Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-01-10
The Late Projected Negro Instruction.
SIX NEGROES HUNG. &c,

The Canton (Ky.) Dispatch publishes the
following extract of letter. giving an ac-
count of the late projected negro insurrec-
ton in that State:
PEMBROKE, Dec. 10, 1S56.-- Last We'd
nesday week, about II o'clock, the news
came here that the negroes at the furnaces
IN Stewart county had rebeled, and that
they had crossed the Cumberland river, and
would attack Lafayette that night, and with
this came other rumors from Dover. I fixed
up Immediately and went to Lafayette that
night, getting there aboat half an hour in
the night. The report l found to be false,
but the town was in state of perfect ex-
element upon the negro question. The
citizens had called together their most sub
stantial men, and formed a committee, and
were engaged in the examination of the ne
groes. | was permitted to witness the in
vestigation, which was rather general and
indefinite, but others had told startling facts
IN regard to the instruction. Mr. Rust,
owing to the excitement, had adjourned his
school that morning.
Tuesday morning I went to Dover, and
arrived there about two o'clock. The peo-
pie had bung four negroes at II clock that
morning, and two more were in town to be
hung. | got to the place of execution in
time to see the last one go off. OF the six
that were hung, three were preachers. They
were all proved to be ringleaders. learn
ed that the men at the forge were at work
whipping the truth out of their negroes, so
| rode out there that night, and was up with
them all night. | saw a list of negroes that
had been whipped, and was told what they
all had stated, and then / heard the balance
examlned-some taking five and six hun
dred lashes before they would tell the tale !:
but when they did tell it, it was the same
that all the others had told. Some told the
whole story without taking lick. Those
that were examined were not permitted to
see those that were not; they were kept
entirely separate, and guard over each -
One of the negroes at the forge died from
whipping that night, several hours after the
operation.
The substance Of the testimony there Tas,
that Christmas eve night they were all 10
rise. Old Hal. Amos, Anderson Grey and
lshnael, were to murder Parish, the mana
ger, and his family, except his wife, and
she in future was to be the wife of Ishmaol.
They were to kill young Pepper next, Giro
Their of Judge Pepper) and other whites
that might be about the place They were
then to meet the Mill negroes ut the forks
of the road at Pidgit's, near Long Creek,
and were to make joint charge upon Do
yer; after they had cleaned up Dover, and
provided themselves with arms and ammu-
milton, they were to scatter out over the
country generally. At the mill, the negroes,
or rather Bob Murrell was to kill George
Lewis first, then Henry Erwin, and then
the balance Unfortunately. Lewis and
Erwin whipped Bob Murrill to death. At
the old Dover furnace, Charlie Napier was
to kill brother George first Mat. Hutson
was TO kill young Tom Buckingham next,
and Bill Blair was to kill Edwin, Georges
son, and Henry and Willie Wynus, and
then go to the mill. Brother George hung
Charlie Napier one day about II o'clock,
and let him hang till next day about one
o'clock-26 hours.