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The Times, 1824-09-08T00:00:00

,san,uver ",ur t; ~oz arEer ~esbxons anaC5Vommion 1k,as.wa held at the Court-house in Lucea, On ol before the Han. R. 0. Vassall. anti PaetrickSpence, WilliztmAll Johin Campbell, and Johnb E. J?Ayne, Esqri. Thie Grand Jar), being empanielled, w-as immedirifely discliarged, there being nothing to go before them ; and 11o btutlaess offering for the Common Pleas, the petty jutry was not called. A Slave Court was then 6pened; but the counsel. for the prosecu- tion not beinig prepared to proceed, it was adjotnred until 10 o'clock on XVVdnestday, the 14Lb. On WedeaJay orning the Coutrt mret -at 10 o'clack, agree~bly to adjornmnt, henthe 'fhlowing prisoners; were arraigned :-Rd- riar JarcU,Jo/tt Nres&if., Dsfgyld Campbell, Philip D. Br-own, Wi//jt's Modic,and illianm Wright, belonging to Argyle estAte. The ndicmentbeig read, the prisoners. pleadled " not guilty," except Duad Capbl, who pleaded "guilty," but was atdvised. to withdraw ispe,wich he did, anid pleaded "1 not guilty." JURY. G. R. Mlorris, E/sq. ; j. C. Wialker, Esqj.; Alex. Fraser, Esq.; Jrames Ctunpbell,Vjlarlter; James M1artini, ditto; T. (*Q. Backnor, gentleman; W.. Clar e, ditto; Job Gingle, blacksmith; F. Chi8holm, planter; G. Moi-r, ditto; Jamaes AMacdonald, ditto; Thiomas Coy, ditto. ['he indictment being read to the jury, Counmellor B.ATTY ad. dressed thie july in a very apprs'priatc speech, which our limits pre- vent us from inserting at length. le concluded by saying-l" That the m-'indsof the negro populitionbhave been for some time imprees.,etI with an ides of their being free, and perhaps I may be allowed here to say, that if a more vigorous policY had been pursued on a for- mer occasion, yoa might not, gentlemen, have been called upon to- day." John Malcolm, Esq., proprietor of Argyle estate,sworn...Knows prisoners at the bar, are his slaves ; had information given to himi on he ornng f ridy, he~lthofJune. One 6f mny ilegrot's, Willam oach ha ben upat he reat lipuse in tile evening, wisingver muh o se m, bt a Iwas not up, he went to my maso, afre peron f clour nartlRobert Johnson, and -suformi-- ed intof ertinfacs, hic he Rbert- Johnson, informed me of a haf-pst even wlichindcedme immedtiatelv to mak-e a commnunieatton to Colenel Campbell, of the Gopse. 'Pi"ese facts are as follows :-..Hem metionied that~ XVtn.Roach was afraid of beingseeni by te neroes andhad one own o te wall whiich hie was repaitring by he rea hose,an threfre,o hdehis design,told the mason that thee ws agzi inth grss iec,~~ndbegged him to go with himi to see;he hentoo tha oportnitr, hilt walking with himi, of mentiningthatthe egros wee ina 1'ery disturbedI state; and tha itwasther itenionnotto urnouton thie following mooming ; an futher, that on that mnorning thty wr t s his own phrase) to sit down; anti if rmeAstures were take ocme them to go to work, they were to resist, and go into th od;tat was the sub- stancelof whatWisVn. Roach said. l alsohrdta It wast the inten- tion of the iegroies to surpricshk~e white people at supper, and destroy themn; tliat they were then to goto the barracks and destroty M1r. Johnison, the masoni; anid from thience to proceed to the great beuse. In thiecour.e of an hottr Ireceived aletter from Colonel Campibell, ordering me to desire ioy sergeants to watrn my company to rcendez- vous at Argyle. At 12 o'clock I hail two of my 8ubalterns, IAeu- teniant Brisaett and Ensigin Balmie, and 1w half past three, six or eighit men. The nrgroes turned ouit at shell blow, half past two o'clock, and (tisappeared, except the l'emales, Only one of whorr, Qvveii Ann, went away; she was the driver's wife, andI thie dauighter of Neshit. TPhe whole of thiesix prisoners at thebar went awav. I considlerea at the first the comnmotion mighit have been occasionced by terror, hut Colmnel Camnpbell and imyself' wenit down to the works to see the driver, and to give him- orders, for the ensuing morning;, he was not to be thuntl, anid next morning not a sinigie negr tu'rned out ; two or three negroes caine in befbre Alonday, the 14th of Juni,e; on Suinday night, or, ve-ry early on ftlonclay mporning, between the hours of twvelve and thiree, while I wvas on guard, I dlis- covered the appearance of a very large fire in the atmosphere; I de- sired one of my boys to saddle itmule, and make all hiaste lie couldl to a,scert ain whiere it was ; be hiad proceeded about half way, when hie met two negroes from Alexandria, haIstening towarcls Argyle ; the boy was called Joe, one of my waiting boys, and fromn thiem he learnt, that the fire was at Alexandria ; it w-iia the trasth houses. DId yu lose any hiorses ?-Yes; on Tutesday tnorning onie of myy pen keepers caine run-ning out of breath to the great house, and inforined toe, that ,in ranging over the pastures, as is custoimary. he discoveredl all te ridingi horses and mules lhad been laiic'ed that many of thiem were dead, hut tsome tstill living; this wa, III a pasture called dh'Cail's guine.igrasm, piece; all mly etate'sacattle had beeni driven up to the pen very soon after this distuibaiice took place; and I was very apprehensive that they ou ghit have been slaughteredl also ; Colo-nel Campbell wvas so good ats in elespatch part of' the compatny to drive thxemi down to the estate and to see what damiage was sustained in my sttock ; three of the horses wilchi hadi been lancedt were birought dowvn ; lost seven horses anti thiree mnules; was present when John Clarke was takeni, and put an enld to himself (hiere Mr. Mlalcolm ivas muchi aftectedt and shecd tears) ; dlid not see him from the thticket make a blow at any onie, hut lie made violent resistance ; the only instrument he had was a knife, with which hie cut Wss throat, but a macheat was found in the place where !ie first rose from whien pursued: dotine sot tlhink the maclieat was sharper titan usual ; was not present when any other negroes mnade away with themselves; never saw Ben Reynoldis after he cut himself-he cut hirmself open ; three killed thiemselves, J.. Clarke, J. MNiller, and J. Clarke, jun.; C Wright made an attempt to (io the sam-e. Prisoners being asked if thiey lhad atny thinig to say to their master, stmawered no. Ity the CIt~AT....Did atny of these niegroes comre in of thteir owni accoid, or wete they brought in ?-Dugald Campbell and Xi illiain Wrighit came in of their town accord ; AVilliam Nestsit~was taken by, thec regulars ; Edward Jarcret sad WVilliam Mloodie were taken by, apart which I sent out; D. Camnnbell and WV. Wright cai-ne inl atr tIm patis er ent nut, antI theyv came in throughi the ter- ror occasione bytetop bigi woods. Diii they show any contritin?N;othcnray thecy seemed to launel, at it. Colonel Capelson--Rcie despatchi fromn AMr. Alalcolm on l'iriday, about halfiat1o'lc in the day, trpen which I orderedI out the whol eiet despatlcied three of my own ser- vants and the bun-ee . ordring thiem to inuster at Argyle; kept all the reginsn htbi assembled an guard that nighlt; niot mnore than 40 hai assemibled . about three days after seist out the firs9t pat,a a is did not kaow where to send ; cannot cor- rectly say ho aywre broughit iii; can only corroborate Mr. Malcolm'evdn;th most of the negroes wero armedI withi ilna- cheats; h atmnta was taken had been seen frequientl wtith a gn nw l but oneof the prisoners; D). Campbell, IV. ATnodie, andW Vih were in the act of finishinig hats ini the wood ; most of thmcm ntedes of D. Campbell; saw tlse fireat Alexaindrii. and sent a detachent the next morning to ascertain the extent of the damiage done tee Prisoiiers being asked if they hiad aniy timing te say to Colonel Campbell, answered no. Williani Roach, a negro, being examined gas to hiis knowledge of atn oath, antI giving a satisfactory answer, was sworn.-Tmld lhiis mnaster about thie disturbance going ots at Argyle; knew John Clarke, of Argyle, and knows9 all the prisoners a't the bar; it was before Christmas: heaycl the negroes all were talking that they were f'ree;, and they said thie King , the head man of the country, htad seat out paper to asIv they were to be free; beard J. Clarke talk of it heard the priso6ners also talk of it, every oane of them, and all the negroes oni the estate;, I beard them after Busha ordered themn to turn out on Satuirday morning, before thtey took their day; the-y turnied ouit the first time, and the second thiie they wouldI notr; thfe Busha was tnot at homie ; third tunie they would nortuttrn out, atid thien they said that thiey were free-that they would sir down, and if their m-aster would nor give them their free, thley would fight for it; John Nesbit said, he would fight for it; Davidson hirowni taid so ; W. Aloodie too saidI so; thlere is not one that he can pull out there that did nor say they would fight for it: D. Brown was mnov- ing lila things out of' hist houweehisa yam-,s and thiings,; heard them ealkiimg about taskinK a barguin); their study was to set the trash- houses oni fire, and they said every estate's negroes were en do the sanse as they were to do at Argyle, anmi when the white people caine oiut to put oat the tire, they were to take their guns from them, kill the white people, ancti take the country ; it vasa at Argyle he first heard thiem studying the tailk ; whien I caine home at dinner-time or night. I hecard them talking, and dlid not go to the house where the bargain w,as itacde, but beard thiem spcalt;ag of it,_.all the prisoners at the bar said the same ; his brother Jo ha Clarke said that Mfr. Campbell's people said that Alr. Camnpbell hoAd somie guns, and that his people would get the guns and give them to thiem, the Argyle people; W. ,Arright said that he was free-that he could not work-that lie wouild fight and take it ; W. Wright had ax gun, but dloes not kcnow whiat lie has done withi it ; John Clarke, time saine Frimlay afternoon, at dlinner-time, and Collin Inines, went and told the rest that 1 Wenlt ant(I told master what they were studying about, atid chat all of them were quiie surprised that I sthould teill; at the sai-ne diiiaer..time, I, after taking orders, SCent with the two drivers Iinto the overseer's cook-room, and the cook was very miuchi surprisedi that her master had heard of it, an(i sal id f esie was a man, and knewv who it was, shale would directly take liis life ; Johni Clarke and Bob Clhankibers weere present when I found that they were stir- priced about my telling my mraster;- could not stay at my roa.n house, but wvent to another and sitoodf up-then I siaw Williamn Dixon and Robert Chamnbers talking together, and William Dixon said, if he knew the man who told his mraster, they would take his life dli- recily;: when the shell turn out, v,ent to the grass piece with the grate- cutters; sotiac of the negroes saw me ; did not know who it Was that wenit out andI told John Clarke I ivas gone out; whien I had been there about half an hour, I saw John Clarke witliout his shirt, anti onlv his; trousers on, with a mache-at, and another mani withl him, coming dmrgct to where I wats; when I1 saw thlem com- ing, I mov,ed ff IatTkwing wltat they haid been talking of at dinner.. timeiL; I mnoved nfl' Out of the grass-Piece as fast as I could, to get to the road; af'ter he found that I was runningr fast, he turned back. and went the way he came, and I went the other wa .;,there was a' roadl between uts, but he could speakc tomre ; when h.e got there, he calledI to me one or two times, and I speak to him; then after I speak. to blin, he said, at dinner-time he could have,-taken his oath thatit as ot e tat ad oldmy aster, but that he had since foud ot tat t wc; e dd nt ay ny thing more eo me, and I stayd i mymaser' hose tll wa set cownto gaol;, a niegro namedCon~j Roac, belngingto us saidthe aroons were to hel thm a iat cme roo Slve Govetoknow when they s~'ec tofigh th buceas ohnNesbt knwsthe - r**n ! he.r. Grovenegres; wat ledd not see lie wo~uld not speak, I oto t alpicis negroes on Argyle buried their provisions and plates in t ie ground in their houses ; they buried it because they wer'e going to fight white peo Ie, and if they burilt their hsous&q they would lose every thing ; ~eard them speak verv' much about Mr. WVilberforce;- he must be the came gen tleman swho gave them their free with the'King, andI that thleir masters hiere wotuld ntg it to them, andth would flylitfornt; the fixewas fot fgite ing;it ;astheelnd yr ""I'eS o fgt lag; t wa thelondy afiPr the Friday ; told Mr. Johnson to tell master ; they were not to turnl oat on that Menmla, and if massa or busha troubled them, they would fight for it, and burn the trash- houses, and that the Mlaroons were to join them ; but whethier or not their mnacters troubled them, they woaldi fight, as they were determnin- ed to hiave the country. They said master and Mr. Camnpbell made the batl laws ; saitl that when they wen t to fight, they would not pass Air. Campbell or masse ; it wvas big Tom Brown that said-that any negroes who would not join theta they would kill ; timewhole of the prisoners at the bar were present at the bargain ; they grouind their machieats ; saw Edward AMideolas grinding his machtesa; ca.u- not tell any thing about whattiress thsey were to have ; Johin Clarke had blute trousers when lie chased me;, none of the, aegroeue workied on the Friday afternoon. WW.Mrigt to witnes,1-..Did you ever hear mue say I would not work in the4Fi' aid upon you. t.lRyd D. twn o wene cai ym~.e1lany ortteheieiieuc whien-i" andyou spke ast?- ivn tot-J~tmIitewith tlsem; arid never- had Silvr (rov ?~t ws tat dy Isup yo atthewal, and you ol's n oaith, sworn.-.Knows thle p risoners at the bar; poinitiout Edi- 1ward-Jarrett; remiembers the TIhursday betore .the negrees went qwyay; renmemrficre big Tons Br6wri aiA aniother irian if hie was e6dy;`Atid, asked him'what'itwax. -lesii'l binti say hie' was going to ,do bad; I advisedhim-not; We daeynivlht I was in- the ttmple, ju~st bythe road,a andtWO eople were going lvy; and I heard one perso0n-raay, wasit ut baT4td tht the courtry was free, and thievcould not gete. The other said; "D-.nit, nevermiinA,wl, willfliglteforit."I It was this that made her think of whiat big Tom Brown said -,jar- rett never advised her to take her clothes out of Mtiler's room ; neverhea-rd the negroesralk: ab;out flghr*,g; a he.liver, with Is %Ilite man, and thevy.would tiot let her hear; Jarcrattis her brother,but she would -noi tell a lie for her mother. WVilliamn Reynolds, a mulatto inan, knows the natuire of aLn oath, sworn.-..Knows all Cthe pirisoners at the bar, has hiad talk with J. Nesbit;- he told him that ite' had come fromn the Ramble, and that the Ramrble people ivere not going to turn out to' work ;' P. D. Brown had some conversation witht him in coming from the ground; said itfthe overseer came to trouble'tlheht on Monday morning thtey would run away; did not Say that the negroes would run awa~y, but that hie would ; heaRdAlick MIalcolM Say thev were not going to turn out on Saturdlay ; did liot ouderviand that thiey had any bargain about it;, heard P. Davidsana Say lie would take the dlay by force. Richard Davidsoni is chiristened, bet does niot know the nature of an o-Ath. wvas cautioned to tell the trath.....nnws three of' the pri- soners, D. Campbell, B. Jarrett, and W. Wright ; does not belong to Argyvle, belongs to Knockitlva: rememibers when the trouble took place, ;went with Mlr. MI'Phee, bookkeeper, from Savannah la Nclr:- sawt Ed. Jarirett and John Clarke; John Clarke hias killedi himself; heardl themi say that they were KCnockalva people; m et them behiind thte blaeksmith's shop, at Haiddo: bookkeeper as-kerl them who thler were? T'hev said they were from Knockalva, and were going to !ia(ldo they hadl wtves down there ; book-keeper Said he would carry therm back to Knockalva; bookkeeper lives there; they s;rid they wvould not go back, and ran and jamped over the wnll, into the Ramble pasture ; both bad machears; one had a carving. knife ; it was Jarrett . whien they got over, the,y began to rascal himn. and saidil if lie was a mnazi to come over to them ; Johni Clarke toldt Jarrett to give him the carving-knife; when I siaw this, I got frightened. andt gnLil,vped awAY ; the worcds wvere, you cdamnedi whiite- Livered rasc~al, if yoTV daTe COIMe over here!" The macbears were as briglht as if they were niew. Iy E. Jarcett.....What sort of carving-kniife had I ?-Vou did have a earving-knife ; it wisa Jarrett- who calledt himi a daminedI wllite-livered rascal. El Jarrett..-.l had a macheat, but I haLd not a carving-knife. He was told not to say so. Peter AM'Phie, a whiite man, sworn.-In thie early part of' Junte was living at Kn'ockalva ; was sent by C-olonel Campbell to West- morland onl the! 12th retuirned between two and thjree o'clock on I Sunday nborning ; betweeni Hatddo and the blacksmilth's shop imet twvo stranger negroes ; shiould not know t)emn. WVhen I iniquire(i fromi themi who they were, thev said they belonged to Knocklittlv I said, they did not; they imnmediately junipedI ovecr the wall;I one had ani Osnabtirgh shiirton, the shortest o'ne had a inacheat ; one was a verv tall negro ; whAen ther jumped over the wall, Iasklerl the boYthat followed atee if he knew themi ; T untlerstood lie said one was Jolhn Clarke, the other wvas Cham-bers ; the boy gzalloped away when he saw me get off my horse ; the negroes called mie a white-livcred vil- lain, and if I wras a nsan to come over to tlemn. WilliamS. Grignon. Esq., swol-n.-Was on d-ii ~y atArgvyle on Sun- day the 13rti of June ; saw the fire at Alexandria ; was onie of tihe party sent by, Coloniel Campbell to ascertain the damuage donie at IAle%anidria, and found that two trash-hous3es were buirnt down ;-and, from thle besit information thiev couldI obtain, it vine done design. edly, ,asirone of themi wa%sSet fire to in three places. ?lhOls Ihudson is a Christiani, brlonesi to Silver Goe sworn.- Remembers Alexandria trash-bonriqs being buzrnt tiown ; was att the Ramble that day; kcnows ~~m Kiddlie, he belongs to Ramble ; does not k-now prisoners att thie bar ; Sam Kiddie caine over to Sil- vecr Orove, antIecalledl me I was watchman ; told m-e I most po over to Goldlen Grove, end when we go. must go to J .Clatke's hiouse ; I told bin4 to go over to the Ramble ; Clarke said he would not go that evening, they wvere to go to meet uip; cannot say wvhe- ther it was for Zam Kiddie ; toldi ine some people were to inecet up at Ramble it was Saturdlay nighit, after the Friday that the Argyle ne,groes had broke oLut, went to Edwardi Reavenl's house ; there were th'ree, two from Golden Grove, and one from Silver Grove;- di.ntknow how many of Ramble ; W. Harding, andl John Clarke and Edwvard I' kwellyn ; Edward laewellyn gatve mie guin. Powdr to drink, but does nt kniow what for; knows Edward Ieelyn very well ; does niot know whether he was captain ; would no tl upon hiimself. Consel moyed thapt the la-it witniess haviutg prevaricated in his testimnony, he be detained, to be dealt with aceoriling to law. Robert Johnson is a Christian,belongsto Argyle, sworn.-.Knowvs all the prisoners at the bar; remembers heating thiem talk about beitig turnedi out on Saturilav morning after crop;, made bargain to take Saturday, the cropbhei,g long. After crop Massa gave uis the irst Saturday, but the next Saturdlay lie turned us out, whiclh he never did before; after Alassa take 'away half the dlay, we saidl we wioulit turn out, buit would go away to the grouinds; remembers teridlay that they run away, was upon wiork, shell blow, compe hm,and see soldlier tipon the estate, we all woeider; Colhn Ilooe camec and told me, that William Roach had told Al r. Johnson that between Friday night andI Saturday night, negroes were going to rise, and that Mlr. Johnson went a'nd told Alaster, and befigng araith, all took bush;, does not know whethier Jolhn Clarke went to look for Williant Roach, to bring him face to face wvithi Colin, to know if it was I -that told his master thiey were going to rise, but could not findt William Roach ; after shiell blow turn out, alli went away ; they wvere frightened, heard that %vhert thiey turnedi out, they were'to be surrounded, anti if any run awvay, they were to be shiot and hand. cur'ted. On Mlonday morninig I was in the woods,-antId fouinti Gribba; John Clarke and Queen Ann came to us on Mlonday afternoon, slept ir trite bush ; next day, miorning saw MV. Wrivht, IV. Dawves. D. Campbell E. Jarreit, 1v. AMoodie, J. AMowatt, King G3eorge, andt G. ClArke, belomging to Alexandiria. After we sat downp, King George said he wanted sleep. Ile said he had been oip all night. I ase him whiat lie hail beeni doing to make himi want sleep. Lie said tey bath been Tmaking him work;, that. lie hadl been killing all his rmas_ ter'4 horses ; thev said that he oughit to be ashamedi to kill the poor dumb creatures ;' Julio Cla-rke Said, any deadl is dead. He would do any thing to hurt his master. Old Gxubba did nor s~ay any thling more titan thiat they lied ito business to kill ma-ster lhorse, and told Johtn Clarke to go away . hc said no-he would not go unitil be had done some damnage ; he siaid, " as your head so strong. comie, I will carry you to the cave in the pasture',whers buckras won't come;" did not Say prisoner, D. Brewne, was with him nor John Mlalcolm ; l)gald Malcolm was thiere; Eboc George AMaiolm was not there;- William Aloodie hadl a macheat; King Georege also had a lance upon a stick, otHer prisoners had lances, someo iro nd some of wood . Clarke menitioned, that before he weould go co the sink bole, be would rather go to a free man's, whe would give him hreakt'ast ; Gubba told him not to trtist a free mani. W,hen it alnlost come to Shell blow, they sicattered about ; John Clarke rmentionetd to his fa- tlier that he was at Alexandria side when the fire took place; said thtat the morning when he camie fr-om there, he met one bookkeeper, who told himu he muxst go back with.him, and he asked the book- keeper if hie was his waiting boy to Ibollow him, and that he drew his macheat to frighteit the bookkeeper;- never wats in aniy hut in the negro gzround ; no huts were titers; all thie prisoners heard Clarke speak of killing the hiorsesi; didl not take notice of their dreSss,ha no blue, jackat and trousers;- never heard any bargain rtade; thoUght it teas to take their lives thiat they went away; was eaken up by Captain M'Cail ; siaw Willami Alloodie, had a macheat, it ~Ias not very sharp. Questicnlby W,Jilliam WVright.-.Did you see mne with Colin ?- Dyoyo tink I am blindI? I have taken swear upon the Bible, and it I tell lie, I will punish; I will tell lie upon nobody ; whlatI nee I will tell P By the CoetiT.-What dlo you mean by your master taking half; your day ?-hIe mnade us turn out on Saturday nierningr, and by the time we could go to the grounds the. rain fell, atnd we could not ghete provicions ; -aid that they, made no bargain, hut like a parcel of sheep one ~ade a jump and the whiole followed; thie womien were going, but the men stopped them., Kitig George, a Christian, tloes not know the natuire of an oath, riot sworn.-Knowsaill the prisoners at the bar; k,nows the afternoon Cite neg,roes rat,.away; on loniday miorning met John Illiller; talkedl, and said all the negroes, in the woodi said that thney wouldI kill toiaster's ; horses. D. Camrpbell, -W. Wkright, John Nesbitt, anti Williamn Dawes were titers; Jolhn Miller told Dugald Campbell thaut he must get a rope antI c~tch miaster4s hiorses; whien I went int grass-piece first, George Mal1colm said, I itiust 'not kill master's horses; X V. Wright and Dugald Campbell caught the horses and mulies, and tied them up one by one and lanced theins WVilliam Mlloedie said mnust not leave one ; Johin Nesbit was there ; Jarrett was there ; Johin Nesbit lanced two horses and two mules;, William Wright lanced onemtule, and cuit out a hiorse's tongue; Dugald Cambell kill. cii all the rest;, they did uot kill Boceplialus; ; hieardtembfr ChvistmastalV. about free; hieard the negroes say that Wlilberf-orce biad given them free, but buckra wO4ld inot let dscini take it ; said that all the negro men) were to gathev up, and go Into the boo'mtkeeperj and overseer's hiouses, and kill them and take their gunls; Davidson, Brown, and Johni Malcolm Said so ; liley all said so whecti tisey were at the row, (viz, at work) ; never heardl Jolin Clarke say any, Ching;, rememibers the day soldiers caine ; they madle bargain" be. fore Christmas to pen up buckrai and kill them, atnti it was to have taken place the Saturday after the soldiers c-ame ; wcent into the negro grounds after killing the horses ; saw Pobert Johnison there ;I saw ull the reat there; D. Campbell told Gubita Clarke that lie had killed ithe horses; Jolhn Miller said, " K)11 the horses, inake the ras- cals walk;" Colin loots said he was going to put fire to one big, hill; Ben Reynolds stopped Iiit ; dloss not know whien it waes done;- knows John Hlibbert, he liedl a gun ; lie was with them:i had hbd I lets sht, nd owdr Fidayaftrnon tey ega tobury every thing i their ouses, s they ere afritl rt uk migh Ck them;~~~~~ ~~~ denoreolcJonCakcling the negroes togethier- JohnMiler aidallthenego mt, ustgo down and kill all the gentenin'shores t Mulma Pnd;the talked about it, but did Wi.loodle asked was he the first man ?-Yes; you autit John Claike. --D. Camnpbell.-Was I the first that construct this business ? Yes; you were. Did you notseemeon Friday ?-I did not. John Atiller came up next morning, and saidt this busieass was to go on. no, you said before, D. Browrn was not there when the horses were killed; Alick Mlalcolm and Clyde killed thecalf; saw them catch one kill, and carry, and share it among the negro men. By the CotURT.-W6that did Colihn Innes want by setting fire to Big. bill ?It was a cane piece- and with corn in it; they talked of burnftig Big-hill before the soldiers came. Mlr. lalcolm caUaedup.-Tiic reason for calLingup the negroes on a Saturday morning was to ascertain whetber they were all on the estate, and had not wandered about Qn the Friday night: they were not kept above an hour, and always sent away by seven o'clock; the negro grounds are not far from the estate, and it is a general practice through the country to do so. William Dawes, a Christian, sworg..Did not go away on Friday evening, was runawyay previous: rcreembers the negrocs were in the grass piece ont lMonday, D. Brown, W. Dixon, George Colquloun, G. xMalcolm E. Mtalcolm, 13. Jarreit, John Nesbit, J. Guthrie, J. Campbell, J. Mowart. A. Wrright, .r. Gill. D. MIalcolm, D. Camp. bell, Richard Hall, Richard fJims, John Malcolm, John Hibber, aod Willim Moodie; John Miller came up, and began tcLebuse The riegromen,; Cold them if they camne to set down ii the wood and ,yam cocoa, what did they mean to do? Hfe hbd a lance .n ihis cutacco ; carried it up to his groand, and fit a stick to it at night; he githered we all that was afraid of him; D. Campbell, Colin lanes Edward Jarrett, J. Mowat, hinself, and W. Dawes; the big negro. aen stayed behind; after we went down to the gate. Wm. Wsight and John Clarke, of Haddo, beuas tCodrivc up thehiorses to the cow pen ; John lUiller said we .must. go aun destroy that 2ellow's horses; NesbiW and John Miller werc.u)inonesehm S, whon'they drove up the hiorsies, D. Camp- berl twted one topse* bY MAiller's erdeas; John 41iller broughta hsi wilseto elpoiatlhe rope; be gayeinle tlsfipTppvto. catch the beass; ms~'bDl'I. Cadipbellh lda rop atld.caugibthebeaaas; John Mile sid,w-hen he had.~~Ieatroyed: Ihe beastzi, lie would, b6 able tocatcckhs' raasteran.d nistaess; D. Camn bell killed all the Iorses; Win. Wight killed two sulels nnd lesbit one; Wm. Wij~~ht'ttnd ~~Tbhn* liealsttwz is went away ee sagr, r muster see tha the aee xml fhr~~dJe-hybt done writh thi maiater's hersesens eg owu~o ~tdrt little oneg would not tdo it, thatei throw them to the-erowe. T ft tidyn John Mliller s-aid, -when they finihi-a.tugi6 the plantain-.walk aod cu' I'll the plarit*lnN -abtia' t,l~ye not eat tiser mt*,it destroy; siddr' et~Ankrw, woulel kill ihem7sooner thani any thin lag he eentilre the samne dav to carry; I thirew it away,ndJoi Ull*sa 1dwitapk was that fnb'?. If you do -not caTrry te lauice, T-*ilR 'ilLv zM-70 head," Saw John 'ibbert with a gun; tey eot-g teelI* gain at -the stone wall, thiree of them were.tlcn hl never heard them speak of free. ~ W1. Wrigl:t..-Did you, Willam Dawes, not drive +he hoavie,-?.-.c Did not I aay so;- are yeu, deaf? Ditd Ioot Sal that ye-as , Nesbit drove uip the horses. W-illiai Nx4bit said, when they-tslkedl. of c-atting down the pl'snurins, "1 Yes, that is the way Vsl tere tle.. buckras." J7ohni I'owatt, a Chiristian, swvorn..-Remembers the Yriday they' went into thie 'eush I was in the n-idddle'of the field, lb-a cane- piece, the same Friday. Johin C'la-rk and the ret of the_pi6p1e-w,v*r making bargains; said the wee goin to be free; all the negro, men Who were there said they would fgighto to -be free on Suoo.au night; lie and all the aegro men said so; they said they we-re to kill all tire white people on the estate, and talte away-their guns; hialf ot' themw agreed to it, and lhalf not;- the prisonerso-t the ba.r ogfreecl to it. Ccoln lRanes was not there; allithe rest were th-ere; P. D. Browni was there, anod agreedi; saw the fire atAlexandria; - hl_ ler said all the gang must go out of the wdod, and put fire to .Masss. trash-house, it wasq b-fore they killed the horses; it waztha-same day that Alexandia trash.haa6es were burnt down; eaid they were to meet the Alexandria negroes, and they were all. to gather up andi go to fight the buckras; did not meet, doer no, know whvy; did not go to Alexandria; .ililler toldl the whole gang about Alexandri& trash..houses being burnt dovn ; IV]i ler never said aniy- thing abouat Golden Grove negroes. Q:sestion by D. Caropbell.-.The evening they matde this bgrairSa edYou see u;ie e-No. Qute.stion by Edward Jariett.-The sameO. T'he priisoners being calied upon for their defence. statea theat the3y knewv thev lad been wtong. and begged to be forgivent. Mlr. Ald:colm spoke as to their character.-With regard1 to P. D., Brown, I never hiad cause to tdve him a reprimand sines he belonged to, nit. Wiith rewrard to fire of titem, I considered them as good nte- groes as I hadl-P. D). Brown, D. Camnpbell, E. Jarrett, Ii'.Aloodie, anid W., Wright;, bit II have noticed considerable alteration in the conduct of W. Wvlrighit for thie last 12 nionsths, anid I am perfma-'~d that it has aT ;en from some delusion of mind . Al r. Counsellor- HEFATH then addressed the jury, -nod in a nost feeling matnner stated th%t he thought there was a distitnction) in the gu'ilt of D. Brown; but thiat after t'e attention they had given-5 he would tot trespass upon the time of the C-ourt, by recpiOtulatingl tite evidenice: but that if they coincided withi himr, -they would bring thle whole in guilti', recommnendling such as they mught thiolt tie- ifis I I =nu he prsidin gJ u dge then addressed the jitry ast followsu- ~'Gentlemen of the Jurv,-The prisoners at the bar stand inaicted utider the 46,b clause 'of thec Consrolidated Slave Lawr. The firstt clharge aaains;t therm, whiich ig comprised in the first six ceunts-bf the indictment, is for a rebellious conspiracy, for the purpose of ob'. naing by force their freedom. The Kecoand charge is compiried lit thje last tour counts of the indietemert,for beinrg in actual rebelliort to otai bylbse teirfretlo. IShall trespass, gentlemenm, as littl on our ime s I an pssiby avid, after the lon~g andi pain heaing~ouhae gvendurngthetril.Gentlemen, I coneeivethe! lawaptliabl t th prset cseis helaw I before zlluded to, the 41k clus oftheCosoldatd lav Lw, which I shall rtad for you gudace,an owths -odtheevdence you have heard thio day,youareto e gvrcee~in ourverict of guilty or trot guilty, RI Shoud yu rqute an pat o th evdenc-e recapitulated J zhall, asta a m nte wltasis m, e ot ready toconjdy" Hi Honur henred te 4thclase f he Consolidated Slare Lawr, and-continued-"1 GentLemen,you ,illIdive~st yourselves of anyreporta You may have heardouat of hicor,r pnosformeda-previotssto, your entering the box ; hot orn your consciences, before God, deliver your verdict of guilty or not guilty secnrdiingto- thie evidence.1be-fore you. Thie Coturt are o'funanimorts opinion,.the chargesragainsttehepri. toners. Edw4rd .Jrrett. Johin Nesbit. Dag-add Campbell, Philip Da-. vidseen Brown. Wi, n. Aloodie, and WAm. Wright, for conspiracy and rebelliom, are proved. Gentlemen of the Jury, I shell leave! it in yourt hands, feeling satisfied you will return such vertlict ast your counrtry will approve, whose eyes are thisf day turned towursie you. Gwen-j. m~en, it is a well known fact, that Air. Aalcoltn haa ever been a kind and indulgent mOaster to his slaves ; it could not atierefter be: from any ill treatment received, but from some iatent cause or false itiforTnartion, instilled into thei'r minds; by sundry disatl'ecte'd per.. sons inimical to this colony, by which thlese misguidied people have been delued. As to the report of freedtom, whiph appears to hbe prevalent amoengst the slavete it is our duty to repress it; the Ian- tloes not admit of it. If any pereorn in Great Britain shouldi lift his hand against the law, he would immediately suffer. TLite proclamiatian sent ouit by tise orders of his, Most Gracious Majesty, and to which his Grace the Governor has commanded the greatest publicitytmist given, should have deterred these ptople- from committing such wicked and diabolical acts f rebellion. It', on coiisideration. yen should be of opinion theyor any ofthemr are not guilty of tho coinspiracy and rebellion, vou will acquxit them-, if. oni the contrary, you shoeld, deem them gusilty of either of the cont,yu wrill return them guilty on sach coLntsE. To you,- geit.. tlm ? h risonerv look up as protectors, where thechre r not prov'ed; as well are you the protectors of the. couzntry;, butt the laws must be nalatained, or you lose yourselves aint your country." The Jory retired at sixo'clockin the evenring for ten mninutes, arnd. returned the whole of the prisoners Gutifty of all the counts in the! i ndictment. SEN-TE xCE,.-" Edward Jarrett, John Nesbit, Duga1dU0aznpbtf,, Phiilip Davidson Brown, Wlilliam lMoodie, and William Wirk-ihtt you and each of you have been convicted of a rebelli-oni conspiracr atnd rebellion, for the purpose of obtaining your frevdom by forrj, Y"ou have had a patient and impartial tiial. Thejirry have-kxihcL.. you and each of you guilty of a rebellious conspiracy nd bRelelidf and it falls to my- lot to pass the awvfttl sentence oft4C is, that you and'each of you be taken f-om hence to the i'lace fo whence you came, there to be confined till Friday, the 16th inst. that then you and each of you he taken from thereca and carried to, Aryeestate, theree to be hanged by the neck, on the forenoon of' Saudy, the 17th inist., on a gallows. to be erected in the mnill.yayd, till youi are dead, and may the Laord, in his infrmite goodness, have mnercy, on your soul&." THSUItSDAY, JULY 15. This day the same 'Magistrates torok their setst on the Beatsi when a jury, comiposed of the following persons, were sworn - Jamiets Scott, George Holbrook, Henry P. Prior, Joseph Gabay, 'William Meaitland, William UTpcrot, Nedl . M'Kellar, johis Steart Nel Cmpell Wiluan ewell, Jamts B3rodie, and JokeClake,Willam arda~,Henryp M'Kenzic, ZFY-issv,, Dorenr, an Alexnder eat'e, belngin so Goden.grG,ve eftate,, wer thn pace atthebaron chrgeofrebellion and rcbellieux conspracyl. r.BATTY opened the case for the Crowai, and cited several au- thorte to show whiat constituted rebellious. conspira-cy, also, rebl.." lion ;and stated that the negroes had been in an. agitzated state since and previouis to Christmas ; that MI'Kenzie, the head clriver, hadl ordered a baize uniforin, and. addresing the Golden Grove people, diesired them to burn the trash house on that estate, up, had been done': at Alexandria. Alr. JAtmEs here gtatedI several objections, which wer over.,ruhsd byv the! Court, and Mr. BATTY -aOS reques4ted so proceed with the ividenice. MA-ry Wyllie sworn.-.-novwe the prisoners ; oni the Mondzy' morning4 after the fire at Alexandria, esaw them go up-to th over- seer's house at Glolden Grove, when Jame3, the hearl rnan, Sa4li figh wasgoig tocom, an tha itwoul be good time to rakec all ushs tlog; sw noonetak an thng;saw James klli so, aLs they were going to fight. Thi a akdo pnyi h field; h,eaTd Captain and P. Spence, of Alexandra a hyi. tended to burn the trash house, and that GoldenGrv negroes snust. do the same, and, when buck-re would came, to kill them. EL MaLo. kenzie said the Maroons were coming to help them. The day thtr negroes wvent away, they hrlid themselves in a cave, and set a watch, toi let them know when trustee or busba appearedl, wvhgn they werc to come oar. John Clarke told them to pit back the articles they had stolen, but Downer said no, it was It'eir cow-ard hearts mnade thtem do mo;, A. Heaven wished to carry the things, back ; did nevt gee themn break open the store; H. MI'Kenzie was pres-ent when the two negroes beloiiging to Alexatidria talked of setting fire u. she ttasti houses. Franis6 B3. hlughes sworn.-Rememihe-s the trouble at ArgyIe- and the talk about conton trousers; Hi. MI'Kenzie said he v.vi'i1 have his tnade by WVednesday night, as the AMarooas were consingus assist thiem in obtaining their- freedom ; every one in the hieIdI hearil it, sand they were to be in readiness by thut ttme. On Saturday the! driver said: when he called thein to breakfast in the field, thaLt kjie hoped it would bethe last time he wortild do ian, as they were all to be f'ree on Alonday. Knows G. Waite; saw hium on the moroihg the negroes weal into the bushi; he its the commissary to go anti get; the victuals. The negroes said t cy would figlht firr free;, hear& long before Christama that Wilberforce had givece them free wheatL cr0o waS over. George IVyne, a sambo boy, sworn.-Remembers the disturbane- at Argyle; was watchman at Giolden Grove on the Snuday night and. MUonday niorning after; WVilliami Harding m poteoese'' aos,sl Siifuwot to go io lot p"owder and so;wtes would not allow him ; lie went away, and, soon after returaned it S. jamies, J. Clarke, A. Hleav-en, and George NWaite, wlso enterati house, and broke open bushaes room door ; Harding took it a sutamu.. ket; ti. James took out a rri~inLg.desl, and a hgt;, the bottom store was also broken into, and esnaburghs, blanikets, clothes, &C., car. tied away ; there wyere many concerned in tire robbery; the negroes: who entered the house were armed with macheats. Ljittle Jasper corroborated the evidence of the -prectding witnrrsr and said that Allel Heaven took one of busha-'s pistolsand his. guns. but the latter was taken from hiim by JTohn Clarke. - Johni Reid never heardl any thing about the free. Francis Leweilin deposed to the same effect, odg said thart-hat . heard thie driver tell il:e rnegroes to get jtekets andti tousers rntie Lcs wear in the rain. Msrtiliaii Heaven sworn.-Was told b Wfllhiam.Dorner-that-ihe negroes belonging to Alexandria and Salver G-rove vere: e Ot-o, go.,tDs; work on Monday morning, azd that 'if witnes -3da no &jontetn? , the others would-play the-dee vvlth' hisrt. Edward Chamubers sworn.-Saw Jamies wrthLthe walke ixr~Mf; butrghs which he took out of the store ; Rdbert -Rose 'carrlis4 -4& mus'ket, aeLAlickt Heaven' a pistol, whirls werete.keceostof-bushea. room; Ias heard the ptfione.rs talk about. free since - ChTtojsA 4f was tlse common talk in the field, that- every one sUoulti, itieta hmb j4acket and trousers. and.that these who had not hadt .eie- ho destroyed ; -the free story hats beeni tiskedoe ...t* I hea- ua, the negroes-said tlsagivg nod ran tamed'~Vlro~aItsn free-; anad ,if'the whitiepeople;would net o vwould 1lgh'thtlse for it.. ~ lair BATY ow tliod hatthecas hea -trrwtaacoe Llstn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"f -ibo t 30hn (vu.l.e+mSil'* .e, su7< M itrX'R2ntY AltXemi twiness, believez it htbgtr atk3r' the* was 'naadress of.XMor. s a c ; l6Y. cafdi Mr. ~ ~ ~ e~~ ihg ~to te:Mdrt og juryiL;'but he ames.h~ t*j.ff~ tWfoe ftITu*d~cI a.s'frf,inate'sjtuai. SaLI C.o r , at indicted, bus- nt!hdenyc being OdduSWAg:jntlu>iuM4qitd G CWben'fia letu rired unaer a Mrto illar indictratntt.Q.1ha cdrjHgrlx 5t?aebe onvicted. Tlear yllie, d W eward Ja:per, Downer, 1ce$tLseell*i~o ~ltia YA ed;fitG~l GroveChambers, gave the sameZ: .tetima30i h Ci asoceirdo sAlr. Oolds- a gave Waie a gepd character. rIlr.s.GrBi ;.D4 m t appeal in-his f-vour- and was followea by G 4r krs, ort tne eatee sodd. b gr.i cAt n st,eplied. TheJury fboudthernGuily,and ta weretentened ntobehanged on Aiondayi . aite ste valued at 1. and been oited. 8,.,rTLIRDAY, JUILY 17. fPoln e nnew:, Johnn falc01. , and ,Bi- an'it laVrd belongng to Argyt e estae,e;ere pIL on e their tzial, chargec wth rebedious con-. spracy, and being -in open rebelriosn. Mr.-BATTs rose a pdalldresse thbejury, tet ine thattoeprisoners were indicted uby der r. 4St F e saoille Csde. lidaLed Slae Law, vwhiCi -he read i \N mr. Roachz, Rachael Crooks., Robert Jobrtson, King: George, lmVm Da.wes, an Jobn .Adowaflt, anR belonging toArrylc estate, gavc similar testimenyw%u on Wedlnesday. John r lealcolm, one of the prisonera, addressed th be Cort, nd AppeaWf to l;is mnaster for wbaLt his cliaracter liad been betbre this businssr- a John Ar.altoTn, e q., Swarn.I theijr, he is as gabd a negro ae a eane cn be rnuster oh. Wer I lcord that all tO negroeit Slad eonle awayi the first quetion I ae ked was wRether John ialgolm eao l Wis( gone ? I nevr saw a morat careful negro at n is work thatn Tom Brown. Hia sHnour tr.e pTeondig Judn e cnaygey . he .uTy, Vho returned a Jerdict of Guiloy against the three prisoners, andr they wereeentenceId to be transpohte r fof the islbad hor lifce JAM r4I,C . , , ., HANOyER QUArR SESSIONSAND SLA.AE.COURT