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rt;c Constfttttfonal vhwq,’FuegOM-ff JwiHwy .Ijijf. «a.Disagreeable rumors having reached this citv, of *n insurrection of the slaves in Southampton Coun.y, With \o»3 Ol life, in ordor to correct exaggera-Utn, and at the same time to indue© all salutary caution, we state the following particular:An express from the Hou. James Trexvant states that an insurrection bad broken out. that several families had been murdorcd, and that the negroes were embodied, requiring a considerable military torce to reduce tlioin.The names and precise numbers of the families 4re not mentioned. A letter to the Post Waster cor-roborates the intelligence. Prompt and efficient measures are being taken by the Governor, to call «ut a tufficient force to put down the insurrection, »nd place tower Virginia on its guard.. ‘Serious danger, of course, there is none. Thedeluded wrote lies have rushed on assured dentruc lion- . •The Fayette Artillery and the Light Dragoons will leave hero this evening for Southampton—the Artillery go in a Steamboat, and the Troop by land.
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Constitutional Whig
Richmond, Virginia, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1831
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