The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-17
The Negro Plct in New York

menace ~ the EsrsCe OF the in tster class
|, iu.pI.e. an IudeiiGable dread o-caus
Z # eouSci9u. Injustice AMI wrong on thr
part e the oppressor. ~ speak from
facts. -.iI John Randolph, IN debate
il the National House of EepFes.,nta-
/ tiyes. in 1911, when say TIA. the
night. l,cli never tolls for ire ,n.hie..-
( mni.d. that the frightened untder doe
rDt hug her issant the mors, closely 10
+ her bosom. uot knowing what may have
happeurd have U,ysel. witwrssgs.
some of these alarms ia the capital of
/ Vtr.iniA" Happily this dreadful lis
tutber /. bani.hed from our lai4d for
ever
Refos. the ola mar for IA iepend-nc,.
! there wer,. eu slayei At:icans in every
Eng.ish-American colony. but nowhcrr
/ was slavery seen ia n miider form than
among the rural Dutch population OF
! New York. The number Of slaves WAS
f,w, at an early lr.rlod; bat toward ih-
middle If the last CENTURY thtrc was Il
considerable increase. esp cialiy IN viii
l1gcs l. was notably so Ia the City Of
New York, aud the impasslbliity OF tl.'
/ gulf br,ween the master aud slave be-
+ came more and more apparent. The
slave showed signs of dtscontent, and
! the white i.hatitants bygau Ia have a
/ growing apprehension Ut some violent
+ .fort tor f.erdpm on the part of the
/ people who were h ii in tonoage In
/ this otate # the prevailing feeling. II
I needs only u breath of r::u,or IL s,artl,'
I the people with anxiety, and the idea
+ of IL pat. 10 create pane. Snch ru-
/ nor aud such AL idea produced fear
i fui ,,a,ic IA the City of New York ear
/ ly in the year l7il, which was eminent
( ~ tisgrsc-ful iu its results TO the pub
! lie aui horiries, aud an ou,raAe upon
just ice and humanity. Tue story. in
brief outline. is as follows
ia the middle of M.rch. i,4l. the
Province HOUSE. ia the park at the foot
III Broadway. took fire, AMI with the
chapel and adjoining buildings was
consumed The lieutcnant-.overnor
who lived in the hou,,', supposed the
fire To have bcen caused hy he careless
ness Of plumber, but several other
contlagra,ions Ia difrrctt Iatts of the
city. AT about the saline time. induced ii
bcii-i that thy were lnCeudiary. A
piot IT, burn the c:ty was spoken Of.
wi,c, "a pai.it arose. To the question
Vino are the plo,ters 7 the ready An
sw-r suggested 10y the prevailing feel
ings ut the inhabitants, was, the Htgroes.
1t 80 happeuvC; that sCme time b-forr
AL Ens lisb privateer had brought into
New York barber as prize, Spanish
ship, many of the crew Of which were
negtors. The Admiralty Court con
drmue,i tt,vtu es slaves. ana thev were
sold as such Ut auction. L hey had been
trrenieu at home. and they complained
ut this cruel treatment. aud because
th.y mad. an occasional show oi resent
mcnt. They were suspected II stirring
Up the slaves of NV Io' X tn burn the
ciiy and destroy the whit inha hitan's.
Tb,s belief reused u cry Of take up
the Si,aui>l negroes
At that time a low tavern ani n rc-
sor, for ,cgroes ia deii,n OF Jaw. was
kept not Tar from the fort, by man
named John llughson. who had ah IN
dente,. white servant named Mary Bur
tot, III. also had as boartivr, an
ahandnued youug lrl,h giri ran'et
l.ggy Carey liughson was suSrt ct'd
Il ,elug receiver of stoI"n gods. \
.,cr,hai,t an broad street had some
lay .,od~. coin and s'lscr-platc and
bullion stolen Mary Burton toll "a
ue,ehbor that goods bad ben tsouah III
Ia iin-hsou's. bat sad:
Don't til any body. for be would
kill me II he should find il out.
Information nf her assertions WAS Civ
.it - the under sheriff. " hen Mary wa~
taken from iiu1hsous to tue house of
au alderman. and having b,en promised
hcg freedom i,pm her master - a re-
ward tar testimony she might give. she
WAS Imprisoned ia room IN the City
Hall
Ga tue ith Of March. I.4l. an ah-
sard ani outrageous mvlDdrana bcgan
hy the assembling Of the justices. and
bringing before ihein Ill., sli,on aud his
Wife, aud Mary Burton
Mary perceived that 10 secure her
freedom she mus, testify To something,
So .ht lcclarcd ,ha' negro uimei
Ca az WAS intimate with Peggy Grey,
that she saw in Peggy room soue lin
,n whten Hughson aud his wife iit
away. an,i taat Casar paul iiughson -
lamp II SILVER Tor par OF stock
ings.
C:r.ar and Peggy denied everything.
bat were committed 10 lsil; aud some
Of the things stolen frpm thr metchant
sx.re found under the kitchen "t C9-
sags master nushson admitted the
story II the linen aud lamp OF SILVER
tu be true,
Il WAS a i,Htnisht after this tbat the
hui.,iungs ia the inrt were bnFlet, the
u,hrr tifes occurred. aui the lsu'c be
gan. Ia cons. Qn,pce uf the alleged ia
solen; reply uf one oi the Spanish he
sr.ts when qurstiase'! about the con
f.cratiors The nsgre MAS >eft :" iai',
an,i the a~se ,ntiyi luag sstfates st 'irsti
th.. afgv.t oi all Sps,I>b slaves. II
crtheg with others ~ the city These
wcre ali loigei ia jail with Iiaeh~' n
and his wife, Mary Burton and Pessy
Carey The pns'ie "trr siuios' Will
w.th terror. AID tho tsUtlic auiaoFi'sr>
were ,varly A. wild as the s~ople,
The, ,ncoarag. lhc panic by dsily s't
;,ss lit esfa5.rll. aBi msny inhah.ta'i-
a.a f,am the g,9v w3th their hpu,sh"lsi
s.,.~ts. aa.I E.ve sax prices tar 'es''S.es
=. 4 a>si.taui.. wb.lc they ~,gr paat-
ier,l tsy thseYe. \ search a a. crdsfet
for strangers. the a icfusen aus! es'iasta-
glex se..fst.A thr}r Fesi~TiiY" ~aFd-
ia. militia xrrs .aiss,t sast ant >fNtr}*'