The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-22

putsd negro plot q the largest naenisu6s which the
police have been engaged in eE,snAg this morning,
are the particulars Of the disclosures and discoveries
No heard them ct the police once -
About II O'Clock last night free eoored man whose
We suppress for SUFFICIENT reasons came TO the 20
lice Office Of the First dstrct and made uuncAtlsa
70 Lieut. Petre TO the effect that the slaves OF this city
and the parshss were going to rise In insar
Tho Chief Of Police came In shortly after and ct first
treated the with ncredulty but the
gro offered 10 lead MIN to ons of the rnse.dsrs and
struck with the OF the man. the Chief con
scented to accompany him The negro partially armed
ioin and taking cab proceeded to the where ne
stated that the alleged rngsadsr to be found rne
TWO negroes from the house enter the Gao aud the cab
man. who had received his instructions, drove them To
designated spet where they met BY the Chief ami
lieutenant, who arrested the negro
Their measures taken that he could make
eectual resistance although he attempted TO draw
knife in which he prevented aud
dered at He taken to the police office,
he searched add found to be loaded with
q moving arsenal Besides the knie he had cavalry
sabre six bar-eed revolver loaded and cspped, bag
of bullets, about pound of powder and boxes of
percussion caps. He had also silver Watches and
about eighty six dollars in noney-the military chest of
the grand army, We suppose.
He thor oughly cowed, and began making confess
sons. They came reluctantly, Indeed but after he
menced IL seems there hardly any amount OF extra
vsgapce that he could not bring forth. He said
twenty five hundred together to rise
upon their masters that they had plan of insarrecon
prepared, and regularly drawn out that the
city was to be attacked this morning at three different
points
party who were to rendezvous there other division
meet below the CITY, and a third 30 xoere be-
tween the city and the lake about the Metairie Geo
tly ridges. They take the powder magazine
the other eide of the river attack the u s. barracks
take all the asenals 10 seize the gun NTH shops tue
mint, the banks, &C. Ia short according the pro-
gramme, which sounds like the dream OF some ok-
Drained white who had been reading OF ouccaneec
yeditions In the south Seas till ne was crazed few
.utsyt and rhas uhnuf
to seize The whole city and murder, PLUMBER and riot at
will
The firing of the city was to be the signal or rising
the plantations in the nei yhborhood
The Chief of Police, however, increduous Of these
montIosities thought it proper to take all
sary TO guard against any attempt at dis
turbaDce which thee rawlings might prsigars The
night watch called in and armed and stationed at
different points force ia readiness act II re-
quired and patrols sent out to take up all strag
Cling negroes.
About twenty we're brought in but the night passed of
quietly and signs dcoverabls this moraing that
there thing serious in these dreadful
thing heard Of any unusual collection Of negroes
any signs OF gathering for the purpose named any
The inormer and the reputed rngleader vino named
Albert slave OF Mr. Rushton, constitute all That is
know n of the conspiracy.
There probably some miscellaneous whites about who
haT been putting wild notions into the he d of Of
the bucks and the imagn .tion brooding over such
cendary hints has this fancy picture of upos
bic things That there be Anything real 10 pre-
tended plot is possb but there may ia circum
vigilance in dscountenancog the of the
groes with dangerous intermeddlers.
1t wouc hardly be worth While to state these details
with much particularly, but that the telegraph af.
feros so rapid q mode OF sending abroad exaggerated
stories the most slender and rumors,
that we have thought it best to notice tho whole affair
exactly as 1T tIanspired.S
Obituary.
JONATHAN OvERToN, . colored man, and soldier of
the Revolution died in this place yesterday at the
vancsd of hundred and years The deceased
I'D i.th tla nf Va
town. besides other less Important engagements. He
was deserveoy held in great respect by citizens for
must eDtertao for the scanty Of revolution
airy heroes Of which death is fast deprviug the de-
ceased was personally worthy OF the and coosde
ration Of our community He has lived among longer
than the ordinary period allotted to human life al
ways sustained character for honesty, industry and
tegry. is a~sys that the eaogss phs OF
persons in much aed positions than MIS-
much truth in this brief tribute to the humble and
patriotic His remsins will be inferred this
irg. We karn that several gentlemen have IN .de
agreements to have the bursl panied by every
mark of Iespect.-EdentoUn (4N e. Wing, June 10.
At the Narrows Bridge. Lake Simcoe Saturday the
seth May ANTONIO alias Peter ri Chief of the Sioux
Nation. AID phe Of the celebrated Black Hs VIZ This
extIaordna,y individual join ed the Britih when it
penetrated the waters of the during the
,aet with the United States He Ted Dcousiderabe
BODY OF followers who under hi command, aud that of
one Mckay were generally employed scouts under
where the gallant Tecumseh fell aud acted dur,ug that
bloody conflict Tecumseh's aide Upon close of
ne war euolcS vi oimCoe,
and married The daughter Of Chief Shilling. whose life
Dearly as strange adventures and the
subject OF noIce Upon the ceath Of his wife, Antonio
seemed to prefer residing with the whites which, it is
presumed, was dspleasDg to the indians his presents
were stopped Antonio once visited the Mississippi
try after The war but only to aid in the transfer of his
fine property as Sioux Chief to gentleman who is
ported 10 have bought the right trfe Antonio had
connexions in the country aod died beggar lin his
last illness he supported BY the charity Of Mr. aud
MS Mckay and few others Aud thus ended the
OF this gallant ally and follower of the British arms
xhnsa Hfa il svfar
gone Gays can 1t be considered chi cal to suppose
whose name may yet ap IN conjunction With more
old chief decently Inferred fe gentlemen here
contributing his last outfit Notes have been taken of
his life ard it is the in enton of their to pub
ish them when prepared for the press-7orono Cotoi
June IS.