New Orleans Republican., 1868-11-13
MORE GENTLE DEMOCRATS.
The Peace They Love.
OUrKA sEs IS oUAcnIrA PARrsM
KSEBI1Ee DOWN TO BE MURDERED.

The Monroe InteLtgencer gives us pleas
ant view of affairs in that section on the
day of election. 1t is another proof of the
perfect security with which Republicans
could vote: ..... ...t
The following is as correct statement of
the trouble at the FIlhiol box, on the day
of election as we have been able to get.
Everything went on quietly, and nearly
two hundred votes had been polled when
the commissioners started to dinner. On
their return, they found that about thirty
strange white men on horseback. accom-
panied by one colored man, and fully armed
had arrived in front of the polls. On re-
opening the polls, a colored man voted
Republican ticket, and the crowd of strapg-
ers being informed of it Immediately called
on the colored man in their company,
whom they called Bob Stiff, to pitch into
him. Stiff Immediately knocked this col
ored man down with a stick, but after he
had been struck once or twice the man
succeeded in making bis escape. While
this was going on, a difficulty occurred be-
tween another colored man and the strang-
ers. who were about to kill him, when Mr..
p Darlington interfered and saved his life at
the risk of bis own. Shortly after this the
party Vi SbIauRClS LuOuutCu LuCfH uOlbCc duu
rode down the road; they had been absent
but a short time, when some firing was
heard in the direction they had taken. On
their return they stated that colored man
named Culpepper, in Mr.. Filhiol's field, had
fred at them, and that they had killed him
in consequence. In proof Of this they ex-
hibited stick in which some shots were
lodged. At night there was considerable
apprehension of difficulty among beth
races, but noting serious occurred. except
ing the burning of schOolhouse belonging
to the colored people on the Bres planta-
ton, and of the corncrib, with twelve humid
red bushels of corn on the Faust plan
tation. A colored man, whose name we
have been unable to learn, was shot in the
mouth. That night about fifteen colored
men came to town for protection, which
was extended to them by the herif. On
| Wednesday warrants we're issued against
number of the men, who were said by the
| colored men to have been implicated in
the difficulties of the night. On Wednesday
night Sheriff Wisner, and Mr.. Dobson, act
ing as his deputy, with some cavalry,
started down to arrest the accused, whom
they brought to town on Thursday. The
prisoners Immediately gave bonds for their
appearance for trial on Friday. On that
day the case was continued until Monday.
On Friday three of the principal wit
nesses in the difficulties of Tuesday night,
named Simon Peterson, Daniel Webster
and Orphey johnson, all colored men,
started down the river to go to their homes,
and stopped on the Copley plantation for
one of them to see his wife, when they
were taken out of the cabin by party Of
eleven white men. Four of the white men
took them to the deadening in the rear Of
the plantation and there told them to kneel
down and say their prayers as they would
be killed. Instead of doing this they broke
and ran, when fire was opened on them by
the whites, and Peterson and Webster were
killed, but johnson succeeded in making
his escape. johnson came to town on Fri
day evening about dark, and his story Gre
ated a great deal of indignation among all
class of our con munity.
Mr.. Dutlel, who has charge of the Copley
plantation, makes the following statement
as to what occurred prior to taking the
men out of the cabins:' The white men
came riding to bis house furiously and
stated that they had been fired on by some
negroes from the corner of the fence and
that the negroes had hid themselves in one
of the cabins, and unless they were brough
| Oul AHLiSulhNOt1 1utJ Ou4h up NhN
quarters. Mr.. Duffel went in search o
, the negroes and found them hid in the loi
of one of the cabins, a shot was fired a
him, said by the colored men to hav,
been by accident, when he told then
that they must come down or tn
cabin would be burned up With them in it
The negroes then came out and were takel
away by the four white men, as stated b.
, johnson. The names of these four mel
are Pnckney Faust, Marion Faust, Beaye
and John Faulk. -,sef f...
Warrants were issued on Saturday 70
the arrest of the four accused and on Sun
day morning Sheriff Wisner started ou
with posse for their arrest, but did nc
succeed in finding any of them. The bodie
of the two killed colored men we're foun
on Sunday afternoon by some colored mer
! together with the dead bodies of thei
horses. 8"
The case of the parties arrested
p Sheriff Wisner was continued On Molda
; until Thursday.