Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-19
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ment--Credulity. Of the Negroes
--sixlNegross hung.
Irfsa.lassd F,om the Courier dos uais.

--SixlNogroes hung.
Translated ZION the Courier dos uais.
One Of our editors. at this moment
In the country designated as the cen.
tire Of black conspiracy. sends Us on
hi. subject. some positive Information
which has all the authority Of direct
and ocular evidence.
DovsR. Tenn. Dec. 2.
The White BIuff. which brought Us
to Nashville, touched at The chief town
in Stewart county. whence date this
letter. The whole village Is 10 state
Of anxiety; the white population il
armed. and | see children who can
scarcely carry gun and cartouchc
box. aiding to swell The number The
The cause OF all this il Negro conspi
racy. and you will know Of IL long be.
fo,e you receive my letter.
Tnasmuch ~ there ~ill be cxaggcr
alton or one side or the other. accord.
Ing TO the source whence the news IL
received. l send you Ms exact IN nc.
count NJ possible. That which have
not seen myself. l give on the evi.
uencc OF witnesses.
Before the only hotel in Dover are
assembled excited groups of people,
and from among them horsemen. with
revolver in hand and rifle slung acros.
the back. start OF frequently in all d.
reclions.
Here also meet, from distant places,
numerous horscmen whose animals
covered with foam, hear witness e
the rapidity with which they have
Travelled. In III, hotel. and in two or
three neighboring houses. the greatsl
portion Of the women and chidrcr
may be found. Here and there tho
lack servants obey with submission
and promptitude the different orders
given them.
A house guarded by men with bay
met fastened on the gun, enclose,
nine black prisoners. who are threat
ened with execution ia y fsw hours
Nothing will b. done with five. nj
least Of them. but IA to the four 9th
crs--the chiefs Of tbs conspiracy--
they will. in all probability. becom,
acquainted with the cord.
We receive on board the Judge o
Dover and his family. whom he con
ducts, forshe moment. TO another res
idence.
AT four o'clock we arrive some mile
higher up on the left brink Of IN,
Cumberland. ut n place called ,h,
Cumberland Iron Works" Tn,
machine shop. a shop. q dozen house
besides. and q few negro huis. are al
the habitslions in the place.
In large building near the rive
some sixty blacks are imprisoned 70
being connected with the conspiracy
The remainder IN the other hand. mr.
doing snbmissiyely their ordiner,
work. The Something may DO sai,
Of all the neighboring localities
This for the general aspect. AM
now no to be causes that have give
rise 10 NIL this excitement. Its origi
Is traced 10 the Presidential cam
paign.
Much weakened by distance. IN
echo Of the noise made in the Mort
no ut the name Of Fremont has ex
tended TO the banks Of the Cumber
land. II came in the track of III
steamers which iravcrscd the secon,
tributary Of the Ohio. AID then foun'
itself in tho centre Of Tennessee. L
penetrate the most villsges. IL ha
only to pass along The gorges whic
separate these little isolated noun
tains.
i Whether emissaries as they afIirr
here, came or came not from III
North. it il nevertheless true tina
there have been certain indications {
an approaching revolt. According /
some, il was 10 be general. and wouI
extend to all the slave States. Accol
ding 10 others, 1t would simply b
confined TO Kentucky and TENNESSEE
This latter version appears to me true
and it is already more than neccssar,
to exercise an active surveillance.
Nevertheless. nothing Of a positiv
nature had been discovered ill abou
J ten days since. when negro escape
n from the Cumberland Iron Works -
lie was promptly captured. and il wa
learnt from him that he iled from III
persecution Of his brethren in serv
, lude, who had threatened TO kill hi,
il he refused to take part in the COT
spiracy. The numerous questions
, which he was subjected, caused III
subsequent arrest oi nearly eighty n,
groes. almost all Of whom avowe
their completely in plot. and eve
geve the most precise details as 10 ii
execution Of their project.
Nothing less was contemplated tina
u general massacre. The negroes
/. each habitalion intended, between Il,
q3I and e6,h Of December, 10 slaugl
ter the whites who surrounded then
; aud this accomplished. 10 march
the chief place Of the country, wher
J the blacks would generally assemb
9 and commence the act
Il In many places the white Is niue
inferior in numbers TO The black pop,
lalion. but they have added TO the
. strength by putting on n bold fro'
e ard by Furnishing the four princip
n conspiralors whom l saw prisoners
Dover. This is all that has passe
up 10 the present time.
As 10 the rumors that have reache
{ you about a negro killed by n viii
E. man in conflict. then woman kills
by bIacL, and lastly band Of 70.
hundred slaves devastating farms m
> and slaughteing the inhabiiants-th ,l
n Is no truth in them whatever.
{ CLARKvILLE. Montgomery Co..
, Tenn, Wednesday Dec. ;
We arrived here ut daybrra
" damaged, and obliged to remain ov,
! for the greater Fart OF The day.
took advantage OF the opportunity
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