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States. - 2&P Hut&orirpe [PUBLIC ACT.] A t ACT requiring Surveyors General to give Bond aud Security for tlie faith till Disbursement of Public Money, aud to limit their Term of Office. lit it enacted bt/ the Smalt and House of Representatives of the United States yj' America in Congress assembled , That', from ami after the passing ol Urns act, eve ry Surveyor General, coinmiffioned by the authority of the United States, shall, before entering on the duties of his office, and every Surveyor General now in commission, shall, on or beiore the thirti eth day of September next, execute and deliver, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United Slates, a bond, with good and sufficient security, for the penal gum of thirty thousand dollars, condition ed for the faithful disbursement, accord ing to law, of all public money placed in his hands for disbursement, ami for the faithful performance of the duties of his olfice. Sue. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission of every surveyor Gene ral now in office, shall, unless sooner va cated, by death, resignation, or removal from office, cease and expire on the first day of February next; and the commis sion of every Surveyor General, hereaf ter commissioned by the authority of the United States, shall cease and expire, un less sooner vacated by death, resignation, or removal from olfice, in four years from the dale of the commission. Shc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Slates shall, and he is hereby authorized, whenever he may deem it expedient, require any Surveyor General of the United Stales to giva new pond and additional security, under the direction of the Secretary ol the Treasury, for the faithful disburse ment, according to law, of all money placed in his hands for disbursement. PHILIP P. HARBOUR, Speaker of the Home of Uepro.eulalim. JOHN GAILLAIII), President, oflhe Senate, pro tempore. Washington, May 8,1*22.— Appprovod JAMP.S MONROE. AN ACCOUNT OF THE \i\teiu\ev\ \usuYvecUou AMONG A PORTION OF THE BLACKS IN CHARLESTON. PUBLISH KU By the authority of the Corporation of Charleston, [continued.] Amherst, belonging to Mrs. Lining, was next examined, found not guilty, and discharged. The Court then proceeded to the trial nf NED, the property of Governor Ben nett. .Xtd's guilt was proved fully by the same witnesses that appeared against Pe t-r Poyas, with whom it was established he was in the habit ol frequent consulta tion on the efforts that were to be made. Subsequent disclosures have justified ve ry xtrqugly the finding ol the Court a gaiust him, and placed it beyond a doubt, that ho was a ringleader, and was to have headed a fotce in the vicinity of the Lines. He was found guilty, and sentenced for execution on the 2d of J uly. On the 24th of June, the Court dis charged as not guilty, Samuel Gniflord and Robert Hadden, two free persons of colour, as also Matthias, the slave of Go vernor Bennett; Mungo, the slave of Mr. Poyas *, Robert, the slave of Mr. Harth, aud Richard and John, the slaves of Mr. I ,ucas. On the ?slh of J uue, the Court ex it nined the cases of Jim, belonging to Mr. Aucrum; Sandy, belonging to Mr. Hotines, and Friday, the property of Mr. Hoot, all ol whom was found not guilty, -and disrbnrgul. Ou Wednesday, tbe 26th of June, the Court proceeded to the trial of Abraham, the slave of Dr. Poyas. The only proof adduced against Abra- 1 ham, was the following letter, found iu the trunk of Peter Poyas, ami acknow ledged by Abraham to have been written by himself, — “ Dear Sir.—With pleasure I give you “an answer. J util endeavour to,do it. " Hoping Unit God will be in the midst to 41 help hit oten. lie particular and make “ a suit remark. F.ai- not, the Lord God » W’ f' % • “ that dtlucred Daniel is able to deliver “ us. All that I inform agreed. lam “gone up to Beach-fltllM (Signed) Abraham Potas. 11 Although this letter was extremely suspicious,.yet, there being no other tes timony against Abraham, he was found not guilty of the charge 4 of attempting to 4 rmpe an insurrection among the blacks * against the whites. 1 Ou Thursday the 27th, Denmark Ve sey, a free black man, was brought be fore tbc Court for trial, Assisted by his Counsel, U. W. Cross, Esq. It is perpaps somewhat remarkable, that at this stage of the investigation, al though several witnesses had been exam ined, the atrocious guilt of Denmark Vc sry had not been as yet fully unfolded.— From the testimony of roost of the wit nesses, however, the Court found enough, and amply enough, to warrant the seu ; teuce of death, which, on the 28th, 'hey passed ou him. But every subsequent step in th”* progress oflhe trials of others, lent new' confirmation to Isis overwhelm ing guilt, and placed him beyond a doubt, ‘ ou the criminal eminence of having been the individual, in whose bosom the ne • furious scheme was first engendered.— ■ There is ample reason for believing, that . this project was not with him, of recent - origin, for it was said, he had spoken of it , for upwards of four years. These facts of his guilt the journals of • the Court will disclose—that no man can " be proved to have spoken of or urged (he - insurrection prior to himself. All the | channels of communication and intelli gence are traced back to him. His house r was the place ap|>ointrd lor (he secret meetings of the conspirators, at which | he was invariably a leading aud influen tial member; animating and encouraging ■ the timid, hy the hopes of prospects of success ; removing the scruples of the re ligious, by the grossest prostitution and ; perversion of the sacred oracles, aud in flaming and confirming the resolute, by all the sat age fascinations, of blood and • booty. The peculiar circumstances of guilt, which confer a distinction on his case, will be found narrated in the confessions of Holla, Monday Cell, Frank and Jesse, in the Appendix, lie was sentenced for execution on the 2d July.* TI • Court tried Jesse, thcslave of Mr. Thomas Blackwood. The testimony against Jesse was very ample. His activity and zeal, in promo ting the views of Denmark Vescy, in re lation to the plot, were fully proved,— He had engaged with Vesey to go out of town on Sunday the IClh, to biing down some negroes from the country, to aid in the rising on that night; and remarked, to the witnesses, on his way to Ilibbcns 1 ferry, “ if my father does not assist I will cut off Ills head. 11 AH the particulars in proof against him, be confirmed after re ceiving bis sentence, by his own full and satisfactory Confession, which will be found in Hie Appendix, marked (H.) This man excited no small sympathy, not only from the apparent sincerity of his contrition, but from the mild and un ostentatious composure with which he met ins fate. Sentence of death was passed on these six men, on the 2Glh of June, and they were executed ou the 2d of July. With the exception of j ease and Holla, they made no disclosures ; all of them, with those exceptions, cither explicitly or im plicitly affirming their innocence. lli> much to be lamented that the situation of the Work-House, at this period, pre cluded, after their sentence, their being separately confined ; at least, that Vesey could not have been subjected to the gloom and silence of a solitary cell, ile 1 might have been softened, and afforded the most precious confessions, as his 1 knowledge and agency iu the nefarious - scheme very far exceeded the informa tion of others, who, however guilty, seemed but the agents of his will. But these men mutually supported each other, and died obedient to the stern and emphatic injunction of their Comrade (I'ctor Poyas) “Do not open your lips ! Die silent, as you shall see me do It was, perhaps, alone, in Denmard Vesey’s 1 power, to have given us (he true char acter, extent and importance of the cor res|K>ndence, it was afterwards proved, was carried on with certain persons iu San Domingo. On the Ist of July the Court proceed ed to the trial of Monday Gell, who, to gether with Charles Drayton, had been apprehended j the first, ou the 271 h of June, and the latter, on the 2d of July. By referring to the Appendix (D.) and . (E.) the nature of the testimony against these individuals will be seen. Iu re ference to the case of Monday Gell it was established that he had been a very im portant ringleader, aud that his shop, in Meeting-street, was a place at which ma ny meetings were held; al all of which he was present, lending the must zealous aid, and affording the strongest counte nance ; and if any confirmation of his guilt should bo sought for, it may be found in bis own confession in the Appendix (K.) After Monday Goll and Charles Drayton wore convicted there appeared to be a pause in our further discoveries, and some prospect of the investigation closing ' with their execution and that of John Horry, Harry Haig aud Gullah Jack, i (for the guilt of the latter, see Appendix ' D. L. & F. Uu the 9lh of J uly, however, these five men, where called before the Court to receive sentence, and after it had been pronounced, with the must impressive so lemnity, they were withdrawn to a com mon ward in the Work-House, for hall an hour, until separate cells could be provided for them. It was at this mo ment that Charles Drayton, overwhelm ed with terror and guilt, went up to Monday and reproached him with having induced him to join in a scheme which had placed him iu such a miserable and perilous situation. To this appeal Mon day, nut only confessed his guilt, but ob servetl to Charles—that their present fate was justly and precisely what they had a t ight to expect, alter their detect ed aud defeated project. On which there immediately ensued between them a conversation on the extent of the guilt of others, in which .Monday gave Charles 1 the names of many accomplic es whom he • had not previously known in the plot ; > the arrival of the blacksmith to iron the convicts, and the turnkey to convey them ( to separate cells, interrupted the couver • sat ion. » Charles, during the night of the 9th, t sent for Mr. Gordon, who has charge of i the Work-House, aud informed him that w „■ # Ufa he was extremely anxious to see the !n --lendant, as he had some important dis closure* to make. Uy day-light, on the morning of the iflth, tin* message was conveyed to the person for whom it was intended, and Charles was visited at sun rise. He was found, in a state of the most lamentable depression and panic, and he seemed prepared Unmake the most ample declarations from the fear of death, and the consequences of an hereaf ter, if he went out of the world -without revealing all that he knew, to relation to the Conspiracy, in which btihad been so active an agent, lie lore his,narrative was received, he was most specially put on his guard, that ;io promises ecu d be made to him of a reversal of his fate, but that he might rest satisfied, his condition could not be worse by his cotni-g out with a full disclosure of all that he knew, fie then staled many particulars, that had come to bis own knowledge, proving a much wider diffusion of the plot than, at that period, was imagined; and, after giving up the names of several of his comrades, he mentioned the conversation which had been commenced apd broken off, in the common ward of the Work -1 louse, between Monday Gill and him self. As Monday, at this perijd, did not seem disposed to make any confessions to others, whatever he might b« inclined to do to lus friend Charles, it wn| consider- P cd important, that the convolution be tween them, should be retewed, and they were brought togethetyfo she same ceil, and left for twenty-kW Hours alone; but some little stratagem wat employed, to divert the suspicions of .Monday, that Charles was confined with him, merely for the purpose of getting information out of him. On the morning of the 10th, the court were convened, and apprised, generally, of these new disclosures, which diaries had made, but as he was still closeted with Monday, he could not lie examined on that day, the court adjourned to meet on the 13th; on which day Monday Cell’s own confession was heard by them. Between the 10th and 13lh, Charlis and Monday ivere separated (having been respited by his Excellency, die Gover nor, at '.be request of the court) and Charles, on his re-examination afforded much important information, which he had derived from Monday. On Monday’s having all this brought to his view, he ; confessed his own guilt, as well as the] truth of the statements which he had made to Charles.+ Cotemporaneously with these ronumi nications, Perault, belonging to Mr. Slro hccker, wag taken up, on the 10th, and on bis being closely and judh iiHuly (xa niiiieJ by his master, he gave a large mass of intelligence confirming what had been related by Monday and Charles, and supplying several deficiencies in their testimony, more especially that pait of it which related to (he transmission of cer tain letters to San Domingo. These dis closures, with some further details which were obtained from Harry liaig, (whose confession and subsequent testimony went to implicate a corps of Cullah or Angola negroes, thathad been organized under the command of their Chief, Cul lah Jack,) gave ample employment tor three or tour days to the Committee of Vigilance, during which upwards ot six ty slaves were apprehended. It would very much transcend the limits necessarily prescribed to tins bnel memoir, to go over all the trials that subsequently ensued, on these fresh dis coveries As the most important part of the testimony, adduced on these trials, is to be found in the Appendix, it is deem ed altogether, superfluous, to make a special application of it to each of lilt cases, us this would result in a repetition fatiguing and uninteresting to tne rea der. It will be sullicient to single out a few of the cases most pregnant in inter est, and to remark, that the Court on its reorginization ou the 13th,justly estimat ing the extent of the labour before them, laid down certain rules of discrimination in the guilt of the parties to which they give the most definite precision and per specuity, by adopting two classes of of fence ; the first involving a primary and the second a minor degree of guilt. Under the first class, they brought all those who were ringleaders, who had made a declaration of their belonging to the association, and who had been pre sent, aiding and abetting in tha contribu tion of money, arms or ammunition, at Denmark Vessey’s, or who were m the constant habit of visiting Monday Celt’s shop and Bulkley’s farm, for the purpose of obtaining and communicating intelli gence of the progress of the conspiracy. Those found guilty in tins class, were to be punished with death. Under the se cond class were arranged tho.se.who had merely sent in their adhesion to the ring leaders without ever having attended a meeting at Vesey’s, or having been re cognized by him as confidential men, or contributed to the purchase of arms or ammunition, or endeavoured to enlist otherc. The punishment which awaited those found guilty in this class; was trans portation beyond the 'units of the United States.}; By reference to tho Calendar marked (S) in the Appendix, the names of the prisoners committed will be found, and under a proper column, the mode in which they were disposed of, whether by death, transjiortation, or discharge, from the insufficiency of testimony. The extent of the evidence adduced, there fore, against each individual, may be in ferred with accuracy, by observing the punishment awarded him ; as the Court adhered with great aud rigid fidelity to these rules, which were in unison both with justice and humanity. Among the vast number of cases dis posed ol by the first Court; in a session of nearly six weeks, involving the most intense and unremitting labour, it would be impossible to overlook the case of Jack Pritchard, otherwise called Guilah Jack. The testimony in the Appendix, of more than one of the witnesses, will establish fully his guilt, and prove the justice of the sentence, by which he was ushered into another world ; but no de scription can accurately convey to oth ers the impression which his trial, de fence and appearance made on those who witnessed the workings of his cunning and rude address. Born a conjurer and a physician, in Itis own country (foi in Angola they are matters of inheritance) he practised these arts in this country for fifteen years, without it* being generally known among the whites. Vesey, who left no engines of power uuessayed, seems, in an early stage of his design, to have turned his eye on this Necromancer, aware of his influence with his own countrymen, who are distinguished both tor their credulous superstition and clan nish sympathies. It does not appear that Jack required much persuasion to induce him to Join in a project, which afforded the most ample opportunity of display ing his peculiar art, whilst it is very ob vious that his willingness, to do all that Vesey might require, was in no little degree stimulated, by his bitterness and his gall against the whites. Allho’ be had been fifteen or twenty years in this country, yet he appeared to be untouch ed by the influences of civilized life. — If Hi ■ part which he was to play in this drama, bespoke that the treacherous and vindictive artifices of war in his own country, existed in unimpaired vigour in his memory, his wildness and vehe mence ol gesture and the malignant glance with which Jie eyed the witnesses who appeared against turn, all indicated the savage, * ho indeed had been caught, but not lamed. It would be both tedious and diguslingto relate the many ai tifices employed by this miscreant to deceive and cajole his deluded countrymen. Such was their belief in bis invulnera bility, that his charms and amulets were in request, and be was regarded as a man, \s ho could only be harmed but by the treachery ol his lellows. Ev- n those negroes who were bom iu this country seem to have spoken of his charmed in vincibility with a confidence which look ed much like bcliif. When Jack was dragged forth to the scaffold he seemed Conscious that his arts would stand him in little stead, and gave up his spirit with out firmness or composure. The ca»e of Tom Russel, another of the Gnllah Band, deserves a brief no tice. He was tried some days after Jack, and was executed among the twenty two Criminals hung on the Lines, on the 26th July. Tom was Jack’s armourer, arid kept his blacksmith’s shop on East- Bay. Uis part in the conspiracy was confined to the making of pikes and spears, which it appears he did ou a very approved model. After tin se weapons were finished, they were held subject to theorder of Jack, and by him sent up to Mr. Bulkley’s farm,s near the Cross Hoads, where handles were provided for them by Polydore Faber, a Guilah, who . met his fate on the same scaffold with {'l om Russel. This farm was one ol the principal rendezvous of the Guilah Band, ol which Jack was the Captain. The trial of Lot Forrester, was not without interest, as he was the courier 10l the conspiracy, and was proved to have gone out of town, for the purpose of inducing the country negroes to join iu the insurrection ; his journeys were both south and north of Charleston. His zeal and persevereance in the cause were stio.igly proved, and there is every rea son lor believing that the conflagration ol the city was confided, by Vesey, to him. Match-rope was tound in a situa tion where he had probably secreted it. He was hung on the Lines on the 261 h ol July. Bacchus Hammett, who was hung, al so, on the 26th, did render, and was to have rendered, ou the night ofthe 16th the most essential aid. Before the latter period be had stolen from his master’s store a keg of powder, which was con veyed, first to Vesey’s afterwards to Mon day Cell’s, and lastly to Guilah Jack, to he prepared into cartridges. On the night of the 16th he was to have slept where the arms of file Neck-Rangers were deposited, and facilitated their seiz ure and di trihution among Guilah Jack’s corps, who were to have carried this post, as well us Mr. Duqueriron's store, in which there were 500 stands of arms, deposited lor sale. The cases ol Jack Glen, Billy Palmer, and Jack Purcell, are distinguished, not by any peculiar atrocity, but for the hy pocricy they blended with their crime. Their assent to the plot was distinctly shown, and it was in proof, that Vesey had recognized them all as his men. Jack Glen was a Preacher, Billy Palmer, exceedingly pious, aud a communicant at the church of his master ; and Jack Pur cell no less devout. The case of the lat ter was not without its pathos, from the deep coulritiou he expressed before bis execution ; the distressing interest which his mistress is said (o have taken in his fate, and the lamentable delusion under which he laboured, which is more parti cularly unfolded in his confession, in the Appendix marked (L.)(| Jack Glen and Purcell were hung on the Lines. Billy Palmer has been respited by His Excellency, the Governor, until Octo ber next, for a commutation of his pun ishment to banishment beyond the limits ofthe United States. The Court having used the testimony Monday Gelt, Charles Drayton and Har ry Haig, very efficaciously, to the ends of public justice, reconsidered the sen tences, which had been passed on them, and instead of death, sentenced them to transportation beyond the limits ofthe United States. As a matter of form, Perault, John Enslow and Billy liulkley, (who had be come witnesses for the State,) were then tried on their own confessions, and sen tenced to be transported beyond (he li mits ofthe United States, These indivi duals were important witnesses in all the apprehensions and trials subsequent to the 13lh of July. Perault gave his testimony with great fearlessness and candour, and Enslow with much composure and connexion; the evidence of both, as well indeed as that of most of the witnesses, was much appreciated by the Court, after a severe scrutiny. 1 This court having disposed of all the cases before them, adjourned on the 26th of July. At this stage of our investigation we were satisfied that of all the ringleaders iu the conspiracy, William Gamer, (who had effected his escape from the city a boutthe Ist of July) only, remained to be punished. As information had been received of his Laving travelled towards Columbia, a proclamation was issued by His Excellency, the Governor, for his apprehensio , in promotion ofthe success of which some subsidary steps were taken by private means, On the 2d of August our wishes, relating to Garner, were gratified, by his arrival in town. He had previously been arrested at Columbia, thro’ the public spirited efforts of the Indendant of that place and Lieut. Max cy, who overtook and apprended him at, Granby, On Garner’s arrival, a new Court was organized for his trial, and such other eases as might be brought before (hem, by precisely the same means as those which had been employed on the appointment of the first; and the services of the following gentlemen secured, who were known to possess, deservedly, a large share of the public confidence. Magistrates, Jacob Axon, 1 and > Esquires. C. M. Furman, ) Freeholders. Hon. Joel K. Poinsett, Thos. R, Smith, ) « _ R.Y. Hayne, ’jEsqrs. Gol. Thomas Rofer, Col. John Gordon. This Court adopted the same rules for their government which had been so hu manely and dispassionately adopted by the preceding Court, but, as enough had been done for public example, they de termined to visit capital punishment on none but ringleaders. The first case they tried was that of William Garner. Garner’s guilt had all the character istics, which the Court had assigned to the first class of turpitude; it was not on ly proved that he was actively engaged id recruiting others, but .that he was to have led a troop of horse, at the rising, composed of all such of the conspirators as might have appeared in the streets on horseback. And further, that he had made an offer of a command to others in his corps. Four witnesses having sworn positively to his guilt, -detailing a variety of particulars, mutually corroborating and supporting each other, he was found guilty and sentenced for execution ou the 9th of August, at which period the sentence was carried into effect. This Court having, after short adjournments, of three or four, recommenced their ses sion, disposed ol twelve cases more, in volving a minor degree of guilt, and ad journed finally on the Bth of August. These trials, together with some pri vate arrangements, made with their owners, in reference to the banishment of several slaves, in cases where their guilt was clear, but not of the first de gree, have at length closed the anxious and irksome labours of the corporation, after an examination of little less than two months. It will be seen, by referring to the Cal ender marked (S) that one hundred and thirty-one were committed , thirty-five have suffered death, and thirty-seven have been sentenced to banishment. The most important object to be obtained in uproot ing a conspiracy, we have fully accom plished, by bringing to punishment the whole of the ringleaders. Monday Cell, whose knowledge ol the plot was, proba bly, exceeded only by Vesey’s, has em phatically stated, that the ringleaders were the first six, who were executed on the 2d of July, to wit; Denmark Ve sey, Peter Poyas, Ned Bennett, Rolia, Batteau and j esse; to which he has since added himself and William Garner, who was executed on the 9th of Auguit. We, moreover, believe, that all who were active agents (though not ringlead ers) iu the conspiracy, have expiated their crimes, or are about to do so, by au eternal exile from our shores. It may be mentioned, m confirmation of this be lief, that Monday Gell, from memory, made out a list ol forty-two names., of those who were in the habit of visiting his shop, for the purpose of combining and confederating iu the intended insur rection, whom he called his company; every one of whom have been apprehend ed, and disposed of, We cannot venture to say, to how many the knowledge of the intended effort, was communicated, who, without signifying their assent, or attending any o< the meetings, were yet prepared to profit by events. That there are many who would not have permitted the enterprize to have failed at a critical moment, for the want of their co-opera tion, we have the best reasons for believ ing. Before we conclude, soina notice of the probable causes of this conspiracy may be expected. As this is a matter of spe culation, we shall not speak without re serve. Os the motives ofVesey, we can not set in judgment; they have been scanned by a power who can do higher justice than ourselves. But as they are explained by bis character and conduct, during the combinations of the plot, they are only to be referred to a malignant ha tred of the whites, and inordinate lust of power and booty, Indeed, the belief is altogether justifiable, that his end would have been answered, if, after laying our city iu ashes, and moistening its cinders with blood, he could have embarked with a part of the pillage of our banks for San Domingo; leaving a large proportion of hi. deluded followers to the extermina ting desolation of that justice, which would have awaited, in the end, a tran sient success. His followers were slaves, and for them it would not be so difficult to assign a motive, if it had not been dis tinctly proved, that without, scarcely an exception, they had no individual hardship to complain of, and were among the most humanely treated negroes in our city. The fariUtiai for combining and confederating in such a scheme, were amply afforded, by the extreme indul gence and kindness, which chai acterises the domestic treatment of our slaves.— Many slave owners among us, not satisfi ed with ministering to the wants of their domestics, by all the comforts of abundant food and excellent clothing, with a mis guided benevolence, have not only per mitted their instruction, but lent to such efforts their approbation and applause. Religious fanaticism has not been with out its effect on this project, and as aux-. Hilary to these sentiments, the secession of a large body of blacks from the white Methodist Church, with feelings of irri tation and disappointment, formed a hot bed, in which the germ might well be expected to spring into life and vigour. Among the conspirators a majority , of them belonged to the African Church, * * and among those executed were several who had been Class Leaders. It is how ever, due to the late head of their church (for since the late events the association has been voluntarily dissolved) and their deacons, to say, that after the most'dili geut search and scrutiny, no evidence entitled to belief, has been discovered against them. A hearsay rumour, iu re lation to Morris Brown , was traced far enough to end in its complete falsifica tion. That the course which certain discus sions assumed in Congress were likewise efficacious in producting both discontent anddelusiea, U sufficiently apparent.— » Jack Purcell’s confession in the ann. , J e will show to what a purpose M s plied those beautiful proposition of * P ' i s and neutral freedom, whfchwer e FI s with a wauton recklessness of I o sequences, as applied to the conditions I’ a a certain portion of our common coun t rv !t is to every individual, ;?, | is proud of the character of hi s c ’7** ■ I in the late unhappy event*, to be abiaT* ' I say, that, within the limits of the Pi , ; Charleston, in a period of great and V j precedented excitement, the laws, *2 I out even one violation, have ruled *fu > uninterrupted sway-that no cruel v!l dictive or barbarous modes ofpunhhinm have been resorted to—that instirTu I been blended with an enlightened r manity, in according to those who - meted out for us murder, pain and y flagration, in their most savage form* ' d trials, which, for the wisdom, impartillT - ty and moderation that governed them.' q are even superior to those which the or e dinary modes of judicature would have afforded ourselves. “ With little to fear and nothing ( 0 re 0 preach ourselves we may, without - shrinking, submit our conduct to the 1 award of posterity, and cm selves to the 0 protection of the Supreme Rul er ■, Events. “ s ■ 1 *As Denmark Vesty has occupied so J large a place in the conspiracy, a brief no i lice of him will, perhaps, be not de void of i interest. The following anecdote will y show how near he was to the chance ofbe y mg distinguished in the bloody d ent, of 1 Han Domingo. During the revolution j ary war, Captain Vesty, how an old rest-. e deni of this city, commanded a ship that s traded between St. Thomas 1 and Cape , Francois (San Domingo.) He was en - gaged in supplying the French of that /;. - land with Slaves, In the year 1781 m - took on board at St. Thomas 1 390 slam and sailed for the Cape; on the passage - he and his officers were struck with the r beauty, alertness and intelligence, fa boo t about 14 years of age, whom they made a r pet of, by taking him into the cabin . changing his apparel, and calling him by s way of distinction Telemaque, (which au. , pellation has since, by gradual corruption i among the negroes, been changed to Den mark, or sometimes Telmak.) On the ar - rival, however, of the ship at the Cape, 1 Captain Vtsty, having no use for the boy 2 sold him among his other slaves, and re* i turned to St. Thomas 1 , On his next toy t age to the Cape, he was surprised to learn - from his consignee that Telemaque would ■ be relumed on his hands, as the planter ; who had purchased him, represented him , unsound, and subject to epileptic fits. Ac ■ cording to the custom of trade in that place, . the boy was placed in the hands cf the s king 1 * physician, who decided that he was 1 unsound, and Captain Vesey was compel ■ led to take him back, of which he had no uc , casion to repent, as Denmark proved, for > 20 years, a most faithful slave, fin 1900, > Denmark drew a prise of SISOO in the East-Bay-Street Lottery, with which he > purchased his freedom from his master, at . six hundred dollars, much less than his 1 real value. From that period to the day of i his apprehension he has been ‘working as a ’ carpenter in this city, distinguished for f great strength and activity. Among his , colour he was always looked up to with mn f and respect. His lemner way r and domineering in the extreme, qualfying . himfor the despotic rule, of which he im . ambitious. AU hit passions were ungo ; vemable and, savage; and to his numtr ■ out wives and children, he displayed the i haughty and capricious cruelly of an Eas f tern Bashaw. He had nearly effected his , escape, after information had been lodged - against him. For three days the town was t searched for him without success. As early .as Monday, the 17 ih, he had concealed. I himself. It was not until the night of the I 22d of June, during a perfect tempest, . that he was found secreted in the house of . one of his wires. It is to the uncommon efforts and vigilance of Mr. Wetner, and . Capt. Dove, of the City Guard, (the latter r of whom seitedhim) that public justice re . ceived its necessary tribute, in the execu . tion of this man. If the parly had beers . one moment later, he would, in all probn i bilily, hare effected his escape the next day ■ in some outward bound vessel. : + Monday Gell it very well known in this , city. He is a most excellent hamets-ma ’ ker, and kept his shop in Meeting-street.— ■ It would be difficult to name any individual f more actively engaged in the plot than him s self, or more able to aid Denmark Vesey, I from his uncommon sagacity and knowledge. ' He reads and writes with great and equal i facility, and obviously seems to have beer. i the individual who held the pen, at all the i meetings. At which he wrote more than f one letter to San Domingo, for succors. — ■ His own situation afforded no excuse for i the effort in which he was engaged, as he • enjoyed all the substantial comforts of c , fret-man; much indulged and trusted by t his master, his time ami a large proportion ■ of the profits of his labor were at his own r disposal. He even kept his master's arms I and sometimes his money. Monday is ate ; Ebo, and is now in the prime of life, hat i ing been in the country 15 of 20 years, ; $At shemeettngof the Court on the mom i ing of the 13 th, Mr. James Legare, from ■ feeble health and great exhaustion during i its f revious sittings, asked, and obtained ■ leave, to withdraw, whereupon Mr. Henry ■ Deas, was summoned by the Magistrates, • who took his seat and served until the ad : joumnicnt of the Court. i This farm seas under the charge of a slave name Billy, who became a witness 1 for the state and gave some important de tails of the meetings of the Gullaht. — Several of whom were executed on the 26//*. ’■ || This Confession of Purcell's will , show, that the evil foretold, from the dis ’ cuss ion of the Missouri Question, has been a in some degree, realised. IT See Enslow 1 s Confession, Appendix . m f ** An appellation , the seceders assumed after their leaving the white Methodist I Church. (to be continued.) i ———————————— Notice. ALL persons that are indebted to the late Edward Smith, deceased, arc • desired to come forward and pay th. 6 ' same; and all those that the estate • indebted to, will render in their so counts according to law for payment. J. W. Meredith, t Admirnttr^or ■ August
