The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-03


known citizen Of 1rigg county, Ky, discloses
the terrible state of feeling among the whites,
and the horrid consequences to the blacks,
which the recent unfortunate and groundless
alarm of slave instructions had excited in
the districts where the supposed design ex-
listed. 1t illustrates what would be the shock
ing and revolving consequences Of a servile
war. should it once b.gin:
PEMBROKE, Dec 13, 1856
Brother HenrY:-T write this morning with
the hope of sending the letter to IIopkinsyille
by hand. Last Wednesday week about II
o'clock, the news came here that the negroes
ut 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.
l fixed up Immediately. ard went to Lafayette
that night, getting there about half an hour
in the night. The report found to be false,
but the town was in a state of perfect excite
ment upon the negro question. The citizens
had called together their most substantial
men, and formed a committee and were en-
gagged in the examination of the negroes
was permitted to witness the investigation,
which was rather general and indefinite, but
instruction. Mr.. Rust, owing to the excite
ment, had adjourned his school that morning.
Tuesday morning [ went to
Dover, and arrived there about o'clock
The people had hung four negroes at IL O'Clock
that morning, and two more then in town to
be hung. | got to the place of execution in
time to see the last one 90 off. OF the six
that were hung, three had been preachers
They were all proved to be ring-leaders.
learned that the men at the forge were at work
whipping the truth out OF their negroes, so
Erode out there that night, and was up with
them all night. | never had such feelings ir
my life. | saw list Of negroes that had beer
whipped, and was told what they all haG
stated, and then heard the balance examined
some taking five and six hundred lashes be-
fore they would tell the tale--but when they
did tell it, it was the same that all the Others
told. Some told the whole story without
taking a lick Those ttat were examined
were not permitted to see those that were no
they were kept entirely separate, and guarC
over leach. One Of the negroes at the torg
died from whipping that night, several hour
after the operation.
The substance of the testimony there, was
that Christmas eve night they were all to ris,
Old Hal, Amos, Anderson, Grey and Ishmeal
were to murder Parish, the manager, and hi
family except his wife, and she in future wa
to be the wife Of Ishmeal they were to Xxi
Young Pepper next, (brother of Judge Pei
peri and other whites that might be about th
place; they were then to meet at Long creel
and were to make joint charge upon Dove
after they had cleaned up Dover, and provide
themselves with arms and ammunition, the
were to scatter out over the country genera
". At the mill the negroes or rather BE
MurreIl was to kill George Lewis first the
Henry Erwin and then the balance indiscrr
inatey Lewis and Erwin whipped Bob Mo
,ris to death At the furnace Charles Napi
was to kill brother George frst-Mat Hutst
was to kill young Tom. buckingham next, al
Bill Blair was to kill Edwin. Georges SO
and Henry and Willie Wynus, and then so