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/ &c Alo!itio:, Plot II Texan.


iic Abolition Plot IN Texas.
The Louisville Co"r;:r publishes u letter from
Il. +. B.lk:y, Ui lju,iv;G", Texas to d. N. Bu,k.
ley Of i.ouiv:H2. giving interesting additional
''t.ai;s cnnc"tnirs the nhocn negro conspiracy
IL IcSns Tie letter is evidently written under
si'ng -Sclten"nt, hi: the fr:s whicl, its details
are ca!c,!'atsd u Justify such State of feeling
We quote only ;'orii"n oi the ic:,cr. II SAYS ::
'."" have d'a""v"ir'i in The p0ssessi OF 81,
err! n"!c,: Black Rcp"b';cau's hoxcs of >h.rre's
r'i.es, tol ph:ulS nnd from. !tL-rs. found w;t,
:hc'r, We learn that scc"r,l boxes ar. en- rouft
:" tl!!: PLACE and otli"T points with u irh i ann
the slaves Just learn that Ill. ci,,z-n's c,.r,
E'nt"e have IGI., w" n;":i IN Da:lus county.
! nn: n"a. h""r" Yesterday nam by The name
at ;'""!".l. !rnm Minnesota, Vas ,,irr IA Fort
N".;h, III tai, 'onntl. They found ia his uus.
twenty hvr Shrri"s rH"s. lively" Cults ri.t.,!s
! fifteen n;;,sk.i-. and eight c"rn,nnn ril;, aud n
hi'! q: 'w"nIy t'L- Coils navy sixvs. nni 81
;-h,rrcS riffs, whr:, had been or ar,l.d 70 L;,;,
tr'.m i hon.e III B,s,"n aud which lad no, w.,
arrived.
They iso found documentary evidence SHOW.
ing vide sprea.i c"nspracy, duplicating PROM
inr!ii Republicans at the Nur,k; and Willie [
write !Ir"c NOR" persons Undrruui,. all cy-
nlhrn!;nn before ;i.e citizens COMMITTEE il, our
negIbo1ing city. y cali nppcurr lhs morn
ng for public meeting, liz uur town This even.
ing. tind only knows wlia, il to be the result
pu' j 40 hCF" every htjuiN'n CliilSShIN
b. ..sunh' aud .ie to suffer th:. lust penuliv Of
his crimes il death. 1t is iruu that il i,ay seem
h"r':io hang man without judge or Jury hut
when the lives"f our families nre al s;akn-wheb
th"se That a'c most dear TO lis ar" m danger OF
i:;ng not only murdered in cud hIout. but per
!laps 10 meet w"r>e flIe, then IT. is time TO axe
tn. law into our own hands aud to protect our
fa.nIii"s.I
Il have inst returned, since wiring The ;,lnv.
Ir,'in our t"wn7n,e"!ihg, where we u,ganze,l Il
c"m;niticc oi sht.ty, Of which, l WAS appointed
char man. anlsi,pge. summoned Emr or five per.
s"ns hainre .usto hight, and think from the
high Standing Of the odalniliee. that here wlI
he n" raslrslaps taken, Fh, their course II b..
marked viii sIiedefasiop an, justice have
In't lehrncl tlfdt9a yhiie wolnn, was shot BY A
sl.ver twelve miles South OF this p;sc., and alter
w.nds WINS burned at lie stake on I'M, uwi,: l
will Write soon.
Sxrsa & B. F. BAkKLEY."
letter Of til. 2lst n!.. from Dallas to the
Austin State Gd=ctic snys:
".he excitement consequent upon t,r re, el,-
tIo,iS made by n"grors under exuiIi,,ati 'cun-
tuffs nmabatcd Aiready nearly Il hundred
blacl,al"v- been arrested ard cxu,,.incd sct,ar.
n'c!y before committee Of vigilance. appointed
Tor that purpose.
There are oth-r evidencesaf Ii wider spread
p'n' ii, T'H's. but the ;ate l,onr Al which wo re-.
rcy"d our exchanges prevents W. frnm copyiur
further dens. Ala'-r letter says:
:. :. IHss,i"g. July 24.--Jnis evening, ut i O'Clock
Tho three rirg leaders, SauI. CATO and Patrick,
were escorted fr.m tie jail undcr u errnuy guard
10 the place Of execution. An immense con-
cuulss Of ci:izrns and negroes assenhied.
Later from Texas.
We Lave later and more exciting news from
Texas. The 1Ionston Somiherncr Of The 2stb
inst, says:
Jus, as we are gazing TO press ncws has arrived
here from reliable source that twenty Two no
gr"rs have heen arrested aud are to bv hung in
Waxahnrciiie To day.
Our fellow citizen, Mr.. II. j.. Cotton, jnforms
US that a letter was reGeved by Thursdays mail
by bis nircs in, this place, from Mrs Bennet off
Austlp, giving an. .accUunlcof fearful attempt |
madshbout Tire 22d inst. to reduce our Slufe Cup
tol TO a. heap of ashes. The daring experiment
was made to set fiIe.to SOME TWENTY-FIVE ot the
principal edtfees OF the city; fortunately how
ever. the flames were discovered and ex,i.,sursh.d
before any serious damage had been susi aimed |
On the night prcviOus, the Austin CORES ponte,,t
70 whom, we.Ars indebted for the intelligence we
are ree"rding. had been keeping yigils over the
sick bed OF friend, when she observed a sheet
OF flame bursting from ne:gliis'rug house. which
in consequences of timely warming, the cizeus
were enabled 10 arrest, aH6 save the building
from impending ruin.
The citizensist G rimes county held a 'rubl;c
nesting On NG2eih Jsly at Anderson. Hos
George, 81 PaHi6h hspreslding.
.skeso'n'l"ns were passed to the effect that
there .is among the negroes ih the county a die
position to revolt mud be insnbor dnuic; that the
f@lipg H. predGced the influence Of ceHain
Whvs persoDs B ttt6 goDnty that il is tip Steps
be takeD to rid theseomI,.blhy Of these men
that spfssebing to'tbe negroes III. the county be
stdppsd, A. Ieast for one. year, that Eoriherners
ss .Ss anasf gesssss :, IL se,s