Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-01-08

Inc InSuTlcctlCnafy movements among the
Slaves of several of the southern states have not
it appears, been yet suppressed, as will be per
ceived from the following:
IN MISSISSIPPI.
JACKSON, Dec. 2l.-0ur town is in perfect
| state of excitement to-day, in consequence of
rumors of an intended negro instruction to take
place during the holidays. The Mayor has issu-
ed a proclamation, calling upon the citizens to
organize and prepare to crush the rebellion in
its bud. Twenty-seven negroes have been
rested this morning. The extent of the plot is
not known. Feelings of doubt and anxiety are
universal. Our citizens are in n fearful state Of
excitement. The particulars of this excitement
are hard to obtain; and although universal, the
origin and foundation are very difficult to asccr-
tain. Rumors from Canton, also have reached
us of similar state of affairs. How far north
Alabama may be in danger we cannot say with
certainty, but there are rumors of rebellion in
that quarter.
IN MARYLAND.
During the past week considerable uneasiness
has existed in some parts of King Georges coun-
ty, touching an apprehended rising of slaves du-
ring the present week The Marlboro Advocate
says
Two slaves, the property Of Henry Danger
field. Esq, were arrested and committed to Jail
on Friday last, and on Sunday five others were
also committed Those first arrested are said to
have given some information, or to have made
some disclosures concerning an instruction, on
which public apprehension appears to be based
In consequence of these circumstances, public
meetings of the citizens of this district were held
on Saturday and Monday last for the organization
OF patrols and for taking other steps in the prem
| Uses"
IN VIRGINIA.
The Berrysyille (Va.) Gazette, of Tuesday has
the following:-
Just before going to press three slaves, Joe,
! Tom and Vincent, the property of Mrs Geo. l..
| kertoot, near Wildwood, and a free negro named
! Alfred Thompson, have been lodged in our jail
! for attempted Instruction. We learn that these
negroes expressed themselves before the Justice
who committed them, as familiar with plot of
instruction to commence in our county and also
a HarpeT's Ferry, two months from the LIST of
November last Andfurther that they had hea I'd
white men and negroes talking, if Fremont were
elected they would be free, and as they knew he
was not, they were prepared to fight for it, nd
threatened the lives OF tive of our most worthy
| citizens as the first they intended to take"
IN FLORIDA.
The Mariana (Fls.) Patriot contains the pre-
ceedings of large meeting ofcitizens of jackson
county, assembled in that town on Saturday, 49,
to adopt measures of public safety Committees
of Vigilance were appointed, and patrols in all
the districts of the country organized. Resolu-
tons were adopted forbidding the meetings in
the negro churches until after the 10th of Janu.
AIRY, and restricting the negroes from leaving the
plantations unaccompanied by white person,
from visiting the town Of Mariana, and enioin-
ing the s.r;ctest surveillance the part of the
ma ~ -rra4As t,afroiS aud eiffypuS
I GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
AucCSrA, Dec lS.--We find the following in
telGgcnco in the Alabama Adper,iser s. Gazette:
| III York District. South Carolina, to-day, the
slave excitement continues. Powder and mus
kets have been found in possession of slaves.
A despatch from Columbia saws fifteen negroes
have been killed by their owners in Perry Fs-
capes of slaves are numerous, The whites in
ali directions are aiming themselves.
~ TENNESSEE.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Dec 3)-A great excite
msnt exists at Nashville, Tenn, in reference to
rnmored rising among the slaves. The Corpora
ton met and passed an ordinance requiring the
military TO hold themselves in readiness for any
emergency, and appointing large number Of
additional watchmen
The Memphis appeal Of Dec 30th, says
Considerable excitement exists in St. Fran
els county, caused by rumors that the slaves
would rise about Christmas. Several negroes
We're whipped until they confessed the plot
similar story in circulation at Napoleonvile,
La.
A committee appointed by the Mayor of Nash
vile and the Judge of Davidson Co. to examine
the charges Of instruction against certain ne
groeS, report that there is no evidence, and re-
commend their discharge.
The Mississippi papers ridicule the telegraph
account ofthe negro disturbance in Jackson. and
saw it had not the shadow OF foundation
IN LOUISIANA.
A correspondent writes to the New York Tn
bHHc:
Il have reliable information from \. Orleans
that. within few = vs., there have been serious
! troubles among the slaves in Louisiana, and that
as many as twenty negroes have been hung; bat
the newspapers carefully refrain from any men
ton OF the facts.