Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-01

and their carcasses strew the highways.
AS there are probably by this time up
wards of 5000 troops in pursuit of them,
there is little doubt of their being soon
hcmned in and captured
We have intimatcd that this insurrec-
ton was not the result of concert to any
/ extent, not rested on any combination To
give the least chance of success. This
i is evident from the small number Of ad-
herents which the ring-leadcrs, with all
their threats and persuasions, were ,.ble
to enlist in their cause. The slaves
throughout the country are generally
well affected, and even faithful to their
employers. y pleasing instance Of this
is said to have occurred while the black
demons of slaughter were executing their
horrid work Before they had received
any considerable increase, and in the
early stage of their butchcries, they ap-
preached the dwelling of DR.. Blount,
with the fell purpose of numbering him
and his family, when they were met by
the Doctors own servants, who rcsolutc-
ly opposed their entrance, declaring that
they would lose every drop of blood in
defence Of their master and his family
/ The brigands still perssting, battle en-
sued, in which they were finally routed,
! leaving one Of their party and two hor-
ses behind. We give the story as it was
related to US; great indeed will be the
desert of these noble hearted Africans.
Extract of letter to the Editor of the
Herald, dated
4 WISroy, IN. c. Aug. o4.
awe ere all in state Of confusion
here. There has been an insurrccton
among the negroes in Southampton, Va.
in the neighborhood of the Cross Keys,
about 80 miles from this place. From
the best information we have had, thrc C
white men and four slaves of gentle
man near the Cross Keys, rose upon him
about an hour before day on Monday, s.
killed him and all his white family. They
then proceeded to Mrs Catharine White
heads and murdered the whole of the
white family, consisting of 7 persons
This took place about day light. Mr..
Williams, near ncighbor to Mrs. w.
hearing their cries, ran over, and found
Mrs. w. butchercd with an axe; her son
Ga minister of the gospel, with his head
severed from his body, and young la
dy lying dead in the fire place of her
chamber. Mr.. Williams Immediately
returned to his own dwelling, when he
was met by one of his own negro boys,
with the horrible tidngs that his wife
and children had been murdered in his
absence. After pressing all the slaves
they fell in with, undor penalty of death
for refusal, they have accumulated from
100 to 900; and in their progress have
murdered the families of Mr.. George
Vaughan, Mr.. Thomas Barrow, md
many others whose names are not recol-
lccted.
"We heard last evening they were
making for Col. Aliens Quarter, near
Monroe, where it was thought they would
get large reinforcement. An express
arrived here about an hour since, stat
ing that party Of Southampton militia
had three skirmishes last night with a
gang of 40 or so negroes, the latter re-
treating each time. Mr.. Pope of the
militia was killed; the negroes had four
killed and one taken. All our militia are
under arms. In Hertford county we
have sent 100 mounted men from Muir
frecsborough, and here 80 or 60 well c.
quippcd men are marching out of town
while l am writing, in aid of our sister
State, leaving a company Of seventy-five
men in this place, and 2 or 800 in Muir
frcesborough, with all our bridges and
ferries guarded.
"We discover nothing like disanec-
ton among our slaves here. The mill
tia of Gates and Northampton counties
arc called out, and am told company
from the former has been sent on"
OFFICE OF TIE GAZETTE, J
baltimore, Sunday Morning, p. M
We are indebted to the poltencss of
Mr.. Lyford, of the Fountain Inn, for a
copy of the following letter from the edi-
tor Of the Norfolk Herald
HERALD OFFICE, J
Norfolk, 26th Aug. p. NJ
The volunteers who left here and
Portsmouth yesterday in the steamboat
Constitution, pursuant to orders from the
Executive, returned to-day, at l2 o.
clock, by the same conveyance, the
commanding officer at Smithfeld per-
cciving no occasion for their services
The Richmond Artillery company has
also been sent back for the same reason,
the local militia being considered amply
competent to preserve tranquility and
take up the miscrcants who have imbued
the,r hands in ;npncont blood