The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1868-10-31
RadicaIiSm Run Mas IN the
Pelican state.
From the New Orleans Picayune.

About l 0 o'clock last night-the 9th
inst.-as the Workingmen Club were
serenading at the residence Of Mr. Thos.
Hare, 16J Poydras street, they were
passed by the Grant Colored Club, march
ing down ST. Charles street. As soon as
the Workingmen finished their serenade
they resumed their march down St
Charles Street, about forty PAGES in rear
of the negroes. From their to the cor
ner of Canal the negroes constantly as
sailed them with offensive and insulting
epitlets. Anxious to avoid a difficulty
the white men bore their taunts in sill
ence and preserved a demoanOr which
utterly precluded the sdea of any hostile
design.
Reaching the corner of Canal street,
the colored Club divided, part going
up each side of the neutral ground, SO
as to keep the Workingmen. constantly
in their rear. This insult, too, was put
up with. until Carondelet street was
reached and passed. About half way
between Carondelet and Baronne streets,
the negroes halted, and part Of them
turned back, and thus brought their
men face to face with the white club.
At this iIncture a negro broke from
the ranks Of his own Club, and rushed
into the center Of the white club, shout
ing at the top Of his voice, Come OF.
lets clean them out
1t was not in human nature to endure
all this, certainly not in the nature of
men, smarting under recent outrages and
taunts borne in silence for an hOar. \
shot was fred by a negro from The rank
of the returning party, whicheut through
the cap of gentleman named Richard
son. 1t was then that the white men re-
turned the fire, and a general engage
ment ensued There was u Wild rush,
fearful mingling in death struggle of
the white and black element and quic k
and rapid discharge of fire arp's all aloRa-
tne line. The angry thropg bent and
swayed in the mad struggle, and men
were locked in a passionate embrace
which held the issues Of life ard death |
Above the moan and shouts of The angry
combatants the sharp report Of pistols |
sounded like the echoes Of a skirmish /
line before the continuous roar of battle /
breaks on the ear. 1t was scarcely a |
minute and yet blood ran red on the /
streets, aud dead negroes lay stretched /
on the ground. 1t was scarcely a seconds
time before six lay dead on the street,
and two more were borne back by their .
fellows mortally wounded. The negroes
fought wildly, and were evidently in
mortal dread at the terrible retribution 1
they provoked The white men, on.the I
contrary, were skilled in the use of arms,
and most of them had before kept step
and line in the fury of the battle. They
we're not alarmed at the shout of tile
parti-colored foe, for they had seen hos
tile pennons bend and shake in a melee
when men died by hundreds They knew
that the time had come 10 teach lesson.
md the least show Of temerity would
stimulate the negroes and their cowardy
associates to drench the city in blood.
There was, therefore, no giving back aud
40 wavering from the conflict
While the head of the column of the
" orkingmen were thus engaged, the rear
ormed into line and marched to their
upport. 1t was at this moment the ne
,roes fed. Broken and discounted they
an in every direction. Although they
lad provoked the assailants, yet the at
ack ceased at the very moment that re-
istance was at an end. They were not
ursued, and no advantage taken. Of the
ictory gained. Throughout the 0Enfiet
he negroes numbered two to on Z 1t was
his excess of forces, no doubt, which :
lcited them to the attack. They knew {
he white man had borne in silence taunts =,
uch as they were not accustomed to en-
ure, and believed that they could with
npunity advance another step in their
-e.;lc - \ IL - -,-ovol~e :
a encounter which would lund to
leir advantage. In this the 6ere mis-
ken.
Short of actual violence anything =
Guild have been put up wit. but the
sople of New Orleans had toseriously Pr
Uttered from the brutal insolek of the
'groes, urged on as they are " kMard-
whites, to permit their rights siti
ms and their manhood to be tEsqFed
the dust. When assailed, thy had a Il
ght to resist; they did no NOR.
The conflict began at the corner of
irondelet, and extended as .sr up Canal
Burgundy street Hers il ceased.
As far as heard from at II O clock last -
ght, SIX negroes were killed two NOR II
ily wounded, and one slightly injured 4.
Among the whites Mr.. RICHARDSON =
Is wounded in the head slightly by w
lllet; a newsboy named Dooley was
OF IN the wrist, and man named Ryan
ured in the leg by a spent ball or
lnce shot
\ few minutes after the riot ceased a =
'ge body of negroes, numbering about
IT hundred, marched up Basin and F IA
mpart streets, from COMO Square, sire
ere large Radical meetine had been q
Id. They had evidently heard of the pat
turbanee and hadcome to participate in
but before they reached the scene all
become quiet. They offered no vio-
ce to any one, and went on their way
II nothing had happened.
st the present moment, 2 O'Clock, all :.
'ears to be quiet in the cih. The II
sets are comparatively free from ara
wds, and no sign Of disturbsuce ap- or {
rs in any direction. \