Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-01-01

with the one on shipboard were taken charge of b,
coroner Salter who caused them to be removed u
this place, where they arrived this evening. ts
On Saturday afte rnoon those on board were res
New York. SIS
This forenoon, Capt. Atchison, with crew
boarded the brig The body Of the sailor was lying
upon the deck and nesting closely to 1t was largs
newfoundland dog and hog. The body the animals
an4 various articles werc removed to land. The
vessel will probably be total loss; she was insur
Cd IN q: Johns, newfoundland, and the cargo was
| insured IN New York. The cargo was consigned to
Messrs. Napier, johnson Co., Of Now York. The
captain and mate we're the last persons to leave the
| ship.
FURTHER PARTICULARS op THR sLkvn PLors IN
TEsNEssBE.--The Courier des Etats Unis, contains
couple Of letters from its editor who has been
/ travelling In Tennessee rrgt5
SPARTA White county, Tennessee Dec. IL -
Since my letter of the 4th inst 1, I have been in
Nashville whence also proceeded to tho interior-
Before writing to you again I waited till faeti
sno9la take more definite character, so that
mlghtJudgo OK the real importance Of this affair O
inc egro conspiracy. Nothing having occurred tt
medify my frst impressions nor my predictions,
proceed TO narrate to you lin an unoonnected way,
the iacts shat have witnessed. 5Iag 81
All that have seen is only a repetition, on a
s aiier scale, OF what have already informed you
o. In all directions the negroes are suspected and
when convicted ei being engaged in the conspiracy
arrested, whipped and fer the most part sent home
70 tAelr masters, put in prison, il guilty, or lungs
me crime Is hagrant and the degreeof guilt dem nd
this extreme punishment ..5 20
The futher you go from the river, the weaker
seems tho plot and less does IL occupy the peoples
mind. The most striking thing about 1t Is that il
has extended It's qualifications into the most remote
places whore If il does not create aiarm 1t ut least
shows tne activity, might say the bitterness with
winch lts propaba have undertaken to extend It.
AT sparta where arrived after rough Journey
OF w miles in "a hours, free negro had been ar
rested having in his possession six double baTrelled
guns, tegether with rifles and pistols. His first
answer In regard to the he intended to make of
Lnts arsenal was that he intended to go hunting
Inc KIND Of game not was named, though we'll un.
aerstood. So this very dangerous Nimrod was re-
taineu as prisoner. Another negro was arrested,
having in his possession arms which he said he ro.
eeiVed from the former, with the design of using
them when the hour of deliyerance arrived.
, "A constant smoke, which was seen coming from
tae shop Of blacksmith, living between Sparta and
MeMinyille, also attracted attention. The smith
was free negro. descent was made upon him in
the middle Of the night, and he was found to be
making boWieikniyes. Under his bed was found
ohest iull OF the weapons. Their siEe-two feet and
half long-made it certain for what purpose they
were destined, "he answers given by the rustic
vulcan not being such topalliate his offenee, he
was put IN place of safety Ill bis fate ooald be
Day before yesterday. tina nks to the poIteness of
Mr. a. de N. the only Frenc hman that have met
81 sparta, went as fur as the Dodge Farm, sort
ot gass among the mountains, where We passed the
Where could give news in regard to the condition
OF East Tennessee. But the rain, which bad ais
most destroyed the roads, prevented it,
. we learned however that Walden Ridge, which |
Hanks the Cumberland Mountains, had been visited |
by the apostles of murder and 'incendiarism / |
coulc not, however, obtain any details in regard to
their deeds in that country. 5s. T. ~.
1--WE returned yesterday to SPARTA intending te
60 hunting 70 day. But here we had new m istor.
the village For several days the free negroes and
even certain slaves, had been buying up the sup.
plies at all the grocery stores How is ii that gro.
GERS, whites and slave owners, can sell to negroes
such dangerous articlel
"a new supply Is expected day after to morrow , |
aud now an ordinance forbids the sale of It to the
blacks This precauion has been adopted almost |
everywhere, and in other places special measures
have been adopted for the hOlydays, and very |
close watch will be kept up
In spite of all these precautions; people will live
in anxiety till the fatal period is past 1t must be
confused that thesefears are ustifabie in the faoe
OF those people among whom there are no limits to
credality, and who have been frightened inte be.
lieving the most absurd things.
"Their obstinaoy Is SO great and their conviction /
SO deeply rooted that in Stewart county two ne.
eroes died saying, 'We were engaged in the plot;
we know all the deaisi but you may kill US before
We will tell word. In few days Fremont will |
revive usn "