Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-12-19

| were feeilg and being sent of for safety
The men were arming and organizing for
defence, and the negroes were being conf
ned or kept under very vigilant watch
We detail those reports as they are related
to us, on creditahe authority, hoping the
alarm is exaggerated, and the retribution
upon those arrested may not have been so
awful as stated.
The Clarksville .TefFersonian, Of the Sd
inst, contains several articles relative to
the threatened negro ins-rrection in that
portion Of Tennessee and the adjoining
counties Of Kentucky. We trust that all
the danger apprehende'l has been averted
BY the timely discovery Of the atrocious plot.
The Jeffersonian says:
| It is currently reported here that three
or four of the negroes convicted of compli-
city in the proposed insurreciion, were
hanged By the people at Dover, on Mon
day.
| branch of the nesrn plot has been dis.
covered at the Cumberland Iron WORKS. in
Stewart county, and large number of ne
groes had been placed under arrest ard
were undergoing examination at the last
accounts.
On or about the 2lst day of November,
1896, plot for the insurrectinn among the
nrgraes al Louisa Furnace, g. K. Furnace
Cumberland Furnace, and in the interme-
date neghborhood, was discovered, where
upon the people commenced the work of
apprehending and Furnishing all the negroes
whom they could find on, as having been
engaged in said plot or Of having been cog
infant of it. Some of those negroes who
were represented to be the mos, guilty were
lodged in the jails Of Dickson and Montgom.
ery counties Great excitement prevailed
throughout the neighhorhood, anl all per-
sons prepared for the insurreciion. Every
man used extraordinary vigilance about his
own premises. On the morning of the 25th
ult., negro man, named Britton, belcng-
ing 20 Solnmoh D. Raimey, was heard, just
before daybreak, approaching Louisa Fur
mace as it seemed, making great noise,
aud exclaiming at intervals, "Wake up,
boys wake up," besides many other things,
which could not be understood by those
who heard him.
He passed the house Of Mr.. Joseph
WheelcSs and Mr.. Beniapin Blaekford, and
proceeded to the house of Mr.. William
Nicks, which is about three hundred yards
from The furnace Mr.. Nicks was absent
from home, being out on patrolling expe
dition. j. \. Puckett, Esq, the father in
law of Mr. Nirks, was ut the house of Mr..
Nicks, where he had been staying for some
time Esquire Pickett, upon hearing the
noise made BY the negro as he approached,
went TO the door and listened, and finding
that he was coming in the direction Of the
house, stepped book into the house and go,
his gun, ard again walked out into the
porch. AS the negro came up to the yard
gate, which is about twenty steps FROM the
house, the dogs ran out aud commenced
barking at him, whereupon he exclaimed
j anl hot afraid of dogs. As he entered
the gate, Esq. Pickett once or twice, in
loud tones, ordered him TO stop, but tbs ne
gro still advanced towards the house-say
ing, shoot, Mr. Nicks, shoot me- About
half way between the gate and house, he
dropped aside two coats or roundabouts, and
advanced TO the steps of the porch As be
started up The steps Esq. Pucke,t shot and
killed him. The alarm was given by tho
Esquire and Mr.. Nioks, aud many Of Us
reached the spot within few minutes, and
there found the negro, dead, with his head
resting upon the steps, just as be had fal-
len.
From the Epanciile Journal.
A good deal of excitement has existed
for some days about Clarksville and the
neighboring counties in Tennessee by the
discovery Of tho preliminary preparations of
an insurrection, among the slave popula-
tion, 10 come on on the Gath of December
Quite number Of negroes had been arrest
cd and confined, and several had made con-
fession. In the neighborhood of Louisa
Furnace. plan TO blow up church was
discovered and thwarted. A keg of powder
had been placed under the building, ready
for the fatal match. A large collection of
arms and ammunition had also been dis
covered ard seized. One white man was
caught in tho act OF counselling the insur-
rection, had been arrested and imprisoned.
Amang the negroes arrested and confined
are the supposed ring lcaders-the Gener-
ais and Captains as they are callsd--of the
movement.
The opinioa is, that the plot is deep laid
and embraces slaves throughout wide ex-
tent Of country, ranging from Kentucky
South and w est. and the plans seemed 10