The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-22

The GREAT Memo wAR.-Th. ~ q
leans Crescent, of the 18th inst, give. ,.,v
amusing account of the recen, nsg,o sx,r.~s
ganza in that city, commencing with the state.
men, that free negro informed the police. ON
the night of the 18th, of the uprising Of myb,v
multitudes. The number in the CITY who had
been sworn to the. movement, he set down a,
twenty five hundred The slaves also on the
neigh1oring plantations, and in the country
parishes were to join in the insurrection, and
after cutting off the heads of their masters and
mistresses and their little ones, in the country,
were to march to the city to swell the grea,
black wave Of destruction that was to envelop
and wa III away the white population both roo,
and branch. The announcement was at first
received with incredibly by the chief OF po
lice, which was finally overcome by the offer
ofthe free negro to conduct him to one of the
ringleaders. Warlike preparations were con.
sequently made, . park ofartillery was placed
in Lafayette square to be.ch out bloody vel
come to whoever might come that way with
evil intent, and having sent couriers in every
the Lieutenant, accompanied by the free negro.
took cab and proceeded to the rookery where
the alleged rngleader, with a nest of his own
feather, was TO be found. Nearing the place,
the negro went ahead, followed by the Chief
and Lieutenant. Waiting short time, the al.
legged ring leader came out and got into a cab.
The Crescent thus describes this general. in
chief of the first division
He was a terrible looking fellow, with
Cyclopean head and an arm fit to WELD Thor's
great hammer! The Chief and Lieutenant, be.
ing well armed, ordered him to surrender. He
at first made show ofresistence, but by dint
of the strong arguments of firearms and of
glistening steel, be succumbed-caved in, as
i, were, and resigned himself to the DEGREES of
inexorabe fate. This ringleader-this fellow
with the strong arm and Cyclopean head
was armed to the teeth, having about him all
the appointments of complete arsenal His
accou.rements consisted of an immense caval-
ry sword, that glanced like comet in the 6t.
full light, a six barreled revolver, large and
ponderous knife that might have cleft Her.
cules at blow, small magazine of powder
and ball, military chest containing eighty
dollars, and other article" "conIraband of war"
This "moving arsenal" after arrest, divulg
ed the whole affair, with emendations and ad.
ditions according as hope whispered promise
of immunity, or as he was counselled by fear.
We have already given the leading features of
the plan of attack, by telegraph, and do not
consider it worth while to repeat it. The "ring-
leader" whose name is Albert, is a slave of
DR.. Rushton. Happily, the fearful night pas
sed off without disturbance, and morning dawn
ed upon the unusual scene with no demonstra>
ton of carnage but all day the excitement
continued, and at night the military were un.
der arms and marching in all quarters. The
Crescent concludes its account as follows:
Parturient monies, nascitur ridieulus must
The sequel has come TO light. The slave
Albert, OF DR.. Rushton, being troubled with
mania p0tu, imag ined in his fit that he had
an army, and told the free negro oft, who told
the Lieutenant of the Police, and hence the
excitement. Last night, under the influence of
morphine, the negro Albert) came to his senses,
and now knows nothing of his confession of
the night before. So we go.