New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-21

~Deu IL WhS NJ feIrea further isl eu
70 him assumed, With wonderful sdroitnese onish
meat, and surprise lie was remarkable, throughout
rte tfia for great pfe,euce aud comrosure Of MUD.
WHEN he was informed he convicted, al ID
weed Ia pre- are for death though he had previously
bnt after his trial confessed his guilt lie appeal ed
Z, Nfrctly conionnded but exhibited sims OF fear
In q DIS behavior there waa nothing remaIka'l l.; but
his Vnut' nance steru aud immOvabe, even while
he receiving the seuienoe " death: nom bis locke
1t vas impossible Ia di,cover conjecture what were
bis fee hogs. Not 20 with Peter for in his c"unie-
h"noe v IRE strongly marked dissppoi ted amb,lion
revenge, sndivnsiion and an anxiety 10 know
how ar the discoveries had extended; aud
the same ,enot'ons were exhibited in lis con-
net. He d0 not apl person nsequences
for bis whole Indicated the reverse but ex
hbed an e,i Snt anxiety for the success OF their plan
in ch bis VII vle soul WIS embarked His count enanct
aud behavior We We the when he rec iyed III
tenee, aud be On words were, on retiring sup
p,se you'll lei see 10Y VIE andfamily before die
end that not in eupI licnliug io,e Wb-n he
.ked day or two after, If il was pos lille lie could
with to zee Li- mast, aad family mnrdeied who had
treated him 20 kindly me only rel lied u the question
by smile. Monday behavior was not peculiar.
Wien q was brfore tI, Court his arns were folded;
he heard The Testimony r. wen ag ins hu, aud received
his sentence with tho Ut uot hrihhess ana eomposuie
Bot 10 description traiey convey 10 othefs The
impression which the trIa u-Isu'e anu i
Gnllah Jack made 90 those VINO witnessed TIC "o'K,
ings of bis cunning and rude address, "hen arrested
and brought before the Court, III company WIN sno'n
or African named Jack, the "opefty o the ss,ae OF
PIltcflIO, he ASSUMED 70 nue. b""'sA''N 80
aud acted the fool 20 well that Vine OF tue Cout ouu
not believe that thu was the ec,oinancef VINO was
sought after. 1bis conduct be CO uiheu "hen VI 10
tIia until he cav the Witnesses ui1 hearu uo .esi
mony progresset against HIM, Wheh in HI ihSeail
/ is countenance wa lighted up ne by hgmnlng ana
his willnees and vehemsnce OF ges' nie, anu pe i,a
gnsnt glance with which he eyed ne wine sses VINO
appeared agains, Lin, all Indicated 30 savage, VINO,
indeed had BEEN caught but not tom,o III. courage
however soon forsook him. When he received sent
of death, he sarne fly imI lored ID fortnight
longer might be allowed him, aud thepa week longer,
which he continued earnestly to roll 1t un'h ne was
taken from be courtroom TO his cell u "a when lie
carried 10 execution, he gave bis 81 'r' without
iifmness composnTc."
Not so with Denmark yesey. TIE pars OF years !
were fru,taed; bis own lie sbd liberty wee thro"h
away; many sac iiced through ~ leader.
ship aud one more adced 10 The lit OF unriSceseiDl
All these disastrous certantes e laced
calmly and gave bis whole MUD composeoly 30 TIE
conducting OF his Defense With his tightly Todd
ed and bis eyes fixed tie floor, he a'tenctly fol-
lowed every item of The TESTIMONY. lie heard fbe
witnesses examined by he Court aud cross examined
by his own connect, and II is evident from the narrs-
tive Of the presding Jadgs thar lie showed no .nai
skill aud poll 10 tie D. arciing IT ,se-exauinaion
which he then applied. The fears the feeling-, the
cons fences Of those who had betrayed im all were
in tun appealed TO; but the faets we're TOO overPcw
eirg aId il WA too late 10 hid his mrades hul
,elf. Teen turning TO the COnr he skill,ally awaited
himself of the point wi ich had mich impressed the
community the iuiin,ic improba iliiy that nan Ill
his poe lou oil freedom abd prof. envy rhould eirhee
ytLiug to otter people. II they thought 1t
70 Incredible why give him the benefit OF the IN
credibiiy The act beirg they stated one OF To-
faiualon, why convict hin of OF the bare word OF
men who by Their own showing, had not 0uly shared
TIE iufn,ali m blt proved traitors to II An iugeni
ous Aforementioned the onls one which could b, any
possibility he suggested anterior 20 the days Of Choaie
and SOM ambuim; but IN vain. lie was sentenced;
snn.it wsr not apparently, til the Judge eproached
him for the desn,liOn be had brought hi. followers
that tie showed any sign of emotion Then the tear
csu into his eyer. But he said not another word.
The executions took place Oh five different days, ard
bad ma they were, hey might have bean wore.
After the Imaginary Negro Plot of New.lok,
in l74l thirteen negroes had been judicial
ly buried alive: two bad suffered the sane
sentence at Charleston in lS0S; and it was
some mark Of progress that in il the
Y ,lows ook the lace of the flames. Six were hanged
on July ID, upon Blake lands, near Charlie son-Deu-
teau-thr s.t three eng slaves Of tie Governor linn
-.lC Gnllah Jack and John were executed zen tue
! inea, near Charleston, on July l2th; and t~enty-
v more on Jolly s6h Four Others suffered their fate
on Jnlv 30th; aud more, NilLsn Garner, effected
a /, mporary escupe captured, aid tiled by dill
f. ent art and was finally executed on August yth
The - lieonirOl oil these did not desert them at
their execution When tie SIX leaders suffered death
secrecy. "Do not open your lpei die silent, ar
yon siall tee NE do and al ODE, ed And though
.fterward as the parriculaTs Of the plot be-
cane better known, there WAS less Involvement {
10 conceal vet every one Of the tLir,y.fye seems
to have met his fate brayey, except the conjuier. I
Governor Bennett III lis letter expresses nucn dis
ii faction at tie mall cunt learned rom tie par
liz ipors. "TU the lsi hour OF be eAir'ene Of seN-
sr,i who appeared tn be- csnsl ieuous actors ia the
DRAMA they were prestingly imporuned 10 make fb-
her confessions tits "imloitunirg" being more a
,leally defined in letter OF Mr. Ferguson, ower Of
two Of the slayes, "baying them severely cor
rrcted Yet 20 little obtained that The Gov
srnor was compelled admit at lst tuat tic real
.en,iu fatues Of the lot were not Known 10 any OF
the iniorme'.. |
I, ia 20 be remembered that the plot failed because
, mnu unauthorized aud incompetent. William Paul,
undertook To make enstmehls on hs own account. d
He blnudered of precisely that tass Of men
favored hou.ese rynuIe--whUm lis leaders bad eX-
pres.ly reserved for skul u,anipGl.iione lie
being thus ect, ole would hayesupIOed THE dis
avery lices wouG at once have followed.
Tie number enlisted wac counted 10y thousinds; yet
for twenty-five days after the treachery, and DUNG
twenty DAYS of olci,l examination, OIL, t en- OF the
ou.piriturs were ferret-d out. Meanwhile the it,
formers names had To be conceded WITH the uiuost
were in peril Of thlr hives from the
.Lves-Wilh M Iau s,ar,ely dare TO 20 beyond the
4, orsteland tie NAMES of important witnt secs ex
AHMED in June siill suppressed III the Official
report pnbli,heJ in October That onsQiracy on 80
ii re ale should bave existed III embryo during
tour years ard ia active form Tor severt months
and yel have been well nunaed that, alter actual
bet val the authorities were again thrown oil il,ir
vnurd and the Iot nea'ly brought 10 head alain-
4 ia certainly shows extraordinary ability IN the lead
en- and titl-ut Tor concerted action on tie part Of
slaves generally with which they have hardly been
credited.
Ard il ia also 20 be noted that the range OF the
,urmy eAtended far hey ond Charleston IL aspIoyed
TINT Frank elave Of llr Ferguson living nearly forty
miles ir,m the city, Lad boas.d OF having enlisted
four Plantations III lis immediate neiehhohood. it
Ma In evidence that the Insurgents were trying all
round tie country from Georeeown aud inlse round
about to Conbabee, TO set people, and after tie
trials. il was satisfactorily established that Vesey