Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-08-08
More of the Texas InSurrectiOn

We find in the Houston Telegrdpha a letter
dated Dallas Texas, July 2lst, giving some
further particulars of the plot said to have
been concocted by abolitionists and slaves to
devastate the whole of Northern Texas, and
enter upon a general massacre OF the white
population The letter, after stating that the
whole affair was revealed by the arrest of sew
eral negroes for firing houses, proceeds as fol-
| lows:
| Nearly or quite hundred negroes have
been arrested and upon close examination
separate and apart from each other, they de-
posed to the existence of plot or conspiracy
to lay waste the country by fire and assassna-
tion--to impoyerish the land by the destruc-
ton of the provisions, arms and ammunition,
and then, when in II state of helplessness, n
general revolt of the negroes was to begin on
the first Monday in August, the day of election
for State officers. This conspiracy is aided
and abetted by abolition emissaries from the
North, and by those in our midst. The de-
tails of the plot and its modus operandi, are
these Each county in Northern Texas has a
supervisor in the person of white man.
whoseinam is not given; each county is laid
off into districts under the subagents of this
villain, who controls the action of the negroes
in said districts, by whom the firing was to be
done. Many of our most prominent citizens
were singled out for assassination whenever
they made their escape from their burning
homes. Negroes never before suspected are
implicated, and the insurrectonary movement
is widespread to an extent truly alarming. In
some places the plan was conceived in every
form shocking to the mind, and frightful in its
results. Poisoning was TO be added, and the
old females to be slaughtered along with the
men, and the young and handsome women to
be parceled out amongst these infamous scoun-
drels. They had even gone so far as to desig-
nate their choice, and certain ladies had al
ready been selected as the victims of these mis-
guided monsters. Fortunately, the country
has been saved from the Accomplishment Of
these horrors; but then fearful duty remains
for us. The negroes have been incited to
these Internal proceedings by abolitionists and
expelled from this country last year Their
agents have been busy amongst us, and many
of them have been in our midst Some of
them have been identified, but have fed from
the country others still remain to receive a
fearful accountability from an outraged and
infuriated people Nearly ahundred negroes
have testified that a large reinforcement of abb
olitionlsts are expected on the lst of August,
and these to be aided by recruits from the In
dian tribes, while the Rangers are several hun
dred miles to the North us, Itwas desired
to destroy Dallas, in order that the arms and
ammunition Of the artillery company might
share the same fate. Our Jail is filed with
the villains, many Of whom will be hung and
that very soon. A man was found hung at
our neighboring city of Fort Worth, two days
ago, believed to be one Of those scoundres
who are engaged in this work. We learn that
he had stored away a number of rifles, and the
passed on to him, but were intercepted. he
was betrayed by one of the gang, and hence
his plans were thwarted. Many others will
share his fate