The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-11


NEGRO IEsURREcrIoNARY MOVEMENTS.
From the Memphis News, Nov. eel
lev weeks ego the people Of this section were star
PORTIONS Of he south Not long since humber Of prc nS
nesting for the purpose Of determining the best
to be adopted TO suppress supposed Of
was put on foot alter Information lad been received that
the Of that county, together with those OF 05on
county, Tennessee had ooncocted and were me t,atng
general inzurrecton, TO take place about the 2bth OF
December few weeks sgo man named Hancock
arrested Union county, Arkansas suspicion being
engaged trying TO excite the slaves 70 Instruction
He made some confessions and managed finally to
escape, but rereated, taken 70 IA Dorado tried
no found guilty on The trial. ous sapssausn,y he said
ne knew all about II but would not tell Tnis 80
sspersted the people Is we learn from the Claiborne
Ola Advocate that they seized him, and being then
conviroed of his guilt shot him In the woods A
by the Of Martin was tried in FL Dorado,
similar charge convicted and hanged There was TO be
general Concentration OF about three hundred negroes
al . given point led by Hancock and several Others
The town Of FL Dorado WAS to be attacked Its inhabitants
murdered and money and provisions obtained by force
The excitement extended down into Louisiana and seve
n planters examined their negroes, but they discovered
nothing to mphccte any ono.
from the Someryie, Tenn, Star, OF Nov. 29.1
Some ago. during the insurrection excitement,
We that three negroes had been ncAr
cerated by the sheriff Afterwards, upon trial Of habeas
corpus OF them taken out whipped aud
taken home, and the remaining six were detained for
trial On last Monday these were brought out and tried
before regular impesched jury aud three Justices who
ordered that five OF them should be whipped four times
In two wseks thirty nine ashes each time, and as fur
Their punishment that they should stand In the piory
four times hour each time. The sixth one, being
older than the Others aud for other considerations
also, received but ten iashes.
From the Frsnklir (Ia Journal Of Nov. ST.
The negroes arragped Ia the parish OF st. Martin,
poeed to have been connected with tnsurrec onary
plot that parish, have all been acquitted except free
VINO was supposed had acted In concert with them for
whom warrant was Issued and the Deputy Sheriff Of
Inn IN mia m Iafu Last
and accompanied By posse, went in search Of the u
stves and beow here. nearly opposite PAttersonvie,
deretHnd 10 the terminus OF the railroad is supposed
tia. OF the rartics arrested-whose not
movement, OF nsurrecon having Furnish ed the nexroe,
with ammunition and arms The free boy, and at least
one OF the white will suffer death for the part taken
in the matter; and the Mr. CApdeboscq who bears
enviabie reputation in this section for This outrageous
conduct ~hie residing here should be very sammary
dealt with He isa very dangerous character, and has
doub, done muct to sggravate the present feeling
among the colored population.
SLAVES, FREE NEGROES AND EMANCIPATION.
from the New Orleans Delta Dec.
TIE II Rsiature that is u meet next month will have
many subjects Of importance befJre IL, bat none we are
regard TO the police and enancpauo Of blacks.
Circumstances have occurred during the last year well
calculated to awaken alarm lest through the nadequacy
at visiting stautes neglect their enforce mert Lous
tara should be overrun by free negroes
In this city understand thai there have been eau
cipaed within The last twelve months before cO1rt
alone between i've and six hundred blacks and We can
not be wrong IN supporting that before all the courts,
there bave been between thousand and fitesa hun
bred II this contaues what is TO be the re,ul1 How
long will IL be before the free negroes outn1mber the
Whites In The Interior Ct the State the evil has
been felt 10 that d gree to have demanded atten
lion rom YGrsnd Jurors and judges. In the parish
Of Pouie Coupee where the vote cast at the late
told that the free negroes arc only
eigh, lees than the number OF white voters SO graf
Is the evil felt 70 be there, that although there
twenty applicants emancipation the las,
tern OF the not successful 10 the parish
OF Rapdes the evil fell TO DO quite as great and Judge
OsdtD delivered able charge Grand Jury on tho
subject
Our entire law the subject requires revision. It il
not Tor the advantage OF the negro that ne be thrown
without a protection upon society. Free negroes
probably better Oh In New Oraaus than any other OF
large oes; but here they being every day
mere and more driven out Of reputsbls msot By
Oh. com petition OF write labor. Formerly they drove
draSs owned hacks kept shops and waited al our no
tells they forced into pos tons q nfcrioy and
made to fes that they At the Nor!n ormssts
sccey not sssccsied Win by the whites, art without
every slave Much tnis owing doubt N
the changed character of Dopu alton within the last
ten years Persons from he NORTH accustomed n be wait
ed only by white cannot easily get oser their
prejudice 10 be waited on by black servso and thus Y 10
,hss just w propor,ion IS New Orleans ia, beeoms
Northe,u'zed har tho nee negroes 10 orr mds. 5scn
driven from employ men'. the consequences Is, that In
order TO live be becomes hanger on sad depeadent Of
The resro who has master, he encourages him TO
cheat AMI deli aud hm owner AID buys h,m 10 90,
again those who fear tho pensty o. trading
with SLAVES. Hut what than all Is they
tuie mase Of mmsbls material dang arous TO the
peace Of society and ready 10 be worked upon by ncen
diaries from the Norta. During the late canvass in
more than parish negroes heard 10 declare that
Ia the event Of Fremont election they 10 be ffoc
In Ouachs parish oil taken up and confessed
10 gIlarly planned iusurrecon, 20 be mattel
is aitr the Novtu b.r election In Ponts Coupce pa
RAJ the ind'raor- OF rebellion discovered
10 beth instances white had been among Them, In
citing 20 nsurrecion, and iamiharzDz them With tae
idea of Ksnsss being Zee stse 70. their Advantage,
rna that Fremont to be their deivercr In Ponte
Corpee several newspapers Advocating Frenours cleo
ton Picked no, where they hal been scattered
by man from the NORTH, who hal been
through the psrhh sc,pg os.ansiby agent FOR the
sale Of sSme Northern corn cotton mil. Al this
time there two persons IN The jail OF that parish tor
ncirg 10 heurrsotson the negro population. U2oo one
Of heee found list OF nearly every free negro 10
the parish. He told Upon by iEea negro with whom
he bad tempered oao OF taeso Il foreisrerthe other
Is from tho sorh n 10 bad enough that should
shoton teachers end preachers into families,
ion paper, In New 0reaps but u becomes seri.
and books with imprpity traverse our country pa
risbes. and xhDper ince ndisry doctrines negro
quarters. II Is time the people Of the Interior
reused 10 the importance OF action n hs matter, be-
fore they q H. Lousiira AZ New Orleans, will
become Boston red with abolition
In this conneo lion again call attcr lion to the propr
ETY. ~ having slsve exc ptoa Law sucn lag si
certainly Tass the Mississippi legislature ha. been
recon rded by The Governor n South Carolina and
mpfropsly required In this y ate cap csly 10 This
ciiy wed closely trgcthcr the tsrcsts Of lhe
a tmali m had the large planter who nas
hi. hundreds OF saves