Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-11-07
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Wufk ingmeu ciuh esfo serenai
Ing u tho irsidento ~ Mr Thomas
Hare. i6s poldras sirort. il,cy wcre
passed by he Grant Colorud Ciab.
Inarrhing down ~ Charles abnut
f,riy PAGES len the rear ~ che nrrrors
fron Tiers a. lice rurner III Nanal
the nrgroos cinsiantly assailed them
with UiIsnsiye and Insulting epilhots.
Anxious 10 avoid difficulty the
white man bOro lhoir taunls la 81
lsnre, and preserved a demeannr
which utterly preclnded the idea OF
any hostile design.
Reaching tho corner II Canal
street, tho eolored club divided, a
part going up each side Of the neu'
trial ground, 50 as 10 keep tho Work
ingmon constantly ia their rear,
This insult, too, Was pat up with,
until Carondelot street was reached
aud passed, About half way DO
tween CarOndelUl aud Baronne
streets, the negroes halted, and a
part of them turned back, anl thus
brought their men face 10 face with
the white club.
At this junciure a negro broke
from the ranks of his own club, aud
rushed into the centre of the white
club, shouting at the top ufhis voice,
Come ON, lets clean EN- out
II was not in huiann nature 10
endure all this, certainly not IN the
nature OF men, smarling under re-
cent outragcs and Aunts borne in
silence for nm hour, A shot was
fired by negro from the ranks OF
tho returning party, which cut
tarongh tho cap Of u gentleman
named Richardson. Ii was then
that the white men returned the
fire, aud n general engagement en-
sued. There was wild rush, n
fearful mingling in u death strug-
glc vi the white and black element,
and II quick and rapid discharge of
fire arms all along the line. The
angry throng bent and swaycd, IN
the mad struggle, and men were
locked in u passionate em brace which
held the issues of life and death.
Above the means and shouts of the
angry combatanlS the sharp report Of
pistols sounded like the echoes OF
skirmish line, before the continuous
roar of battle breaks on the ear.
1t wis scarcely minute and yet
biool ran red on tho streets, and
dead negroes lay stretched on tho
ground, IL was scarce y II second s
time before six lay dead on the
street, and two more were borne
batk by their fellows mortally
wounded. The negroes fought
vii lly, and were evidently in NOR
tai dread ut the terrible rctribution
they provoked. The white men,
on the contrary, were skilled in tho
use of arms, and most of them had
before kept time in the fury of
the battle. They were not alarmed
ut the shout of the parti colorcd foe;
for they had seen hostile ponnons
bend aud shake in u melee when
mon died by hundreds. They knew
that the time had come to teach
lesson, and the least show of temeri-
ty would stimulate the negroes and
their cowardly associates to drench
the city in blood. There was, there
fore, no giving back and no waver,
ing from the conflict.
While the head of the column of
the Workingmen were thus engaged,
the rear formed into line and march
ed to their support. 1t was at this
the negroes fed. Broken
and discomfitted they ran in every
direction Although they had pro
vokcd the conflict, and had been
themselves the ASSISTANTS, yet the
attack ceased the very moment that
resistance was ut an end. They |
were not pursued, and no advantage
taken of the victory gained.
Throughout the conflict the negroes
two to one. 1t was this
excess Of forces, no doubt, which in
cited them to the attack. The
knew the white men had borne in
silence taunts such as they were not
accustomed to endure, and believed
that they could with impunity adj
vance another step in their hostile
,ggressions, and perhaps provoke
m encounter which would rebound
10 their advantage. In this they
" ere mistaken. Short of actual vio-
cnce, anything would have been
put up with; but the people of New
Orleans had too long and too sori-
,usly suffered from the brutal inso-
tcnce of negroes, urged en- as they
ire by cowardly whites, to permit
heirrightsas citizens and their very
to be trampled in the dust.
When assailed, they had a right to
'esist; they did no more.
The conflict began at the corner
# Carondelet, and extended as far
Up Canal as Burgundy street. Here
: ceased.
As far as heard from at IL o'clock
asst night, six negroes were killed,
wo MORALLY wounded, and one
lightly injured.
A few minutes after the riot
eascd large body of negroes,
numbering about four hundred,
marched up Basin and Rampant
troets, from Congo Square, where
large Radical meeting had been
Ield. They had evidently heard of
he disturbance and had come to
participate in it; but before they
cached the scene all had become
uiet They offered no violence to
ny one, and went on their way as
nothing had happened.
AT the present moment, IL o'clock,
u appears to be quiet in the city.
The streets are comparatively free