Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-19

whites who excite them. they imag-
inc that Col. Fremont. With n large
array. is waiting at the mouth Of the
river Cumberland until the night Of
Is or cath Of December has arrived
Then all this array will help to dsIiv-
er the slaves.
.hev hare been struck by the sud
den fweIling Of The liver. and atlri.
buto this circumstance TO the great as
sembIagc Of men and ships, nc lie
mouth Certain slaves are so greatly
imbued with this fable. that I have
seen them smile when they are being
whipped. and have heard them say
that Fremont and his men can hear
the blows they receive"
The mines along the shores Of the
Cumberland. for distance &C abou,
thirty miles. have suspended work.
Machine shops. occupying from 80 TO
goo negroes, have now only Eve or
six whites TO direct operations. This
is the case in regard 10 the Cumbcr-
land Iron Works. Of which ! spoke
yesterday. In these localities. also
The panic is great. Three white flec-
sellers have been arrested in Dover 10
the net Of exciting "a revolt. They
were beaten. aud were rlIowcd fifteen
hours to leave The county aud thirty 10
get out Of the State.
A black preacher was arrested
while delivering an nbolitionisi sermon.
He forms one Of The nine who were
yesterday IL Dover. or these nine
i've are GOT yet tried Tie four 9th
ers have been tried by n regular uibu.
nal, and were CONDEMNED to be Lung on
Thursday, (.o-morrow;) but. Us on
The announcement Of this sentence a
band Of blacks wat organized for u
rescue. the four criminals were TO b,
hung last evening. The excitement
which will naturally follow among ia.
slaves Is much dreaded. The women
and children. too young ~ serve foI
defence. are emigra,ins towards III,
more populous districts.
OF the body Of two hundred blacks
that marched to Dover. about sixty
have been arrested. They are thos.
which I saw whipped Yesterday n,
the Cumberland Iron Works. Thirt,
others returned to their workshops
and farms. and The rest ran to III.
woods but no attempt ut plllage o
murder has yet been made. In sa
wing themselves. the blacks not onl,
carried away arms and ammunition
bat also everything they could. and II
many places. particularly at Dove
the whites nrc shor, u POWDER
They would have pail its weight il
gold for that which we could not pro
cure for them
All the blacks made prisoners mr.
first examined separately by jury
who decide whether there is groun,
or not to lay an accusation before
justice. The increased precau,ion ha
already had good moral ellec
among them.
As told you yesterday. the plal
was to butcher The whites upon iso!a
ted farms and in The work shops. ans
then TO march 10 each chief town q
The country. They would thus hav'
established free rosi along ihl
Cumberland from Nashville TO Ohio.
BY ihis route all who took part il
the revolt could have fought a rcirea
10 Indiana md Illinois. No one couls
have disturbed them. for they wouls
have trnversed the lemt populated par
Of the country ? Thus, though th'
plot has been exposed, and We hav,
not TO dread any actual explosion
there still remains an uneasiness hbou
the future. and we reflect with lerro
upon the facility OF executing hi
plan. II il had not been discovered.