New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-31
Texns EnteIIIgenee.


extratt the following in regard to the Abolition
plot recently discovered in Northern Texas:
In Dallas and Ellis counties, committees, com
posed of the coolest, steadiest, and most respect
able citizens, were appointed, and were at work
all last week, investigating the whole affair. No
one but those Immediately interested, knows who
comrose the committees, nor where or when they
meet or what they are doing. Their chief object
is to ascertain what whites are at the bottom of
the plot. No one else interferes in the inYestiga
ton.
In Ellis, the County Court has organized patrols
on an extensive and well-managed system.
The negroes confessions made apart and at
great distances III the leading points and
all aver that white men originated the plot and
directed their movements.
WaXahatche was to have been set fire to on the
8th--the same day Dallas and SO many other
places were fired; but an accidental fire in the
town that day aroused the citizens, and the negro
appointed to the deed became alarmed and left.
He was to have returned and repeated the attempt
last Sunday, had not the plot been discovered.
A letter from Dallas says:
The details of the plot and its modus operandi
are these Each county in Northern Texas has a
supervisor in the person of white man, whose
name is not given; each county is laid of into dis
trcts under the sub.agents of this yilain who CON
troll the action of the negroes in the districts, by
whom the firing was to be done. Many of our
most prominent citizens were singled out for assas-
snation whenever they made their escape from
pected are implicated and the insurrectionary
movement is widespread to an extent truly alarm
ing. In some places the plan was conceived in
every form shocking to the mind, and frighttul in
its results. Poisoning was to be added, the old
females to be slaughtered along with the men, and
the young and handsome women to be parceled
out amongst these infamous scoundrels. They had
even gone so far as to designate their choice, and
certhn ladies had already been selected as the
victims of these misguided monsters.
Fortunately, the country has been saved from
the Accomplishment of these horrors; but then, a
fearful duty remains for US. The negroes have
been melted to these internal proceedings by abo-
litiohists and the emssares of certain preachers
who were expelled from this county last year.
The1r agents have been busy amongst us. and
many OF them have been in our midst. Some OF
them have been identified, but have fled from the
country; others still remain, to receive fearful
accountability from an ou$aged and infurated
people. Nearly hundred negroes have testified
thai o large reinforcement of abelitionists is ex-
peced on the first of August, and these to be aided
by recruits from the Indian tribes, while the Ran
gers are several hundred miles to the North OF us
1t was desired to destroy Dallas, in order that the
arms and ammunition of the Artillery company
might share the same fate.
Cur Jail is filled with the villains, many of whom
will be hung, and that very soon. A man was
found hung at our neighborng city of Fort Worth
two days ago, believed to be one OF those scoun
drels WHO are engaged inthis work. We learn thai
he had stored away number of rifles, and the day
after he was hung load of six-shooters passed or
to linn, but were intercepted. He was betrayed
by one of the gang, and hence his plans were
thWarted. Many others will share his fate.
have never witnessedsuch times. We are most
profoundly excited. We 60 armed day and night,
and know not what we shall be called upon to do.
II is said that not more than half enough corn will
be made in Trinity county to the people, even if it
were eqnally divided among the inhabitants. The
Trinity Valley says:
Tho present and future prospect for the staff oil
life in Trinity county is truly deplorable Without
some assistance from some source, many, very
many in this county are bound to suffer for the
whcrewith to satiate the cravings Of hunger. We
prddict that many q child in our county will make
its parents heart ache, before the expiration o
twelve months, without his being able to admins
ter to its wants.
A call appears in the Valley for meeting Of tht
people of Trinity county, at Sumpter, on the 2stl
July, to take into consideration the present ant
approaching condition of tile county, on accoua
of the drought, and the suffering of many families
and to recommend to Gov. Houston to convene tht
Legislature Of the State in called session, at al
early day.
The Giimer Tribune of the l4th says:
We are now suffering one Of the most disastrous
droughts ever known in this county. Cotto1
crpps still look pretty well, but they are begin
ming to suffer badly for RAIN and unless we ge
some soon, they will be cut short.
The Brazoria Democrat of the 2lth says:
| We have been over all parts of tic countr,
within the past few weeks and have had goot
/ Opportunity to observe the prospect Of the crops
tits the opinion of many of our planters that the,
| will make considerably over halt crop of cotton
i Within the last week we have had some vef
! good rains, but we are not aware how eNtensiy
] they have been, but think not far beyond til
! BI nIoS. On Oyster Creek aud the Brazos, til
/ crops Of corn and cotton are much better tina
could have been expected We believe most {
tile planters have made corn enough for their oY
use, aaa some will have surplus to sell.
Mr.. S. W. Richardson, writing to the Gimer Ii
| bune, upshur county, an account of trip he ha
! Just made from the frontier down, says;
In the wheat crop there was a general failure
but some little yet for sale to be found in Grayse
county. Upon inquiry, was told that there woul
NOT be enough Of this valuable article raised fc
sred but fortunately, many Of the farmers hay
rhsed suiiieency of the old crop whereWith
supply this deficiency. The greater part of IL
country through which | passed abeunds in lant
not to be eXcelled for richness and beauty
scenery; and to my great astonishmenf, found
settled by majority of Aboiitionists, in son
places.
4 The Dallas correspondent of the Houston Tel
graph says:
1 Capt Baylor sent down for our inspection IL
trophies of his late fight with the Indians, scalp
shields, bows and arrows, and various ornament
vhits woman, who aad iaiiena victim 10 the mgrc