Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-18
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dred lashest and that he expired before lb<
penalty had ceen fully inflicted. These oc.
cuTrences had produced general consterna
tion and terror, and the women and chldrer
were fleeing and being sent off for safety
The men were arming and organizing fol
defence and the negroes were being con.
fined or kept under very vigilent watch -
We detail those reports as they are related
to US on creditsble su'hority--hoping the
alarm is exaggerated. AMI the retributioG
upon those arrested may not have been sc
awful as stated.
The CEarksvilIe Jsfsrsonian. of the 8
| inst, contains several articles relative Il
the threatened negro insurrectio1 in that
pcrtion Of Tennessee and the adjoining
ccuniifs of this State. We trust tina, all
! the danger apprehended has been -hverted
by the timely discovery OF the atrocious T lot
The JsGersoniaa says:
II is currently reported here that three OF
four of the negroes convicted Of completely
in the proposed insurrec:ion, were hanged
by the people at Dover, on Monday.
A branch Of the negro p,o, has been d's-
covered at the Cumberland Iron Works, in
Stewart county, and 'arge number of ne
groes had been paced under arrest and were
undergoing examination at the last accounts
On or about the 2lst day of November,
1856, plot for an insurrection among the
negroes at Louisa Furnace, o. K. Furnace,
Cum berland Furnace and in the intermedi-
a,e neighborhcod. was discovered, where
upon the people commenced the work OF
apprehe nding AID plnishng all the negroes
wnom they could find out as having been
engsgec in said plot, or Of having been
cogniZant Of il. Some Of those negroes
who were represented to be the most au.l'y
were lodged in jai.s o: Dickson and Mont
gomery counties Great excitement pre-
vailed throughout the neighboFhooI. and all
persons prepared for :he insursction. Every
man used extraordinary vigilance about hi
o~n premises. On the morning OF the 26th
ult.. negro man, named Brit,on, belonging .
tO Solomon d. Raimey, was heard. Iast be-
fore i.ybreak, approaching Louisa Furnace
as it seemed, making great noise, a9d ex-
claiming at intervals. Wake W, bovs. axe
up Desiies many other things, viii h could
not b. understood by those who heard him.
He passed the b use of NJ. Joseph WhelesS
and Mr.. Benjamin Black ford, and proceeded
TO the house Of Mr.. William Nirks, which
is about three hundred yards from the Fur
ance. Mr. Nicks was absent from home.
hoi IN
Pucket, Esq the father in-liw Of Mr.
NickS, Was at the house of Mr. Nicks, where
be had been staying for some time. ESQ.
Pickett, upon hearing the noise made by
said negro, as ne approached, went to the
door and listened, and finding that he (the
negro was coming in the direction of the
house, stepped ba into TIE house and got
his gun, and again walked out into the
porca. As the ns gro CINE up to the yard
gate, which is about twenty steps from TIE
house, the dogs ran out and commenc ID
barking at him, whereupon he exclaimed
Il am not afraid of dogs As he entered
the gate, E>q Puckeit once or twice, in
loud tones ordered him to stop, but The ne
gro still advanced towards the house-say-
ing, shoot, Mr.. Nicks, shoot me.' About
hall way between the gate aud house. he
dropped aside :wo coats, or round.abouts
and advanced to the steps of the porch. A.
he started up the steps, Esq. Pickett shot
and killed him. The alarm was given by
the Esquire and Mr.. Nicks, and many OF
us reached the spot within a few minutes,
aud there found the negro dead, with his
head resting upon the steps, just as he had
fallen.