Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-30

town, dismounted from their buggy, and
hitched their horse at the court house. At
a hundred yards from the court house the
band wagon was met by the man Johns, with
a double-barreled shotgun, which he dis
charged into the wagon, and wounded two
colored men. Upon this, there rose up from
either side of the road upon which the col
ored people were approaching the town, a
large number of white men, who had been
concealed in the underground, who opened a
crossfre upon the colored people in the road.
A few of the colored people, having pistols,
endeayored to defend themselves, but q ma
:jority of them fled. Messrs. Pierce and
Putney rushed towards the contending par
ties. Mr. Pierce throwing up his hands and
calling upon the freedmen to stop, saying
g don't do that don't do that" Upon this
the whites, or portion of them, turned
upon Pierce and Putney, and fired, wound
ing Mr.. Pierce in the leg, and Mr. Putney
in the elbow and shoulder. Both, however,
took to the woods and escaped, reaching the
plantation of Messrs. Flagg and Fish, two
gentlemen from Massachusetts, at three
o clock this morning.
10 return to the massacre at Camilla.
The freedmen who were armed having
emptied their pistols, fled for their lives
such had not already been placed hors du
conabat-leaving the wounded on the ground.
The whites pursued, some of them first as
surfing themselves that those colored men left
on the ground were dead by repeated shots
at their PROSTATE bodies.
Murphy and Janin endeavored to escape
in their buggy, but eight miles from Ca
milla were overtaken by five or six mounted
men. Both discounted from the buggy,
Janln taking to the woods. and Murphy
taking refuge in a deserted house where he
all bie Joo,I,, ,,,SSi lie
His pursuers surrounded the house, and de
manded his surrender. He refused, and told
them to commence firing. After some par
ley, upon solemn promise that he should not
be harmed, nor detained, he came out and
while talking to some of the party he was
dealt a horrible blow upon the head with a
barrel of a gun in the hands of another
He was then, after some questioning and eX-
animation, allowed to proceed on his way
Up TO eight clock this morning the white
people were still in pursuit Of the fleeing and
wounded, with horses and bloodhounds
\ partial list of the killed and wounded is
as follows
Twelve freedmen, names unknown, at a
pond near DR.. Dosher's, two miles from Ca
milla. ID. ID. orc. Polhirs, freedman shot
dead Il. Peter Henes, freedman, shot in
leg, wrist and neck 10 Unknown freedman,
shot through bowels and III head-lnOrtalIy
wounded l6. James Ingraham, freedman,
killed-shot repeatedly while lying wounded
on the ground Il. William Dessan, freed
man, shot in shoulder: Is Unknown freed
man shot in thigh; 10. unknown freedman,
shot in knee and breast 20. James Dicker-
son, freedman. shot in arm n Wesley
Chatham, freedman, shot in back. % L n
known freedman, shot in back %. freedman,
shot dead n. \. b. Collins, freedman,
killed-shot after being wounded, while on
the ground >. William Landsey, freedman.
head cut by blow with dubbed musket %
Randolph, freedman, shot in Leg p Bur
rill johnson, freedman, shot in shoulder 20.
Ben. Lumley, freedman, shot in thigh and in
leg, below the knce 30 Howard Buncc,
six gun-shot wounds in head. ear, shoulder.
arm, elbow and side, dangerously wounded
81. Handy Robinson freedman, shot in both
legs 81. John Murphy. white, confusion of
head by blow of musket barrel 33. +.
Pierce, white, shot in leg 81. F. F. Pat
ney, white, shot in shoulder 81 tts a.
tackiHg party only tiro are reported r9Jmded-
James Johns the riuglcadcr, who has PTS
tol ball in the forehead and two in his back.
said to be mortal. and, Collins, slightly
wounded. 1t is estimated that at least fifty
freedmen were killed and wounded.