fear having gone
10 tue woods, she houses seemed tenanted only
| ti,a h. he a..