The Excitement in Texas; Naval Intelligence; Abduction of Negroes from Maryland (8/9/1860)

New York Times archives - Times Machine ^ | 8/9/1860

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Texas papers come to us with extended details of the recent conflagrations in that State. On the 24th ult., the steam mill of GEORGE GLANCOCK, Esq., at Austin, was set on fire, and totally destroyed. It contained machinery valued at $30,000, and 450 bushels of wheat. The house of Dr. W.W. STELL, of Lamar County, was fired by a negro on the 16th, and completely burned. The Houston Telegraph states that meetings are being held all over the State to bring the perpetrators of these outrages to summary justice. It adds: "Some of the papers affect to ridicule the idea that this has been an outbreak planned and controlled by Abolitionists. We think there can be no earthly doubt of the fact. The plot seems to have been deep laid and wide spread. A large amount of imported arms and ammunition have been discovered in negroes' hands, and in one instance (Fort Worth) an arsenal was seized, having fifty shot guns and fifty revolvers, ready for distribution to the negroes by a white man. The white man was of course hung to the nearest tree. The plan was to be executed simultaneously in several counties, and the same way in all. Stores and dwelling houses ware burned, and others were to have been burned. The people were to have been attacked on election day and killed by poison, by shooting, etc., and the whole band was to rendezvous for fifty miles around, and march in a body to Kansas or Mexico.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
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Today’s news is filled out by three full columns plus a little more from page 8, or the last page of the original paper. Everything from General City News to the end.

The Excitement in Texas – 2
Naval Intelligence – 2
Abduction of Negroes from Maryland – 2
General City News – 2-3
The New Catholic Cathedral * – 3
Meeting of the Tanners’ Association – 3
Police Commissioners – 3-4
Coroners’ Inquests – 4
Police Reports – 4
Brooklyn News – 4
The Slave Trade – 4

* Thanks to Tax-chick I recognize Dagger John’s signature on the letter.

[teeman8r]

Livery is a choice... live free or die trying or die free or live in chains...

[octex]

Thank you for the Times pages you provided. Interesting reading about the DFW area of TX, as this is where I’ve always lived.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Glad you enjoy the Times feature. There is an editorial about the “excitement in Texas,” as they are calling it, in today’s (8/10/1860) issue.