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


numbers actulliy engaged must appear altogether tNr
| jectual. Ono Vince gid nire thousand; anoth, Z
| FIX Thousand six hundred These statements were
rOba ], extravagau', though not more 90 than Gov
error Bebnetts assertion, the other side That all
who were artmlly concerned had 0een brought 20 In.-
Tie -nldess by Nh, phr 5, he desigus'es only Inc
ilng'eaders. The ayowed ain of tic Governor It,
ter iced IL 20 smooth the thing over, Tor the credlt
and safety of the city, and it's evusge tone nitrate
srore ly with tie more fink and thorough statements
Of tie Judgee maio after Tue thing could 40 longer be
tns'ei up Thee best authorities exFi II aekno" !,
edge ttt they bad failed 10 defect more than snaii
mnOi OF those concerned in tie rsojctf, ara seem
% admit that, il i bad been brought TO head
! the SLAVES would generally have joned in.
1--WE ,abnot venture 10 say, says the inendaDt
pamphlet to how many the kuO0ecpe OF tie ~
tented effort was communicated who without 'iSi-
wing their afsent, attending any Of tie meetings.
were yet prepared 10 profit by evente. That there are
many who woalt not have permitted the enterprise
to have failed at a critical moment, Tor me
want OF their cooperation, we have me per.
roa-on for believing" So believed the community
ut large; and tie panic Was ia proportion, wren the
whole danger was finally maze public. Ibe &C. ne.
witnessed, says Ore who bas since narrated the IT.
cum,tantes, and the declaration Of the impeDoIDg
danger that all tinee and on sll oecs-iois'
forced the conviction that never were an entire cope
more thoroughly ula med than were the people Oh
Charleston AT thai time. During the excitement ana
tie Trial Of the supposed cons lratOrs rumor tociied
ALL ami doubtless ore han all tie horrors Of the plot
Tie ity was {, be fled in every quar'er. the srsena
IN the immed ate ii unity to be broken open aud
The dislr but,d to the insurgents, and uhi'er
ra massacre Of the white Inhabitants TO take place
Nor did here be soy doubt in he MUD Of the
people that such would actually have bfen the result,
had not the plot fortunately been detected before the
tho appointed for tie outbreak IL was beneNed, ss
N IN tier II course that every tack ia the city would
Join in tie nsureclion and that, il tie Iisinal design
Lad been ATTEMPTED, and the city taken by surprise,
tho negroes would have achieved con- lee AM easy
viory. Nor does IL seem at all Impossible q at such
IL H.. fh. IL
arranged and luIe i,iBg should take place"
Ind, ed ills uuiyonal Admission, that all the slaves
ready TO t,ke part in any desperate ebterprte,
OF the most startling aslects Of tie affair.
The authorities that The Two principal Safe evil
den oeczred thai "they never spoke 70 any person
of color the subject, knew OF any one who had
been spoken 10 by lie other leaders, WHO had withheld
his as,eat." AID the conspirators 10 have been
pefcly tashed tuat oil TIE remaining slaves would
eater their ranks uon tho slightest sueeess Let us
assemble sufficient number 10 commence the work
with sIiit, aud vel not want men; they'n
fall 10 be ind us fast enough" And as
sn illustrator Of the readiness, the official re
ort mentions slave who had belonged to one master
for sixteen ens, su,taning high chara'ier for haeI
ity and affection, VITO Ind t@he trW led WIN I'm
through the Northern Satc-, Resisting every so ila-
ton 10 esaps, aud who yet very deeply coD-
cered it, he insunectiOn, though knowing 1t TO ~
volye the probable destruction Of the whole family
vi h whom he lived.
One singular circumstance followed the fret rumors
OF the plot. Several wlte supposed 70 be OF low
aud IN ucil id character at once begsn Ia make in-
te ct with The supposed lenders among the slaves,
Ell her from genuibe eymrathy, or win tue inte ION
of betrayng them Tor money, or OF proh'Ibg by the
insnrr,cion should II succeed. FOar Of these were
brought 20 uni; but tie off ial report eXpreses the
opinion thn, many more might have been discovered
bat Tor lbe inadm sibiIty OF shave testimony
Hgsirst whites. Indeed, the evidence hgast even
tee ,ur was u-uiis ieLt for capital cohv tlOn al
,houlb ore wss overheard thoogn stratas en- by the
Inc dnnt biuself and arrested on The y OF. lhs man
was S,otchuau another Spanar,i, third Ger
nau, aud the fourth CarohnIan The latt bad for
iLiity years kept Il chop IN tic nei-bborh0od oi
(t.ilesion lie wa proved 10 have asserted tlhl
&" the egrces had much rphi to tight for Their lib
eriy a. tue whitv p-ogle; had offered 10 heAn tn'm
l. iter e0ierpse, and had said TINT IN three weeks
be would have two thousand men. But L. no case II
sprest., did ,heso obtain tie confidence OF the
sltves a. the wDol- Ilt wHs conceived ald organ
Hcd, Tar appears, without the slightest eooptit-
lion from any W re nau.
The triI IT a.. oeusl orators began on Wednesday,
J,ue ~. ~ the request Of the intendsit Jnstices
k.nntdy aud Parker suumoied nFe fieebohers
iNl,-sf.. DraytOn, HeywaId, Pnngle, Lsgne hnd
rnrrbuln TO continue a Court under the PROVISIONS
Of the net " for the better ordering and governing
nrlro.s and other rlaye.." Tue iLtendant La l.
Gaze before them with list OF pfiroueis ind Wit
Ics-., By vois OF the Court, oil Spectators were
exeIned except the and counsel OF the slaves
eonco ned. No other ooIored person WIS allowed TO
enter ibe Jail, AID strong g1Drd OF toldlerr WIS
KEEP; slwsyr Guy around The building Under the,e
general srrang IT, the trials prDdedei vi elab-
r,t. Iongliiy though With variations frou Or
din,,y n.age a. war indeed required by he statute.
Fo~ in ,anre tie law provided that tie testimony II
INV Indian or ,ive could toe received, "1fh0uf odh,
anitt slave o. free eoloed person, nit ough n WIS
not valid even under ostb against wiile but II is
Le-, 10 auoe tie Official Lnguage In res ect 10 the
tule, adop,ed "As the Court hud beeu Organized un'
der statute of peculiar and csl character, and iu-
ti ded for the government OF oslinct Glars OF per-
SINE in the community, they were bound 10 coniorm
tler procee " 10 ~ pro'iriOns, WHICH Iart III
ninny essential features from The p1no OF the com
mon law and zone Of the seited rules II evidence.
The Court however determined To ADOPT those rules |
Whenever they not reiugnant 10 Lof expressly |
excepted by that statute, nor ineonsis'tni WIN the
ctl i'ualion aud olicy Of the STATE ana ia 30 M
f,r tb,ir own government tie folio" inp regulations:
int thnt 10 slave tbonld be tiled except the pies-
ence 81 his owner counsel, aud thai notice rhond
be given in every case m least one dhy before the
tn.l; second that the testimony on one Vtbess, un-
sun orred by additional evidence or by circumstances,
,honld lead to 10 conviction of Il capital natnrei /
third that he wincsses sho Id be confronted Win |
the accused aud with eh other III every ease except
where testimony wasiyen III der sol' mn pedS. ,nht
the names of The winesses sboul not he .ivuig ed
-as they declared, In rome instsnces That they |
spprehended being murdered by the tlacks, u |
it wse was known that they h'd volnn' |
ieered their evidence; fourth, mat the prs
cu.rs mlht be represented by counsel Whenever tbs
WIZ requested by The owu.rs OF the rlaver or by the
,1i-ou.is thefselye, II free; hhh Tie statements or
de'ehs Of the accused should be heard ~ every Csc
and ey be permitted themselves To examine any VII
Iesses they Thought proper.
II il Singular to observe how entirely these rules
se.m 10 couctde that slaves life has no sori oil value
TO himself bnt only to his master Ills master mol ne
iius-ll mus. chouse whether II be worm willie o tn-
,oy counsel His master, not his mother or hls wlfe
nut lie present ut the triul So far Is this ctrri' d.
,bst thc provision to exclude persOns who had no
ariculAr int re.t in tie accused seemr 10 nave eS-
,luded every ACKNOWLEDGED relative they mad III me
NO ID ard admitted only those who had Invested IN
IA. dill. Aud