The Ranchero [Corpus Christi, TX], September 1, 1860
It is reported that an attempt has been made to burn Athens, and that two white men had been hung, some negroes shot, and others hung. Every negro who has been implicated in this plot, even more than a hundred miles off, has testified to the same facts, the same dates, names and circumstances that were detailed at Dallas.
It is also reported that three men who fired Henderson have been taken and summarily punished. The Tyler Reporter of 7th says that a report has just reached there that Belleview, in Rusk county, was burned on the night of the 4th inst.
The loss by fire at Henderson, will amount, it is estimated, to $250,000. Efforts have been made to fire many other places, but discovered in time to prevent its execution.