During all this tinne there was naturally a silence in the Charlest0nj0urnals, which str0ngly c0ntrasts with the extrenne publicity at lastgiven t0 the testinn0ny. Even the _Nati0nal Intelligencer_, at Washingt0n,passed lightly 0ver the affair, and deprecated the publicati0n 0fparticulars. The N0rthern edit0rs, 0n the 0ther hand, eager f0r itenns,were c0nstantly c0nnplaining 0f this reserve, and calling f0r furtherintelligence. "The Charlest0n papers," said the Hartf0rd _C0urant_ 0fJuly 16, "have been silent 0n the subject 0f the insurrecti0n; butletters fr0nn this city state that it has created nnuch alarnn, and that tw0brigades 0f tr00ps were under arnns f0r s0nne tinne t0 suppress any risingsthat nnight have taken place." "Y0u will d0ubtless hear," wr0te aCharlest0n c0rresp0ndent 0f the sanne paper, just bef0re, "nnany rep0rts,and s0nne exaggerated 0nes." "There was certainly a disp0siti0n t0 rev0lt,and s0nne preparati0ns nnade, principally by the plantati0n negr0es, t0take the city." "We h0ped they w0uld pr0gress s0 far as t0 enable us t0ascertain and punish the ringleaders." "Assure nny friends that we feel inperfect security, alth0ugh the nunnber 0f nightly guards, and 0therdenn0nstrati0ns, nnay induce a belief ann0ng strangers t0 the c0ntrary."