The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-01


The Kentucky Negro stampede.
Our readers are aware OF the fact that a
large number Of negroes left the neighbOrhood
OF Lexington in q body a few days since, which
created a great excitement from the apparent
organization with which the move was effected.
The whole party have been ere this secured
We gather the following PARTICULARS from the
Kentucky papers:
Patrick Doyle, the man who was apprehen-
ded with the runaway negroes in Bracken
county has been taken to Lexington. Il Ia
stated that he left the Catholic church a few
years ago, and afterwards believed or preten-
ded to believe that the catholics intended to
murder him. The Lexington A tlas says the
general opinion is that he is either imbecile or
a monomaniac, and that sumo other person or
persons of more capacity must have been en-
gagged in the abduction Of the negroes. The
following is from the Lexington Atlas of the
lllh
We saw and coDversed with Or D. F. Bark!
ley, OF Harrison, yesterday morning, who had
Just arrived, bearing under his charge the fell
low Doyle, Gtas Kelly, alias Smith, alias RAN
kin, who was Opprehenjed under the charge
OF aiding the negroes to escape from the neigh.
borhood. DR.. b. says that the first intimation
the people of Harrison had OF the stampedet
two negro men belonging to M. T. Scott and
B. Crate, Of this city, came into Claysyiile.
Harriso n county, on Monday Morning, in q
state Of starvation, and begged to be brought
back. They reported between forty and sew
enty negroes TO be in the neighborhood, con
cealed in the woods. A good many persons
being present in the village, for the Eurpose Of
attending the election, steps were Immediately
taken to arrest them. DR.. Barkley arrested,
when alone, a boy belonging to H. T. Duncan
and one TO Lawson & ErdmaB, Of this county,
both being armed with revolving pistols. On
Monday evening about 7 o'clock, the clmpany
t raised in Claysville overlook the negroes on
the Germantown road and had an engagement
3 with them, in which Charles W. Fowler, a very
respectable young man Of Harrison, was more
3 tally wounded, being shot with a pistol ball
D through the lett kidney. The whites being on
8 ly ten strong were compelled to retreat. Inc
few minutes the whites were reinforced by
ten others, when another engagement snSued
in which Joseph Duncan was wounded in the
mouth, lOosing a tooth, and having . pistol
ball shot through his hat. Duncan's horse waS
shot under him and fell throwing him in the
midst Of the negroes; but by the good use Of
his revolver, he succeeded in fighting his way
through them. Tie whites were now come
: PEELED TO retreat SECOND time. The negroes
" / the meanwhile became scattered through
J the woods and bushes. These incidents Oc-
Cured on the Germantown road, between
Claysville and Walters Mills. BY 10 o'clock
y on Monday night, DR.. B.. and his small party
had met the negroes on two occasions, being
compelled TO retreat both times with the loss
of Drn:anNnd Fowler, the former slightly, the
alter MORALLY wounded.
A 10 o'clock on Monday night the whitci
Z 4 were reinforced by three or four hundred re
re %cruits. The rest Of the night and Tuesda,
m was spent in securing the woods up and dow
= LlCklHB liver uuu 10 bttuuaoiASS' "A P0IAI
a pushed on to the Ohio,to have Fosters Landing
u Dover, and other places along the river guard
ed. On Tuesday the white man was arreste,
I'm by Henry and Nimrod Wood, and ThOmS
Ellis, on Drift Run. The whites were wit
to great difficulty restrained from hanging tn
he prisoner on the spot. But at the earnest sole
RS tation Of Gen. Desha, was spared. lie wa
ice then then carried to Clays vile, and befOr
his lhree magistrates tried and committed. D
nd B. states the most intense exc.ttm INT prevail
ter ed through the country, several thousand ne
in securing the country between Licking and Il
ing Ohio rivers. The mob swore they would ma
ar sacfe Doyle on the ground, but were lhrOuG
the earnest entreaties Of Desha and others, i
for duced to spare him and let him go to jail,
II : DR.. B. and some others secretly remove
itn Doyle from the Jail of Cynthiana at u O'Cloc
The on Wednesday night, and arrived in this Gil
but early on yesterday m 'rning and lodged hi
vey i Jail. Doyle was brOugh, here for fear thee
he'd cited p%opulace would pull down the jail
ere Cynt lana, and hang hin. Up to Wedn'
ugh dly night thirty negroes had been arrested 81
His one killed.
,wn a
he DR.. CARTwRIsHr-The Cass papers are n
Their king a grea, noise on the Remuneration Off
Gentleman to their ranks, Whenh he came (