The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-03

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negro escorted he had pot hundreds
lihe BIN under The ground, aud
started ~ dmW o baymal, when The
gentleman ehm him Three times 'flie
negfot with bayonet IN his hand and
still wfaing tmtefui bark a. the
hnnties 90 the cofnor lle was car
fied " lho barracks and, VIZ are In.
formed died IN d hw minutes.
The gentleman Bbo fred the shot
= alleged to bc Mr. Cooper Lindsay,
one of Ur best and hravesi young
men, We, fearing The vengeance Of
troops, Ocd pursued by a squad Of
The negro soldiers, one Of whom fred
lat him at duuby's corner. This
negro was arrested mud carried by
he civil authorities to the guard.
house, but was n0orward conducted
e The barracks by Mayor wilkins.
Mr. IT, escaped, and 10 did the gen.
tlcman who was with him, said 10 be-
Mr.. Hub Rutherford. Two negro
soldiers came TO the scene of shoot
Ing with muskots, cursing mriously,
but were ordered back by officers.
They oboyed, but went back in the
same style, and one tried to strike n
white man with n muskct, but was
prevented.
A collision between the blacks and
whites at one time was greatly feared,
MS there was much excitement. The
officers, however, ordered all the col
ored troops to the barracks. The
officers used their best cndeavors to
avoid all difficulty, and promised thai
citizens should be unmolested.
a gentleman, Mr.. Sol. Crew, while
walking along quietly at Duran's
corner, after the shooting, was
knocked down by a musket in the
hands of a negro soldier. After
ward several shots were fired from
the barracks in Banks building.
In the excitement NJ. B. Ledbet-
ter, while in the crowd, was accident
ally shot in the leg by a glancing
ball. The shot was not from a negro.
The negroes were confined to the
barracks last night, and after seven
o'clock all was quiet.
The officers of the garrison here
have, we believe, tried to avoid diff
%culties, and have everything 20 on
pleasantly but a large majority of
the negro soldiers have done ali in
their power to provoke trouble, and
have sought difficulties.
We presume the affair will be in
vestigated this morning, and that
both gentlemen will appear.
Since writing the above, we learn
that Major Warner, formerly of the
Naval Iron Works, who was walking
on the opposite side of the street. was
shot in the leg by a ball fired from
one Of the windows of the barracks
in Banks building. His leg was
amputated above the knee, a short
time after, by Drs. Foard, Stanford
and Others. These shots were per-
icctly inexcusablc.
ATgustd (Go.) Sun.