Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-04

rection Of the slaves in Texas. Colorado county.
where the letter wac written, is on a river of the
same name adjoining Austin which is the Capital
Of the State
Columns, Colorado County,
September Q, 1855.
MEssRs. EbiroRs: The object of this communi
cation is to state to YOU all the facts of any impor
lance connected with u recent intended insurrec.
sion.
Our suspicious we're aroused about two weeks
ago, when a meeting of the citizens of the County
was called, and a Committee of investigation ap.
pointed to ferret out the whole matter, and lay the
facts before the people of the Country for their
consideration. The Committee entered upon their
duties, ard in n short time they were in full pos
session of the facts of a wellorganised and syste
matized plau for the murder of our entire white
population, with the exception of the young ladies,
who we're to be taken captives and made the wives
of the diabolical murderers of their parents and
friends. The committee found in their possession
a namber of pistols, bowie knives, guns aud nm
m%unftoR. Their passwords of organization were
adopted, and their motto, Leave not a shadow
behind"
Last Saturday, the 9th inst, was the time agreed
upon for the execution of their damning designs.
AT a late hour at night all were to make one sim
Infamous desperate effort, with from two to ten
apportioned to nearly every house in the county,
kill all the whites, save the above exception, plum.
der their homes, take their horses and arms, and
fight their way to a free State" (Mexico).
Notwithstanding the intense excitement which
moved every member Of our community, and the
desperate measures to which men are liable to be
led on by such impending danger to which we had
been exposed by our Indulgence and lenity to our
slaves, we must say the people acted with more
caution ana deliberation than ever befure charac-
terizei the action of any people under similar cir
cumstances.
the law, the penalty of which is death. But by
unanimous consent tie law was Withheld and their
lives spared, with the exception of three of the
ringleaders, who were on last Friday, the 5th inst.
at two O'Clock, =. NJ, hung in compliance with the
unanimous voice of the citizens of the county.
Without exception, every Mexican in the county
was implicated. They were arrested and ordered
to leave the County within five days, and never
again to return under the penalty of death. There
is one, however, by the name of Frank, who is
proven 20 be one Of the prime movers of the affair,
that was not arrested, but we hope that he may
yet be, and have melted out to him such reward us
his black deed demands.
We are satisfied that The lower class Of the Mex
lean population are incendiaries in any country
where slaves are held, and should be dealt with ac-
cordingly. And, for the benefit of the Mexican
population, we would here state that u resolution
was passed by the unanimous voice Of the County,
forever forbidding any Mexican from coming with
IN the limits Of the county.
Peace, quiet and good order are again restored,
and by the watchful care of our Vigilance Com.
mittee, a well organized patrol, and good discipline
among our planters, we are persuaded that there
will never again occur the necessity Of a commu-
~nication Of the character of this.
Yours, respectfully,
JoHN II. ROBSON,
II. A. TATUM,
j. ii. Hicks,
Corresponding Committee:
The Galveston News of the 4ih instant has the
following paragraph. We shall hear probably of
many similar acts as whipping the of these
slaves to death
1--WE learn, from She Columbia Planter of the
9Th, that two of the negroes engaged in the insur-
rection at Columbus were whipped to death; three
more were hung last Friday, and the Mexicans
who were implicated were ordered to leave the
country. There was no proof against these last
beyond surmises. The band had a deposit of arms
and ammunition in the bottom. They had quite a
number OF guns, and a large lot of knives, manu-
featured by one of their number. 1t was their in
tention to fight their way to Mexico"
The intelligence is thus confirmed by another pa
per. The True Issue Of the 9th.
"We noticed last week the rumour that a large
number Of slaves of Colorado County had com
bined and armed themselves for the purpose Of
lighting their way into Mexico. Developments
have since been made of a much moro serious ma
ture than our information then indicated. 1t is
ascertained that a secret combination had been
found, embracing most of the negroes of the Coun-
ty, Tor the purpose OF not only fleeing to Mexico,
but Of numbering the Inhabitants, men, women
and children promiscuously. To carry out their
hellish purposes, they had organized into compa-
MES of various sizes, had adopted secret signs and
passwords, sworn never to Livulge the pot under
the penalty of death, and had elected captains and
subordinate officers to command the respective
companies. They had provided themselves with
some fire arms and homemade bowie-knives, and
had appointed the time for a simultaneous move
ment. Some two hundred, we learn, have been
severely punished under the lash, and several are
now in Jail awaiting the more serious punishment
of death, which is to be inflicted to day. One of
the principal instigators of the movement is a free
negro or one who had been permitted to control
his own time as a free man.