[Marshall] Texas Republican, August 25, 1860
A gentleman of this place has received a letter from Tyler, dated the 15th inst., to which is attached the following postscript: “A Mr. Thomas had his gin house, cotton press, plows, wagon, with all his newly picked cotton, etc., burned up last night, three miles from Starrville; a clear case of incendiarism. There is considerable feeling on the subject in Tyler.”