The huntsman's echo. [volume] (Wood River, Buffalo County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1860-1861, 1860-08-02
FEARFUL ABOLITION RAID.
INtURREO ION OF NEGROES.

lNcURREO ION OF NEGROES
O~Ssd~0ttamis Brown among as.
Noithern TeraS TO be Laid va te
The Work Alreddy commenced.
The destructive and mysterious fire,
that occurred throul bout our portion
of the Stale on the 9Th lust, vera Il
lheme for speculation AntiI to-da,
some imputed their origin tothe 'spJn
taneous combustion If prairie MATCHES,
crused by the excessive hea oil that
day. but lie conviction seemed IL
prevail that they were the result
precorceried arrangements set IN 1907
by Abolition emissaries. who h O
heretofore been expelled from tie
country. That his latter position wa.
60 rect, is verified by the sl JONI
letter from Dr.. Pryor, ed!.or OF IT.,
Dallas Herald /:
DALLAS, July IS, 1860.
Capt. De Lisie. Lear 81: - wrr,
in haste that ou may prep >, you
pc pie for the most alarming Il { 4
affair, hat las ever occurrel in Tex
as. On the Bib If July The town =,
D las " MS fred snd he Whole bu-i-
nest porti n ct lr,i consume. Ey-
ery store IN I wiz was destroyed. Tn
next day II dwell g house Of j. j..
Eaklns, was hurie ed. Alter that o.
dwelling b use fE p. Nicholson was
fired, but discovered in time TO arrest
the flames. On Thurs ay, The prem
Uses of Grill Miller, with a large
amount OF o Is, q in. e c., were en-
tirely consumed. Ti> led to tie ar
rest Of some negroes and white men.
A most dab Ideal pLan was then lis
covered 10 de vasia e this tntir portion
o Nor he.n Tcxa>, extending even 10
tie Red River counties.
White men. friends of tie Abolition.
preachers Blunt and Mckinney, who
were expelled from tbs countrylos
year, are the insugllors Of the plot.
Tie whole pan is Systematically con
ceiyed, and most ingrniously contriv
ed. IL makes ~IhSebidod run cold TO
to hear tie details. This whole coun.
try was to be laid waste with fire, de-
stroA ing all he AMMUNITION, provisions,
arms, etc, to get he country in a
state OF helplessness, and then. on
election dog, IL august, to make Il
gen>ral In urrect,ou, aided and assist.
ed by emiss ries from the N"rlh, and
persons friendly to them ia our midst
This sphere If Operations is districted
and sub-districted, giving to c CHI d.
visi a close supervision by one en-
ergetic white man who controls the
negros as his subordinates. A regu.
la' inv sion, and Ia re | intestine war.
You, all, at Bonham are in rs much
danger as we are. B. on your guard
and make these facts known by issu
ing extras 10 be sem in every ditec-
ton. Ali business his ceasca, and
the country is terribly excr,ed.
In haste, yonrs truly.
CHAS. h. PRYOR.
The fires t!at occurred on the 9Th
inst. as far as we yet are able to learn
are as follows.
Dallas.-The entire business por-
ton Of the town, including every mer-
camille house in the place. Loss es-
iimated al four hundred Thousand dol
Belknsp-Eighi large store houses
destroyed. Tie buildings were
owned by Drs. Foote aid Thogmor
on. of Nick nney. Loss lot gwen.
Milford, Elliss County. Totally
Destroyed.
Black Jack Grove.-One large ner
,antile house loss $4,000.
s-Waxahachie---One house.
Denten.-Ths store house of ]. NJ
Smoot. with the houses OF Jacobs and
# Bains & Tnsner. Total loss esli-
mated a. 500 600.
Pilot Point, -One store house. own
4 by j. NJ. SmooG, of Denton. To
al loss $4,000.
Fort Worth "A mercantile house.
Loss not given.
Ladonia, Fanuin County.-The
tore house of Mr.. E. DIplee totally
destroyed. Loss $4,000.
1t is also reported that two houses
we're burned in Jefferson. and at Hon
y Grave, in this county, one house
vas fred, but put oul Lefore much
was done. A steam -four.
ng mil was burned at MillRood, Col
IN county. Texas.--H. Joseph Daily
i%asete, July s8.