Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-11-01

it III . vi YIN Atf%~ -
do they outrage the feelings OF the
community by usurplng those sacred
functions which belong alone TO the
sovereignty of the people of Mlsslsslp.
pi If Lynch club is permitted to
make and execute laws, what has be-
come of that glorious right of every
freeman, the trial by jury ofhls peers,
according to the laws Of his country !!
RESURRECTION AMONG THE NEGROES.
The New Orleans True American,
of the 10th Oct, says: BY the BRIAN
Bofhoime, arrived yesterday from Red
River, we learn that a plot among the
slaves had been discovered, which is
said to have been better planned and
managed than any before Known. 1t
appears that the slave of a planter, Mr..
Compton, informed his master, that
the negroes we're forming plans to Kill
all the white males, and to spare the
| females and childrer--and ii he would
90 to a certain meeting house, where
his negroes assembled for the purpose
of preaching he would discover all
| their plans MIR. Compton did go IN
company with four others, but learned
very little more of the matter. His IN
former then told him, that the rlng-iea-
der Of the whole gang was one OF his
| own slaves, and that he had sworn ven
geance against his master, for taking
| him out of his house ana sending HIN
to the field.
The plan Of this fellow, il appears.
was, to raise an Instruction, first at
Alexandria, next at Natchitoches, and
then to turn their steps to Orleans and
kill all the whites ; the negroes, how.
ever, could not agree, which frus-
trated all their plans. One party was
for spariug the women and children
the other for an indiscrlminate massa-
ere. Mr.. Compton, upon learning these
facts, arrested his house servant, the
chief, and he confessed on the gallows,
that it had been his intention to kill his
master.
On the 10Th and 18th instant, nine
were hung, and thirty others We're ia.
ken and Imprisoned: it is hoped that
all their plans will be fully discovered.
A strong patrol and guard is constant.
ly kept up by day and night, and CON
fdence is continued.
Besides the slaves, three free ne.
groes were hung, and it was intended
to drive away all free persons Of color.
We have further heard a report that
Mr.. Fuziln had shot a white man who
had been completing with the slaves ;
a Spaniard was also taken, bat made
his escape. A letter, it is said, from
the pious and phiIanthropic Arthur Tap
pan, was found on the person Of one OF
the slaves, melting them to the deed.
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL
The Cumberland Advocate states that
the contractors on the line ofthe canal,
from Cumberland eastward, are prepar.
ing for active operations. The advo.
cate adds -" 1t is one of the heaviest
undertakings known in the country,
and will require many thousand labour-
ers in order to complete it. The nun.
Der now employed is computed at about
six thousand, and when the whole line
is under way it is thought the number
will be increased TO about $4,000. Av-
erage the wages AMI board of this
number at one dollar and twenty-five
cents each, per day--and the sun ex.
pended per week will be one hundred
and two thousand five hundred dol.
lars"
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIoN.--Some
Pennsylvania and other papers, VIC OBJ.
servo, (says the Bait. Patriot have
done the Wings oil that State less than
justice, in giving them six out Of nine
senators, of those recently chosen, and
stating the strength of parties in that
body as Is to IS. The Wings have
carried seven Of the nine Senators cho.
sen this year; and the Senate elect
will stand 10 to IA in favor OF the good