The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-10-13
{. THE TEX As TROUBLE,

4. THE TEXAS TROUBLES. f
TIM Baton Rouge (Ila. aatossb 4.
.nlits to Its columns a letter from 4 ,ersos:
residing id Texas 10 his brother n A.
former place As d part! Of ire histo.g
.of the insnrreetion, the n. YORK Ers..5. 81.
ing Post gives the following extracts lrom ].
Texas, lmay well say, IS ID ruius 8, Z
.nts least its ieiidtney accelerated lly Il. :
formation Of each ensuing day proclaim, i
The rapid progress Of the confarratioas
The ahDtition ineeudiaFigs are iayiLlnr ina
negroes 10 i general insarrertion. win
tie Instruction. 10 burn al the towns and
houses and upon She election DAY il No. :
yembcr 10 rise elI inasss and 6aisIi The
tragedy by general butchefy. They
are furnishing them witharms, money aud
poison. Several towns have been burnt
no wit; Dallas burnt entirely 10 ashes.
fired at 2 n'cIoekin the day, Id eight or
nine diiTeront places. The cltiacns arrest.
ed about siSsg negroes, who confessed the
firing OF The town; that they had bcea
hired by white nfen and toii 10 DESTROY
everything tbat Ga tic election day they
were to TO freely would be furnished win
arms, and that there would be a general,
indiserinliHate massacre of The white peo-
pie, twenty-five Of the negroes were
hung, and two white men. They also:
stated thatit waa:tobe general al over
the. state, and subsequent events have
sadly confirmed the truth Of their tessi-
mony ,;.i:.s. i. r. >se< !.
.'ln connection with Dallas follows
Brenhani Bonham, Waxahachie. l.- -...
-four mills, several private dwellings an.
attempt to fire Quitman, Tyler, Jefferson
and night before last Henderson was
burned to ashes; The most intense &.
element prevails; our citizens are 10 arms
and at night every street Is posted with
IN. armed sentinel. The minds Of the
citizens are now well matured FOR disso.
luton of the Union Military companies
are being formed for that auticipated
efent. a man has but TO proclaim him.
self a Union man to attach instant oppro
blum TO his name. The Union has now
beeomc q eurse, and but q licence tothose
northern scouBilrels To ruin aud lay waste
the South. There lis no union Of sehtf
Ilent, sympathy OF soul nor fraterual feel
ing s1bsisting between the North and the
South tits merely nominal Ian opposl.
tian Of syIbibles4 -auda contradiction Of
hollow terms. But have depressed from
my recital of facts, but the circumstah.
violated rights, insnlted honor, and
threatened destruction Of our dearest and
most sacred interests naturally occE
stoned it,. News still more startling and
Infamous continues TO address itself to our
ears, that are now almost tleafeHei by The
storms of Satanic aggression Il s.fi5.s's1
e; "Hc are Just in receipt Of q letterfrOm
brother Hub, stating that a great many
negroes, being suspected, we're arrested
and every conceivable poison was found
spon their persons They (the negroes
said it was furnished them BY pedlers,
aud were told to poison the food wells
aud springs of their masters, and on the
election day (which was Yesterday 70
putt IN the pnhlic watering places etc .
,3 me EFestest e&eiiemelt PreYails 'ns.s
as wen as mere Lhe most tr',s1wo y, \,
ahH honest negroes were lnPslea.ea -
tao Plet. ..s = AGAIN we are lnst y lev.'p.
o y, = tetter iron Kun Ferry ssas'hs ~
Mrs. Drisdell disappeared very suddenly
Yesterday while her husband was ~ a'ss ~.
lng the elcellon here ia Town, ne ~ !.
poses her TO be murdered by the nestOes
and tArawa into the lake lie reqaea ~
the 'cltlzenss OF THE town. 70 ela y ".