The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-09-11
The Abolition Plot in Texas and
other States.

WAsH1NaToN, August 31.-New Or
leans dates of Tuesday last are received,
containing Texas news.
New events were daily occurring in va
rious parts of that State, adding conside-
~rable to the excitement already existing
there.
Among other things, it is stated that
man named Pearce has been arrested on
the charge of being concerned in the
burning of the town of Henderson, and
that the proof is almost positive against
him.
The people are driving from the upper
counties of the State every Individual the
least suspected of Abolitionism.
The town of Mount Vernon has been
destroyed by incendiaries, one of whom
was caught and hung.
A plan to burn Sulphur Springs had
been discovered. A slave negro preacher
acknowledged that he and others had set
apart certain time to burn all the dwell
,ings in the place, and commit other dep
relations; and then, in case they could
not whip out the whites, they were to
sake all the horses they could lay their
hands on, and fly to the Indian nation.
A white man named Taylor. who had
made negroes his only companions, had
been ordered to get his travelling card
Immediately, or be hanged.
An attempt was made to burn indiana
La, but it was discovered in time to pre-
vent serious loss.
The Crockett Argus says that conside-
rable excitement exists in that and the
adjoining county of Anderson. Several
barns and one dwelling had been burned.
These acts Of incendiarism were directly
traced to negroes.
A white man implicated with the ne
groes had been hung near lone.
A plot to burn and destroy had been
discovered among the negroes in Tyler
Prairie.
Various persons had been ordered to
leave the State.
Vigilance Committees were continually
forming
SERvILE INSURRECTIoN.-A most dia-
,bolical plot has been discovered with our
negro population, contemplating the de-
-struction of Talladega, the massacre of
the citizens, and the ravaging of the sur
rounding country. The plan is extern
aive, deep laid, and has been on hand
some months. Suspicion was first arous-
ed to the fact as much as three Or four
weeks since, but nothing was known of
its extent or exact character, until about
q fortnight since, when the plot was dis
closed to the Messrs. Lane, by one of their
negroes This led to the examination of
other negroes, who, upon being separate
ly examined, testified to the same result.
The concurrent testimony of many other
slaves, subsequent to this, gives us the
moral conviction that our citizens have
been sleeping with al the barbarous ca
lamities of servile insurrection hanging
over us.
We have been present at the examina-
tion of some of the negroes implicated in
the proposed insurrection, and was struck
with the adaptation of the plan to excite
both the cupidity and fears of the negro.
The lure of lucre, lust and unbridled lib
erty was held out as an inducement to
engage in the hellish plot, while those
who betrayed the plan, or refused to join
it, were threatened with certain death
The plan of attack was, to assemble at
Talladega, separate into small parties, re-
pair to all the houses in town, fire them
simultaneously, and then to stand by the
doors and murder the whites as they ran
out. The time agreed upon for the as
sault was sone Saturday night about the
middle of September
The concurrent testimony Of the ne
groes examined, goes to show beyond the
possibility of doubt that the whole plot
has been concocted and set on foot by
white men. It shows, too, that Abolition
emissaries have been in our midst, Incl
ting our slaves to rebellion, and conspiiing
against the lives of our citizens.
Two white men, citizens of our county,
(Lem Paine and Steadham) have been ar
rested and lodged in prison. There is ev-
cry moral conviction that they are insti-
gators in the insurrection. Ten negroes
have been taken and put in jail, as lead
ersin the proposed rebellion. AS there