Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-29
From Ms Petersburg hpeiligeucer Tug 90.
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From Ms Psifr5bafR bpei igeucer tug. 90.
HE IL SuRrt.CIiON.
great esoltem nj has prevailed in ihii
! town lor some dhts pasi, ~ consequence Of ia
/ receipt Oi information ad Monday uignt la
/ lint nm Insuifection had broken out = nong til
negroes ~ Southampton. Ine tunaT. "a
i basn 81 numerous aud contradictory lhni
are unable - state To our readers, ut pTeEen.,
the ptecrs" state oil affairs ~ thai county. IL
| appears, however, that the disturbance com
menerd on SUNDAY night last ~ the neg h1or-
hood Of ha Cross Keys. about ten nIlles Item
the Courthouse, ~ has bean almost entirely con
fined 10 that section ofthr country. he numb
| oi the Insurgents hhs been yaroDsly astimstei
| nj i,on loo 10 IoO, aeting ~ detached pariies.
from - 60 30 famlles are said To have
fallen vtcums 10 their lefoe,ty. We are happy
| 10 say tnat the latest Intelligence from the
| scene OF disot der assures us that the IuIther
progress al these wratchrs has been arrested
Inn, they are by tins time anrrouaued by the
militia and volun ezra. The letter, ~hIca ~a
give brlnw, w,ilen by hlsnly Intelligent aud
,espec,ablt gentleman vi tn. IOWA, Is III. Iale.t
| account received nete. aud TeIeves us tom thu
nee,ssdy Vi detailing tue various ruinor. n cil.
| culaton,
Beihed (Gren,pHe Co August 81, 1891.
q In the greatest haste | write you lev
lines i eau merely say that We are all IN atlns
aud IN great eErIiemeht on account oi the Ia
sn,trel,un, which broke ouI on Sunday night
iaa--b,twren bO aud hundred o the whites
| have already been bnichofed-- their heads Sc
st,od from their bodies Tie ,nlent,ou OF the
negiota was Ia reach Tho Dismal swamp. |
| think however that W. have them So hsmmeJ
| III Us 10 reader II impossible for them 10 do
81. On Mondsy ughi | Irhrhed LID Id (neaI
aanrlets OF the I'oops) ani wa. given the con-
,nand OF IA sma body, and II piece Of lily,
when ! Stationed So ns 10 command tue
| bridge. | was up he VIII lie utght visiting each
| one OF M S,nlIn,l IL atcry ten minutes. Al J !
| ,nsalem the blaeka made three desperate NJ,
| tenpis to Cru.s H. biidae, hut sdfe fepused
With some loss. No whites have hern lot ia
any OF the sknm,shes ~hoh have lakru plno,
Th,se icIloNs commenced by numbering u Ia
| mily, tnkIng lh,n arms aud horses, anu pusn-
my on TO he uext house wnH all possible speed.
where they massh,rcd "vrty white even 10 tho
infant ~ the cradl They coninus IN TIN.
manner unltl thry mr. interrupted, ~hen they
dusptrse AMI sknlk aboat the wood F., ant,l nuo.
,ber favorable opportunity occu's ri collecting
Together aud repeating their horrible m..sa.
CTS Bci~ern - ~ ~ iam,lrs nave ai,.ady
been entirely destroyed. Inre- In nile wo,o
Yesterday murdered, QUO Consisting of 10 pa,-
sons. Something vii he eM-c,od tiny, u.
very ac,isc officers aud well armed men aIa
| AT the heels ~ thesn v,llins. Yesterday IA We
~ spuded resistance .as made hy n patty,
sent out to reconnolun aud discover tho pos,-
ilOh Of these ieiio"s. Consisting oi TOUR aga,..t
twenty blacks the VIII ca repulsed them, All
ed 3 OF i. aud took several prisonsrs. Many
III the blacks are we'll mounted then le.aer
WIN shot ~ the .'tempt made 10 lo,eo ,,le
biidg" AT Joruslem.'
-" We do not vet know their strength, hut
! they are now ehccldsiy hemrned IN snd mat
all perish wnhin few days. ID. oeod ,sd
Beiheli yesterday with strong patty ol soi-
sts, and the determination ui pursuing tneui
until every nIan oi them was taken Or o..-
uoyed.'