Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-06


Fur IL il hal hren delayed l1nger the IN ,nds
| 4 The blacks would have heen better prepared
The PHO more extensive. aud consequently the
carnage much greater. Bat believing IL highly
Innprubrblr, TINT serious attempt will ever be
| made while they remain IN their present state Of
ignersnae; - that no general concert
ian rv r be Effected. unless by the means oil
le'ura'ion: aud conscious from the advantage
= the whites overthe blacks in moral hrmness,
nat an attempt undrr any circumstances,
would DO futile and frivolous, | feel perfectly
#.asv.
4 would caution all missionaries, who
are lettering The con- lniun OF the worII aud II
phrlanthIopiats, who have our interest 50 much
u stake, not to plague Themselves about our
slaves, hul leave teen exclusively 10 our own
maoas cneai Tie only possible CRISIS. IN
which pUr slaves eau ever become formidable,
/, 10 She event afrivil wars
Our l.sufrocIion. general, or not, was the
work of fanaiieism General MAJ was no
preacher, but in his Immediate neighhurhood,
he had acquired the character of n prophet /,
like q Roman Ssbil. he traced his dvnaliOn ia
characters OF blood, on leaves alone 30 thr
waads he would arrange them in some con-
splcuops piaee, have u dream telling him Of
the circumstance aud then send some ienot-
ant black 10 bring thea TO him, IN whom he
would interpret ihrIr meaning. Thus, 10y
means of this nature, he acquired an Immense
inf Ience. over such persons as he took into
| his con6d nee. He, likewise. pretended 10
have conversations with the Holy SpTt and
"as assured by y, that he was invulnerable.
| Its escape, AS H. lHbored under TIN opinion.
/, much TO he regretted. It's true that Nal
has fnr some IL e thought closely on this sub.
Ject-fur have IN my possession, some papers
given up by his WIFI, under the lash they are
hll"d VITA h,eroe yphical characters, conveying
no definite nsauIng. Tue characters on the
Oldest paper, apparently appear to have been
traced with blood; aud on each paper, cru,
ciiix and the sun, IS distinctly visible ; whh the
figures OOo, 10000, $1,000, nc -lhete Is
'ikewlsr pece of paper, OF a late date witch.
all agree, is II lisl Of h,s men II so, they were
shoit Oitnruty. | have bcen cfedihiy 'nioTm-
ed, hal something hkr three years ago. Nat re
ceyed whipping from his master, Tor saying
that the blacks ought 10 be free, aud ihat they
would he free ono day or other. Nat IN per On.
Su1 remarkable, his nose i llat, h's stature
rather small, aud hair very thin, without any
pecnllarity of expression. A. proof OF his
! SIR W In 5, h. had acquired great influence
. srr as ueighborhood acquaintance without
log noticed by the whitfs--preiends 10 be
acquainted with the art OF making gunpowder.
aud likewise that OF making paper. Ny own
Impression Is, he has left the State many be
l'tNt hln u Oe VT luiKlNS nuns nelbhbolhoou
acre are various rumors OF his having been
from homP, many days at n time, preaching
IN Richmond, Petersburg aud Brunswick. They
srr however, entirely without foundation. The
trdth il, | nave never heard vi his preaching
any wh'T'. lie eGhurted and sung at neigh
horhuod meetings. bat no farther--Io an I'M.
aBmalion like Mats, worked upon for yeas,
by H. etrudel visions Nlth mud sa,l,h ID Of
the possibility, Of freeing himself aud race from
/ bondage aud tins ty supernatural means: TO
one thus situated. Is IT wonderful that the sin
gniHr appearance OF tho sun IN August, should
| have tempted him 10 execute hls purpose par
tculariy when lib sHUery surface was delaced
| by a black spot, which Maj interpreted into
positive prool, hat he would succeed III his un.
! dertaking. Nat encouraged his company On
! their route by telling them, that as black
! spnt had passed over the sun, 81 would the
| blacks pass over tue eafh.-Ii0Ving asst ued
| the cause o the insuTreCtiou, it become neces
| sary to examine Ils extent. As far back as Il
knO wPdge of this affair, can be attributed 10
even six or seven, upon credible testimony, Is
Sunday loreuoon,2lst OF August. Il tbs credible
testimony consists IN tn declaration Of several
nrgtoes, supported by collateral cIrcum unnces.
On Sunday forenoon, the day preceding the
fatal Monday MAJ, Austin, VIII, Hark, Sam.
Henry, aud Jack nPi IN an old ii Id, upnr
Mr.. Joseph IIavs's, whore they had relon,
and something 10 edI. Nat WAS observed Ia
take them out, one time, and hold long con.
| sersations with theri.
Having developed his plans 10 each man
some brandy was introiu'rd aud the al lir
talked OF together. Evrn tn II, one of he par
~ objected 10 the proposition an1 denied tia
possibility of effectlng it, MAI assured them oil
lis prdctlCabliity ing, thai their numbers
Mould increase as they went along and stated,
] 4 tilt - 4
thai the negroes had frequently attempted sim
! liar things, conlided lhrIr purpose 10 several,
and that II always leaked out bat hi, resolve
was, that heir march OF destfue ION and m,uf-
der, should be The Il 81 news vi the insurrer-
Ton.
In support Of this MONETARY procedure,
would all"g' the fact. that the afTiT was cpfu-
menc"d without single fireIork, and without
the least particle OF ammunition. kIlng ihe
first family with their axes, they then Obtained
several gun, aud some shot lfihe design mad
been thought of for the least lengih OF timr,
they certainly would have made some prpph.
ration. A. another proof thai II WAS not gen.
eral they did mol make one do4en efficient re-
crnts, along their hole route oil SAughie
they certainly made many more. but instead
Of beiUg any service, most Of them had 10 be
guarded, by some Two or three of the primes
pals, furnished with guns with orders 10 shoot
tbs fast man. who endeaVOred to escape.
Many persons have expressed their surpriso
how 50 few could quad so many. 10 me II
appears, thai the ordeTs 70 shoot down whoev-
~ at emp,ed to escape, explains the riddle
No one would rashly make he Effort, and their
SITUATIONS, prevented any cOncarl Tor that pun
po,e--5o til At some, no doutt were forced 10
remain ia company, much Longer ia n thrs
WISHED Tor wanl OF an opportunity 10 esclpe-
many whO were forced away naIlugly, eIch-
ed Dy the free use OF spirits became rec"ncll,
ed. Bat unier all circumstances, something
like ten, think not more, could appropriate
TO themselves exclusively, the performance OIL
! eveiy hatchery. la support ofmy opinion, |
have examined every source vi authentic inior-
nation. Every individual WHO was taken
alive, has been repeatedly questonedi many
oil HIM, when their stay Ia tins :" orld, ~as eS-
ceedIneI ~ bIrl--and the answers ot all, cOnh' IN
me IN my bellel. 1t is really amusing, 10 trace
| 10 their sodtces,many oi the Ium0fs, which cir
| culde through our county and which have
/ Al -, a. vie .