Democratic banner., 1849-11-26

ARfeet excitement pfevaiis IN Lewis couu.
II 10 regard 70 she recent attempt of the
sssrsest 70 ranswdy andHse in instruction;
and h many reports are In circulation in re-
Iatioa thereto, we deem It our duty to pub
NShs trus statement Of the matter a. il &C.
0kfsed.
little before day on Friday morning, the
Oh Inst, Q negro man belonging to james
Muller. came into the house ~ostensibly to
make on Q 6rs. Before going out, Mr.. Mill
sr.hsard him step towards the gun rsck,
take something, and leave with caution
The circumstsncs exciting some suspicion,
he vent to the door and called first one and
then another Of his negroes. but receiving
no answer, he wentt to the negro quarter and
fonnd no one there. He then aroused the
fsnay, frst ascertainlng, however, that both
his guns were missing. The neigabors
vsss alasnsd ss soon VI possible, and pur-
suit made. Mr. Harry Henderson was the
arss to come in sight Of them. In addition
70 the guns, they had taken Mr.. Miller's
wagon and team. Mr.. Henderson approach
ed near enough to identify the wagon, &C.,
aud then quickly wheeled his horss.to noti-
~ and bring up additional force. And it
vas well he done so; it was afterwards as
csrtsined from some of the negroes that
they had determined to kill him, and for that
purpose, were bringing a loaded gun to bear
upoa, him a. be wheeled his horse and dis
appeared.
The pursuers, numbering about thirty
guns soon came up. The negroes, amount
ing to between twenty and thirty, halted.
They had three guns together with large
clubs and. butcher knives. Besides Mill
er's negroes, some eighteen or twenty, there
we're several belonging to Judge VIM. Ellis,
Mr.. McKim, and Mr.. McKutchen. As soon
as they halted, they made theft dispositions
for IN obstinate defence. Their pursuers
marched towards them in regular order
With presented guns. When near enough,
they asked them to surrender-they refus-
ed. They drew nearer and nearer, party
ing and insisting on a surreuder-the ne
groes still manifesting the most logged and
settled hostility ,peremtorily refused to yield.
Finslly, after waiting and reasoning the
case with them without the least apparent
effect, and until all patience was exhausted,
they commenced closing upon tie negroes,
when Millsr's John, 0 very powerful negro,
and fierce as . grizzly bear, confronted Capt.
J. H. Blair with his club raised in the act
Of striking, when Mr.. Miller, his master,
told Blair to shoot him. Blair made one
step backwards and ired-the negro turned
partly around, recovered, seized his knife,
and was in the act of rushing on Blair,
when John Fretwell fred at him, and he
fell dead. Both shots took effect.
Undismsyed BY the occurrence, the 9TH
Or negroes still maintained the same hostile
attitude. Five minutes were given them to
consider Of their surrender. The women
6rst gave up, and implored the men to do
likewise. % John was already dead. Be.
fore the end Of the time the men yielded
gave up their weapons, were bound and
brought 70 Canton. The leaders have been
clipped to St. Louis and sold.
It has since been sscertained that it was
Intended to be Q general Instruction and,
to that end, il il believed that nearly all the
slaves in the county had notice, and were
to have met and rsndezyoused on Friday at
esntou. The plan was to kill ell the ne
aroes Who would not join them-snd with
force Of srms move off in a body to Illinois,
and thence to Canada. However prepos-
tsrous the plan msy seem, it certainly has a
good deal Of truth for its foundation. The
younger negroes not only disclosed it, but
others who did notion them acknowledged
they we're notified and knew of it. Be-
SIDES, others have made q break. We IN
derstand that Parson James LiIlard's ne.
groes, in bis absence, after abusing the fam
" and making many wicked threats a.
Enenst them. made A hut -... lr.Ll,,