Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-20

neck. large knot on orc Of the bones Of ais night
arm, near the wrist, produced by blow.
General .Nat."-We are requested to state,
(says the Baltimore PATRIOT that there were no
circumstances connected with the case OF the
negro man recently committed to Baltimore JAIL
inducing the suspicion that he had any concern
IN the Southampton affair. On the contrary 1t
was simple case Of commitment under charge
of horse stealing and the alleged culp'it has been
removed, in regular course, to the District ot Co.
lumbia, where the crime was committed, to- take
his trial.
"Negro CoHege."-A great excitement pre-
walls in ewHaven, on account of the contemplate
ed establishment in that city, Of college Tor the
education of blacks. On Saturday last. hume
rous meeting of the citizens was convened, inclu-
ding the municipal authorities, who adopted the
following preamble and resolutions.
{. Whereas in the opinion of this meeting, Yale
Coleue. the institutions for the education OF te.
males. and the other schools already existing IN
tins CITY, are important to the community, ana
the general interests Of science, and as such have
been deseryedly pa,rOnlzed BY the public, anu
the establishment of college in the same place
to educate the colored population is Incompatible
with the prosperity, if not the existence OF the
present institutions Of learning, and will be de,
structive Of the best interests Ot the City: ana
believing as We do that il the establishment "'
such college in any part OF the country were
deemed expedient. it should never be imposed ON
a., thar
fore Resolued-by the Mayor, aldermen. Com
man CounrI and Freemen of the City Of Ne~
Hren.in CIfy Meeting assembled, that we will re-
sist the establishment Of the proposed Coliegein
this place, BY every lawful means.
| ..Aud on motion it was voted that the proceed
ings of this meeting be signed by the Mayor,
and countersigned by the Clerk, and published
in all the Newspapers OF this CITY,
! T,iaJU the Insurgents. Court OF South
ampton County have been some time engaged II
the trial of the prisoners charged with the afro
| cious murders lately eomm,tedin that county,
| An Intelligent gentleman who was present during
the whole of the trials, informs that nothing ha'
transp,red from which it can be clearly inferre,
| that there was concert with the slaves oil any
other county, or even with those beyond the i'm
mediate ncighborhood where the murders were
begun; yet there appears TO be no doubt Of TIT
fact. that it was known among the negroes OF al
the lower counties, that an instruction would bt
attempted in Southampton about the time 1t actu
ally broke out. The Court, we learn, proceeded
in the examination with the utmost caution, pa
tienty and carefully sitting the evidence, ant
cross examining the witnesses. with the humane
determination to give the prisoners the entire De
neft of fair and impartial trial. The testimony
was chiefly derived from boys of l5 or l6 year
of age, whom they had pressed into their service
and whose employment was to hold their horses
while they perpetrated their butcheries. and VIII,
were consequently spec tators Of the bloody scenes
they enacted. AS for the prisoners themselves
they protested their innocence to the last, MOI
could anv confession, eliminating either himsel
or his fellows. be obtained from any one OF them
There were very few of them possessing ever
ordinary intelligence, the mass of them exhibit
ing extreme dizziness and ignorance: :,
(Norfck Lerald