The Lincoln County herald., 1868-11-05

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While there procession Of sous tArss
or fout utgro radical clubs passSd devn
81. Charles street, shouting and yelling
like demons. After they bad paased The
corner Of 81. Charles and Poydrss ssrssis,
the workingmen 6led into 81. Charles
street and went down town, the route
which they bad selected. The negroes
rent the air with shouts for Grant, and
the workiogmen for Seymour, . large
crowd assembling on the sidewalk and
following them down. Tn 81 Charles
street, a. the workin4msn passed BY, we
noticed at two different points negroes
halloinv at the top Of their voices for
Graut and Colfax, aud no one 10 the crowd
molesting them 10 the least On resoh.
ing Canal street, the radical club took tue
down town side, the Democrats the upper
side. On reaching Dauphioe street, the
negroes, from all accounts we could gath
Or, turned up and went across Cs1el stroot
to the upper side, where they Counter.
marched.
Meantime, one Of the negro clubs bad,
At Caroudclet street, crossed to the upper
side Of Canal street, aud then marched
toward tho Like, . little ahead Of the
workiugmen-sll this time the crowd
on the sidewalks became denser and den
ser, aud the excitement increased. When
this last club vas about the middle Of tho
square between Carondclst and Barouns
streets, our reporter, who was in . car.
riage at the head Of the workingmeu,
hsa d . single shot ahead. Nothing re.
suited from this, aud few moments after.
wards be heard another shot. Still there
was no general disturbance. until just %
the tail eud Of the Radical procession
al the clubs being once more joined
had passed Daronne street, our reporter
saw club Of white men (the Seymour
Sentinels) como running down Bsronne
street towards Canal street.
Just then one Of the torches carried in
the colored procession bursted, making .
great noise and . large fame This
seemed to start everything, for immedi.
ately the negroes commenced to run, and
City or seventy Eve shots were fred in
quick succession. The workingmen,
meanwhile. rushed quickly forward, with
out, however, any drill or organization
whatever. A Iull followe /, when again
the firing commenced. and continued for q
few moments with great rapidity, aud then
finally ceased, with the exception of few
dropping shots along tho street. which
lasted some 6ve.minutes longer. By this
time the Radical clubs, having thrown
away torches, bats banners, transpareu
cies and everything else, had disappeared
from the scene, leaving their accoutre.
ments behind them, and the banquette
flowing with the coal oil Of their broken
lamps.
A review Of the ground directly after
tho fray showed that three negroes had
been Killed. heir names we did no,
learn, but one Of them was marshal. A
colored man named james Williams va.
wounded, and subsequently, taken to his
residence. No. 1868 Philip street. W.
found the body Of little negro boy lyine
on the sidewalk, jammed close against thu
wall, quite dead. He had no wount
upon bis person. and the only hypothesi'
possible is that he was tramplcd to deati
by the panic stricken colored men. Mr.
Thomas Reynolds, gentlemen vel
known in this city, was wounded slightly
in the head, as was also another whit
man whose name we did not learn. A
colorcd man, We subsequently learned
was, just after tho fray, near Baronn'
street, shot and killed, near the corner o
Bnsin and Canal streeta, and another col
ored man on Canal street, further out.
After the disturbance was ended, th,
workinamen formed again and proceeded
to finish the route they had laid down 70
themselves A number Of persons thel
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ing at the traces Of It and speculating q
to the origin and manner Of it. Thes
are the facts as far as We can gather them
just after the firing ceased, our n
porter went ont Canal to Phillips, an
there turned up. On tho corner was
huge negro, dressed IN semi uniform
aourishing . naked sword, and cryin
out TO group Of frightened darkies nea
him, "Rally, rally. and scatter the d.
scoundrels." Although the surround
iugs we're 90 serious, the scene was to
funny not to laugh at II
The man who carried the Gag Of OF
Of the negro clubs. In the race TO Ii
swamp, dropped bis standard, sod "a
some ten feet before be could stop bin
self He at once turned round, ran bac
J 10 the face Of the advancing whites, picks
up his aag and made OF with It.
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