Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-08

report IS mat ticy had n.cssed the Dur,osc of
rebeililg and attacking tho whites II, church The,
Norfolk papers to might, viii bring more precjs,
information. l.. antiao, we have no doubt tha,
runor has exaggerated the affair, as it has every
thing else al tho H.ts9
In the \. York JoarnI Of Commerce, We find
the following ict;orwr;;;cn from Richmond.
TIKI iNsvaaGcr!o9 ~ FipGINA.-rho Editors O.,
The journal OF Commerce have been favored WITH
'ic loioWiaE interesting letter, dated RiCuMeND,
Aug. 25ih, 1881
Yours OF the 25h, Is received. Until today
the opinion has prevailed TIA: hc disturbance a,onG
the ncgroes confined "a a number of Tv,c,,,S
S'2rrs IN and abou; lie Dsnigi swamp; and thai
nothing ike concerted plan OF an ;n.urrccti,p
was thought OF by others.
Our artiHeFy company you will have heard had
returned home. The company of horse were also
on thcIr way home. iiut we learn tie Governor
received Al. express last night from the section OF
country where the murder; took place, which in.
ouceI linn TO send forward an express 10 u,eet the
company Of horse, and order them to return 10 tho
country OF InsGvrcction;sts again. 1t is aI.o said
That the Governor has received one or two exprc.
SEES saco morning, and that The last accounts ara
that several more families have been murdered; that
illsurrecttons had broNo o'.t i'll Halifax ~ C-;r
Sufry and Nanscmond, Fa.,-tlIat u mistake was
made b. some OF the Negroes, and thai tAis day
instead OF last Sunday, was the day on which III.
murders ere to have been committed. Our Civ
has out small patrol at night but peonIe Il, {,:y
seem to be OF opinion that stronger measures sLo,l
he taken \ very Intelligent citizen GAYS that al
least four hundred nea should be under arms 70
night, reports s,o that threats Of insurrection
have been made near this city. The ropcrts, which
no doubt have been founded upon notlriur in man
instances, nevertheless, some alarm. We
can now conceive that the murder. at SOUTHAMPTON
could no tiiave teen much an affair Of runaway
negroes, US was ut srSt supposed: and the question
arises, II the slaves III that county would murder
the whites, whether toy are not as ready to do il
IN any e!te county in tho State and whether the
report mat may spread among the slaves in other
parts o! the State, may not srciis ,hcs, to u.ur
recton that never Thought of such u thine, before
W. are OF opinion that these occurrences viii cause
considerable cScite!:Gnt among our citizens 10.
some Tune, although no further dlnlage niav be
done; and Ne are not withou: fears that more dam
age VIII srise before the slaves are learnt wha
their best interest is.
1t they attempt any harm in towns, they yynuI,
most hSey resort To fire to aid them: and GOOD.
destroyed s sUci Gre, W Guild not he ;iyid fer hv in
sufeTS' For THIS reasan we should not lust at Tins
IN care TO have goods sent TO which we
higAt have TO make advances.
On account of the last paragraph, we are sorry
this letter was published. Il is calculated to do
most serious injury to the trade OF Richmond, and
all The towns in Eastern Virginia. True, fire
would be rcsorted to in all probability were the ne
grees IN the towns, TO tempt instruction; and it
10 also true, that N that case, the insurers would
not he responsible; but we assert most confidently
that since Gabrie!s rebellion there never has been
moment when there was in point Of fact, so little
cause to a?pralend insprrection at this precise
moment. Whca the country is on It's guard and
under arms when attempt at instruction has
just been crushed without the snallcs. difficulty
when the negroes see and feel the honelessacss
The madness, OF I'll such efforts, and the speed,