The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-12

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KENTUCKY.
From the Hopkinsvile Press
HoPKISsvnLs De-, 3, 1855
Our whole community vas thrown into state Of Ia
tense exc,ensn. ths morning upon the receipt Of the
vlGmAsou coxxrru Rocks, !
LAFAYETTE, Ky, Dec. ., 1855. !
From reliable information, wo expect an attack from
the negroes Of the Iron Works on our town
asso Il s f'';s 70 our assist
JOHN Il. RUSSELL, Secretary.
J. !. " =. s ssIzEE,, & E 3. HALT HALT
J. J. ROGERS J. R. sNIrH,
The Secretary OF The Committee adds the Following,
predcased upon which their apprehension 70 bAsed:-
"The negroes Of Eclipse. Clarke and Lagrange have
in egb, miles Of that place when last heard rom Their
intention TO relieve the negroes at Dover, then march
TO tie Rolling Miu, then to Bell Wood Furnace, then
thrergh lafayette on to Hopkinsvile and the Ohio
river
This statement taken in connection with the fact that
regular plan for nsurrection has been detected at
Clarksvile, is truly alarming We think no wever the
account somewhat based on rumor and not altogether
liable
is high time that steps were being taken for our de.
fence in case OF an asurrector We have NOT stand O.
arms in this whole section OF the country, and no organ
lied military We requested by many Of our bess
citizi call meeting Of the citizens Of the county
this place on Friday next, the 9th mat to take imms
date action upon this subjsc Other ques ions Of grea
Importance relating the shareholders interest," viii be
presented to the meeting. Let every man attend.
Correspondence OF the Louisville Courler.]
HopKIssviLLS, Dec 3, 1855.
Our little town Is up In arms present writing
sThe negroes are marching upon u.s. 10 heard from
every mouth This morning several messengers arrived
from Lafayette email town eighteen miles south OF Hop
kn,vie, ealing on The citizens OF this place to come 70
their assistance. They were momenariiy expecting an
attack from about six hundred negroes. About hun
dred and ATTY persons left Immediately fer the "sea Of
war" They were Ia command Of Capt James Jackson
II is ruIpored We viii be attacked to night. win write
you again to morrow Would telegraph but all commu'
niosoa has been cut oatho telegraph poles being cut
down.
TENNESSEE.
From the Louisville Courier, Dec.
The GAINESVILLE yefe7s0rfd Of the 9th inst, contains
several articles relative 10 the reaiened negro nsuec
ton In that Portion of Tennessee and tho adjoining
counties Of this State mas. that all the danger ap
pretended has been averted by the timely discovery Of
the atrocio Us plot The JtftTsmidn says
II is currently reported here that three four or the
negroes vicei OF completely Ia the proposed insured
ton were hanged by the people At Dover on Monday.
brarch OF the negro plo, has been discovered at the
number OF negroes had been placed under arrest and
were under org examination AZ last accounts.
Or about the 2,t day oil November 1855 plot for
nsurrecen among the negroes OF Louisa Furnace
e. Furnace, Cumberland Furnace and In tn hmm ediate
n,iahborhcod was oiscovcred, whereupo1 the people
The negroes whom they could ana out as
having been engaged In Brch plot, or oil
were repre- ened 10 be The most guilty woro lodged ia
TIL jsis OF DcSlon and Montgomery counties. Great ex
element prevailed throughout the reghborhood and all
binary vigilance abolt bis own promises On the
morning Of the 2tih ult.. negro man named B:tt.on
belonging 10 solomon Raimey, was heard just before
DAY breas approaching Lcuisa Furnace rs seemed
king great ne,e. ana excaimEg at intervals "Wake
couo not be understood by those who heard niin He
pass,d the houses Of nr Jo,eph Wheess and Mr.. Bln
jamin Backiors ard proceeded to tho house OF Mr. Will
hara Ncss, which Is ABOUT three hundred yards from
the Furnace. Mr.. Ness vas abyent from homo, being
out On . patti olirg expedition. y Paekett Eeq the
iaberin av OF Mr. NidEs was at he OF Mr. Nioks
wi - beg
ett bearing ths noe made By said negro he ap
preached went 70 ho door and isiened and aaing that
be be eg o. coming IN the DIRE cton OF the house.
stepped back Into tht houfe and got bis gun and again
walked cut i1to tbs porch As the negro came up to
horso The dcga ian and mencei barking at him.
wbereupon be EXCLAIMED, II am not afraid OF dog" As
o"e, orse,es lie 70 s,cp Sas The negro srI navaacsd
towards The house. say Jog, "Shoot Mr.. Nicks, stoyt
me- About halt way between The gate and house he
dropped asicc two coats rorndabouu aud advanced
90 tho seps Of the porch As he tarted up tbs seps
E,q Pucket rhot nd Killed him. The alarm was given
b. ire Ftqure and Mr. Nlcks and many OF us reached
tbs spot within atew minutes and there found the negro
eed with his head resng upon the sieps just - ne had
TFrcm the Clarlsvil,s JeGersonian. Dec. 81
rhere was much excitement IN town yesterday. grow
irG out OF Information received from Stewart county,
where the examination OF tho negroes has been progress
irg for several days. Tie revelations made by tlc ne
groes there To- pcae very deeoy rs did the revelations
OF the pesroes at the Louta Furnace, large number
OF oesroes here Numerous ar. ests were made during
the day. apo large number u tho implicated and aus
pscfcc ere roN in durnrce,
ON wednesday morning last A5ou, half an bour before
dsy brock, negro msn beoosipg to Mr.. solom,n Raj
ney tbot and instantly killed, by one Of the neigh
tors named Puokct under The following circumstances
The OF the occurrence II 10 the immediate vicinity
OF Louisa Iron Works. the point At whch the intended
hsurrection (meniioned IN our Tasty discovered.
The negro had teen cent bis work 10 the coanes
started tn apparently IN urual good humor, but shortly
TUNED back and the house re met h:
Mr. VITO alone In the house with his daughter,
warned enter the gate but persisted In dong
ham advanced until he reached tho porch front OF
door cursnc he advanced AID defSng Mr.. p TO Ore
his Gun - sS.cS Was heavily osdei with buck SHOT, 10
ha brtnt The negro fell and died almost immedi
a,ely.
We understand hs ZONE OF the negroes a,tbe rarnaoc
who had been under ,xamnAtcn concerning tho lnsur-
coc Tor sewers days, and bad witnessed the high do
gree OF excite mept and indignation manifested by the
wbiler, uron besrrg ihh summary puni.hment OF one
Of their fellows Immediately fed under the impression
that he excited whites bad commtnc,da general and
iDdiscrinnaie slaughter. They were coon rcaken and
suieted.
this Gaze, with the following conmen,ary:-
Now therefore We, The undersigned for The want OF
spproPsie manner o. DO ,sue and pa
ssop Of ss eossee Il F F upon Sa and
thanks o The good which deed has accomphed aud
~ ~ %sy ming D., negro HS. MUIR and perhaps
Kicks; and Consequently iodisc, inse slaughter would
have been dsat upon the nes,oe. Let everybody k,o.
hi. mailer that ana highly honorable
and H. BY mnuslt contideI Ell q Dressing
Gilbert Abefpahy Stephen II. Waiting Thomas Martin,
Amssis weeh James n Lee, >. II. go.se, Tbons. Bull
James H. Black, David M1sgrove Nelson Davis Joseph
wbee'es. William Ncks, Ben Blackford, q. w. Denney
William Harvey, r. H. Bes,on, II ouss Baston, Jr, W. A.
Williams Smith Boston, VIM Carroll, Sol u Karney, che
said boy Briton belonged 10 mel Jss Harris o. Tnsey j.
Ph'pps, Thomas d. Baxter, r. L. wckham /. Y. Greene
iron the Nashville Gazette, Dec al
Ocr city csierdsy rife with rurnors 10 reascn 10
the ipsurrectpn al different points along the river We
understand thai Elk negroes Who had been found guilty
at ibe non work., and WIN threatened seooad out.
b TAX were killed few days since and tina, two white
men, Known accessories In the matter bad been arrested
and nearly whipped 70 death. II also reported that
scur negroes viii be hung In Dover today and number
OF others been arressed implicated the affair.
lFrem tho EvapsviTe Journal, (indsna) Dec. s1
We had very serious ard alarming reports In city
Isst evening the river In regard TO the
movements OF the blacks and nom all We have ard
the excitement among the people, through the middle
district Of Tennessee, far greater ana more general
than supposed when We wrote the article In
another part Of this mornings sheet through what
10 called the iron dstrict, on the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers there are from eight thousand 10 ten
Thousand SLAYER employed NJ the iron works; they
are there congreeased in large numbers, working IN The