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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1867.
W3It J YATES Editor and Propreitoh.
FIFTEENTn VOLUME- N U II B E R 769.
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EDITOR AND PROPR1KTOB.
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A li A 11 ii K STOC K
OF
sprhsto goo ds
Fine white and colored Marseilles Quilts, just
received at RARRINGEK, WOLFE &. CO S.
JgJ- Ladies' French Dimitry Skirts, India Twilled
Long Cloih, Linen Iresa (Joods. Extra Fine Lace
Collars and Culls, Valencine Lace, Cleny Lace,
IJIack Silk Gilder Laee Call and examine our New
Goods. B A It R INGE It, WOLFE & CO.
gSy Irish Linen of an extra quality ; Bleached
Shirting, extra quality. Call soon.
Black Cialiey for Mourning Dresses, English
Crape and English Crap Veils, at
IJAltULVtJER, WOLFE k COS.
April 15, 1807.
VOOHiii STOVES,
OF THE NEATEST AXI) MOST Sl'l'ERIOR PATTERN.
33 "5T 33 DEL X 7ST,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N C.
Ha- f .r -ale .fJift-IJiisf Cooking
S7'Wfi," which, tor eu'iy arietv of cooking
and great economy in fuel, caunot be surpassed by
any Stove heretofore used.
Everybody who ha ued one of these Stoves
testify that, for convenience in cooking, durability
and cleanliness, they are far preferable to all other
patterns. Call and see them.
D II. BYERLY has also on hand a good as
sortment of Tin, Ja;an and Sheet-Iron Ware such
articles as are necessary for house-keeping.
ZctT TIN-WAKE made to order at short notice
on reasonable terms.
HUPAII&I3G promptly executed.
I) II. IJVEULV,
Springs' Building, Charlotte, N. C.
March 25, 1807.
JU8T RECEIVED AT
M. QUERY'S NEW STORE.
c.
A large and well selected Stock of
SlEtI.U M SUJlJlIZIfc GOODS.
DltV GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
Sold low for rash.
TBI M M I NGS Our stock of Trimmings is com
plete, and was Selected with care.
A full assortment of VAN K EE NOTIONS and
FANCV GOODS.
IIOOI' SKIRTS Bradley's Tarts Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt now worn all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best
article Ladies' and Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FANS AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
All kind'.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiters, of the best I'liiladaphia make.
Also, Men's and Bov's hoes and hats.
mit .t irrsrLY.
MRS. QUERY would inform her friends that
she has spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied that she
cati plea.-e all who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets and Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms ami shortest notice.
Dresses Tut, Fit ted. Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notier.
Our terms are strictly ("ash. Our motto is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
Apiil I, 1SG7.
dry croons, CrOTIIIXG,
BOOTS, SIIOCS, Ac., Ac.
ZLVE ,
Respectfully informs the public that he has a large
stock of Dry Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, in
great vaiitty, wh'ch he will sell on reasonable terms.
RAGS WANTED.
I wmt to purchase 200,000 pounds of clean cotton
and Iiucu Rags. Highest cash price paid.
D BLUM,
April S, 1S07 3m Opposite Court House.
Garden Seeds,
The largest and most complete Stock ever brought
to this market, from the celebrated Houses of
LAN DRETH,
TIIORBURN and
For sale at WIST.
SCARR'S DRUG STORE.
Feb. 4, 1807.
Itit Kt'ccivvcl,
A larcre lot of Provisions and Groceries, such as
Corn, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Ac, and Sugar, Coffee,
Molasses and Salt. Some fine Baltimore cured
Hams PRESSON A GRAY
April 8, 18'.7.
Wheel-Wright Shop.
The subscriber respectfully informs the public
that he has a shop on College" street, in the rear of
Mr Cruse's residence, where he is prepared to do all
kinds of wood work in his line with neatness and
dispatch.
Particular attention paid to Repairing Wagons
and Buggies. WILLIAM FOSTER.
Feb II, 1 SG7 Sm .
II. 11. PKITCEIARD,
PRODUCE AND PROVISION DEALER.
The highest cash prices paid for all kiads of
Produce.
Always on hand at the lowest prices all kind of
and Family Supplies.
I have recenrly resumed business in tny own
proper name and shall be thankful to frieuds and
the public for patronage.
OLD STAND OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.
n. M. PRITCH ARD.
Charlotte, X. C, April 15, 1867 3m
NO ONE LIKE A MOTHER.
A poor old woman lay upon her sick bed in
a close uncomfortable room, with a daughter and
little grandchild to take care of her. But whom
do you think this aped woman called for all the
lime, and longed to have come and nurse her ?
It was '"mother" hei own mother.
"O, there's nobody like mother to take care of
you when you are sick." she said.
A person present asked how long her mother
had been dead.
"About fifty years, I reckon." she answered.
Do you think you will remember your mother's
loving care for fifty years? Xo doubt you will, if
God spares your life. You may think but little
of it now but you will think a great deal of it
then. This woman's children and grandchildren
had grown up about her, but her heart reached
back over all that waste cf years to the time when
she was a child at her mother's side.
It was for "mother," "mother." that our poor
boys, in tent and hospital, called and prayed
when sick and wounded they were laid down to
die.
O, there is nobody like a mother in love and
caie for us. "What return are you making her
every day for all site does for you? Do your feet
run willingly to do her bidding, as soon as it is
known? Do vou try to save her trouble, and
lighten all her burdens? O, nothing in this world
can i'o it so effectually as to know that her
children are growing up good and noble, and use
ful in the world.
VALUABLE PKOPKRTY
The attention of the public is invited to that
valuable Hotel property known as the
"viMursMOjr house,"
yituated in the centred the City of Charlotte, X. C.
The lease of the present occupant expires on the 1st
day of June proximo, and the entire Hotel property
will be for Lease or Rent ; and to a competent
Landlord, the Lease will be made very reasonable.
The building is of brick, large, roomy and was ar
ranged for the especial purpose for which it has
long been occupied.
Ttie owners intend to put the property In FIRST
RATE REPAIR, and invite the attention of tbose
who -know how to keep a Hotel"' to it? advantages.
There is no other Hotel in the business part of the
City to come in competition, therefore the occupant
may be said to enjoy a monopoly.
Communications addressed to the undersigned
will receive prompt attention, and would be glad
to receive them on or before the 15th of Mav.
M. L. WRISTON, Agent.
Charlotte, N. C, April 29k 18G7 4w
AT
M c L, E O D & STEELE'S.
We are receiving a general stock of all grades of
Seasonable Goods. We have now in store many
desirable styles of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
Such as black and colored Silks, black and colored
Silk Grenadine.; black, white and colored S. Warp
Shallies, Bareges, Tissues. Tamartine, Crape Moretts,
Shawl Crape 8-4, black English Cassimeres, black,
white and colored Alpacca, Lustres, Poplins, &c.
A beautiful line of French Organdies, printed;
linen and cotton Lawns, Table Linen, Napkins,
Doylies, Damask Merino, cwtton and linen Sheetings,
brown and bleached Domestic, black French Cloths
atid Cassimeres, French Drub tie eft, Linen Drills and
Ducks, Perchals Solid and Printed Marseilles and
Alendale Quilt, Prints all grides ; Alamance
Plaids. Rock Island Cassimeres, at Factory prices.
Bradley's Duplex Hoopshirts, Summer Balmoral
Skirls a beautiful article.
A full line of Notions, Hosiery, Gloves. Straw
Goods, Bonnets and Bonnet Ribbons, French Flowers,
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Groceries,
and a general stock of Hardware.
Our entire stock was selected with much care, and
we feel confident will compare favorably with any
in the city, in style and price.
We are anxious to sell, and respectfully ask an
examination of our stock, hear our prices, &c, as
we are determined not to be undersold.
April 22, 1807. McLEOD & STEELE.
Special Notice to Ladies.
Fashionable Millinery & Dressmaking.
MISS BETSY WILLIAMS has opened a fashion
able Millinery and Dressmaking Establishment
located over
Witlkoivsky & KintckV Store.
She invites the attention of the Ladies to the
above, feeling assured that those giving her a call
cau be suited both in style and price.
Miss E. It. WILLIAMS.
SPKIXG and SUMMER GOODS
AT
WITTKOWSKY &. RINTELS'
April !5, 1807.
Groceries and Confectioneries
MSBET & MAXWELL
II AVE JUST RECEIVED, AND HAVE IN STORE,
50 Saf-ks Liverpool Salt,
4 Sacks Old Java Colfee,
2 Boxes Choice Green Tea,
4 Barrels Choice Molasses,
I Barrel Cider Vinegar,
10 Bnrrels Coffee Sugar,
Rio Coffee. Crushed and Pulverised Sugar.
Rice, English Dairy and New Vork State Cheese,
10 Gross Carolina Belle and 3 Bb's. Lorillard Snuff.
Also, a large and assorted Stock of Pickles, Jellies,
Prunes, Dates. Ginger Preserves and fresh Fruits.
Flavoring Extracts. Olive Oil, Lemon Syrup, Ground
Cinnamon and Pepper, Tomato Catsup, Pepper
Sauce, Mustard, Sardines, Lobsters and Oysters, a
superior lot of
Raisins and French Candy,
l.r.OO pounds assorted Candy in boxes, 5 barrels as
sorted Nuts, Citron, Cocoanuts and Figs, 250 pounds
fresh Currants, Tab.'eSalt, Duryras' superior Starch,
Parlor and Telegraph Matches, superior lot of Toilet
Soap and Perfumery, Casteel and Turpentine Soap:
Anderson's Solace, Leak's and other choice brai.ds
of Chewing Tobacco, Durham's and Virginia Smok
ing Tobacco, choice Havana and American Segars,
Violins, Banjos, and a large assortment of Toys,
Notions, &c.
In fact everything usually found in a first class
Confectioneiy and Family Grocery. Persons wish
ing to purchase any of the aboTe articles will find it
to their advantage to give us a call and examine
our Goods before buying elsewhere. We propose
to sell cheap for cash or barter. All orders attended
to with promptness.
April 15, 1867. MSBET MAXWELL.
Written for M core's Rural Nevr-Yorker.
LOS CASCARILLEROS;
Or, Bark Gatherers of Peru and Bolivia.
BY LARDNER GIBBON.
These Notes are based on the practical ex
perience of the author, who was an officer in the
'Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon," in
1852-3. Ed. Rural
Los Cascarilleros bark gatherers of Peru
and Bolivia are men of European descent. In
the middle of May, at the commencement of the
dry season, they supply themselves with hatchet,
knife, short club, dned meat, parched corn and
medicine, and descend the Andes into the Ama
zon basin in search of bark. They follow the
spurs of the mountains, and from the upper
branches of tall forest trees they look out and
survey the surrounding wilderness. With prac
ticed eye they distinguish the large bright green
and yellow shining leaf of the cinchona tree
from the ordinary foliage.
The tree is felled, and the bark stripped off,
dried, and made into small bundles, ready to be
carried on their backs to the nearest point to
which a mule may be brought, lhat taken
from the trunk of the tree is the best, that from
the larger branches the second in quality, and
that from the smaller, or upper branches, the
least valuable. Two quintals of green bark will
make one quintal (one hundred pounds) when
dried. The process of gathering the bark is
destructive, the tree being entirely killed. The
value of the forest has been injured. The trees
are found Kith difficulty.
The belt of country in which the cinchona
tree is found is a boisterous region of the earth.
The east winds pass over the low lands of
Brazil. When they reach the Andes, -twenty
thousand feet in height, the way is disputed by
stupendous odds in favor of rock. The winds
seem to double themselves, and battle with
great fury. Clouds rise up on the broad Atlan
tic, and are brought as if to assist the winds.
They roll against the mountains with increased
atiuospheria pressure, electrical flashes of fire,
and thundering. Tiers are torn up by the
roots; the earth is disturbed; rocks are loosened,
fall, and roll over the precipice, as in an earth
quake. Yet these mountains stand, and bear it
with wonderful composure. The winds and
clouds weepingly give way. Some go "down
where it is very hot, and rains fall over the
valley. Some go up where the last drop of rain
falls amidst the crowned heads of the Andes, in
pyramids of perpetual snow, where there is
formed an atmospheric veil for the animal and
vegerable kingdoms of Lima on the 6hore of
the Pacific Ocean where it never rains.
The Cascarillero roams through the wilder
ness of huse trees, tangled briars, creeping
vines, and thickets. hen he meets a
tiger or
lion, he walks up. to him with
hand As the animal springs
short club in
upon him, he
suddenly steps aside, and strikes to break the
hack. Should he miss his aim, there is danger;
lor when the animal renews the attack ho goes
in with much anger, and sometimes kills his
man. When he meets a troublesome serpent,
he runs or calls for help.
Thin, salbw complexioned and worn down, he
may be seen slowly walking after an old horse
or mule, loaded with bark, on his way up the
mountains in November, to escape the rainy
season in the valley of the Amazon.
By law the bark is taken to a government
agent who pays a fixed price in merchandise or
specie. It is then put up in cotton bales, and
covered with rawhide, each weighing one hun
dred and fifty pounds two bales, or three hun
dred pounds, being a mule-load over the Cor
dilleras to the seaport of Arica, where it arrives
in ten days from La Paz, paying a freight of
twelve dollars per mule load. The price at
Arica varies according to the demand for quinine
in fever and ague countries. It is carried to
the chemists in the United States and Europe,
where it is manufactured and bottled, and some
of it is res hipped and sold in the apothecary
stores of the towns of these mountains, to those
who enter the cinchona region, where the dis
ease for which it is intended as a specific fre
quently prevails. Cascarilleros have paid for
one ounce of quinine what they are willing to
sell one hundred pounds of bark for at the foot
of the tree.
The forest is common to all persons who
choose to employ themselves in gathering bark
All men may enter the territory, live in it, anjj
are at liberty to take away with them their pro
perty, paying duties to the Treasury, according
to the laws of police and the custom-house.
The home of the Cascarillero is anions the
Andes. His house is built of stone and thatched
with mountain gras-es. A few faggots and a
little fire produce a dense smoke, which fills the
dwelling with an atmosphere which protects
him from the cold mountain blasts of rain and
snow. The fire is placed in the middle of the
ground floor. The smoke has no escape but
through the doorway, which at night and in
cold, stormy weather is closed by suspending a
raw-bide in the passage. The inmates cook,
eat, rest and sleep by the fire. Guinea pigs are
great favorites in the house. rJ hey burrow
under the ground floor near the wall. Dogs
crawl in and form a circle. Fowls have their
roost in the upper part near the roof, along with
pet parrot, who feels thankful for the fire be
low, but chatters his objection to being smoked
in Spanish. A sow with pigs may crowd under
the raw-hide, while the others sleep The quan
tity and activity of fleas is startling to a stranger.
Potatoes, 'onions, garlic and pepper, boiled
with dried or fresh mutton, furnish a meal for
the day, which is called "chupe," a national
dish of Peru. It is turned into a wooden plat
ter and one large wooden spoon serves the whole
family. The father is relieved by the mother,
and so on, when tha father in turn is handed
the spoon by the youngest child. The dogs sit
up behind, looking on, quiet, respeetful and
good natured, until a bone is cast that way
then a fight takes place in the rear.
A jar which occupies a retired position in the
darkest part of the house is kept supplied f ith
a stimulating drink called "cbicba," ot which
the j all partake. Chicha is made of corn. The
process of manufacture is rather peculiar, but
the mode is very popular among these people.
The women seat themselves by the side of a
Wooden trough, each supplied with a lap full of
corn, which .they masticate by the mouthful,
and spit it into the trough. Where there is a
deficiency of a sou od and complete set of
grinders, the work is both laborious and tedious.
The occupation is somewhat stimulating, how
ever," and the oldest inhabitants are among the
most active millers. The time being occupied
with langbio'g and gossip, the interval is made
gay.' The glow brought to the cheeks of the
young girls attract :beir admirers, who usually
Stand looking on in pleasant anticipation. When
TOe tough contains "v'i" goodly stlpply, a little
water is added, lhe composition is deposited
in earthen vossels, and after it has undergone
the necessary fermentation, the liquor is plaeec
in jars ready for use as an intoxicating drink.
Greenville District, S. C , 1867.
From the Richmond Times
THE TUBNER AND GABRIEL IN
SURRECTIONS.
1 he following letter to the Nsw York Tri
bune gives an interesting, and we believe, ac
curate account of the negro insurrections in this
State in 1801 and 1831 :
South-Side, Va., April 27, 1867.
In the Tribune of a recent date the insurrec
tion of Nat Turner is spoken of as being the
only uprising of any importance which has oc
curred among the Southern negroes. This is,
perhaps, the general belief of persons at a dis
tance and of many in the South too for very
few eeem to have any knowledge of the one
which preceded Turner's by about thirty years,
and which, but for a remarkable Providential
interposition, would have been fo'Iowed by con
sequences tenfold more shocking. Presuming
you would like to have the historical truth in
this matter, and for other reasons, it has ap
peared to me that a brief sketch of that affair
would be both acceptable and interesting to the
general reader.
In the summer of 1801, in the immediate vi
cinity of Kichmond, occurred what is known as
Gabriel's insurrection. Gabriel belonged to a
gentleman named Prosser who lived in Kich
mond, but who owned a cottage about three
miles from the city on the Brook turnpike. One
evening about dusk, Mr Prosser rode up to this
piace, inienuing ro remain an night. tie was
night.
surpri
;ed to find a
large
number of
negroes col-
lected in the yard and on the premises whose
countenances wore a threatening aspect. He
was evidently not expected. He was quickly
approached by one of his servants, as if to take
charge of his horse, who warned him of his dan
ger, and besought him to fly for his life without
a moment's delay. Putting spurs to his animal
he escaped capture, and hurrying to Richmond
gave the first alarm of the projected outbreak.
The bells were immediately rung and the citi
zens called to arms. At the time Mr Prosser
rode up to his house a fearful thunder storm
was impending, which burst with unprecedented
fury before he reached the city. It has been
described by the old inhabitants as being ac
companied with thunder and lightning such as
none of them had ever witnessed and the rain
descended in perfect torrents. The scene was
in fact tertific. The large capitol building was
provided with a number of lightning rods, and
the electric fluid played from one to another
iD the most fantastic manner, ever and anon
covering the wholo roof with sheets of living
fire. Many houses were struck, and every soul
quaked with fear. What with the apprehen
sion of murder by a crowd of fanatic slaves, and
the imminent danger of being struck every mo
ment by a thunderbolt, it was
a nigfit ot nor-
SI a
rors sucn as nas noi oeen experienced by any
community once in a century. It was in refer
ence to those terrible trials that John Randolph
made the remaik several years afterward in Con
grss, that the Virginia mother never heard the
alarm bell in the dead of night that she did not
press her infant more closely to her bosom.
But it was that terrific storm that saved the
city. Mr Prosser's cottage stool just beyond
a small stream called rhe Brook," and before
the negroes had time to organize, the fall of
rain was so overwhelming as to render it im
passable, and, indeed, to deludge the whole
country. The next morning the officers of the
law were placed on duty, and a number of ar
rests were made, including some of the ring
leaders. Gabriel, however, eluded pursuit for
several weeks. After wandering in unfrequent
ed places he sought concealment on board of a
vessel in James river, with a view of getting
oat of the State, but was discovered by a fellow
servant, who gave the information to the au
thorities. He and about forty others were
brought to trial, the greater number of whom
were convicted, and suffered the penalty of the
law.
The riot of the conspirators was to fire the
i. .i
city, massacre the men and children, and to
make captives of the women. Turner destroyed
life indiscriminatel;.; and in so doing, pursued
what was practically the more merciful course.
Gabriel is represented to have been a brave, de
termined man, with much more than the aver
age ability of the negro rjce. He met his fate
with firmness. A number of negro song",
! which became very popular, and in which Ga-
briel was the chief character, were founded on
incidents connected with this insurrection,
i They were sung in the harvest fields and at
corn huskings for many years, and some of them
j are probably not yet obsolete.
Nat Turner's insurrection took place in the
vearlS31. Nat was a preacher, and a fanatic;
i he professed to have communication with heav-
en ana u was irom ine iauu in ins mnoiou nn
which he inspired his followers that he gained
his ascendency over them. His plot was badly
conceived and worse executed, so far as any
reasonable success could be counted on. It is,
! to say the least, a most remarkable coincidence
! should have been accompanied by extraordinary
Gabriels and Jurrer s rebellions
atmospherical phenomena with this difference,
however, that in the one case the plans of the
insurgents were frustrated by the elements,
while in the other their execution was hastened
by what Nat deemed a favorable omen, and the
harbinger of success.
As the writer's recollection of theacenrsof
the latter period is still vivid, though not an
eye-witness to any of the horrible atrocities, it
may be interesting to furnish a rapid sketch of
some of the prominent ciicumstaoces.
The county of Southampton, near the village
of Jerusalem, was the scene of Turner's conspi
racy. He had long been brot ding over it, but
either his mind was undecided how to carry it
into execution, or ho had not fully secured the
fidelity of his associates, when the supposed
omen happened which inspired both him and
them with fresh courage. It was on a Saturday
near the close of August, a cloudiest summer's
day, when a strange appearance of the sun at
v. -
tracted the attention of all the simple no less
than the wise. Though not a cloud was visible
in the heavens, the light was so softened and
modified by the peculiar state of the atmosphere
that the spectator could gaze at the sun without
pain or inconvenience. And in fazing, thou
sands of flitting, fantastic shapes and streams of
light were observed round the disc, moving in
contrary directions, encircling it, and surround
mg it wiin a magic inuuence Ana as tne sun
gradually neared the horizon, its apparent size
became greatly magnified; it assumed a bl od
rea appearance, ana numerous large spots were
visible on the surface to the naked eye It may
be stated, in passing, that this singular phe
nomenon attracted the attention of scientific
men io various parts of the country, several of
whom attempted a solution of the mystery
Among the rest, Professor Hallowell, of.Alex
andria, subjected the rays of light to numerous
experiments, such as decomposing thtm by
means of the prism, and published the results
in the newspapers; but as nothing of the kind
had ever been seen before, and has never been
repeated since, no explanation was accepted as
being at all satisfactory. It nuy, therefore, be
regarded as remaining to the preseut day as
much a nivsterv as ever.
The uext day, being Sunday, Turner preached
to his congregation. He labored .with those
whose assistance he sought to enlist; and having
made up his gang, they were engaged in pre
paring for active operations during most of the
night, and at length sallied forth on their des
perate foray an hour or two before day on Mon
day morning. It bad been determined to mur
der every white person on their line of march of
whatever sex or age, and this was cairied out
almost to the letter. Some few, but very few,
escaped during the contusion while the houses
were being sacked, by hiding themselves in
secret places. For awhile the insurgents did
their work so quickly, and moved from house to
house, with such celerity, that no intelligence
of their advance preceded them. But as their
hands became more and more steeped in blood, j
they abandoned themselves to eating and drink-
ing from the larders and cellars ot their victims, I
and soon became so completely debauched that
their march was easily ai rested by the time the
sun was an hour high though not until they had
exterminated a number of families, and de
stroyed about 56 lives. . i
The number of insurgents is not recollected
precisely, though it did not exceed 30 or 40.
But such were their murderous excesses that,
though but a handful in all, and madmen at
that, the whole country, far and near, was seized
with a panic surpassing anything of the kind
ever witnessed before or since. The investment
of Petersburg two or three years ago by a Fed
eral army of 50,000 or 100,000 men, produced
no effect comparabh: to it. In the one case the
enemy was in the dark and might be lurking in
every household; in the other the operations
were conducted in open day. Far from the
scene of action strong men were afraid to absent
themselves a moment from their homes; deli
cate women, even mothers with infants at their
brasts, were known to seek the woods for pro
tection at the midnight hour, in some dee
leaving their children behind them. Armed
men riding along the public highways in broad
day time were afraid of being waylaid by an
assa.s&iti concealed behind every bush. And
patrols were organized in every neighborhood,
who visited nightly every negro cabin within
their precincts, to see that the occupants were
at home, and to quell everything liko di.-rJer
That a good deal of rigor was sonn times tier
cised during their rounds c innot be gainsayed.
Among so many irresponsible persous, at such a
time of excitement, nothing else could be ex
pected. And yet it has never been definitely ascer
tained that anything like a general uprbing was
contemplated. There was good reason, however,
to believe that the movement was known far
beyond the limits of Southampton; that secret
intelligence had been conveyed to the negroes
of all the adjoining counties to the distance of
100 miles or more; and that they had knowledge
of the outbreak before the whites obtained it
through the usual channels of information. It
is among ttie characteristics of these people lhat
they have a system of telegraphy among them
selves by which they Communicate with each
other between distant yoi its io an incredible
short time. But they are great night-walkers,
or travelers, visiting each other at remote places
between bed time and day-break, and this may
account for the Uiys'eryi It can ooly be a
matter of speculation, however, as their private
matters are kept with the mest profound secresy.
As soon as the massacre was discovered, me -eengers
were dispatched to the Governor of the
State imploring him to send troops to the as
siftaoce of the people. Several companies of
infantry and cavalry were immediately ordered
; from Kichmond. When they reached the scene
1 of carnage and beheld the horrible spectacle
! their rage was uncontrollable. The poor ne
groes who had no hand in the affair fled for
safety, or, if discovered were pursued and shot
down without remorse. For some days reasoo
I appeared to have fled to brutish beasts. But
1 after a while order was restored. The military
j returned to Richmond, and the insurgents were
tried and condemned to death. Turner was
bung with several others the precise number
not now remembered.
From the Charlottes villa Chronicle. ,
THE BAT.
Once upon a time a fierce qarrel arose between
the birds and the beasu. The dispute was upon
this point: that the birds claimed the right of
roosting and flying; in certain subterranest. caves.
The Magpie, the Blackbird, the Cockatoo, and"
the Kile urged in a nuin!xr cf public meotinga
the rights of the birds; while the Fox, the Hyeua,
the Cur, and the Beaver were stremioua in urging
upon the leasts that the claim of lira birds should
not le allowed. The quarrel resulted in war, in
which prodigies of valor were performed on loth
skies ami miu h blood was shed. But the beasts
were finally victorious. This was mainly owing
to the f.u t that the Jackal, the Wolf, the Hound,
and th Rhinoceros, who had promised to main
tain the pretentions of the bml, deserted their
allies when the battle commenced, and fought
Hgainst thera The Jackal especially acted with
the most rliamele peifidy, for he hud warmly
pressed the birds to take up arms, and pledged,
them the support of all conservative Iteasts; he did
nut dating u ih himself on the field until the fight
was concluded, but he roamed among the wound
ed and dead with unexampled rage, stripping
them of their plumage, and plundering the camp.
The leasts laid very hard terms upon the birds,
who had been so completely overwhelmed that
they surrendered in discretion. The Eagle, the
Cock, the Falcon, the Robin, the Patridge, and
many others among the birds fought with the
most conspicuous gallantly, and continued to
fU'ht even after it was evident that fighting was
hopeless. Their plumage torn, covered with
wound., they were the lat to surrender. The
Buzzard did not take part in the fight, but sailing
high in the air, he urged the birds never to give
up, and reproached them when exhausted nature
could fight no more. The Magpie grew silent as
soon as the firing commenced, and was early
com e lied by fatigue to take refuge in the top of
a tall poplar, from which, however, he did not
fail to watch the combat with great sympathy.
The Ciukatoo was so di-gusted with the dusL
ihat he too climbed up a wall to avoid soiling his
brilliant colors. The Blackbird was prevented
from his position as a member of the Ornithiao
Assembly from going to the army. The Kite
fought with great bravery, and was as furious on
the field as he had been violent in council. The
Bat did not do any fighting, but exerted great in
fluence from the beginning of the war by a series
of lectures which he delivered on the resources of
the Ornithian Kingdom, and subsequently by
Koine admirable criticism on the Art of War.
lie delivered a very fine discourse after the
Eagle had surrendered, to the effect that the
cause was so far from being lost, that the struggle
hm? JriKt commenced ami that when the birds
were driven from the helds and the groves they
could take refuge in the air. He manifested a
more unyielding spirit than any other bird, and,
indeed, it was suspected that ho circulated irports
reflecting in very severe termn on both the Eagle
and the Cock for what was termed their dastardly
behavior.
The creat mental activitv of the Bat continued
to make itself fe!t on the birds after the whole
thing was over, in keepii.g up their courage, and
dissuading them from eating dirt. Tho first
pioposal of :he beasts, as a lais of peace, was
that the wings of the birds should be clipped.
The fiery spirit of the Bat resented this with great
warmth! and his views made such an impression
on the birds that they positively refused to sub
mit to any such operation. But unfortunately
the Bear was sent down into the realms of the
birds with a considerable force, and with orders
not only to clip their wings, but to pull out a
number of plumes from their tails. The Bat of
course had no plumes to loe, ami his peculiar
habits made it difficult to draw a bead on him
when the military arrived.
The beasts, irritated by the bitter invective of
lhe Hyena, availed themselves of the delay on
the part of the birds in closing tip the pacification,
to impose new conditions, one of w hieh was that
the Magpie should have his tongue cut out, and
lhat the Bat hould not fly about the Towers of
State. The Bat induced the biida to give a per
emptory rejection to this, on the ground that it
w ould be a stigma upon the honor of the biids to
sign any such article. The Parliament of the
Bt a-t took this rejection in great dudgeon, and
made it the pretext for the tnoit iol-nt meas
ures. They hCi.t the Bear back to lake military
possession of bird-land, di-persed the Oinithian
Legislature, and up looted their whole civil jolity.
Now aid the leasts "Submit to these terms
and if you do not submit lo this, we will come
and cut down your grovea. and break up jour
nests, and give your land to the Bugs."
The Bat compelled inaction. His idea was
this; that the EVphant, who was Chief Justice of
the Beast-, would enjoin the Bear from earning
out the order of :he Beat Congrets The Egle
ami the Ck recommended earnestly to the birds
to t.ike the let terms they could get, and to
close the matter a speedily as pofsible, as the
Jackal Mtid Hyena were Mirring up the beasts
to confiscate bitd-land with more ado, and give
it to il.e bugs.
' Bu, said the Bat, I urged you to go to war
in the leginning; I urged you to reject the terms
of peace offered before the batlle was ended; I
urged you tii take refuge in the air after you were
driveti from the tree; I urged you not to allow
your wings to le dipt: I urged you not to agree
that the magpie and myself fhould be singled
out fr punishment; and novr I urge you to let
thun give your land to the Bugs."
Aud what will become of you I" said tht
Kite.
-As for me," said the Bat, "I am a Philoso
pher, and my favorite haunts are amid ruins and
it., rii.lat nl:ir-. t,( earth and. besides, on toy
mother's side I am a Mouse, one of the most in
fluential families in Beaat land.
A man in Indiana who had been overpaid five
dollars, hanged himself through fear that hd
would be indicted for receiviog the money.
fST A meeting was held in Henderson on
the 25th instant to tske into consideration the
formation of a new county out of Granville, and
small portions of Warren and Franklin.