Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-08
from the Austin State Gazette.
THE ABOLITION PLOT IN TEXAS.

In view of all these fires, and in consideration Of
the facts presented who can doubt of the fact that
there is regular organized band of hell-hounds.
who have secretly plotted the destruction of proper
ty and of life? Who can they be, and what motive
can they have? These questions occur at once to
the mind We have not room to pursue the subject
further, but We will not close without calling the
attention of the citizens of Austin, and of our pa
irons everywhere to the necessity of guarding well
their property, and of scrutinizing closely every
stranger and every loafer who may be found among
them.
There are letters in this city giving accounts of
serious fires at Sulphur Springs and Brenham, but
our mail to-day does not bring any details of the
disasters at these places.
The impression prevails that these extensive con-
agrations in Texas are the work of northern aboli-
tonists, several of whom have been ordered out OF
Texas.
The following is from an extra of the Bonham Era
of tn, 18th inst:
Fearful abolition Raid-Insurrectio Of Negroes
OssauatOanie BrOacn among us-NOrthern 1erus
to be Luid Waste-IHe York AiTeady CON-
menced.
The destructive and mysterious fires that occurred
throughout our portion of the State, on the oth
inst, were theme for speculation until to-day
Some imputed their origin to the Spontaneous
combustion" of prairie matches, caused by the ex-
cessive heat of that day. but the conviction seemed
to prevail that they the result of preconcerted
arrangements set on foot by abolition cmissarieS,
who had heretofore been expelled from the country.
That this latter position correct is verified by
the suboined letter from DR.. Pryor, editor of the
Dallas HerdW:
DALLAS, July Is, 1860.
Capt. DeLisle:
DEAR SIR: write in haste that you may prepare
your people for the most alarming state of affairs
that has ever occurred in Texas. On the Sth of
July the town of Dallas was fired and the whole
business portion entirely consumed Every store in
town was destroyed. The next day the dwelling
house Of j. j. Eakins was burned. After that the
dwelling house of E. P. Nicholson was fired bnt
discovered in time to arrest the flames. On Thurs
day the premises of Grill Miller, with large amount
of grain, oats, ETC., were totally consumed This
led to the arrest of some white men. most dla-
bolcal plan then discovered to dcvaState the en-
tire portion of Northern Texas, extending even to
the Red river counties
White men, friends Of the abolition preachers,
Blunt and Mckinney. who were expelled from the
country last year, are the instgators of the plot
The whole plan is Systematically conceived and
most ingeniously contrived. 1t makes the blood
run cold to hear the details This whole country
to be laid waste with fire, destroying all the
ammunition, arms provisions, etc, to get the country
in state Of hepessness, and then on election day
and assisted by emissaries from the North aad per-
sons friendly to then, in our midst. Their sphere
of operations is disricted and subdistricted, giving
to each division close supervision by one energetic
white man, who controls the negroes as his subor-
dinates. A regular invasion, and a real intestine
war. You all at Bonham are in as much danger as
we are. Be on your guard and make these facts
known by issuing extras, to be sent in every drec
ton. All business has ceased, and the country is
terribly excited.
In haste, yours truly,
CHAs R. PRYOR.
Comment on the above would be superluous;
everybody will see the necessity of immediate and
energetic action, and \ thorough organization
throughout the country, and to this end it is pro-
posed that meeting of the citizens of Fannin
ty be held in the court house at Bonham, at ten
o'clock on Saturday next when the subject will be
fully discussed and measures adopted for future
safety.
The fires that occurred on the 9Th inst as far as
we are yet able to learn are as follows:
Dallas.-The entire business portion of the town,
including every mercantile house in the place. Loss
estimated at 100000.
Belknap.-Eight large storehouses were destroy
ed. The buildings were owned by Drs. Foote and
Throgmorton, of Mckinney. Loss not given.
Milford, Ellis county.-Totally destroyed.
Black Jack Grove.-One large mercantile house.
Loss, $4,000.
Waxahatchie. house.
Dcnton.-The sterehouse of j. NJ. Smoot, with
the house of Jacobs, and that Of BaineS & Turner.
Total loss estimated at $4,000.
Pilot Point-One storehouse owned by j. N.
Smoot, Of Denton. Total loss, $4,000.
Fort Worth.-A mercantile house. Loss not
given.
Ladona, Fannin county.-The storchouSe of Mr.
E. Duprce, totally destroyed. Loss about S25, 600
1t is also reported that two houses were burned
in Jefferson, and at Honey Grove, in this county :;
one house was fired, but put out before much dam
age was DONE steam Touring mill was burned at
Wildwood, Collin county, Texas.
The correspondence in the Houston Telegraph
says that these fires were undoubtedly the work of
abolition emssaries and the Telegraph has the fol-
lowing upon the subject:
"They all appear to have been the work of ;ncen-
Diaries no doubt abolitionists who are either reveng-
ing themselves for having been driven from the
country. are attempting to destroy all property
in that region. Words of execraton all fail to do
justice to the enorlnity of the crimes of these vii
lains-devils in human shape. Let them but con-
tnue their outrages and not all the blood of all the
aboltonists in the Union will quench the fires they
are kindng."
In corroboration of the above view of the origin
of the fire, we give the following: On July Sd the
citizens of Chapel Hll after calm consideration of
the matter, quietly expelled from their midst three
abotionists who had been quite industrious in dis,
seminating their pestilcnt doctrines among the ne.
groes. The letter in the Matagorda Gazette, from
which we learn the above, says: at was proved
that they had repeatedly declared that there were
from three to four thousand abotionists in Texas,
and that in three years they would rule the State "
The HEATED TERM.-Our exchanges come daily
| with accounts of the overpowering hot weather a,
tho South Natchetz ST Louis MnmnhiS Sauan,