The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-05
The Late Projected Negro Insurn ection.-
Six Negroes Hung, &c.
The Canton (Ky Dispatch publishes the follow
Ing extract of a letter, giving an account Of the
late projected negro insurrection In that State:

The Canton Ky Dispatch publishes the follow
Ing extract of letter, giving an account Of the
late projected negro insurrection in that State:
PEMBROKE. Dec. 13. lS56.-Last Wednesday
week, about 12 o'clock, the news came here that
the negroes at the furnaces at Stewart county had
rebelled, and that they had crossed the Cumber.
land river, and would attack Lafayette that night
aud with this came other rumors from Dover I
fixed up Immediately, and went to Lafayette that
night getting there about half an hour In the
night The report found to be false, bat the town
was in state of perfect excitement upon the ne
gro question. The citizens had called together
their most substantial men, and formed-a commit
tee, and were engaged in the examination of the
negroes. was permitted to witness the investi-
CATION, which was rather general and indefinite,
but others had told startling facts in regard the
insurrection Mr.. Rust owing to the excitement,
had adjourned bis school that morning.
Tuesday morning went to Dover, and arrived
there about two O'Clock. The people had hung
more then in town to be hung. / got TO the place
Of execution in time to 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 whip
ping the truth out of their negroes, 80 rode out
there that night, and was up with them all night.
L saw list of negroes that had been whipped,
and was told what they all had stated, and then
heard the balance exanfined-some taking five
and six hundred 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 ex-
amined were BOT 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 af
ter the operation.
The substance of the testimony there was, that
Christmas eve night, they were all to rise Old
Hal, Amos, Anderson Grey and Ishmael were to
murder Parish, the manager and his family, ex
cept his wife, and she in future was to be the wife
of Ishmael They were to kill young Pepper next,
lbrother of Judge Pepper,l and other whites that
might be about the place. They were then to meet
the Mill negroes at the forks of the road Pidgits.
near Long Creek, and were to make joint
charge upon Dover; after they had cleaned up Do
yer, and provided themselves with arms and am
munition. they were to scatter out over the coun.
try generally. At the mill, the negroes, or rather
Bob Murrell, was to kill George Lewis first, then
Henry Erwin, and then the balance indiscrimi-
natey. Lewis and Erwin whipped Bob Morris 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 sou, and Henry
and Willie Wynus, and then go to the mill. Broth.
er George hung Charlie Napier one day about /
o clock, aud let him hang till next Gay about
o'cock-26 hours sssas