The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-08-14
Latest from Texas.

The Houston True Southern, OF the 2Stt
ult, has the following paragraph on this
subject:
Just as we arc going to press, news ha:
arrived here from reliable source that 2:
negroes have been arrested and arc to be
hung i'll axahatchie today.
Our fcllow-citizen, Mr.. IL. i. Cotton
informs us that a letter was received by
Thursdays mail, by his niece in this place
from Mrs. Bennett, of Austin, giving an
account of Il fearful attempt made about
the 22d inst, to reduce our State Capitol
TO heap of ashes. The daring expert
ment was made to set fire to somc twcn-
ty-fve Of the principal edifccs Of the city;
fortunately, however, the flames were dis
covered and extinguishcd before any Sc
rious damage had been sustained. On the
night previous, the Austin correspondent
to whom we are indebted for the intelli-
gence we arc recording, had been keeping
vigils over the sick bed of friend, when
she observed a sheet Of flames bursting
from a ncighborng house, which in con-
sequence Of timely warning, the citizens
were enabled to arrest, and save the build
ing from impending ruin.
At present, says Mrs. Bennett, the
whole population of the metropolis are
under arms, and laboring under the most
intense excitement. A police force, con-
sisting of from sixty to ninety men, arc
maintaining. the strictest system of yigi-
lance, by night and by day.
In all the counties visited lately by fires.
committees to investigate thc subject have
been appointed, and the most efficient cit
izen patrols have been established. In
Grimes county, a meeting of the citizens
resolved:
That there is among the negroes in
the county . disposition to revolt and be
insubordinatc that this feeling is pro-
duced by the influence Of certain white
persons in the county; that it is time steps
be taken to rid the community Of these
men; that preaching TO the negroes in the
county be stopped, at least for one year;
that Northerners coming into the county
under pretencc of being ministers. teach
ers, drummcrs, &c, are to be regarded
with suspicion and received with caution;
that vigilance committee be appointed.
patrols organized, and other measures for
safety be taken"
A couple of suspicious strangers from
Kansas arc rccollcctcd as having been
seen in Dallas two days before the fire,
and day or two afterwards. They are
thought to have had some agency in the
work of destruction.
RUMoRrp CoNrEss1oN.-Thc Matagorda
Ga-c'te gives currency to the following
We copy, though believing part of the
statement: exaggerated
Mr.. G. r. Chccsman, from Wharton, in
forms the .jiEE:;ta:SsorIa Gazette that a report
had reached that place that Il conicmpli-
ted nsurrcction had been discovered in
Grimes county, in which two abolition
preachers and about eighty negroes were
concerned; the report was further, that
the preachers made a full confession, cor
rohoratng the belief that there was deep
laid scheme. to produce Il revolt among
the negroes of the State The preachers
were then Lung, and the negroes put in
Jail
A patrol has been established at AIata-
gorda.
The citizens of LaGrangc have appoin-
ted vigilance committee, and it WAS re-
commended at the meeting that i'll every
beat in the county, a guard be organized.
y letter from Independence, Washing
ton county, to Rev. r. c. Burleson, of La
Grange, says that Il white man had been
taken up, and with him several negro men,
suspected oi DcllS with tle present lilsur-
rectionaly noveinAnt- crrat excitement
prevailed and vigilant committees were
formed.
HrxG.-Wc copy the following from the
Fort Worth CHIEF, of the 25th ult.:
Gov. GhoIson, of Washington Territory,
passed through town On Sunday morning
last.
Two of Col. Johnson's rangers passed
through town last Sunday morning, and
state that the Regiment had arrived at
the Witchita mountains with bat fifteen
days ra;ions, and that they have not seen
any Indians, but have heard Of large
body.
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