New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01
PROJECTED NEGRO INSURRECT IOE
SIX NEGROES HUNG-ONE WHIPPED TIC
DEATH-MORE UNDER ARREST.


DEATH-MORE UNDER ARREST.
The last number of The Canton (Trigg Co., Ky.,)
Dispdtch publishes the following extracts from letter
TO a citizen of that place The editor of The Dsp itch
says that tie writer is knt in that community as
gentleman Of veracty, in whose statements all conf
derce may be placed:
PEMBRoKE Dec. b. 1856
BROTHER HENRY: | write this morning with the
hope of sending the letter to Hopkinsvle by hand
Last Wednesday week, about II O'Clock, the news
came here that the negroes at the furnaces at 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
| fxed up Immediately and went TO Lafayette that
night getting there about half an hour in the night
The report found to be false but the town was 10
state of perfect excitement upon the negro question
The citizens bad called together their most substantial
men, and formed a committee and engaged in the
examination of the negroes Twas permitted 10 WIT;
nefs the investigation which rather general aud
ipdefn te but Others had told Startling facts In regard
to the insurectiop Mr.. Rust, owing TO the excite
ment had adjourned his school that morning.
Tuesday morning. went 10 Dover, ana
arrived there about oclcck. The people had hung
four negroes at IL O'Clock that morning and two more
then in town to be hung. got TO tee place of eIecu
ton in tine to soc the last 90 Off Ut the six that
were hung three preachers. They were all proved
10 be rDgeacers. learned that the men at the forge
were at work whipping the truth ut of their negroes 50
rode out there that night and was up with them al
night never had such feelings 10 my life. | saw a
ift Of negroes thayS6d been whipped, aud was told
what they all had stated, and then heard the balance
exsmned-some taking five and six hundred lashes
before they VIC ud tell the tale but when they did tell
it, il was the that all the Others bad told. Some
told the whole story without taking lick. Those that
were exsu iped were not permitted TO those that
were not they kept entirely separate aud 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 was, that
Chrsimos eve night, they were all 10 rise Old Hal,
And Grovn nd oil an
Parish the manager ard his family, except his wife,
and she In future TO be the vile Of lsh nae Toey
were TO kill yourg Pepper next brother OF Judge Pep
pe, and other whites thai might be about the place
They were then to meet the Mill negroes at the forks
Of the road at Pdgits near Long Creek. and were to
make Joint charge upon Dover; after they had
cleaned mp Dover, and provided themselves with arms
and ammunition, they were TO scatter ou' over the
country generally. At the Mill the negroes, rather
Bob Muntl, was TO Kill George Lewis first, then
Henry Erwin, and then the balance Unfortunately.
Lewis and Erwin whipped Bob Morris to death. At
the Old Dover furnace, Charlie Napier was to Kill
brother George first; Mat. Huts9n was to kill young
Tom buckingham next, and Bill Blair was to kill Ed
win, Georges son, and Henry and Willie Wynus, and
then go to the Mil Brother George hur2 Charlie Ma
pier day about ii clock, ard let him hang TIL
next day about | oclOck-96 hours.
We ore at work here to-day. We have ono negro in
chains and will hang him think certain; II the Com
mtee will not the community are determined 10 do H.
thiIk We will have quite exciting time here before
we get through. have doubt but that 1t Is uii-
vorsa thing all over the Southern States and that
every negro fifteen years Old either knows of it or is
into it. and the most confidential house servants
the ores that are to BE- the most active in the desruc
ton of their own femilies The negroes everywhere
they are examined all agree that the men, women, and
children arc to be aiD and that the young women are
to be kept a. wives for themselves, and good many
Of them about Dover and the furnaces went so far as
to select their future companions.
Har, ey Nelson up TO the tin l left Dover, wae
not in pcaed by any of the negroes at the mill bat
wss deeply concerned by the testimony of the Kirk
man negroes. Six eight all the Committee got
of them Young Tom Kirkman took the balance aud
eft end if he comes again to the country soon he will
be mobbed think certain. All the negro preachers
and active members of the church. where the affair has
been investigated, are found to be the most efficient
and jealous ones in the instruction. 1t has been
found so in Stewart County, about La Fayete, Hop.
ille and says the same of Clarksvle and
other places. Yours. L. NJ. ATKINS.
A celebrated Methodist preacher