Foiled Insurrection

“We learn from a gentleman just from Bastrop and Caldwell counties, that the negroes were foiled in a contemplated insurrection on Monday, 6^th.

The negroes in Bastrop were suspected, from their conduct on Sunday, which led to the formation of a committee. Upon examination of the negro cabins on Walnut creek, large quantities of arms and ammunition were discovered; in one cabin a keg of power and new six-shooters, and in the other cabins various deadly weapons were found secreted.”¹