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the matter; or catch him in such — business again; or I would give him over to the civil authorities, and sent to jail and punished. He then said, he would not, and did not, think for a moment of doing anything without my consent and advice, and would not have any thing more to do with the affair. The man went off apparently perfectly satisfied with what I told him: and being busy at the time, I dismissed the matter from my mind, feeling convinced there was nothing serious to apprehend. On the morning of the 3rd inst. however, a committee of citizens called upon me, to ascertain what they could about the matter, having been reported to them that an "insurrection" was on foot among the negroes, and that application had been made for arms, &c. I told them the circumstances of the Freedman calling upon me. The Committee left me, but in a few minutes returned, to make further inquiries in reference to the affair. The gentlemen were quite excited, and appeared to seriously