Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-12-31
TIE GRAND RIVER TIMES
81 GRAND HAVEN. MICHIGAN
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC 81, 1856;

Tennessee, in consequence Of a ru,nor that he |
SLAVES IN many Localities are plotting "a gener-'
al insurrection. -Eu9 ar 1No uU ltHW.
E Six ncgres were hung ON the 9th inst,
at Louisville, the supposed leaders in tile
movement in thatcity. The Nashville (Ten
ncssce) Gazette, Of the 10th inst, states that
gentleman from Gollstnreport"d that four
negroes were to be hung at that place on that
rlav, on account of their connections with the
slave revolt, and many more had been arrest
ed and were awaiting examination.
The Nashville Union, Of the ll,h inst,
states that a great panic exists in the coun-
ties of Montgomery and Stewart, where are
located extensive iron works and rolling mills,
giving employment to large number Of
slaves, upon The discovery that plans for a
general revolt just on the eve Of consumma-
ton, had recently come To the knowledge of
masters and employees Upwards Of sixty
engaged in the iron works had been imIlca
ted, and nine hung-fve 10y the mob. A
like state of things was found to exist in adj
joining counties. Their plan seemed to be
to rise about Christmas, overpower the whites
and flee to the free States. In some instan-
ces the Instruction is alleged to have been
planned by itinerant aboltionists, whereupon
the Union thus remarks:
Let the people Of the South watch had
white men who come among us as wolves
in Sleeps clolhing-lct them learn to keep
their negroes at home and attend political
meetings lhemsclves-let the moral training
of Ser> ants come from their own lips, respect
fully such Northern philanthropy as the
Southern aid Soccty,' gotten up to furnish
lis with New England missionaries and in
tcrmeddlrrS in our domestic atfairs-we say,
let the South do these things, and we will
have no more negro Instructions. But if we
fail in our duty, we have but premonition
of the incacuable evil
In Florida also the same conspiracy on the
part OF the negroes, TO murder their masters
is serious y unprecedented. The people of AL
cxanlcr and Fairfield counties, Virginia
stand in so much fear of an outbreak among
the negroes that they have applied to Gov.
WISE for arms and ammunition, and have
been furnished with a suiiicicncy for defence
Esg~ The State Board Of Education have
issued u circular, informing the public that the
Agricultural College Edifce is 50 far com
plctcl as to admit students. Arrangements
have been made to open the institution on
the first Wednesday Of April next and APP
plications for admission may now be made to
the Hon. IRA MAYHEM, Secretaryrof Board
Of instruction.
The college building is located three miles
east Of lansing on farm of nearly 700
acres, selected 10y the President and Execu-
tive Committee of the State Agricultural
Society, in connection with the State Board
Of Elucation.R
An appropriation for the purchase of the
farm, erection of suitable buildings, furnish
ing of the same, and compensation Of Pro-
fcssors, was made by the Legislature at its
last session.
The branches of study in this college con-
sist of those pursued in an English and sci
rntifc course: Natural Philosophy, Chemis-
try, Botany, Animal and Vegetable Anato-
my and Physiology, Geology, Mineralogv,
Metcorology, Entomology, Veterinary AIT,
Mcnsuiaiion, Levcling, and Political Econo-
my, with Book Keeping and the Mechanical
Arts connected with Agriculture.
Tuition is to bc forever free to pupils in
This State. Applicants for admission must
have attained the age Of fourteen years, and
have acquired a good common school cduca-
ton. Each student is to labor, according to
law, not less than three, nor more than four
hours each day, and is to receive such com
;ensation for his labor as shall he determined
| bv the Board of Education. No student
shall be exempt from labor except in case of
sickness.
Now here is a fine opportunity for indus
trious and worthy young men Of Ottawa Co.
to acquire an education, almost if not entirely
free OF pccuniary expense, ms the three hours
labor performed, will probably be nearly, if
not quite sufficient to pay expenses; and we
hope to see many avail themselves of the adj
vantages thus held forth to acquire an educa-