Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-15
Affairs in Texas.

Tie Henderson Times announces that the Vigilance
Committee found GREEN HERSDoN and his servant
girl guilty of burning that town. and that they were
hung on the night of the 25th ult.
The report that man was taken out of Jail at
Gilmer, in Upsher county, and hung in the vicinity
of the town, by mob, turns out to be true. The
hanging took place on the l4th ultimo. The mans
name was MoRRIsox He had been lodged in the
Upshur county jail charged with stealing negro
woman from Mr.. FARRs, near Pittsburg, 'Upshur
county After he was placed in Jail, seventy-five
tizens Of the counties of Wood, Hopkins and Titus
made their appearance, called meeting of the citi
zens of Gilmer, and demanded that MORRISON should
be delivered up 20 them. Apublic meeting was con-
vened to consider its proprety and the demand was
scceded TO- The Quitman Herald says:
'MoaRIsoN from what we can learn, was about
twenty-eight years of age rather small in form and
of fair complexion. He was married to his wife IN
Indiana. but removed to this State from Kansas
(where he was participant in the troubles with the
FreesOil party) and first settled in Montague county
He had been living in WinnsbOrough in this county
for several months, and was well digger by trade,
Lately he had abandoned his wife and had been
working in the neighborhood of Pittsburg in Upshur
county. He confessed decoying off the negro and
also to stealing a watch and other articles Of value
which were found as he directed"
A o H..
the Goliad Messenger, says: a few weeks since,
three men recently from the State of Maine, were
thought TO be rather unsound on the slavery ques-
ton, and were ordered to leave the STATE giving
them few days notice to settle up their business
They accordingly wound up their affairs and left
our vicinity. On last Saturday, q d putatOn Of
some thirty or forty of best citizens waited up
on Mr.. Robertson, who had been keeping the ferry
at the Brazos Station Depot and gave him permits
son TO leave the State in five days. Said Robertson
- md 9th nviO-
lsting the law; he too thought to entertain I'M
sound views on the peculiar institution A man
from New York, who was employed IN making en-
gacements for maps through the country last win
ter while delivering them during summer, was sus-
pected of having something more dangerous than
tie maps he was vending; his trunk was examined
and found TO contain large number of revOlvers,
which he acknowledged had been brought out to
supply the negroes with fighting implements. he
Vas summariiy disposed of by the use of 1.-TWO
hit rope His wife in short time after came on
laden with more of the same sort" and she is now
in prison.
The Galveston Ciuilidn has received a letter from
Capt. W. s. TAYLOR, who haE command Of patrol
company in Montgomery county, giving some Of
the circumstances which led to the suspicion that
property was in danger in that county about the ls
ult The negroes the plantation Of Judge Goldth-
waite and many others have confessed, without
colupulslon. and apart from each otEer' that Tour
white men were encamped in the San JacInto bot
tom previous to that time and had frequent inter
views with the slaves. The white men did not give
their names. and the negroes all say that they never
before saw them in the county. These men prom
ised large number Of white men to assist the ne
groes, and told them 10 burn the town of Montgom.
cry at night steal all the money they could and
promised TO alu them in escaping TO free territory.
or Mexico. There seems TO be no doubt that such
white men were led in the thicker; and Capt.
Taylor thinks their object was to steal negroes,
burn, and plumber, aud leave the impression that
Abohtlonlsts were at the bottom of the work. This,
the CuilOn thinks has been the csse in most other
counties where these troubles hrve been experieuc
ed. hdnappers and robbers have been the main
instiqators OF the our ras