Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-23
Another Insurrection--Almost.

Another InsurrectiOM---Alm
A young gentleman, formerly of this city,
who has been sojourning for some time ct
Brunswick, No., furnishes us an account Of
an apprehended negro Instruction at that
place, which was highly amusing to those not
too badly scared by it. We give the particu-
lars in bis own words, in letter to us, dated
" Brunswick, Charlton county, No., Nov.
soth., 1862"
"a lady overheard two negroes-a male
and femals-converse thus: ssiss V
"Male-I shall get mp about 2 o'clock, and
start at 8 o'clock 81 r,..f.l. mass III
"Female-'An right So.
"The lady told her husband. The husband
told other slaveholders that he expected the
negroes were going to rise up in rebellion
against the white people, and going to fire the
civ of Brunswick, and murder its inhabitants
This was to have come off last Sunday night,
the 9th inst. The greater portion of the
white people Tin fact all, with the exception
of those who do not own slaves, made great
preparations to quell the outbreak. The men
were all well armed, and lay around in ambush
at various points. The ladies assembled at
one or two houses, and were guarded. One
map in particular was armed with shotgun
on his shoulder, large pistol In one SIDE
pocket, q small revolver in the other, toma-
hawk in his bosom, and bowie-knite stuck
in his bootleg. The different stores threw
omen their doors, and handed out all kinds OF
weapons for all the friends of slavery who
chose to arm themselves.
tkVU.M ovd ofo1ock came and SIGNS
of assault on the part of the negroes. So
some of the bravest of the champions went
and dragged two Of the negroes, male and
female, out Of their beds, and hung them up
by the neck several times, with the interro-
CATION, what do you know about the negroes
rebelling against their masters, and hghung
for libertyP They every time avowed their
ignorance of any plot being laid against the
white people; 50 they released the female, but
set guard over the male, in order to prevent
his going to warn any others who might be
interested. But the said guard was armed
with bottle of whisky, and he drank too
freely of it, and consequently fell asleep, and
his prisoner retired to his bed, leaving hls
guard sleeping in place not ut for a hog to
sleep in.
"Daylight began to dawn, and no fighting
vet, nor any other disturbance, excepting the
bowling of the hounds, and the report of few
gun-shots, fred principally by young hero
pretty well stimulated with whisky, at some
store-boxss, and other objects of dark color,
which he happened to run against whilst
going his rounds.
"Finally, daylight relieved the anxious and
trembling. 1 say trembling, because the
bravo described as being so we'll armed was
heard, by friend of mine, to say, whenever
his companions made the least noiss-'Hold
on, boys, or they will hear us and murder US
before we have chance to fight!
"sBut what could those negroes mean by
discoursing thus?' was still the topic OF the
mornings conversation, until the subject was
laid before the two negroes first mentioned,
and they soon solved the mystery. 1t seems
that the male negro had engaged to get up
early, and 20 and help some men kill certain
number of hogs $50 believe was the number)
which the lady also heard them mention in
their conversation. This privilege was given
him bv his master, after days work. Some
of them make as much as Is cts. per day
doing Jobs for others, which they spend fol
their wives or children, or for themselves
| The condition of society in which sucf
unfounded alarm can SO soon take possession
/. Of the inhah;.-nts Is n~s =" Os enVlso' wv
s--,rur wonder at the remark which Johl
} Randolph made, many years ago, that tn
, Richmond mother never heard the tre-bel
f ring without clasping her infant closer to he
, bosom, in dread of the horrors of servil
] instruction. And yet this is one of tn
"peculiarities'' of Southern society which il
sought to be extended over the fair domain o
the country! God forbid!