The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-09
THE LOUISIANA SLAUGHTER.
FURPHER PARTIcu1ARs.
VARIOUS. ACCOUNTS.


VARIOUS .ACCOUNTa.
r NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 5.
Ihe butchery OF Republicans at Ope.
Iousas was begun by three Rebel
democrats, who had undertaken to
GnasIlse Mr. Bentley, editor of the ST.
Landry 1'TogreSS, in presence or the
school which he teaches. Anumber of
Mr. BentIey's friends assembled, and
were ABOUT TO interfere, but he advised
them to go home, saying that he would
sue out warrant for the arrest of the
onenders. Accordingly Mr.. Bentley's
ILlends went away, feeling that he was
pursuing the wiser course. Mr.. B. ap-
Piled for warrant, and 1t was grant
ed, but before the officer attempted to
execute 1t force of armed Democrats
LOOK possession of the town, and sal.
lying forth, began the work of sIaagh-
Ter, hiring upon and killing every
countered. The New Orleans BuL.
tehnI Democratic newspaper
says this morning that one hun.
drednegTOes Ioere killed and fifCy wound
ed, and that but four Democrats were
wounded and none killed. The mad
oened mob, after rioting in the streets,
entered the Office of The Progress aud
threw its types and presses into the
street. They then drove its French
editor, Mr., Durand, into the woods and
lynched him. The foreman of the
Office was ordered to quit the town,
and to save his life he came to New
Orleans yesterday. He says that it is
the Rebels design to drive away or kill
every outspoken Republican in the
Opel0usas district. The Progress was
established by Mr.. Vidal, member of
the present Congress. Republicans are
| flying from st. Landry Parish, fearing
assassination If they attempt TO dwell
M lNnR 1arV HF.InF
Crescent says that RadicaIism is done
for in st. Landry Parish, at least for
this Presidential election.
ANOTHER AcCoUNT-TELEaRAM To a
PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPER.
NEW ORLEANS, October s.
Opelousas, in the parish of st. Ian.
dry, has been the scene of horrible
massacre of Unionists. According to
the Bulletin, a violent rebel journal,
there we're 100 negroes killed and 80
| wounded, and OF the Democrats (so-
called), none killed, and but four
wounded, The st. Landry PROGRESS, u
| ed, and the French editor is supposed
to be murdered. This evenings Re
publican publishes a letter from an eye
! witness, who says that last Monday
three OF the Seymour Knights went
10 the residence Of and severe.
1
OF the Progress, and a prominent
leader of the Republican party
Cause, alleged publication of an article
to which they objected. News of the
whipping of Bentley rapidly spread,
and the colored people commenced as.
sembling armed, but were prevailed on
by Bentley and others TO return to their
homes and keep quiet. Tne Rebels
then sent out armed patrols to the va
rious plantations to disarm every
| Unionist, which they did, according to
their own showing, killing 100 and
called Democrats still hold possession
of the country. This evenings Times
publishes an account of an outrage at
| Shreveport, resulting in the killing of
three Democrats and fifteen Republi-
cans. There Is every indication that
will be wholesale slaughter of Union
lists throughout the State.
NEW ORLEANS, October Z.
Lieutenant Lee. cr the Freedman's
| Bureau, who was sent by Major Hutch
ings, in charge of the Bureau here, to
| investigate the troubles in Opelousas,
reported this morning that tine imme-
| dinte cause of the outbreak was per-
sonaI difficulty between the editor of
| paper, and three citizens, growing out
OF offensive articles published in the
Republican. The editor, named Bentley,
| who was also school teacher, was
caned. a report Immediately clrcula-
ted among the negroes that Bently had
been killed, and couriers were dlspatch-
cd to arouse the negroes on the planla-
tions, and in a very short time they
were flocking fully armed to Opelousas,
apparently fully organized and pre-.
pared for such an occasion. Several
bodies of :. negroes were met ana
dispersed by the efforts OF senst,
BILE moderate men, both colored
and white, who had acquainted them
selves with the true facts regarding
Bentley. One body however led by a
negro who called himself Captain, re
fused to disperse when ordered TO doso.
A fight ensued, in which two negroes
were killed and four or five wounded.
Five or six whites were wounded, two
very seVerly, and number OF horses
belonging TO whites killed. The negio o
who called himself Captain was killed.
Eight of the negroes were captured
and lodged in Jail, and the balance DIS,
persed. The orders issued by the civil
authorities for disarming the negroes
were executed With some difhculty, nut
etfectunlly, and the arms belonging to
the negroes are now in the hands oftbe
authorities of Opelousas, and the par
ish Is now perfectly quiet, During
the excitement the material OF
tne ots LuHufy A'OS' GOO "tlt'
tered and portion destroyed. A
white man was killed by three negroes
who were living in ambush. Tho ne
xroes were arrested and killed. An
other white planter Is reported to have
been shot while sitting in his house.
The troubles existed only in the Parish
, OF st, Landry. The adjoining parishes
are perfectly quiet. Lieut.. Lee reports
that he could learn OF but two whites
that were killed and eight or ten
wounded. Five negroes were killed
and fifteen or twenty wounded. DE
expresses the opinion that the number
of casualties Will exceed thirty, as tne
negroes in some instances resisted 70
lIsarmiug and had to be overpowered.
BENTLEY was the only radical who suf-
fered, and he only in the loss of print
ing material and the Gaming be receiv'
ed. Lieut.. Lee reports that quiet has
been restored, and everybody Is pursu'
ing their ordinary avocations. No 1nr'
, ther trouble is apprehended. The
; white Inhabitants OF the parish out.
number the blacks. Armed and
mounted patrols are, however, still
kept up.
Detectives and other officers engag-
. ed in investigating the importation o
roughs into Philadelphia from Balti
more, assert that in addition to tbs
: main idea of voting the Democratic
ticket they had determined TO make
night attack upon the Massachusetts
Z delegation to the Soldiers and Sailor
Convention.