The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-08-28
The Texas Incendiarism.

Every mali from inc 1nlerioi pIIuSs 1ud-
ther accounts Of the spread of the incen-;
tliarism through the State. Welast week
mentioned the burning Of Henderson
The particulars of that fire we have re-
sceiveds at last through the Galveston Ci-
;vikan Of yesterday, wednesday, We
copy:
Mr.. PIsbury, a merchant of New Or
leans, and son of the late Hon. T. Pills.
bury, of Texas, called on us this morning.
Heis direct from Henderson, and fully
confirms the report of the disastrous fire
IN that place. 1t is fully believed by the
citizens to have been the work of incen-
.Maries..- A negro woman belonging to a
man named Herndon, who kept small
tavern, has confessed to having started
the fire.; and her master and his brother,
who do not seem to have stood very well
in the community, are charged with being
concerned in the affair Herndon is ac-
cused of having dealt with slaves forstolen
goods. The. fire destroyed the princlpal
hotel, and all the business houses on both
sides of the street, leaving only single
store. The loss isva1iously stated atdrom
s175, 900 to s25O,OOO Fifty thousand dol
lars worth of goods were burnt IN the
eetsafter having been removed from
the Is stores. tor Both the Herndons and the
negro woman were under Arrest. An in
lSYssessstiigation was in progress, and many
negroes had confessed to knowledge OF
.ageneral plot for arson and robbery. The
committee believe that this fire was apart
of.the scheme, and it was thought that
both. the negro and the white man in
volved would suffer capitally. The fire
left the citizens in deplorable condition.
The whole stock of groceries, &c, in the
stores had been consumed, and many
families were reduced to beggary. The
District Court was forced to adjourn for
the want of accommodations.
The reported burning Of Nacogdoches
is undoubtedly a mistake. The fire is re-
ported on the 9th. We have the Chron-
icseof the 7th, with tie election returns Of
nearly the whole county. This shows
that it must have been printed on the
;7th.s-
In Tyler County, we learn that the
utmost excitement prevailed on election
day, and that comparatively few c persons
,3srse--sst lhts--potfs. The Jasper Clarion
learns that ten negroes were reauested, who
confessed to being parties to plot hav-
ing murder, robbery and arson for its OBJ
icet. They implicated two white men
,whowcre not suspected, but who, it has
since since been observed, left Immediately on
tie breaking out of the excitement. The
.Livingston Rising Sun mentions report
thcre to pretty much the same effect con-
corning Tyler County.
The Cameron Sentinel says that the pa
troll in that town have, up to this time,
discovered in the hands Of negroes two
double-barrelled shot guns, one single DO,
one Mississippi rife, one pistol, oneedirlS
knife, powder, shot, &c. 1t does not ccr-
tainly appear that the negroes had these
arms for any bad purpose. They have
bee taken from them.
A blot was discovered in Hopkins Co.,
-, tho ttbs instant to burn the town of
Sulphur Springs, in that county, on cleo
ton day, ,forthe day after Some negroes
confessed the plot, and at latest dates it
WIS undergoing investigation, amid no
; Il tie excitement.
The reported burning of Dangerfeld'
in Titus County, adds another to the hist
nasattHrday. before thceelection, dis.
CO covery was.smade in Rusk, Cherokee
County, of design upon that town, the
,particulars of which We have not yet re-
ceived.
We are informed by q gentleman just
down from Waxahatchie, that it was re-
ported there that Tyler, in Smith County,
and Mckinney, in Collin County, had
been burned. Wehave before given our
readers accounts of the attempts on both
those places: We fear the reports are too
tr ,e.
q At Moscow, Polk County, the Living
st,n Sun learns there was great excite
ment last week. a Mexican named San
:ez was run off.
These aroiall the new reports received
by the,last mail Inview Of them, let us
ask what is to be. done? To bc sure, the
county committees are all doing their du-