Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-26

Ibe Fellow fhhFn up ~ Baltimore tuIns out
not TO be Nat, as was suspect.d.
The s'pF Mai dreams are made Of"
Nothing can show more strongly the excited
state oil the public mind. on the subject of the
late in-nrree'ion. than the numerous reports
which find currency, relative To it. withou, tho
shadow of foundation 10 reI upon. For two
or three days last week, il was rumored that
an nsurfrction had broken oo, 10 D,pwiddie /.
AMI Que family vas named, the butchery of
" ich WAS rendered certain by concurriug re.
ports from various sources, all told with a sur.
prsing minuencss aud precision, Aud vet IT
mo- only turns out 10 he entirely fase--hut there
~as not even the slightest ground lor suspicion
in that quarter Wn. NJ. Atkinson, Esq Of
Petersburg, in a letter 10 the Editors OF the
Compiler gives the following strange account
OF the origin of this runner: -" An old negro
woman dreamed II. aud hrr dream was so vi
vtdly impressed on her min that she believed
she had seen II, and told il asa Eicl :" Thus,
the dream Of an Old woman, who, We presume
Has hali-dcrangcd by her waking visions, caus-
81 The sssemblage OF some hundreds Of mira
near the spot oil the ,uppos. murdtr-sent an
express, AT fill speed, 10 Richmond, VII re the
volunteer companies aud nhtIa were lmme.
dtato!v called out. although it WAS Sabbath
even,ne-hnd spread an uHimag roahle degree
Of cnustcrnati1n every whore. For, il the
hatchetIes hal hrfn renewed so immediately
in the victnase OF the late bloody tragedy, II
was indeed tune Tor alarm, rs evrncivo of an
iudomllahIe nd blood thtfsty spirit. which no
thing but the oH,crninatiog sword could sub
dne, We think the puhhc may rest perfec,l,
>atisied that there is no longer the slightest
sronni for apprehension, though We would by
no means COUNSEL relaxation Of vigilance.
And hereafter, let no story, however plausible.
he circuinicI. until il is known " be true lt.t
alter exciting the Tears oil those who are ia
measure helpless, WE discover, AS IN the pre-.
sent Case, that " it was all a drtdm."
The BGcts A scheme vas recently on foot
TO establish Colege for the education OF blacks
N the hI1h her branches OF literature, IN the
ed by some of the slave fanatics at that reg,na.
At a large public meeting, however. of the ca
lzens OF that place, II was almost unanimously
Determined 10 oppose such II step. Resolutions
were also passed, ON the subject Of slavery, in
u tone h,ghl, satisfactory to the Southern PEG
PIE ,adeed. the great mass OF our Northern
br thron feel, rs senslhly as we do, that the
great curse nhdpI winch we labor, is our IN sfur-
tnnr, aud not our FAULT: and lhey therefore do
not leeI at liberty 10 reproaCh OF cundcmn US.
/ is onl, few crack-bramed enlbu,iu.,,, OF
vtIr inc.ndNries, who are 'aping abuse upon
tlie slave-holing States. and endeaVoiins To
EXC lie Dissatisfaction among that clasa OF our
populato0. We assure them, II they NE,
as they pretend 10 br, friends Of the coored
people, lhai If they wish TO mitigate the evils
Of slavery, they must do II by teaching suhmis.
SION 10 the saves-nut msufrectiou Before
the late events IN Southampton. we venture The
assertion, TINT o"r colo,ed people were better
clothed aud betfet fed, white thpJ did lesswork
than the peasantry, not OF starving ireland, but
Of the most favored country ia Europe. The
tauatcs perhaps do not know how much hrir
comforts have been aheady lessencd aud their
privileges already abridged by that event.
Aud shopId they succeed in provoking such H.
mother murderous scene. all VINO escape eAtes-
mina,Ion VIII be snhyeefeh 10 grievances Of
which thy have not now ,he ldlute,, cdncrp-
ton. L. then, these frieais OF the black, be
use. they viii let US sIons. to manage our own
rlialfs in oar own way. They may rest assured
that they are not mere anxious TO get nd OF
slavery, 'han ne me, who feel tina 1t /, m I'M
tule.