The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-03
Letter from Mississippi-The Com
tsnpIated bsurrection-Lyac. Law-Mississappi
Central RddroaQ
REsPoNDENcR OF TIE RICHMOND DAILY prspArcH
WATERFORD, MARSHALL Co., MISS,
Septembsr 22d. 1857

| WATERFORD, MARSHALL Co, MISS
| September 22d, 1857.
| In my letter of the 18th inst. mentioned that
report had just reached to the effect that seys-
| raj negroes had been arrested in this county and
the county South of s,charged with organizing an
insurrection, and that some one or two white men
| were implicated in the affair A man named Spy-
| der, a workman on the railroad. (Mi.sissippi Cen
tral,) was taken up upon negro evidence, as inst-
gator and leader Of the insurrecton, was tried be-
| fore committing court, and discharged; but be-
| fore he had time to leave the town of oxford
where his trial took places meeting of citizens
was called. They were determined to take the
| matter in their own hands.
He was taken out of town about half mile into
| the woods and told to strip, but when he wa.
drawing his shirt it was caught around his neck
| with the sleeves, for a blind fold. rope was
| then put around his neck to frighten him. but
without the desired effect. He then tied to a
tree, and told it the intention OF the people to
Lynch" him until he told all he knew about the
contemplated insurrection. He replied that he
knew nothing to tell. The lashing commenced
by two who used leather straps fastened to sticks
ten inches long. After he had received one hun
dred and sixty-seven lashes, he began to know
something about it, but not enough to satisfy the
Lyuchers; and when the number reached two hon
dred and thirty-eight, he told the whole tale
which was this: lie to raise q company of ne
groes, which was to be furnished with arms at his
expense, go 10 the houses OF some of the weathest
families, trighten them out OF their money. If
they failed in getting it this way, they to kill
the men ans take it, and then strike for Indiana
where he come from. There was no testimony
against him, except his confession and that of the
blacks, 50 the next day he put on the cars.
sent to Memphis, where he was to start for his
home in Indiana Several of the negroes that
were implicated are confined in Jail, to await
their trial at the next term of the Circuit Court
few nights ago the officers and passengers, on
the downward train of the Mississippi Central,
were startled by jostling of the cars, the train
was Immediately stopped, when it was found that
fencerail had been layed across the track, by
designing scoundrel or scOundres. The scoundrel
finding that their plan Of throwing the train of
the track had failed, seemed determined to carry
out their plan of wholesale destruction, and placed
a large cros5-te on the track i'll the same place
But in this they were again foilsd. The train on
its return the next morning, Just before day.
sackened its speed in approaching the place, dis
covered the crosstie in time TO save the lives Of
those on board A reward of $500 has been offered
by the company, for the arrest and conviction OF
the scoundrels
The Mississippi Central Railroad is destined to be
of the first roads lin point of travel and mpor-
tauce to the community through which 1t passes)
in the South. 1t runs through the centre of the
entire State, tapping the New Orleans road in the
southern part OF the state at Canton; running
through fertile, healthy and popuous country,
by the towns of Grenada Coffeeyille, oxford, Holly
Springs, Waterford and several others OF minor
Importance, tapping the Memphis and Charleston
| road at Grand Junction and there uniting with
the Mississippi Central and Tennessee Railroad,
which is being constructed to the mouth of the
Ohio river Thus you see, as said in the out set,
that the Mississippi Central Railroad. when COM
plete (Which will be in about Is months will be
great thOroughfare.
A great deal of rain has fallen in the last few
days. Weather quite cool at this time. A few
bales OF new cotton has been sent into market
from this county-sold at Is cents per pound
BEVERLY.