New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-17
The Abolition Plot h. Tex.s.
HANGING o. AsoITIoN Fa4ssA airg

even IN AeW orleans many Of the citfzeus-Bse
clants ana otBeF men Of sense-seem to think tie
whole affair was gotten up by the Te xaHs f5r b.
htieal efiect-as If any slave owner ouId hang lis
negroes, or any householder burn his residence or
| store for such cause
The Houston Telegraph learns that in Mont
g9mery county, there Is considerable excitement
about the negroes.
,,, AZ pnblic meeting Of the citizens Of Gay His
/ washington county committee OF safety was
/ appoihted; patrol organized rife company
recommended TO be raised; cessation of assenl-
blles Of negroes for religious worship recon-
under their supervision; liquor selling 10 slaves 10
| be stopped peremptoriIy and dealers therein
strictly watched; no one Of Incorporate habits TO
1 be on the patrol or committee, etc.
/ The Anderson Grimes county, Texian says:
In our own county, while there has been no wen
defined plan detected, enough has been ascertaned
Y settle the conviction upon the minds Of all that
sonlsthlnE s;E Was In expectancy, although the I'M
prsssion y general that there has been nothing Ike
Unite action. An active Vigilance Committee of
our citizens has been formed, and they are n0yg
tTa sngasea a1 r. m ,stmIlsng m out az which will tend to
sroes Of this county in the movement.
| The BFenham Ranger Of the 10th says:
/ A few days since several negroes were arrested
on Mil creek, in this county, vino Acknowledged
to their having poison given them by white men
for the purpose Of poisoning their owners and fam
lies. and that the day of election was the tinae
liked for general insurrection. They also impli-
Gated some negroes about town az being con-
| cerned in the murderous plot. f
/ q. w. Fl0urnoy, ESD, Democratic candidate feF
Attorney General, passed through Belton a fort
night ago on his way to Austin from Northern and
Eastern Texas The Democrat understands he re-
ported the hanging of two more Abolition incendf-
| aries in Tarrant county.
The Bolton Democrat has this paragraph:
| letter from Meridian, dated July 2Sth SAYS
The men who had gone in pursuit of Tucker, the
4 aecempice Of CovnGton, have returned with him
I and the De0nle will ~
the case in whatever manner may seem best. 1t
is said he has made some important disclosure5'5
The same paper says:
We understand that several aboiitionists have
been quietly hung in Northern Texas-the object
being not to spread such facts until they seeure
many others, whose names have been revealed to
the appropriate committees.
i The young men Of LAGRANGE have formed sub
vigilance committee; the citizens of FAYETTEVILLE
Il have organized committee for the same purpose.
The citizens Of Tyler and stafElIe, Smith county,
have organized patrols.
H At Tyler the Rev. ]. W. Fields presided over the
public meetings.
The Fort Worth Chief of the 1ss says:
/ preacher by the name Of Baley was hung st
j Neal's Station last week. for being an active ah0-
litionist. A majority Of three hundred men con-
| demned him.
i The people of Tarrant county have appointed a
vigilance committee, Hon. Isaac Parker, chairman,
with power to examine suspicious strangers, and
take such other action as they may deem proper In
case of emergency.
i Matagorda City is yiglantly ratroed every night
A meeting is to Be held there on the 18th to bring
about concert of action in the whole county
vigilance committee has been appointed at
4 Bellville Austin county: separate slave congre-
gratons for religious worship were advised 10 be
stopped peddlers to keep ont of the way, and
/ special patrole appointed, etc.
The citizens of Cameron met on the LIST INST, ap
pointed special patrol warned all abolition favor
ers away, and organized o vigilance committee.
Arms have been found in the negroes' hands.
4 After the meeting school teacher, who haE
before been privately warned, concluded to leave
suddenly. The Sentinel says:
A negro woman belonging to Gray, who resides
some four miles from town, voluntarily confessed
to her master that all the negroes around were in
possession Of the relative to the intended re-
, volt on election day: that they had been freely
discussing the matter, and for him to be on the
! alert.
w. Q. Campbell, postmaster at Travis, writes to-
the Belvile (Austn county, Conntryman
1t is no trivial matter to find in the post Office
paper published by Black Republicans and bearing
upon its first page the names Of Abram Lincoln
and Hannibal Hamiin.
Snch paper find at the office at this place,
published at St. Louis, Missouri, in the bohemian
language with no less than three agents in Austin
county and one in Colorado.
The following are the names Of the agents, a5
published in the paper; Industry z O., J. Lesiher;
c. Schiller; Fresburg P. o.. Colorado county, Fr.
Piscasek.
The paper is taken by one Gobri, in this neigh
borhood.
There was much excitement at Industry on ae-
count of this.
4 night police has been organized at Gonzales,
in view OF the startling news from the northern
and central part of the State.
The people of Marshall Harrison county, lave
organized vigilance committee and rigid patrol.
Two military companies are to be formed at JEFF
ferson, in consequence OF the plot and Its pre-.
liminary results.
The San Antonio Herald eantions the citizens
and authorities to be on the look ont for flres and
all suspicious persons.
The Nacogdoches Chronicle ofthe 7th says;
Il A .oung man who has been employed in store
4 at Waxahachie Ellis county, was hung few days
since for giving strychnine to slaves to put in
wells.
On the Goth ult. an armed committee escorted
the notorious ]. d. Lemon ont Of Wood comfy
just before which he sighed document binding
himself, under penalty of his life, not to return
i Wood county, nor publish or circulate abolition
documents in the State.
The Austin State Gazette says
The destruction of DR.. Renfro's residence was
attempted by an incendiary, but fortunately the
fire was discovered and arrested before doing any
mischief.
The residence Of Mr. Bennett has been twice fred
and discovered in time TO arrest the flames before
doing any injury In this case the man was seen
applying the light, but escaped before he could be
apprelended.
On Wednesday last, the Mayor ordered an ex-
animation of the quarters and chests of the ne
gfoes. It resulted in finding pistols, knives bul-
lets, muskets and keg lfful Of powder, also a
bottle IF powder.
Two white men named Wryrick and Cable
cousins were hung in Tennessee Colony Ander-
son county, on the 10Th instant it was fully
proved that they had been guilty of melting the
Slaves to insurrection. Other white men are i'm
peated and will be examined as soon as possible.
A negro was hung on the 18th Instant, near
Science Hill, Henderson county.
The Houston Telegraph says:
We learn from gentleman who passed through
| Henderson, in Rusk county, on last Monday morn
4 ing, that the town of Henderson set on fire
last Sunday night the eth instant, and was almost
entirely consumed. Every house on the square,
except one, Including all the business houses in
the place was destroyed.
The people OF Henderson, onr informant says,
put no faith in the reported conspiracy, and neg
! leeted to appoint patrol or keep watch The ire
was discovered on Sunday night about 8 o'clock.
No clue had been discovered to the perpetrators of
4 the deed.
/ So many unreliable rumors have come through
! stage passengers heretofore, that many will doubt
I the correctness of this.
| We doubt it, as understand that most, il not
all the principal business buildings in Henderson
! are Of brick and not easily burned.
/ The Telegraph sass:
/ On Monday last white man rode up to Mr.
Dick Breeding's, near Round Top at noon. and