Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-01

Among the persons massacred in South ampton county, was the Methodist Minister It is said flat Southampton county contains not single popnlous town or village, and it is greatly feared. from its scattered population, that the devastation and slaughter wrought by the insurgents is awfnlly extensive.
 t We give this account as it reaches us, with the feryent hope that 1t may prove to De ex- ggeratcd.-N.Y. Y. Gazeite- se@a
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 Fromthe Baltimore American, ef Aug 26.s
 Extract oeas letter from gentleman to his friend in Baltimore, dated
 Richmond, Aug. 2S.--An express reached the governor this morning. infnrming him thaa. an insnrrection had broken out in SOiithami,- ions and that, by the last accounts, ther0, were seventy whites nnassacred and the mili- tia retreatlng. Another expie ess f0 Petersburg, . says that theM blacks were continuing their destruction that three hundred militia were retreatIng in body, before six or eight hun dred blacks. A shower of rain coming up as the miitisFwere making an attack, wet the powder so much that they were m,,elled to retreat, being armed only with shot -guns-, The negroes are armed with muskets. scyfhes. axes, Ssc. &c. Our volunteers are marching tO lhe scene of action. troop of cavalry left at o'clock, PM. The artillery with four field pieces start in the steamboat Nor- . folk at o'clock tO land at Smithfeld.
 NSouthampton is bounded by the counties of Isleof Wight on the North, and Northampton, in North Car olina, on the South
 Extract of n letter from the Editors 6f the Norfolk Herald. dated
 NORFOLK, 24th August, 1881.
 have horrible, heart tending tale iO re. late. and lest even it's worst features might be distorted ny rumor and exaggerafiOn. have thought 1t proper to give you all and the worst information that has as yet reached us through the best sources of intelligence which the na- ture of thefcase will admit.
 A gentleman arrived here yesterday express from Suffolk. with intelligence from the up per part of Southampton county, stating that band of insurgent slaves (some Of them be- iieved to be rnnaways. from the heighboring Swamps. )hadtur out on Sunday night last, and murdered several whole families. amount ing to 40 or 50 individuals. Some of the ia miles were named. and among them was that of Mrs. Catherine Whitehead. sister Of our worthy tOwnsman. Dr. N. c. .Nhiteheall.-> who. with her son and five daughters, fell sacrifice to the savage ferocity of those demons in human shape.
 The insurrection was represented as one of a most alarming character, though it is believ- ed to have originated only in design to plum der and not with view to more important ohject--as Mrs. Whitehead. being a wealthy lady was supposed 10 have had large sum of money in her house. Unfortunately large number of the effective male pOpnlation was absent at camp meeting in Gates County. some miles off. circumstance which gave a temporary security to the brigaOds iD the per- petration of their butcheries: and the panic, which they struck at the moment prevenIel the assembling of force sufficient to check their career.
 As soon as this intelligence was received. our authorities met and decided on making an immediate application to Col. House. com mandipg at Fortress Monroe. .wh0 at 6 o'clock this morning embarked on board the steam boat Hampton, with three companies and piece of artillery for Suffolk. These troops were reinforced in the roads by detach ments from the U. s. ships Warren aud Natchex. the whole amounting to nearly 300smenA
 TO-cay another expFess arrived from Suf- folk confirming the disastrous news s8f tho preceding one, and adding still more t0 sfhe number of the slain. The insurgents are be- lieved to have from 100 to l50 mohnted men and about the same number on foot. They are armed with fowling pieces, clubs. Sc. and rG have had renc0unter with a, small number ,f the militia, killed six. and took eight of i. ts~s-s Ps sssssesSsos 44NEJ are SaJU tO Ue UD tn8H way to South Quay, probably making their way to the Dismal Swamp, in which they VII be able to remain for a short lime in se- :urify., For my part. have no fears of their Ioing much Further mischief. There is very title disafection among the slaves generally, md they cannot muster force sufficient so fleet any object of importance. The, few vh0 have thus rushed he4< Hong into the arena. sill be shot down like crows or captured aui made examples of The militia are collecting n all the neighboring counties, and the ut- nost vigilance prevails. suhioin . listoR inc ictims of their savage vengeance. Mrs. Waters and family, l4--Nrs. Wh;te. |. cad, s-Nirs. Vaughan, 5-Alr. Jae6A yV;l- ans. 5-Mr Travis, 5-Mr. Wm. Heese. A -Mr. Williamss S-Mr Baines. 9--.aIrs. T,r. CT. -Unknown, iO--Total 50. Besides these, private letter adds the fam. . .ss q Mr, Barrow and Mr. Henry Brysst- umpefs not mentioned.
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