Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-09-04
'From the Wytheville Republican.

LIE 1hAGED4 In GRAYSON.
we have alluded to the servie insurrec,ion in Ora,
Son and given what information we then had IN .b%a
bic We now make more full account of the
fight and the result. '"' VI 'ne
-Four negro men, the property of Jno Rives and Da
via Cox TWO citizens OF that county, seduced bv The
advice OF the notorious and infamous abolition emissarv
Bacon, VINO has been prowliDg about through that
ober amu aiae ' State and in Ashe
ran away rom their masters, intending no doubt to
make 'or oho, or some other lawIess and torsworn
aats oi Inc there to be harbored and
worked, ana worked and harbored as occasion might
allow or require They took the course of New River
intending as ID believed to pursue that river to II,
mNu an y h ssod to meet the eseaguehypocre and
however, that as they travelled while vet in Grav.on'
county, e: or ten miles from the Wythe line. thew
Geae iaieh IN win BY five or six white men Of
Inc negroes were armed with knives spears and
WIN one or TWO weapons made OF broken EnpGsh
sGylhes ne white men had one or two puns
combat. The negroes assailed the whites. and the
scythes were used with terrible effect Samuel Rart
lett was struck IN the forehead and his head suiit
open, cutting into the brain an inch or two the yhna
length OF me head; he lived about eight hours AroJ
barrett MS brotiiei, who had gun and who had
nfea H. Hoollshiy'' merely to wound in attempting to
reneVe MS oro.hef mad his left wrist and hand bsdiv
cut, and almost severed from the arm W. sf, 49," t
ne knocked two OF the negroes down and left thsn,
sabhad MI Une q me negroes thus Knocked down had
ground, through the neck and was IN ths sot m on Inc
ting more deadly wound when thus nrey.ntea hv
the wounded Bartlett. Mr.. John Clemments was .t,uot
py one OF the negroes, who used scytfe acros. his
head, ana his skull was eleven from emo,e n Iennl.
the brain cut IN upon tie whole way from one ~ tp
| INCHES en0 yet there are hopes of his recovery M
William Hales was severely Injured with roct.s
thrown ty the negroes. Notwithstanding The t.rr,hI.
wounds inflicted upon the white men two Of thana
gfoes were secured the other (ooth behaved to h.
wounded with gun shots,> made their escape snd so
lSt az We kHow are yet out, though hotly nursnsd
het taken arc IN Grayson jail and vii, bs tried
| 'oi tIoE iiFes iof ilsnrfecson and murder
r., we Call it,'s nn t7SuFrec,gon-it is ia a small w,v
MS neld o. operation Of ths enssary Bacon has hn,
le" sayss-bui this ouy ioresladows the resni1 ,y5s
teal ard fanatic, snail have dissatisfied and contSr
na'ed saves in large slave district 1t tbsn
Wheh causnt te hung w.sbou. tfial We aarn hr
oscon was n Grayson ut he time of the contiei. nst
i.W Gays s!nca large meeting evcltsd cyenstI
an Cfayson le exci.ed 10 The utnost-aonoot.i con
lil,es 10 notiy tina niscresn. leave in "a hours
Wnicn houce Was given aid obeyeo, and we hsar hr
ssatted fof russell in his STATE Will the paone of
hlsse prTntt to murderer aud incendlarv to shsJsr
esmahG taemi They should not. Let hin be Hunted
rom Vrsnlas hsrds or. His touch is deeacrston His
vocation MURDER ard rape. -A'
siHoh, one OF the above nentione negroes Iyss ar
rested on THURSDAY night last, by Mr. Joseph Ian
Def' on ms premises about 10 iass veg OF lhs Mace
oi 'he main stage rod, and is lodged in our la =.