Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-07-25
Negro Riot nj MilIican.

The Houston Telegraph of the 18th gives
the following particulars of n serious riot
which occurred at Millican, Brazos county ::
Information has just reached us
Of serious disturbance at Millican
between the whites and blacks.
From passengers on the train we
learn that it had its origin in q
charge made against young man
named Holiday of having assisted
in the hanging Of negro recently
in the Brazos bottom. Holiday
denied the charge, and said that the
negro, who it was asserted had been
killed, was alive in Washington
county, and offered to produce him.
This, it seems, was not satisfactory
10 the negroes who assembled in
force yesterday afternoon and
marched through Millican fully
armed. The Deputy Sheriff at once
called out a posse of twenty men
and went in pursuit. A short dis
lance from town the Sheriff S party
met tho negroes returning. The
negroes Immediately formed line
and commenced firing upon the
sheritfs' party when the latter re-
turned the fire and charged, killing
five of the blacks, wounding several
others, and completely routing the
party. The sheriff then sent to
Navasota and Bryan for assistance.
Last night train came down from
Bryan with about 70 mon. On their
arrival at Millican, the negroes made
peace overturcs to the whites, and
agreed to let the matter rest, where
upon the train returned to Bryan
with the greater portion of the
men who came down upon it. Thus
matters stood during the night, but
about 4 o'clock this morning the
negroes were assembled in large
numbers at Freedmansville, near
Millican, and when the passenger
train arrived from Bryan, another
conflict appeared to be imminent.
During the night Millican was sur
rounded by white pickets, and the
negroes were encamped in and
around Freedmansville to the num-
Der of several hundred. Two of
the latter attempting to pass the
picket lines extending around the
town were fired upon and one of
them killed. 1t is said that prom
inent Loyal Lacquer visited the
negro camp this morning and at
tempted to conciliate them, but was
driven away. The negroes are
headed by man named Brooks,
who declared his intention to have
revenge for the killing of the men
by the Sheriffs party yesterday.
The Central Railroad freight train
was seized by the Sheriff of Brazos
county, on its way down and turned
back to Bryan for help. The rioters
are said to number two or three
hundred negroes, and positively re
fuse to disperse. One hundred and
fifty persons left Bryan on the 10th
for the scene of the troubles. The
number of negroes killed in the
first affair is estimated at fifteen.
Col. J. p. Austin, from Bryan in
forms the Telegraph that the Agent
of the Frcedmen's Bureau at Bryan,
came down from there 10 Millican
night before last with about $50
men, to inquire into the disturbance;
that he did so, and found ab,ut 800
negroes in array; that he went out
TO them under a white flag and de-
manded their surrender to the civil
authorities, but was driven off; that
he then pnt himself at the head of
the whites, declaring that he would
arrest them by force, and the Sher-
if and whites were acting under
him, and that the fighting Of yes
terday must have been under his
LATER.
Dispatches 10 the GalvestcD News
dated NavasOta, July 18th, says that