, 1860-08-13

Grafton. The Brtzoria Democrat says tho plan
tsra will not mako over half a crop Of cotton
The Gilmsr Tribune states that the wheat crop
is total failure.
In Louisiana the drought has been severe,
but seasonable rains hare repaired much Of its
ravages. The suga1-cane crop will probably be
Indifferent In the Mississippi and Yazoo val
leys the corn crop is faiiuse, and the cotton
exceedingly unprouaising.
In Tenoessee the wheat crop is a failure; ut
least half the turner's will not gather as
much q. WEI eorn. None haTe full crop.
THE TEXAS PANIC.
Excitement Incrensing---uanei Me-
Eroes aud White 1teu, aud Burning
NeGr0en Attempt to lupllcA1e
Northern Msn.
From the Galveston 4}eus, Of Saturday last,
ne extract the following:
We learn by letters from Northern Texas that
several men hare been hung by the neck to
Black Jacks aud l'ecln trees. on account Of sup.
suspicion Of being concerned in burning down
houses, etc, Of late as Dallas and elsewhere. a
letter giving an account Of the hanging Of t"o
men, reached us by last Sundays mail, but We
have not space to ieseft i, in this number.
Since the aboye was written y hare received
| copy Of the proceedings Of public meeting
held in TarraLt county, endorsing the action ot
those who huug Vim. Il. Crawford in that
county on the 18th iHst. Ia regard to these
and other matters Of like character &c will have
more to ray hereafter.
| During the list t4e or three weeks, great
number If people on foot, hare pussed through
| the town OF jasper, On their way from the
| 1olthern coucties. Some Of them have been
Struggling about Jasper, and the Clarion re-
commeuls, in view oft e recent events a. Dali
lag and W4x4batchie, that Il committee OF safety
be appointed 10 examine into the morcrlcuts Of
these strangers and patrol the town.
A letter Of the 2lst ult froa Dallas to the
Austin State Gazett<, says:
Tho excitement consequent upon the rerela-
tons made By negroes under examination con-
tinues uoab4ted. Already rearly u hundred
blacks have been arrested ana examined sep
| aratelY before q committee OF vlgilauce, ap-
| pointed for that purpose. This committee con-
| sists Of the most respectable a1d responsible
| men of this county, whose proceedings have
been characterised By the utmost prudence and
moderation.
Crowds of men are in Dallas, anxious and
eager to lend th=;r a.zistenee, and ready to
| auell ere-y disturbance tha. threatens the
| pea:c Of the Sta... The Developments are Of
| The most startling caaracter, unfolding the
| most diabolics pl9t that the wickedncss Of man
| could invent, to destroy this whole SECTION of
country.
In tGa town Of lancaster, the same general
| plot was rereated-.o burn the town to poison
1he iubxbitants; to assassiuaie the axed females
| and to seize ani appropriate the young aud
| handsome for their yillauio3s purposes.
MONDAY, July 23.-hn immense concouzze
of people from all parts Of the county il here
awaiting the aeslon of the committee Of v!gi-
| lance. The stage came came III from Wa1a-
| hn.cLie yesterday, bringing news Of the high
state Of excitement 10 that town. The Gu
| spiracy and insu1rectionarv spirit extend to
| that place in all the horrid forms contemplated
| in this pl4cB ia all the Lorrid forms couteul-
| plated ia this place. Throughout the country,
| 10 far az We c1u learn, the same thin. exlsts.
| That town was destined TO be burned, tie peo-
pie to be poiao1el ard slaag atered. aud tie re-.
| maiuing property to de di4tr'bu'eu among the
| victorious bucks. On Red Oak Creek, the
| chief poisoner had been arrested and executed.
| Negroes at Wux4hatchie have been detec ed
with the poison IN their possession; and d run
ner in town yesterday reports that there hare
been several executions &: that place. We
| have not ret received the particulars.
Th= committee Of sisi'aaCe has been IN scs-
sion all dag, aud this evening they announced
that three OF the riugfea3eEa Of the insut1ec-
| ton are TO be banged to morrow.
| TUESDAY, july o4.-Taia evening at o'clock,
the thsee riugeueers, Ssm, Cato and Pntriek,
| were escorted from the jail, under q strong
guard, to the place OF execution. An immense
| cuncourse Of ci1izeEs snd negroes as3cEnb ed
As they passed 1nrough the town they survey
| cd with conposu1e the ruins OF she o.ca tlaur-
| Thing town that now l1y blsckened mass ba-
io,e tam. P..rlcx remained calm aud collect
ed during the whol1 day. and betrayed no re-
morse or feeling whatever IN view OF hls ap-
preaching doom. He it was who fred the torn,
and the night alter its destruction glorifed aim.
self for the deed, 9 pronounced i: only The
commencement Of the good w0'k. Sam smlth,
so called from the name Of his master, WAS au
old negro preacher, VII baa im5ibcd most ol
preaehers, Blunt aud Mckinney, who lived IN
| ths country a yeAr hefure, md had much inter-
course with him. Cato had always enjoyed q
bad reputation. They met the:r fa.e with u
composurc worthJ OF u Eetter cause. Patrick
with unparalleled ron CHALLENGE, died with u
chew Of tobacco, in his mouth, and refused IL
n1aks aoy statement whatever.
Mr. &. II. Caeesnan Of Wharton, informs tie
Ma:asarda Gazttte that report had reached
thut place that a contemplated insussecsion had
been discovered in Grimes county, in whlct
two Abolition preachers aud about eighty ne
groes we're ouc.raed; the report was further
taat the preachers r,atc full confession, COT
roboratinx the belief tha. th*re was 4 deep lad
scheme to produce revolt among the negroe,
Of the State. The preschers we're tie, hung
and the nes' 3es pu. il ji.
On the 9th uit, the steam mill Of George
Gtancoek, Esq, Ut Austin, was set on tire, aud
totals 1..trnFtd. II contIiced machinery val
ued Il! $30,M0, and 40 bushels Of nhe4s. ros
louse ot Iyr. ". W. Stell, ot l. 4mar county
was tir d BY negro On the 1'',h, ANA complete
1v burned
The Houston 7*hyraph states that meeting.
are being hed a1l orer this State to bring ths
lice. II aids: "Snn,e ot these papers Atftc
to .ilicu tho idea that this has been N out
break planned ard con:rol:ei bJ Abotitionis's
Wa tniuk thtro ca1 be- 70 earthly doub: OF t5t
fact. The plot eeems to have been deep lait
and wide spread. Il larEe amount OF imported
arms and ammunition have been discovered il
negroes hands, and in one instance (Eor
WORTH an arsenal was sclzed, EsSlny fifty pho
guns and rf'y revolvrrs. ready for dlssr!butios
to the negroes by Il white man. The white ma,
w1s Of course hung to the nearest trse. To-
plan was to be executed simultaneously in sey
eral counties, and the ss1ae way IN I'll. Store
aud dwelling houses werc burned, and other
we're to have been buried. The leopte were l.
have been attacked ol tIccti-n day and kiite
By poison, BY shooting, etc., aut the whole ban
was 10 rendezvous for nifty miles around, az
march III 3 body to Kansas or Msxico-
| 1nH negroes 1tpIl aAl paIt3 VI OAItASt t4ala
. ard denton Counties have confessed, sometime
voluntarily ana sometimes under the laah, bu
al TO The same elect, and ell reporting tn
same features Of the plot. The investigation
of The committees huve necessarily been cal
ried on with closed doors, ind it has been Geeu
. ed prudent TO make no publication OF tue name
OF parties implicated uutsl thcy snail be aole t
cs' a5lisa th=ir guilt, and above all, t.ll the
shall be able to urrest then1.
Mr. B. F. Barkcy, writing to his brother
,. Louisville, ky., urder date Of Dirdyilie, Tc1a
! July 20, says:
We are II the midst OF the most intense e,
element; We have jc=s dEc'Ter . ~la'
sprrad conspiracy a sungbt tbs Ie5Eoes, to mu
der the entire population, which was to hA1
taken place on the dag OF cur elecnon- II
plot wss i1s: discovered through some n.grot
t Rho re!eDted, aud told their Masters of the in
d pending danger. The plan IVES tu fire and bul
+ ail tue towns throughout the State, and usfsr
b 1uia the couotry; IND thea to rinse an iusu
a rec.1on and murder the white inhabitants. ar
!. in pursuance OF this plan twenty-five or ttlr'
It towns in tn. northwest portions If Ic1as wei
{ set On ere On Sunday bs;o:e last, and fire I
: six entirely cousumed.
Some OF the negroes haya confessed that ths
we're t. be assisted BY 600 armed men fro
> Kansas, under the command OF man na11t
Mckinney who was expelled from cur MD
a | last Fall, aad strong circumstances would 10
ceati.m IT, The exe11enlen: ID oo the iDc1eas
h and / mould not be surprised If tea or tvei'
+ men would be hun. before suodewn. jn
learn that the Citizens Committee has hu1
two men il Dallas county, anl 0: day befo
:, Yesterday man by rhe n4u1s Of Cva~t tor fro
Mimi sYta, WAS hung in Fort Worth, in tn
Il county. They found in his hoCse twenty-h
Sharp's rides, twelve Colts pistols, bftt en- mu
kers, md eight common rldes. and bill
:. tven.v-sour Coils Navy sizes, and forty eiR
= Starp's rifles, which had been forwarded
- hin from house in Boston, and which had Z
8 vet arrived, And while l write, three mo