Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-12-24
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RALEIGH, SATURDAY,. DEC. 20. 1856.

RALEIGH. SATURDAY. DEC. 20. 1856.
Ey- We deem it our duty to a|lude to rumors of
insurrection among the slaves, and to call the atten-
ton of our readers to the following article from the
Richmond Enquirer, which may be applied to this
State, in all probability, well to Virginia. We
forbear to give in full the details of the attempted
insurrecton among the Cumberland iron works. in
Tennessee. Suffice it to say, that no white persons
were injured, the plot having been detected before
was matured but number of slaves have been
shot, whipped, and hanged. White incendares
we're summarily disposed Of, as they should be wher
ever and whenever detected in the horrible crime
Let death, instant death, be their portion
One of the E1tore of the Courier des Etats Unis,
writing from Clarksvie, Tenn. says
"The town smore tranquil than any of the other
places that we have visited about here. This is be-
cause the white population, more numerous, has
less to fear from the plots Of agtators, white
black Nevertheless, during the last few days, they
have not been without anxiety. They cite among
other things, the working of an iron mine which
cupies about eight hundred negroes, belonging to
single individual, and which has been the point
of being suspended.
The energetic action Of proprietor and the arrest
of six whites who stirred up the revolt, have suficed
to suppress the commencement of an insurrection.
The works go on but they incesSantly watched.
The six whites have been condemned to the penen-
tary. Thirty blacks nave been arrested, and await
judgment.
The creduIity of these poor people is such that,
in the belief of the whites who excite then, they
| imagine that Col. Fremont with large army is
waiting at the mouth Of the river Cumberland until
the night Of the 23d Oath of December has arri
ved Then all this army will help to deliver the
slaves
/ They have been struck by the sudden swelling of
the river, and attribute this circumstance to the
great aSsemblage of men and ships at its mouth
Certain slaves are so greatly imbued with this ia.
be that have seen them smile when they being
whipped and have heard them say that Fremont
and his men can hear the blows they receive"
i The mines along the shores of the Cumberland,
for distance Of about thirty miles, have suspended
work. Machine shops, occupying from $50 to 200
negroes have now only five six whites direct
operations This is the case in regard to the Cum
I berland Iron Works, of which spoke yesterday
In these localities also, the panic is great Three
white freesoers have been arrested in Dover in the
act of exciting a revolt. They were beaten and
were allowed fifteen hours to leave the county and
a thirty to get out of the State.
A black preacher arrested while delivering an
abolitionst sermon. He forms one OF the nine who
were Yesterday in Dover. OF these nine, five are
not vet tried. The four others have been tried by
4 a regular tribunal and were condemned to be hung
\ on Thursday, tomorrow } but as on the announce
ment of this science band of blacks was organized
for rescue, the four criminals were to be hung last
evening. Inc excitement Wnlcn Will naturally lO!-
Il low among the slaves is much dreaded. The women
and children, too young to for defence, are EN-
grating towards the more pOpulOus district.
E OF the body of two hundred blacks that marched
to Dover, about sixty have been arrested. They are
b | these which l whipped yesterday at the Cum
berland Iron Works Thirty others returned to theil
workshops and farms and the rest ran to the woods
Il but attempt at pillage and murder has yet been
n made. In saving themselves the blacks not only
carried away arms and ammunition, but also every
thing that they could and in many places particular
FL ly at Dover, the whites short of powder They
would have paid its weight in gold for that which we
/ could not procure for them.
FL All the blacks made prisoners are first examined
E separately by jury who dec ded whether there is
ground not to lay accusation before Justice
III This increased prccauton has already had good
E moral effect among them.
H As | told you yesterday, the plan to butcher
the whites upon isolated farms and in the workshops
and then TO march to each chief town of the county
They would thus have established free road along
the Cumberland from Nashville to Ohio.
"a By this route all who took part in the revolt coulc
have fought a retreat to Indiana and Illinois. NJ
one could have disturbed them, for they would have
"a Taversed the least populated part of the country
q mus, though the plot has been exposed, and We
nave not to dread any actual explosion there still
II remains an uneasiness about the future, and We re
hect with terror upon the facility of executing ths
W plan, if it had not been discovered"
81 The following is the article from the Enquirer
f referred to:
NEGRO INsunREcT1oNs.-Every day develops som.
fresh scheme Of revolt among the slaves of thu
Western and more Southern States To those al
ready reported in columns, we have to add an
other prepared plan of nsurrecton just detected ant
defeated in South Carolina. Occurring at the SAM
time in SO many separate localities these discoverie
suggest the suspicion of very general spirit of in
spoordination among the negro population. VIII,
d should this State alone be exempt from the DANCE
which impended over nearly the entire Southern
community! It'll net. In Montgomery county an,
IN the vicinity of Williamsburg, facts have bee1
brought to light which warrant the apprehension Q
an outbreak and justify the people in the most sum
mary measures of suppression.
1t is a remarkable circumstance in all thes
schemes of medtated insurrection that Christina
was selected as the day of their accomplishment
now now observing so widespread spirit of rcvol
among the slaves, perceving that the same incend;a
operatein full vigor in this State, and seeing
hmueeo tnat indications of intended outbreak hav
wen detected in more than one county in Vireinis
r venture, at the hazard even of exciting unncces
ty app ehens'on, to inquire if it is not the duty
authorities and of the people to provide ever
r''''ae precauton against any demonstration {