New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-11
Asn OrIsans 9aiIp Grssftui.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY ii. 1890.
the B1oody Array In Wlnn Parish.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY II. 1850.
/ The B1oody Array In winn Parrish
i The Alexandra Democrat Of Wednesday last
4 contains Tie following account written BIZ gentle
\ man Of vim parish, Of bloody ARRAY between =
1 body OK citizens and band Of outlaws, some
j mention of which was made afew days ago
An account Of the late ARRAY IN the borders II
our parish and near THE plantation n W. Iaiaouns
il perhaps Of sufficient Importance 70 entlte ~ e
place IN the columns Of your paper. We therefore
give you the particulars as we are informed.
i About four years ago family Of the name q
peayy settled in the pne-woods, in the rear Of ~.
1 CalhSun's and j. AZ Bynam's Plantations. They
i soon commenced trading with the negroes OK INC
| neighborh0od, also killing the stock which ranged
in the vicinity Of their settlement. Insy mac, g
1 was said been driven from the parish 81 Jacsson
4 for theft and plunder. Accordingly lsiree years
1 ago citizens told them that they must seave tne
neighborIlood. They did moi light on TINS oceaaion
/ al there were only four fighting men o. their
cfowd,a bntfliey promised to leave sonle tsIae
/ afterwards they lid leave but settled On Rocky
/ Bayou within q few hundred yards Of the upper
1 end of Mr.. calhouns upper plantation.
Here they have lived ever since, increasing 10
strength by matrimonial alliances and otlseFWlsey
until sufficiently strong, IS they Thought 4ney aos
only lived IN continual vioiston but N &C.
lance of the laws, trading with grees ana sea
| ing generally through the country One O. them
had married the daughter Of Richard Dayis "a III
parish This one, short time since WEI anyls s
money, to enter the land in his (Dayis'5 ne!SHpcf-
hood on Which a man by the name Of 1oyham
had settled. Another son-iu-law of DAVIS ~ the
name Of Waters (who was killed IN the late aHEAyl
also entered land in the Same neiGhb o. ana
commenced building house. Tile Wnole nnlh Pc
Of this iawless band was now about hfteen ana
| they openly bid defiance TO- law and ever, tnlng
/ that should oppose them They Threatened some
of the best citizens with inevitable death and tho
whole country with Calkouns negroes There was
general feeling Of anxiety and unsassness ieis w
.nIsx,
December, company Of eight Of them #ent 20
the house Of one 81 the neighbofs and drove me
| lady Of the house from her bed of accouchmenfs
and destroyed considerable portion Ct tneir iuE-
niture and other effects in her weak and eifse bea
condition this woman had to stag nearly AaI me
night In the woods, in rain and sleet. I'LL these
| demons left her house. Performance n0w ceased
| to be a virtue. Accordingly runners were semitic
different neighborhoods to call on all good citizens
to unite and drive them from the country.
On Friday, the 2sd nit, they had about terry
n men, bIst owing to misunderstanding ths ~
/ tack was not made on this day. This gave me
| Peayy crowd more time to prepare for them
| man named Browning left the citizens party on
Friday evening and gave Information Of All that
was going on. The Peavy crowd had. therefore,
twenty-four honrs TO prepare for the light fhougn
they had only seven men in the fight, these fought
with savage desperation.
About four o'clock on Saturday the citizens ap-
peared in sight, but on the opposite side OF the
| bayou. There were forty three Of them, some
armed with rifles, Others with donhe snoi
guns. So soon as the citizens appeared iM sJBntf
| peayys hoisted red flag, and with savage yetls
ana horrible mprecasioas, defied all whom they
saw. Most of them had two guns each. Citizens
| had divided their company into two parties 50 as
to attack In front and rear. The Peavys lett Their
horses and fearlessly forth to meet their OPP
posers. 20 soon as the citizens appearing ia front
1 assembled d hill about hundred and twenty yards
| from where the Peavys had taken their position
| fire with rifles was Immediately opened ON them-
\ Two men, John Hensen and Hnfson, each received
4 a rifle bail in his thigh and fell. The women HOW
prpdA a
Most Of the Peayy crowd turned md ran to meet
their new opposers. They fired as soon as they
got near enough, and one man, named David Col
| Inns, received rifle ball in his thigh. So soon az
4 the first fire was made on the front party, they
charged upon the assaed, and one man Of the
| assaed, Waters, Davis s0n-inlawl fell mortally
1 wounded, having received in his breast two rifle
| balls.
The firing was now general. Old Arch Peasy
having shot two guns, was himself dangerously
/ wounded, r rife ball having fractured his thigh
while several buckshot took effect In his body. Al
| man BY the name Of Marphy having received two
1 rife balls fled Bill Peavy was SO wounded rs to
dragged IN the house BY the women during the
/ fight, as he was not seen on the ground. The
Others Of the Peasy crowd escaped. and IL ii not
known whether any Of them, except Anderson
! Peayy, we're wounded Or not Murphy ran about
quarter of mile in the woods and fell. lie was
| found dead next morning. About The end of the
/ fight n. Griffin received rifle shot IN his right
/ side. Thus ended the bloody afray.
/ The wounded Of citizens were carried To one Of
Caihonn's quarters, where they received surgical
aid, No one went to attend the wounded at Peavy,s
/ till Monday night, when DR.. Anderson more than
/ fifty hours after the fight, dressed Cid Peavy's
wound. He found him lying on dirt floor in dirt
and filth with the same bloody clothes he had on
| when woanded. One rife ball and twelve shot
| had stuck the abandoned reprobate. The Doctor
dressed his wounds, had clean clothes put on him,
| and left him.
In this fight no man was shot in the back. This
/ shows the courage of both parties
| We understand that there was a general feeling
/ of INSTRUMENTATION In some Of GaIheuns negro
| quarters, and that the negroes expressed their
confident belief that the citizens would be whip
1 ped.
/ In Peavy's store room were found beef hides,
with different brands, whisky, sugar, molasses,
i corn Smoked, unshueked and shelled.
i Here the matter at present stands. Peavy d that
4 have been wounded promise to leave. The citi-
zens are determined to drive their band from the
j country. ALpHA
P. s.-sinee writing the above, one Of the Peayr
/ party who was engaged in the ARRAY, man by
The name Of Carlisle, brother-in-law to Bill Peayy.
has come IN, given himself up to the citizens party
i and made voluntary confession to the effect that
the various charges alleged against the Peavy's
are true. He says positively that portion Of Cal
houns negroes had been engaged and paid a,
assist Anderson Peavy in dispossessing Gorhan,
/ and turning him out Of house and home. 10 what
extent the negroes to be employed against
the white settlers We did not understand further
i than above stated.
4 He, the said Carlisle, alias Butler also saws that
the aforesaid Richard Davis was payatceps ciniais
in all their transactions; that he not only knew
their mode Of gaining subsistence was dishonest
i by trading with negroes, ETC., hut that he APP
proved Of it, and counseied and advised them in it
The public eye had long been directed to and fixed
upon this man, but suspicion marked him as vi
lain. For long time he acted cautiously, but for
the last few years he has become more and more
fearless IN his aggressions upon the rights Of per-
SONS and property, till he feels himself sufficiently
strong to bid defiance to the country, when he
boldly proclaims his intention to have neighbor-
hood OF his own, meighborhood Of outlaws and
thieves.
The outrage committed ON the night Of the 18th
ult.. by driving from her bed q woman weakened
md enfeebled by confinement, and compelling her
to stay in the woods in rain and sleet. was only
beginning of ruthless that was to drive ali
peaceable and peace-loying citizens from that Sec
ton Of country where Davis was 60 have neigh
borhood of his own. Under the then existing cir
cumstances, no mans family WINS safe. But one Of
, two alternatives was left. They must abandon
their homes in disgrace, they must fight for their
iiresdes, for their wives and their children. They
chose the latter and the consequence is that tw0
men were launched into eternity, whilst the Peapys
have left for parts unknown hauling their wounded
| OFF with them.
FRoa pIkg's PEAK.-A dispatch Of the 9Th from
Leavenwofth says
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