, 1859-11-14
Tie Expected I1auFrectson In IIar1l-
rGu County, Kentucky.
fFFom the Eynth ana New. Nov. 1E.I

since the people Of our county we're CON-
PEELED to drive fran their lnidst that old Aboll.
tion incendiary, Graham, who preached freedom
to tneir slaves, ut the Black Church, in this
place, ihey have been more watchful and vigil
ant Tbcy are no more so, however. than INV
other people, Jealous cf'lh-lr rights and proper
ty. When thc nsws Of the tiarper's Ferry dill
Guilty reached here, it was III. theme Of conscr,
sation everywhere. People we're excited at thc
bollncss and hardihood Of old Brown and his
followers; and when the Postmaster Of this
place received IN Anonymous letter, warning
the people of q sinlllar outbreak in our
midst. the excitement increased nearly 10
panic. The Postmaster received the lirst let.
ter about the 18th ult. 1t contained n warn
lug TO our people that a seryile instruction
was about to break out in this county; that
there were three white men acting As their lead-
ers; that tbene white men had been holdln:. Il
correspondence with Old John Brown ut Hair
per's Ferry that their letters were mailed and
received at cos'ngton; thut these letters were
conveyed hT q messenger on the cars; that the
insurrection would break out here about the last
Of November; that about eighty slaves in this
county, and ~ many muru iu Bourbon. had
been furnished with arms, aud tllat suluI Arnls
were being received every day; that be could
not give Lis name for lear TINT he would be
murdered.
This letter failed to bring about any active
measures Oh the part Of our citizens. 1t was
looked upon bE many huax. TN Monday
morning, however, another letter was received
BY The Postmaster, from tie same source. The
writer kad that be WIS astonishcd that tue pe0-
ple Of C5, lhiaua should look upon lis frat let
Ter II joke; he called upon God to witness
tl 1t he tud written the tru H. and That Saturday
night {.slh ult six slaves and three white inra,
tesides HIMSELF had met at persin's wonds, be-
low town; taat he tl1eie learned the plans OF
the plot, pr insutTecsion, 10 wit: talat a large
number Of the Slaves in Ioyie County, Gil a cc'-
ri,yhf E-onl.l 81 h4t,r III.
lhat place, nr,ned to the teeth; that they would
| be met By an engineer on The uanv,lt aud Lex
| ipgton kailroad, who would bling them to Lex
iogton, where they would stop if the signal was
| givcn-{he said he could not learn what the sig
| nal would be}; that 1nrge crowd Of slaves
would join tu.n, vi Lexington; that they
would stop in the sntnc manner at Paris.
where they would he joined By another Let oi
slnyes-that they would burn Townsend bridge
| rs soon as they crossed it, aud coming on down
would stop ut Cynthiana, Mt gigen signal
What was to he dune Ut Cyuthann, the letter
did} not state. but closed BY stating that the
writer was friend 10 the South. 1t Inns bee,
feared, by not few persons, that the Aboli
.ionis,s hare determined TO burn Cynthiana, by
way Of retaliation on account Of the treatment
that old Graham me: with the last time lie ylel
ted the "city OF the maidcus." That, however
is merely surmised. But Copefand's confe-
wherein he asserted that an insurrcct'on Of th
slaves was expected in Kentucky nj tue time 0
the Harper's Ferry difficulty, left suspicion o,
the minds Of cur citizens that these letters wcr
more than half true.
On Monday evening, tue Sd inst, the citizen
held 4 meeting, and several resolutions wer
passed, which amounted to the appointment c
committees for tl'e purpose Of employing c1tr
police and ratrol-to Eet up military cumpsn
and ask Cor Magofiu for stand Of arms IL
| the use Of Tue company. The excitement hu
| Qbated very much.