Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-13
.agHHuayYTO nYE sgga
NEGRO INSBJRRRCTHON.

The Scene in the Vicinity of Cat Is ,,
land, ON and near The Rurgett Plan
'ta'iOn-TwO Negroes KfI ed andh
-Four fW0unded,-E0FLy Rifles, and
n about ThirIy-Five RevOIvers Taken
From Them-How they Procured is9l
.,Arms-IheJAttacIk,e ete.9ibri 7qou ffF n
From the Memphis Avalanche 7rl lnoo
Forsome time past the planters living on r
and about the Burgett plantation have been "a
watchful of the conduct and maneuveTs OF "
the negroes aboutthen1 who,i our informr
ant states, number somewhere in the yiein-. ,i
! ity of five hundred. As many as three or
| four times have theyf(the plantersli heenK
warned by their friends here TO watch theiEesb
lieVery act, as 1t was known that they had
purchaser arms and at1nianftion in this
city and had dlhMitting limited sttheirysid
fhurderous designs, On, Tuesday last ado,
number of the negroes arrived here, and, ~"
obtafhing# key OF powder and "a couple of 7
bags OF shot, left that same evening on the {
y Natoma for the plantation. "a mile, or two !,
this side of the plantation, the negroes went ~
ashore and instantly started for a lttleK
trailing boat living about three hundred 800
yards below. Here they found six rifles
| offered for sale. They purchased these ar 1
| tices also, and, with the ammunition, burr
led them in the g woods: u On, Fri r.;
day evening, while the negroes were
weighing cotton, the suspicious of the t
oyerseer were aroused by hearing them in q
terpolate the text tof"Dixien with the words
"Ohs will be wine tomorrow" and "to-
morrow we'll have fun" etc. He said
nothing, but when the time arrived dis 's
missed the negroes from their labor and Ut
repaired as quickly as possible to his own
quarters where he foundthe owners of the
plantation-the brothers Burgett. He re- 'as
lated to them what had occurred, and sUg- et
gested the propriety of Immediately taking .
such measures of defense as in their judg-
ment was necessary to preserve the lives
a ppnnIa o. no ,nlapp
the meantime they had learned that on the
|, following day the negroes intended to at -
tack them in the field. They then deter T. 4
mined on devising plans which they.
Thought would entirely circumvent those
Of the negroes and obviate the necessity Of
shedding blood. With this end in view, ~
| they started next morning for the field, .j
1.-TWO of the patty riding off toward the y
IfrOad, and the other two riding in the rear
of the plantation. The brothers, Isaac and =
Henry, took the road, each being ARM ri
ed with a shotgun aud revolver. ID
They had not. advanced far before
/ they were met by a body of about fifty ne ~
gr0cs, who ordered them off their mules,
| accompanying the order with a rapid and
| mdscrminate firing. Fortunately none
of the shots had any effect. Mr.. Isaac Bur- '
gett quickly alighted from his animal, and Il
| raismghis gun tOhis shoulder, fired, kill %
| ing the leader of the crowd, and wouuding
| two others. His brother, Mr.. Henry Bur-
| gett. had by this time got in the rear of the
| scoundrels aud, together with the other
| two gentlemen, who, it will be remember
| ed, had started in an opposite direction.
| poured q volley into their ranks, which had
the effect of scattering them in all -direc- ~
| tiohs.r 1T was here that the other negro was
! killed and two more wounded By this
time some ten or twelve white men gath
cred around the place,and quicklysucceed-
/ ed in arrestlng and placing under, guard u
the entire gang. Forty new rifles, thirty
/ large bags of shot were captured. In about acl
an hour after the capture, two more squads
OF negroes were discovered about half r,
mile off, but Immediately dispersed in con- 3
| fusion upon hearing of the disastrous de- = ia
| feat of their infamous brother plotters and 10
| assassins. ......u. s..t - -.r.l........ q,