Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-15

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Stewart had discounted the white insurgents, and
hastencd the attempt to the iih July on which
niglt The whites we're TO be indiserimnatcly buol
cred with the exception oil few chosen fcnnleS }
the blacks In be headed and led on nj various pla-
ccs, by some white deSperadoes already detailed.
That they calculated that their numbers would be
increased from various causes b. some lhroHei'
Justification and that. gathering, like wnrl"ind,
they would, like = whrlwlnd, desastatc the Whole
country lmplicaing Rual Blake Dean, Do
no,an Bosd, and many others, lac warned the
people To =" beware OF Tonight and to-moffo"
nieif'-fiic night, of the itli and jth)--and
proposed. il longer time were allowed hun to
develop much more important iniormation But
the committee, dccming ltot infinitely more I'M
portanc, Ia check the impending storm, by immc-
diaely DESTROYING two OF the rlnglcadcrS, and
thereby creating diSmay and panic among them, Of
dcred their execution.
The committee adjourned ill Monday morning,
allowing lime for tic necessary arrests.
.suadag, JniV J.--P.nles of hor>cmcn were
hourly arriving with prisoners, and the guard house
( bY Monday morning was crowded with eighteen
whites and several black. The alarm among the
female. va, truly distressing, and the anxiety and
excitement Of the males was intense lorgrcnt APP
pfehcnsions were entertained that an attack would
yet be made, aud a rescue attempted.
Andrew Boyd who had been charged by Cot
ton, made prccipltarc flight, and on the ith Qlis
arrest being ordered 10y the eommiuoc) was pur-
sued b. James Dickson. Hiram Perkins, and
Hiram REYNOLDS, with pack Of hound, trained ior
the purpose, from midday until night fall, and
from day hight the noNt morning until 9o'cock,
/ VI but he miraculo,.ls effected his escape
b, crossing Big Black River, getting into the
cane brakes, and finally Guiding the dogs and the
rest of his pnreucrs, BY mounting horst tina, hap
pcned IN ms way. lie had not been heard Of up To
tie 2sd July, when took my departure from
Madison county
HoadaQ. 6M.-Tho committee convened aud
renewed hrir painful duties.
Gregory, an old man OF - wear, of ago, was
sentenced 10 be logged, aud banlshed pcrpctually
from the STATE, To depart IN Is hours
lcfY, ID years OF aye, was also found guilty.
! and sentenced like Gregory, but 10 receive 100
Iashes
Lee smith next underwent HI, trial, and was
sentenced 10 perpetual hani,hmentirom The State,
\ 10 depart IN IS hours, and DISCHARGED. lie was Il
citizen OF Kinds county, and WAS on his departure
from Lexington arrested by party of his neigh
bors and Slickcd (or Lynchcd. which i, synony-
mou>.) Several days alter his discharge, the
committee became possessed oil ~ dcucr which
, deeply implicated HIM principal lnsurgcnt,
aud ordered him arrested wherever found. Al
though he had undergone one uia and had been
acquitted, nevertheless, aerceaby 10 the principle
OF Slick u Lynch, law, no man should escape
punishment upon any condition, II guilty, at any
time Al ANY place lane, family, and fortune
all quail beior, IFS powerful influence; lis tho voice
and vii Of the people, soe Popah ,oN Dc."
: The committee applied To tie governor of the
State for arms, and subsequently received a sup
ply OF musketS.
! Rual Blake having fled ilom the ncighborhood
reward oil i've hundred dollars was made up by the
citizens aud offered for his apprehension.
Dean and Donovan, the first native of Con.
ncclicut, the latter of Kentucky, underwent their
trial, which occupied part OF the 9th and the whole
of the 7th, and were, after the most deliberate
investigation, sentenced to death,and were accord
dinghy executed ON Wednesday, Slh, between the
hour, oi Il and O'Clock, NJ, DENYING to the las,
moment their guilt. did not then hear of Dono-
van, writing letter to his wife in Kentucky and
believe il is mistake. A letter from his wife, Ia
: Donovan, WAS handed 10 the committee, which had
been addressed To him long before hi, arrest
which uphlaidcd him for hi, desperate mode of life
declaring she would ncy,l return 10 live with him
until he altogether reformed.
The three RawSon>, who had been CHARGED h,
Cotton az accompliccs 10 tins plot, and who bad a
list 81 the names OF the Insurgents, were this day
arrested by Captain Hiram Perkins and Stanford
ilodg', who commanded party ordered into
Kinds county for that purpose, aud were rescued
by Mr. Mat. Shc,lic
: JUtg 7th.--pcrkin> aud Hodge this dayrcportcd
the rescue of the KaW,ons, Which excited the
greatest Indignation against Shcr>e, and the ,u>-
plcon ot many that he WAS IN accompcc. TIN,
g'ntleman had heretofore always borne the mos
reputable character, is wealthy, and his LImil>
i connections numerous and influential. \ scru
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