American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-12-27
THE NEGRO 1NsURREor1oN.
Interesting Part,euints.

The New York Couri5r dus E,ats q |
mis-. contsins q letter from Que Offs adj. |
tors. wbn is in the heart al the disiurb-
ed district of Touuesses. from which We
take the followingt -
"DovER. Tenn, Dec. a. The White
Bluff, which is taking us to Nashville
has just slapped OF The chief town Of
Stewart county. which date my letter.
The whole village is in a state Of ex-
ci,ement. The white population is arm.
ed from head to foot. aud see even
iiulc children who can hardly carry the
rifle and cartridge bnx. with which they
are supplied IN order To increase the
f,rce. The ALARM is about a negro con-
spiracy. of which you will have heard
before receiving my letter. | will
send yon rs exact Information az pos.i.
BILE. What have not seen myself,
have obtained from eye-wttnesses.
"Before the only hotel in Dover are
standing excited groups of people, from
whom are dispatched frequently mount.
Ell messengers. with revolver in hand
and rifle sluug around them. There
are also arriving from the neighboiing
farms, mounted men, whose horses, Cow
cred with foam show the speed ut which
they we're ridden. In the hotel and in
two or three adjoining houses Here
and there black servants obeying with
submission aud promptnes tive orders
given To them.
"A house, guarded by men with bay.
onets fixed, contains nine black persons
who arc threatened with hanging in
few hours. For five of the m the threats
will not be carried out. As IL the 9th
or tonr who are the chiefs of the plot,
they are likely Z" make acquaintance
with the rope. The Judge of tho coun.
~ aud his family have come aboard our
boat. He lie going to take them to an-
other residence.
"At four o'clock today wo stopped
some miles higher up, al a place called
the Cumberland Iron Works. The es.
tabishmsut of this name and a dozen
houses surrounding it. comprise tsgeth.
er with some negr" huts, all the build
ings of the place. In a large house
near the bank about sixty negroes are
confined for having been concerned in
i the conspiracy. Other negroes on the
contrary do their ordinary work with
submission. This is the case also in 9th.
81 neighboriug places. ..........
This is the general a.pec, ofihings.
The origin of II goes hack To tho Pres.
idenral campaign. Although weaken
ed by distance, the echo of the noise a
bout The name of Fremont in the North
has rea ched The banks Of The Cumber-
land river. Whether or not the emissa.
ries from the North come hither, as is
alleged, it is sill certain tina, there were
signs OF coming revolt. According 10
s"rne il twas to be general, according to
others. it was confined TO Kentucky
and Tennessee. The latter version
( seems Ia me the true one, and enough
was known 10 require very active vigi-
lance. 'a's
| Nevertheless, nothing positive had
yet been discovered. until about ten
days. ago. when negro escaped from
the Cumberland Iron works He was
promptly captured, and said he was
flying from the persecution Of his fel.
low slaves, who threatened to kill him
! If hc refused Ia take part in conspiracy.
The numerous questions put to him led
10 the arIeat Of about eighty negroes,
who almost all confessed their compile.
iiy and gave the most minute details
ia regard ~ the execution of their prof.
oct. The design was nothing less than
II general massacre. The blacks Of
each house were, from the 23d TO the
goth "f December, To cut the thrOats Of
all the whites who surrounded them
and then this business being done, they
were to march tn the county seat, where
the negroes Of the place would await TO
meet ihem to Commence their opera.
tons.
elm many places tho white popula-
ton is much less Than The black; SO they
have united to snstain one another, and
seems to have decided, as told you in
the beginning, TO inflct extrome punish
ment on tbe four leaders Of the plot,
VIII" arc prisoners at Dover.
"This is all that has transpired thus
far. AS for the rumors, which may g.
ven have reached you, of a negro killed
by white man in fight, then Of a
white woman killed by a negro, by way
Of reprisal. and finally OF a baud Of four
hundred slaves devastating the farms
aud killing the misunderstanding Of
The kind has occurred. G. g."
"C1arksOiUe, Ten, Dec. 3.--Ws al.
rived hete at day break, with some dam.
age TO the boat. which compeIs to re-.
msin great part Of the day This city
is more Tranquil than any place we have
visited, the white population being mo- o
numerous than the blacks. Still il has
also been very much excited.
! can iron establishment, in which 500
negroes belonging To one man, was on
tho point of suspending work. The ell.
crgetic attitude Of the proprietor, and
the arrest of six blacks who fomented