New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-07


90 faT as We can learn the same thing exists. Thst
own was destined to be burned, the people to ne
poisoned and gle ahteFad. and the REMAINING mr.
On itoa KY ~ floated among the yietfriops ~
restsd 1 oah Creek the chief poisoner hsd hs,
nave been detected with the T,o;son !; axalatchie s
session ana runner in town yeatardan .' a,ss pos
at there nave been several exeentio1o ~ .Is =
NJ w nave not yet received the particuars
me committee Of vigilance has heer ~ saan
~ day and this evening thew - 4is tT
A. Lne Iln9leaders Of the insurrectiou are to he
has3Ged Tomorrow. @.s y We
tsESsD1y tS july, N,-This evening, at 4 o,eIoek
the thfee ring leaders, Sam, Cato and patyjcs'
were e. aeEfed from the Jail, under strong @nasd
to the place Oh execution, An immense concoqrse
of citizens Nnd negroes assembled, An thew
passed through tae t2wn, they surveyed with COM
posure the ruins N he once tfourisbne town thsf
now lay blackenel msess before them Patrick
remained calm and collected during the whole 5av
and betrayed no remorse or feeling whatever in
view ot his approaching doom. He il was who
fred the town. and the night afts,r its destruction
gorifed himself for the deed, and pronounced it
only the commencement Of the goosa work. Sam
smith, so called from the name ST his master, vas
an IN od negro preacher, who had imbibed most Of
hls VlIlanoua principles from two abolition preach
efs, Binnt and Mckinney who lived in the countru
seaI before, and had much intercourse with him.
nato wv aaa Arrays enjoyed bad reputation. They
hatter raea nana la1e WIN @ eomposure worthy of
chailance, died with chew Of tobacco i'm 5his
mouth, and refused to make any statersent yrtaf
ever. - 9'-AeineAs !" "As.
They were hung on the bank OF the r;xsr ohova.
town, and are buried beneath the gaIlows
Investigations are still going on throughout the
country, all Of which tend to confirm the fact.
elected at this place. The evidence obtained
time.
On the 18th ult., at Victoria while all the larger
members of Mr.. Gotleib Spandon's family were In
the field, pulling fodder, three of the young child
ren being shut up in the house, it caught fire and
burned to death the three children, the bones only
being found The respective ages of the children
were years, % years, and the youngest months
At the same time horse tied near the place
broke his rope, and into the fire and perished
Every item of property except the clothes the
father and mother had on was consumed in the
flames.
Mr. q. r. Cheesman, from Wharton, informs the
Matagorda Gazette that report had reached that
place that contemplated insurrection had been
discovered in Grimes county, in which two Aboli-
ton preachers and about eighty negroes were con-
cerned; the report was further that the preachers
made full confession, eorrohorating the belief
that there deep laid scheme TO produce a
revolt among the negroes of the State. The
preachers were then hung and the negroes put in
jail.
patrol has been established at Matagorda.
The citizens of LaGrange have appointed vigi-
lance committee and it was recommended at the
meeting that in every beat in the county, q guard
be organized.
letter from Independence, Washington county,
to Rev. R. c. Burleson, of Lagrange, says that
white man had been taken up, aud with him several
negro men, suspected of being connected with the
present nsnrrectionary movement. Great excite
ment prevailed and yigilant committees were
| formed.