Navarro Express [Corsicana, TX], August 25, 1860
We learn from a gentleman who passed through Henderson, Rusk county, on last Monday morning that the town of Henderson was set on fire last Sunday night, the 5th inst., 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, our informant says, put no faith in the reported conspiracy, and neglected to appoint a patrol or keep watch. The fire was discovered on Sunday night about 9 o’clock. No clue had been discovered to the perpetrators of the deed.
The above report we give as we have received it. So many unreliable rumors have come through stage passengers heretofore that many will doubt the correctness of this. The mails of to-morrow and possibly those of this evening will make the matter certain.—Houston Telegraph.