Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-19

THE LOUISIANA VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
Tue NiSan,s OF the interior parishes or Iouisi,n. do
takaPas Register of the ist inst has tho folio Az
tice OF their late proceedings - IS ~"
ny Letter received In this village from parties in v.,
hn'on,ue, We earn that the vigant Committee of Ia
tayette parish committed most Lorrill m,r, =. "a.
nav nghi aSi At about midnight upon the person of NJ
perHatu iaeon'nre. in Cote Gelec Mr. Iacoutune w,s
one :" we prescribed and had forced 10 leave .hon
month since, but from the r,prcsen atoms IN ,ho ~
that the 6oNcrnor had disbanded III. Nirsnts 10
20 rs.urn Tor the purpose of settling up his bns
me- anu rmovng hs family. About midnight the houss
was surrounded by Nigilants and he was ordered 10 -
'hc door he refused the door then broken on,n
hen ensued aud Lacouure shot in the nj, of
e stomach anu through the head the ball entering the
brain and penetrating to the back of the head o.
the commission Of the deed the vigants left tb, ho
anu nsy RODE on discharged their pieces at the win
uo"s VI e mouse endangering the lives of the inmates
consisting of a number Of females and chidrrn tn.
mother'n-hw OF Mr. Lacouturc in the morning procecd
Gu ns 'o~n Oh sermlonyllc for the purpose of max.
ng an ahuN before the magistrate aud obtaining writ.
oil arrest against the murderes but no onJ
receive her statement She then applied TO the Coroner
20 hVu an inquest aud elicit the facts attending the muir
uet out was TOLD that he had resigned his commission
and could not act Finding impossible to obtain ;us
lice or 10 secure the of rcdess of the su ORR OH
ses 0, 'he law she returned home That Mr. Lacouturc
nau no tehuon OF remaining Is evident from the fact
that he had sold bis property taking notes therefor AMI
them. "s
Inc extent of the terror that peryades the populsn
- illustrated by the following additional e,r.ct nil
We make from the Register
Prom what We can learn through persons from the VIC;
iaht DISTRICTS, not residents but ,eers the poou
ton are completely terror-stricken and an,r.hv ~ 70,
most hideons form strides the land A gentleman
relates ihat lew days since, while riding through the
prairie IN company with another gentleman and bein
thirsty, they rode house the purpose of asIin
Tor some water that they approached the inmates
closed anu barred the door, and refused TO open them
or hold any communication with them; that finding !,
impossible TO obtain from the house they rode nm
!" tne ~e and on looking into it, they astonished
TO hnd number OF Reconstruction children secret.d
thercln Negive this but single instance to corroho
rate the statement that complete state of anarchy mrs.
walls. P''
The franklin ua) BGnHer of the LIST inst. publishes
communication IRON two highly respectable citizens of
NerhionNie, descriptive of the cruel and b,rb,r;ous
treatment OF citizens of that place nv the Vigilance Com
mittces; ~
Numerous families said to be in suffering conS;
lion Tor the want of the of life by the action
OF the ISllntS One taken from the side of
ms DYING chid-haNing lost his wife only week before
his hands tied, but subsequently let oil on learning t
he was not guilty of crime. Another man who hal
been driven away his return supposnp that bis
ie would be safe aud put the house of his mother
ih-'a" Al midnight the house surrounded by the
iSilants and admission demanded This being rat,seJ
they broke open the door With axe and demanded
Their intended victim, who had Secreed himself in the
second story The house occupied by seven women
and eleven children. The NgilantS rushed nm s,,rs
armed with guns, pistols Sc The lady of the house
heard the order fire given and her soninaw fell dead
on the spot, receiving full charge of shot i'm hs f,cc
ball IN his chm which ravcr,ed his head and ,no,ber
ball ia the pit of his stomach Aer the Nirants len
the house, aud as the mohern-law in the act of
unS the body of the dead man. they fired into the win
dow" the ball, coming near hitting her in the head This
was on Saturday night aud Monday morning she came
to town TO make affidavit against the parties but could
hnd no officer having sufficient courage to issue war
rant An unOfiending boy OF fourteen wears was Jr,J
fully whipped by the Niglauts Nor vas this all DR.
T. H. Wagner late Justice Of the peace and Coroner
Z" the parish, whipped in cruel manner with
out having committed the least shadow Of an Offence
the charge against him being that upon the oatbs orh
American citizens he had ordered the arrest of one of
the captains of the Vigants