The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-09-21
Negro Conspiracy in Mississippi,

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Negro Conspiracy in Mississippi.
The Marion Miss Republican, gives an ac-
count OF the discovery Of negro conspiracy at
Charlottesville, Jasper County. Ii says:
"A Trustworthy negro on a heighboring plan
tation, after having received pledges ofsecrecy,
revealed The existence OF the conspiracy to an
overseeT, and requested him TO repair 10 a GER
tain place, in the midst of dark, unfrequent-
ed swamp, and see for himself The overseer
did not go, but the next morning be took with
him some friends and went 10 the spot desgna-
Ted by the faithful negro. There they saw ey-
cry indication of large crow d having been as
sembled horses bad been tied up, fires kindled,
and, from appearances, they calculated that up
ward Of one hundred negroes had there assem-
bled OH the preceding night. They left the
spot, and the neighboIbood was quickly alarm
ed. Several negroes were taken up, and among
them the leader. The greatest excitement was
prevailing in the county, a council was held,
and II was decided that the negroes should be
hung Immediately; ropes were procured, and
the sentence of the council was about TO be exc
cuted, when the crowd relented, fearing lest
the innocent should perish with the guilty.
s'The negroes We're then severely whipped,
and they confessed that the conspiracy extend
ed throughout large section OF country that
there existed several other organizations, which
they called schools, IN the neighborhood, and
that their object was to organize in sufficient
force and march, increasing their force as they
went, 10 a free State. No arms or ammunition
OF any klad could be discovered but the ne
groes confessed that they were TO meet at GAR
landsville next Saturday night TO make start.
When asked why they selected that place as a
rendezvous, they could give no reason, and the
presamtion is that they intended 10 sack the
place and murder the inhabitants. Two white
men, they say, have been among them, but their
names were not known to the negroes, nor was
anything developed which could identify them
Arms and ammunition are probably concealed
somewhere, as such scheme would not have
been attempted without them.''
A VERY intelligent Irshman tells the follow
ing incident of his first experience in America.
| came TO this country several years ago, and
as soon as | arrived hired out to a gentleman
who tarmed few acres. He showed me over
the premises, the stables, COW, and where the
corn, hay, oats, &C., were kept, and then sent
me 10 to get my supper. After supper he said
TO me 'James, you feed the cow, and give her
corn IN the ear" | went out and walked about
thinking eswhat could he meana Had under-
stood bin !'' | scratched my head, then re-
solved | would inquire again; SO went into
the library where my master was writing very
busily, and he answered, without looking up,
81 thought told you to give the cow some
corn an the ear" went out more puzzled
than ever. What sort of an animal must this
Yankee COW be ] examined her mouth and
ears. The teeth We're good, and the ears like
those of kline in the old country. Dripping
with sweat, / entered my masters presence
once more. sPiease, sir, you bid me give the
cow corn in the ear, but didn't you mean the
mouth ?" He looked at me a moment, and
then burst into such copvulsion OF laughter,
made for the stables as fast as my feet could
carry me, thinking was in the service Of "a
crazy man.
DISTRESSING SulcIDE.-It is our duty 10 re-
cord a distressing case of suicide perpetrated by
the wife of Mr.. William Horning, of Ferma-
nagh township, on Tuesday afternoon Of last
week. The deed was consnmmated by tying
silk handkerchief around her throat and plac-
ing her hands across the foot rail OF a bedstead
and letting her weight fall upon the handker-
chief. Mr.. Horning was from home at the
time The act was committed. Alteration OF
mind is the cause assigned. Sentinel.
EXECUTION OF REBLEs ar CANTON, CHINA.
1t is stated in the China Mail, that the thou-
sand of men brought 10 Canton as prisoners are
now being decapitated at the rate OF one hund-
dred and fifty day. The editor, who wit
messed some of the executions, says
With a sharp knife slice was cut out from
under each arm. A low suppressed and fearful
groan from each followed the operation of the
weapon. Dextefious as butchers, slice was
taken successfully by the operators from the
the calves, the thighs and then from each breast.
We may suppose, We may hope that by this
tune the sufferers Were insenslble to pain; but
they Were not dead. The knife was then stuck
into the abdomen, which was ripped up TO the
breast bone, and the blade twisted round and
round as the hear. was separated from its hold
ing. Up TO this moment, having once set eyes
on the victim under torture, they had become
fixed as by fascination but they could be riv-
cited there no longer. A whrling sensation
ran through the brain, and il was with difficulty
we could keep ourselves from falling. But this
was not all the lashings were then cut, and
the head, being tied by the tail to limb of a
cross, were severed from the body, which was
then dismembered OF hands and arms, feet and
legs, separately
G Whispers ALREADY circulate in Paris a.