Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-08-05
From fhe Chnrlestun Courier.

From the Charleston Courier.
lntended Scribe Lnsurreetion in Louis
iana discovered and promptly crushed
Phe New Orleans papers, of.he 23d instant
contain accounts Of servile conspiracy in
the plantations on lbe river, in both Louis
lana and Mississippi, which was discover
ed in season, as all such mad and ignorant
plouings Of mischief ever will be in this
country, and which will of course be sig
nally punished in the persons Of the ring
leaders and others. We copy the follow
Ing particulars from the n. o. Bulletin ::
Intended Reroli Of fSlarss.-In,ellisence
was received yesterday, by the packet
steamer Clipper, from Bayon Sara, Of Il
systcma,ized plnu on the part of the ne
grocs TO rise upon and murder The whites.
The news, greatly exaggerated in lis repe-
'ition, has created quite sensation in town.
The plain truth is certainly sufficient to
occasion serious apprehensions.
The particulars that we have received
are these.
Tho a,,sros.-. ~ .i-.> plantation of Robi.
J.. barrow, of West F-firiGuu, having oc-
casion 10 arise from his bed late Iu our
of,he recent hot nights, heard what he be-
lievcd TO be negroes conversin. IN one oi
the quarters. On silently approaching
the vicinity and listening, he overheard
TWO Of the slaves discussing the subject OF
a rising az saius, the whites. This led 10
the examination The next morning Of the
two fellows, when they confessed the fact,
and gave information that led to the az
rest OF sevc.a! others. The alarm was i'm
mediately spread abroad. arrests were
made in various plantations, and IL was
found by the confessions that they all
agreed ia the main facts, that there was to
be general rise. and that the first of Au-
gust was The day agreed upon.
A white man, carpenter, who had
lately done a job Of work for Mr.. Barrow,
wos also arrested on suspicion, and cx-
amined. lie said he had nothing 10 do
with the plot-that he had never said any
thing TO the negroes on The subject, but ac-
knowledsed tina, they Frequently spoke to
him, and informed him all about ii.
This white man, with about 40 negroes,
all of whom had confessed their knowledge
Of the intended rising, were ir the Jail al
ST., Francisville, guarded by a company
Of volunteers. Their examination by Il
competent tribunal, was 10 have commcn-
ced yesterday AT lO a. NJ.
Al Woodviilc, we learn numerous slaves
were confined in the Jail, having confessed
20 the same facts as those arrested in Fc-
iiciana.
Capt. Laurent states ,ha, on stopping n,
Point Coupee, 10 communicate information
Of the situation of the affairs above, several
gentlemen recolccted occurrences Of re.
cent date which tended TO confirm me sus-
picions that the slaves oftheir section were
parties 10 the wicked plot. DR.. - said he
had been asked wha, day of,hc month i,
was, by more negroes within the last ten
DAYS, than in seven years beforehand there
had been unusual assemblies of,hc slaves,
in rather by-places, for several Sundays
past.
Some OF the negroes have confessed 'ha
the combination was from Bayou Sara II
Naichez.
IL may mol be nmiss to remark. that the
plantations in Fcliciana and Wilkinson
county from which the slaves were ,aker
who are imprisoned arc owned by the mos
wealthy and respectable planters of the
Stale, whose kind aud humane rcatmen
Of their slaves is pruveIbial.