Daily national Democrat., 1860-11-21

ABOLITION CoNsPIRAcIEs.-In confirmation
of the denials of Abolition conspracies in
Texas correspondent writes to the Louis
vile Democrat as follows:
LAMAR COUNTY, Texas Sept. 1850.
Seeing that the many rumors and reports
which were circulated through our State a
few months since, as TO abolition emissaries.
instructions, &c, are being published and
| accredited by many of the papers in the
older States, desire, through the columns of
| your paper, to say to my friends in Kentucky
and to the public genera lly, that all such
rumors are altogether unfounded. 1t is true
that during the exceedingly hot and dry
weather OF the past summer there were many
destructive fires in the State of Texas The
town of Henderson was nearly destroyed,
that of Dallas greatly damaged, and some
houses burned in other towns in different
parts of the State. But the origin of these
fires, as far as yet ascertained, was either
from the ignition of matches or some other
accidental cause l have not been able to
learn of a single instance in which there was
the slightest evidence that it was the work
of an abolition emissary; in fact | don't be-
lieve there is one in the State, though there
| are some characters neatly as bad
AS to the reports that poison had been
found in the possession of negroes in various
and sundry parts of the country, and in wells,
DC, they are all false, as far as | have been
able to learn. l have not met with single
man who knows of an authenticated instance
\ ct those reports were published by all the
papers in the State, and accredited by many
and the people in many parts were excited
almost to desperation. Who originated these
reports, and for what purpose, are the ques-
tions that have perplexed the good citizens
OF our State for some time past. Such re .
ports are certainly calculated TO iniure the
State, and keep away such emigrants as de-
sire to come. Why, then, should the people
of Texas circulate and give credit to them?
Is it true that a number of white men and
slaves were hanged in Texas without trial bv
the Courts-the former for alleged incen-
diarism and the melting Of the slaves to in :
surrection, and the latter for being found
with poison in their possession2 Extracts
from Texas papers have been extensively cir
culated, stating that white men and slaves
were hanged by the citizens of that State for
the alleged reasons above mentioned.
A Pacific REruBLIc-The Placerville Cali
fornian says:
1t is not known to many, that the subject
of Pacific Republic is being daily discussed
in private circles: and even favored bv those
who have held and who now hold high Off
cial positions. Some of these latter, have de.
elared openly in the presence of the writer
First, That since the election Of Lincoln by
one section of the Union the South will, and
ought to secede. Second, That they, as Cali
fornians. desire the secession, and in that
connection, openly declare for Pacific Re-
public. These expressions may be attributed
somewhat to the excitement of the moment,
but we hear them announced as the delibe-
rate sentiments of prominent men who have
not that excuse. In view of what is now
transpiring in the Cotton States, these ex-
pressions assume magnitude, which other
wise they would not possess.