Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1870-08-06
(Commrnicased.)
TO the Louisianais.
Mn. Ep1roR.

the recent ou'rages perpetrated in this Parish,
on the 25th and 26,l, Of last month, by Il
Of co'orcd people styling themselves
the Louisiana militia, and ye, the true facts Of
the occurrence are no. exactly known 10 the
An article, purpor,ing TO relate the facts Of
this outrage, appeared in the las, issue of The
81. James Sentinel, The Radical organ of ,li.
Parish, and contains sncl, a Tissue Of wiiful
and malicious mi~rcpresen'alions, aud does
such g'aring injustice 10 MeSsrs. f.. Dirar-
tean and T. Brignac and to ,Ie white popnla-
ii n Of The Parish, that, as counsel Of these
two gentlemen, I feel compelled 10 solici, Of You
the favor Of publishing a plain an! unbiased
statement Of f~ac's,sglsancd from witnesses Of
both color who ware present.
On Monday The 25,h Clt., a, sunset, Mt.
E.. Dscarreau Jr. was standing On The levce
in frort Of his residence. when four black
men, dressed in military uniform, came up
riding on the same Ievee; on reacling the
spot where stood Mr.. D., the frs, Of these
men carefully avoided him by making a
semi.circle around him, recognizing that the
levee was not a public highway and that
riding on the same is contrary 10 law bnt the
second man. taking a different view, spured
up his horse, which struck Mr.. d., Violently
npse'ting him, and causing him 10 roll down
the levec into the public road, from which fall
Mr.. Dicarreau was injured by his hand being
bruised and lacera,eh.
Jumping to his feet, Mr.. d. pulled ont a
pistol aud fred at his aggreesor, The ball s,rik-
ing him in the hip-bone, and causing a sigh,
wound.
1mmcdiatly thereafter, fifteen or twenty
black men all dressed in uniform and armed.
gathered together, became very excited, and
proposed to take M. D. and Kill him on The
spot. AT that moment Mr.. D. walked into his
yard towards l,is honsr, aud wa. met by his
father and mother. with Whom he stood in the
middle of the yard conversins together, when
the co'orcd men rushed up tc III" gate, and one
Of them fred a pistol. shot al the group, one of
the group being Mrs. D, a lady .iriy years
Of age.
At That %junctnre Judge Beanvai< who is a
near neighbour. came ont Of his honse, and
being waited upon by the two of the so called
officers Of the colored crowd, for advice in The
premises, Informed them ,ha, they could no,
thus take the law into their hands; that if
they insisted on having Mr.. d. arrested, they
should. prefer charges agains, linn before the
proper law-oficers, and that justice would
then be done to all. This wise counsel seemed
10 prevail upon the men, who said that they
would follow that advice and retired.
But the quiet, thus obtained, was only
Temporary, for a, II O'clock u, night, an i'm
mense assemhlase Of colorcd people, nnmber-
ing upwards Of two hundred, armed and most.
" uniformed, entered Mr.. D's premises, and
yelling and how'ing like hungry wolves, sur,
rounded the house. Mr.. Bris"ar, a cousin of
Mr.. D., who was on a vi>i, a, the house,
hearing this nproar came out Of the house
with a gun in his hand. He had hardly stepped
out. Of The door when he was seized Nv several
men, violently thrown down and his gun
wrenrhed from his hands, in the mids, of an
Infatuated mass Of men, crying ont Kill him .
Kill him! and one Of Them rushing up TO him,
struck him over the head with the barrel OF
his pistol, causing a wound which bed pro.
f"se!y. And in that condition Mr.. Brignac
was dragged out Of the yard, led to a neigh
bouring plantation, where he was kept under
guard until mex, morning.
The next morning a detachment Of the SO.
nnl1o.l -:liNf> cole h,~l. a. NJ. NJ. I.--
where they took him, and forming a line Of
march with about sixty mcn all armed and
The greater number arrayed in military uni.
form with bug'es sounding, and flags spread
to the breeze, they took then two prisoners,
and left 10 escort them 10 the Parish Jail.
In the mean time, the undersigned was
called npon at about u DC. A. NJ, by the
brothers Of the two prisoners, to employ lin
As their counsel, 10 secure their release from
the armed mob. ! then called upon the Parish
Judge, who il at the same time Brigadier-
General Of The militia, thus concentrating in
one person the ermine and the sro,d, two
emblems that have ever been anita gonis,ic 10
each other. That interview resulted in nv
being informed by the Judge that he had
iss"ed civil process for the arrest Of the two
white men, who would be taken out of the
hands If The mob, and l was assured by the
General that he would sever'y cen.ure his
militia? men Tor The piece Of ou,-Iaw, with
which they had %inaugurated their military
career among us.
In the mean time. Mr.. Jos. Landry the
depuiy.sheriff charged with the warran,
against the white men, attempted TO execute
the same, bnt was prevented therefrom BY the
armed mob, in whose hands and custody he
found the men; the chief: or commanders oil
the mob, " colored men named valmire
Schadrick, and Augosse, peremp,o,iIy refusing
TO surrender their prisoners to III. law-oficer,
and continued ON tl'ei, march until they reach.
ed the residence of the Pa,isl. Jass. and deli
vsrsd up the prisoners 10 him, the same Judge
and Geaersl, ia which Of his two cspscitiea
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