Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-22
WHOLE NUMBER 1925.
THE ABOLITION PLOT IN TEXAS. -
Execution of A6olitionists-P0ison Furnished the
Negroes-Negroes Hung-Precautions for SAFE

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Execution of Abolitionists-Poison- Furnished the
Negroes-Negroes Hung Precautions for Safe
ty, Gc., dc. .77'
The Texas papers contain accounts Of the sum-
mary punishment which is being administered to
the conspirators in the incendary plots recently dis
covered in that State In Grimes county contem-
plated inslrrection was discovered, in which two |
abolition preachers and about eighty negroes were
concerned. The preachers after making full con-
fession, were hung and the negroes were committed
to Jail. We copy from the Austin State Gazette |
the following notice Of the action of the citizens Of
Dallas, in regard to the late confagration;
The excitement consequent upon the revelations |
made by negroes under examination, continues un-
abated Already nearly hundred blacks have been |
arrested and examined separately before vigilance
committee, appointed for that purpose This COM
mittee consists Of the most respectable and respon
sibe gentlemen of this county, whose proceedings
have been characterized by the utmost prudence and
moderation
Crowds of men are in Dallas, anxious and eager
to lend their assistance and ready to quell every
disturbance that threatens the peace of the State
The developments are of tho most startling charac-
ter, unfolding the most diabolical plot that the
wickedness of man could invent, to destroy this
whole country
At the town of Lancaster the same general plot
was revealed-to burn the town; to poison the in
habitants; to assassinate the aged females and to
seize and appropriate the young and handsome to
their vlllainous purposes.
MONDAY, July 23.-An immense concourse of
people from all parts of the country is here awaiting
the action of the Committee of Virgilance. The
stage came in from Waxahachit yesterday bringing
news of the high state Of excitement in that town.
The conspiracy and insurrectionary spirit extend to
that place in all the horrid forms contemplated at
this place. Throughout the country, so far as we
oaD 1earn fha Thotfo
destined to be burned, the people TO be poisoned
and slaughtered, and the remaining property to be
distributed among the victorious blacks On Red
Oak Creek the chief posoner had been arrested and
executed. Negroes at Waxahachie have been de-
tected with the poison in their possession, and
runner in town yesterday reports that there have
been several executions at that place. We have not
yet received the particulars. -
The Committee of Vigilance have been in session
all day, and this evening they announced that three
of the ringleaders of the insurrection are to be
hanged tomorrow.
TUESDAY, July 24-This evening, at o'clock,
the three rngleaders, SAM Cato, and Patrick, were
escorted from the JAIL under strong guard, to the
place of execution. An immense concourse of citi-
zens and negroes assembled AS they passed through
town, they surveyed with composure the ruins of
the once flourishng town that now lay blackened
mass before them. Patrick remained calm and COL
lected during the whole day, and betrayed no re-
morse feeling whatever, in view of his approach
| ing doom. He it was who fired the town, and the
night after its destruction glorfed himself for the
deed and pronounced it only the commencement of
the good work. Sam Smith, SO called from the
! name of his master, an old negro preacher, who
had imbibed most of his villainous principles from
two abolition preachers. Blunt and Mckinney, who
lived IN the country year before, and had much in
tercourse with him. Cato had always enjoyed
| bad reputation They met their fate with COM
posure worthy of better cause. Patrick, with un-
paralleled nonchalance, died with chew of tobacco
in his mouth, and refused to make any statement
whatever. ....
They were hung on the bank of the river, above
town. and are buried beneath the gallows.
Investigations going on throughout the coun
try all of which tend to confirm the facts elected at
! this place. The evidence obtained before the COM
mittee will be published in due time.
| The following is from the Fort Worth Chief of
the 25th ut:
On the 18th ult, was found the body of man by
| the name of WIN. II. Crawford suspended to pecan
tree, about thrce-quarters of a mile from town.
large number Of persons visited the body during the
doy. At meeting of the citizens the evening
strong evidence adduced, proving him to have
| been an botionist. The meeting endorsed the ac-
tion of the party who hung him.
The Houston True Southern, of 2Sth ult, has the
following paragraph on this subject:
just as We are going 10 press, news mas arrNeu
here from reliable source, that twenty two negroes
have been arrested and are to be hung in Waxaha-
! chic today.
A letter from Austin gives an account of fearful
attempt made about the 22d instant to reduce our
State capital to heap of ashes The daring expert
ment made to set fire to some twenty-five Of the
principal edifices Of the city fortunately however,
the flames were discovered and extnguished before
any serious damage had been sustained On the
night previous, the Austin correspondent had been
keeping vigs over the sick bed of friend when
she observed sheet of fame bursting from neigh
boring house, which, in consequence of timely warn.
ing the citizens were enabled to arrest and save the
building from impending ruin. A present, the
whole population of the metropolis are under arms,
and laborng under the most intense excitement. A
police force consisting of from sixty to ninety men,
are maintaining the strctest system of vigilance, by
night and by day. !
In all the counties visited lately by fires commit
tees to investigate the subject have been appointed
and the most efficient citizen patrols have been es-
tablished. In Grimes county meeting of citizens
resolved:
That there is among the negroes of the county a
disposition to revolt and be nsubordnate that This
feeling is produced by the influence of certain white
persons in the county that it is time steps be taken
to rid the community of these men; that preaching
to the negroes in the county be stopped at least for
one year that Northerners coming into the county
under pretence of being ministers, teachers, drum
mers &C.. are to be regarded with suspicion and
ccived with caution; that vigilance committee be
appointed, patrols organized, and other measures
for safety be taken., ...-. -...rs; = 3.
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