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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
THE VIENNA TRAGEDY!
Pursuit of Peace aud whatlcy, Their
Capture, and Killing Of Whatlcy.
Poaec Taken from Jail and Lynehed!

The party, headed by Sheriff Huey,
that went in pursuit of Peace and What
ley, the men who killed DR.. jackson
and Mr.. John ITuey, and MORALLY
wounded Mr.. Hcdgepeth at Vienna, on
the 18th, were not long in accomplish
ing the purpose of their hurried ride.
They overlook the two fugitivcs Mt
Clear Lake in Natchitochcs parish, not
far from Red River. Whatlcy had been
to get the ferrylnnn, and was returning
with him to the ferry, when the Sher-
iff's posse rode i'll sight, but some 200
yards or more distant. The two men
recognized their situation. They spur
red their horses toward II fence, the
only chance of escape, intending to leap
it and get away. The horses refused to
jump. They turned, then, drew. their
repcatcrs and came full speed in Il
charge upon the posse, firing rs they
came. Sheriff Huey and his men,
numbering eight persons, began firing
on the dcspcradces AS they advanced.
Whatlcy fell from his horse, with q ball
i'll the back ofhis head; Pcace'S horse WAS
shot in the head and three other places,
and fell with his rider who was then
arrested. None CT the posse we're hurt:
but Mr.. Bernard was struck on the side
with Il ball, which was prevented from
entering by a small pistol carried in his
side pocket.
We learn that WhaticH was engaged
to be married to Il goung lady III Jack
son. At his death he requested, we
learn, that his horse and pistols should
be sent TO his wife in Sabine parish.
The party remained with Whatlcy
until his death, Peace refusing to leave
before, and then returned to Vernon
with Peace under arrest. Peace was
arraiSncd before Judge Graham Gen.
John Young and Capt. r.. T.. Kidd,
prosecuting, and Gen. Henry q ray and
Col. Richardson, of this place, defend
ing. The trial continued two days, and
resulted in Pcacc's commitment, on the
charge of murder, to appear before the
District Court III May.
Wednesday night, at about half-past
two o'clock, Il party of Twenty-Five men
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
Five Days on the River.

We let go Our editorial lines last Sat
urtlay, and, embarl<ing on the Ouachita
Belle, took n trip to Arkansas, advanc-
ing rs far into the realms Of Clayton as
the brisk little city of Camden. About
one year ago we visited the same place
and gave an account of the trip. Two
black-eyed peas are no more alike than
were our two voyages up the Ouachita
to Camden. Tho only dissimilarity
consisted III the difference Of tho stage
of water; last year the whole swamp,
like Webster's brandy, WAS inundated,
while this year there is, even in the
great basin extending from Ouachit;,
City to Careyvillc, plenty Of bank yet
and to spare. The people along the
river and the stcamboatsrnen are dis
cussing the probabilities Of suspension
of navigation much earlier this year
than usual, and the opinion is frequent
ly expressed that the highest water of
the season has already been seen.
The country is pretty we'll drained of
cotton, and is now receiving its hog
and hominN from the bosom Of the
great West The shipments, TIP, con-
sist principally of meat, -four, corn,
oats, and "dog bitters,'' with II good
share of dry goods, furniture, " family
supplies" (such as tobacco, bagging,
mattresses, canned rooster, &c., and
country merchants with their wives,
babies, invoices and empty purses.
! These are the common ccnsignments,
these latter days, for all portions of the
interior of .trka1l-aS and Louisiana.
When we arrived ut Camden and
asked the business men there how the
times were, they "hovc Il sigh" and
said: Very dull times here. There is
no money in the country. and business
is about closed for the season. There
was Il conspicuous absence of overland
freight packets, on the streets, to prove
that the sigh and the assertion were
genuine. Still, Camden, wore IL pleas
ant smile upon its rugged features, and
took us by the hand cordially, and told
lis it Ind been, and would again be,
happier, and that we should be there
IN the busy season to appreciate her
commercial Importance. The mcrcau-
tile Mayor of the City, Hon, u. w.
Fellows, was very unhappy the day we
arrived, beca,,sc he had sold in cash
only II little over four hundred dollars
worth Of goods that day. Corn WAS
selling mt csc, and Irish potatoes by
wholesale nj - 90 per barrel. Lager
was quoted at toe Il glass eggs 2or per
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
Relative to Judge Rays
Approval Of the Bird Claim. 4

We invite attention to the following
correspondence:
MONROE, La, March II, 1872.
CuiN. G. ". lkCrtutic:
DEAR SIl;-Ny attention has been
called to an article in your paper of the
2nd inst, published in my absence,
headed, GA Curious TRANSACTIONS" in
which you say, OF intimate, that l with
others arc involved, to defraud the
Parish out of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
have only this to say ;,but the mat
ter: That acted in that case upon the
proof always required in such matters :;
and any intinlation that Iacted through
improper motives, or that l belong to
Il g ring to dcfrs,ud the Parish, is false
and Slanderons
In justice to myself, l ask an inscr-
ton of this in your paper.
Yours truly, RoB'r RAY.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
MONROE. a. March # 1S-.

M"NroE, a., March II. lS'2.
CAPT. &. ". lNC,Unic:
SIH-HOurS Of this inst, has been
handed to mo by Col. John McEncry
| cannot allow you to dictate TO me
my HutS-:t the game time imptttc my
motives. The first | can stand, bat the
latter ! cannot. | acted IL 4 prudent
officer would act, in requiring" tho proof
usual in such eases.
l inferred from the article IN question.
and think any rcltlcro tho Same would
infer the Same thing, that | Knowingly
approved Il fraud on the Parrish
You say in Hotir note, ~ | did not
intimate that You were in :, ring, to de
fraud the Parish. | seldom deal in
intiuatinnS rs your Honor ought to
know. | did not question your hon
csty, whatever the facts may have Su~-
gcStCd 10 the mind of yourself or rrn.
dcrS."
YOUR article, with it headlines. i
calculated to produce the interpretation
that l placed upon it. If YOU did not
intend to producc the impression upon
the public mind that l was one of Il ring
seeking to dcfraud the parish, Justice
to me ought to impcl YOU 50 to state.
Yours truly. RpB'r IRAN.
L" this note Capt. NcCrnnic made Il
verbal reply, through Col. NtcEncry,
that Ii" would publish the vorrcSpon-
dcncr, ~ given above. We hope Judge
Ray i ''-atiSticd''- are.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

appeared ut the house of Sheriff Huey.
They inquired for him but he had left
for a distant portion of the parish the
evening before. They inquired of Mrs.
IIucy for Dcputy-Sherif Dickcrson,
who lived with Mr.. Hucy, and Mrs.
Huey said he was not there. The men
said they knew he was, and entered
the house aud finding Dickerson, got
the key of tho Jail, aud left two of their
number to guard Dickerson. This gen.
tlcman says he saw distinctly, in the
bright moonlight, the faces of Mt least
twelve men, and did not recognize one.
The two men who guarded him we're
wholly unknown to him.
The party then proceeded, it is sup
posed, to the jail, which was not guard
Ell. Peace was confined on the second
floor, with a negro man in the room
below. A shoemaker living near heard
a few screams. The negro heard some
one ask for the rope, after the party
had entered and left the Jail. Peace's
pantalOons, and hat were found in
blood on the floor and on the ground
for some distance from tho Jail. An
old negro woman saw party Of men
ride out of the woods in rear of town
just before, day. Peace has disappeared
from the Jail in unWonted haste, and
the supposition is that the confederate
Of Whatley has joined his co'nrade in
another world.
What q commentary upon the out
lawcd condition of the country, is this
deplorable tragedy! Ten years ago
such sn occurrence was never heard of
in this peaceful land. Now, we see
four men killed, in the heart Of a most
tranquil region, Il terrible crime and a
swift retribution, within the period OF
ten days. Why is this: The good
people of the last decade arc good yet
but the bad men have the power and
enjoy immunities, under our hybrid
form Of government, that stimulate
| them to take life in their own hands
Who can censure us, five charge all
this wrong-doing, and bereavement
upon the men now in power, and who
have VIGOROUSLY brought the laws into
contempt and put u premium upon
crime by permitting ignorance and dc.
pravity to control the administration
of justice: We shudder at the taking
of life-it is Il terrible responsibility
but what are good men, women and
children to do, when the protection Of
their government is but as pledges
written on the sands of the sea-shore-
when their rulers are corrupt, irrespon
sible and depraved
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

the task of completing the surrender
Of the Peoples Party to the Sixteen
colored leaders of New Orleans. Mr..
Marks has been ACCUSTOMED to squelch-
ing fires by direct attacks, and this
policy he pursued in attacking the fool
ish prejudice that there exists an inc
quality of'the black and white races
,1sthe two great races, !" as the Commit
tee had designated them --O of this
State. Mr.. Marks enunciated the con-
clusion of the terms of the surrender to
the colored men, as follows :
"We must recognize their equality !;
must not hold to the ground that ne
gro man may be elected Governor and
yet not be permitted to drink at pub
lie bars must not hold that he cannot
ride (?) with us on steamboats, and on
railroad cars, pat .p'0t or hotels and
! risH our theatres. We must recognize
it as a stern question which has to be
met.
We respectfully submit to the sixteen
colorcd leaders that their victory is
complete, so far as the substance Of
their demands went. The negro is
guaranteed ''perfect equality" in the
outset, by the Committee, which is in
terpreted by Mr.. Marks, the leader of
the Peoples Party, to mean that they
can ride with us on steamboats, and on
railroad cars, and put up with us, our
wives and daughters at the hotels, and
Of
tres
We further submit that nothing di-
vitles these contcnding parting leaders,
now, except the unsubstantial posses
sions of different names. They are
both opposed to the superiority of the
| whites, and favorable to the equality
of the blacks. They both want all
hotels, steamboats,, railways, restau.
rants, public churches, public schools
and similar public houses, to be con-
Quoted ''upon Il platform OF perfect &C.,
unqualifietD equality.' If they are
both going to the same inn and are
agreed, why not travel as companions
and sleep together:
The Fifty-one reformers have the
honor of the first failure to organize a
new party. In their eagerness to win
over the negro, they have entirely for
! gotten the whites.
We much mistake the people OF
Louisiana, ifthe Peoples Party is not
already dead. We much mistake oul
own sentiments, impulses and aspira
tions, if we ever cease to denounce s
platform which proposes to make Us
subscribe to the rcpulsive, humiliatine
creed announced by. the Peoples Party
In whatever light we view these over.
turcs-whether as Il hypocritical bid
to secure negro voters, or as Il bona fde
pledge to guarantee "perfect equality
it is alike entitled to the scorn o.
every man who has pride Of nature and
q respect for Natures laws!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

Warmoth and Carter evidently inn
agine that they both carry the voice of
Louisiana in their brccchcS pockets.
The new movement in Louisiana for
progress and Improvement may strip
these gentry of the authority and pow
or they boast of being able to exercise
though VIC very much question the
propricty Of making the effort on the
present reform ticket. Without hayo-
nets Democracy Will triumph; with
them, your reform platform falls to
the ground.
The Nicl>sburg Herald. in tho above
language, pithily puts the situation in
this state. If the Democratic party
cannot win, no third party can. Tho
Fifty-onc sclfsacrihcing gcuttcnlcn of
New Orleans who propose 10 carry the
State without registering rs voters and
by getting colCrcd recruits who refuse
to he mustered in, may a. we'll leave
the stage. The audience i~ tired Of the
PLAY.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

We warned the people last summer
what would be the result of delaying
MICS and of not proceeding ut once to
raise money to dcfraH the expenses of
surveys. The twelve months We fixed
as tho time that would he uunCcc~~u-
rily lost, has nearly expired, and moth
ing has been done to organize COmpa-
mics or any stop taken to advance the
projects sn inrorahlN regarded Il wear
ago.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
NEW ORLEANS CARDS.

II. FITZWITTIAM. NJ. F. DUNN.
~ FITZWILLIAM Il CO.,
'SfHtionc's, 100 Ii'inters Blank Book Meyers
rs Camp Street and q Bank Place,
NEW ORLEANS.
Orders for autographed or print ed Checks,
Letter Heads, Bill Heads, &c, and for Blank
Books Of all kinds, promptly filled at lowest
rates. November II, 1871. s:3m
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

''TELE''EArlI' OFFICE, MONROE, La,
March II, 1872.
IIo12. IhobI I,uy:
SIR am in receipt OF your note of
this date, saying that l q intimate that
L (you) with others arc involved, to
defr;,ud the Parish out of two hundred
and fifty dOllars.''
You request the publication Of Your
note, which I, for obvious reasons, de-
cline ut present.
My article was headed, as you state,
"a Curious Transaction" \ sttb-head
stated that you, with others mentioned,
! were call involvcd'' in this curious
! transaction.' Tho article contained Il
| copy of your o,p'orWl Of the bill rcn-
dered and allowed, as endorsed in your
handwriting on tho claim.
The article was intended to expose Il
| corrupt transaction. III the article, l
inquired, without questioning your mo-
tiVcs, Or proceeding further than to say
in the heading that you were ssinvolv-
ed'' i'll this &C curious Transaction why
"JUdge Ray approved this outrageous
| biII:''
| You arc pleased to construc the sub
| heading and my inquiry into IN init
nation that you, with others, arc q ill
vOlvcd to detraud the pariSh.' ought,
nent to my article couchcu in the word
q defraud.''
did say you were " involved" in
this g curious transaction,' and you are,
SO far as your judicial approval Of a
corrupt claim, whatever evidence you
acted upon, can involve you. I asked
| pOintedly, why you approved such an
outrageous bill, and your note explains
that you " acted upon the proof always
required in such natters.''
presume you are acquainted with
the law; but permit me to refresh your
memory. The law provides that g the
Sheriff shall be allowed the octueN cost
incurred for fuel, lights, necessary cloth
ing for the prisoners, and s.eptit:s to
prisons, upon the approval of the Dis
trict judge
Under this law, the responsibility for
the payment Of this outrageous bill, by
which the people Of this parish have
! been robbed, whether you were Il party,
or not, rests primarily upon YOU.
was not prepared to see you shift the
responsibilities Of the Bench to the
shoulders of others, when you are di-
rectly responsible for your approvals
under the law quoted.
did not q intimate" that you were
in a ring to defraud the parish. + sell
NOm deti III 1nttilittIOuS as your Honor
ought to know. L did not question your
honesty, whatever the facts may have
suggested to the mind of yourself or
any Intelligent reader; and now say
you were derelict in your duty in APP
proving that claim, and that you APP
proved a claim you now know was
outrageous and cNtravagant, and that
you might have been apprizcd of its
cnormity, at the time, if You had ac-
1uainted yourself with the particulars
of Il job you approved, and which, rs !,
Vigilant official, it was your duty to
inquire into.
leave this evening for Camden, on
the Ouachita Belle, to fulfill Il tclc-
graphic engagement made several days
ago; but Will return on the same boat.
Any communication, meanwhile, you
may address me, will be received by
my friend, Col. Jno. McEncry.
Respectfully,
G. W. MrCHANIE.
MONROE, LA., March II. ISL
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23

TIL" Spring floods began yesterday
Tho river rising.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
nAlu.Y ACCOMMODATION

FROM
MONROE TO BASTROP.
Hacks leave Monroe at : \. NJ;
Leave BastrOp ut A. NJ.
Fare, s., UU.
tnicc--fn Monroe, at Ouacfiita Stable; ia
BaS1rop, Il: B;,strop Stable.
II. q. DOBSON,
Jan'y 6, 1S72.-15-tf Proprietor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
(uIANt:E or SCHEDULE.

NORTH ia. Il Texas RAILROAD,
December 23rd, 1871.
On and after Sunday the 10th inst, pas
Se,l:,cr train will leave Monroe at 1900 A. N.
Arrives daily at 1920 =.
Freight for all stations on the line Of road
vii! be forwarded by passenger train.
j. w. GREEN, Supt.
Dec. 9, nl2tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-03-23
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.

Nor1cE TO SHIPPERS
NORTH LA. II TEXAS RAILROAD Co.,
,S,tperi,tentient's Office,
Monroe, La, Oct. 10. 1871. }
Through tariff now i'll effect, at reduced
rates, from New Orleans to Monroe, via
Delta. Bills of lading signed 0mty by Jno.
Janncy, railroad and steamboat agent, $50
Common street, New Orleans.
Through receipts given for cotton from
Monroe to New Orleans or st. Louis, via
Delta. j. w. GREEN,
4:tf EnE'r & Sup't.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
A CURIOUS STORY.
General sherman Slfshted by the Ge1
man Court

General sherman SIfShtcd by the Ger
man Court.
A Berlin correspondent, June Sth. of
the New York Tribune tells this curl
Gus story:
"Gen. Sherman has just left Berlin.
after conspicuously brief visit, and
young Grant will leave to-day. The
General was very indignant at the lack
of attention which he experienced from
the Court, and no doubt will nurse his
wrath to keep it warm under the i'm
preston that he has a good, honest
grievance. He will say with truth that
he went to call on Moltke, whose rank
corresponds with his own, on the very
day of his arrival; that Moltke did not
return his visit for three or four
days; that Bancroft the American
envoy, notified the Emperor
and General Schwartzkoppen
that Sherman called promptly on
Schwartzkoppen, the day of his arrival,
and expressed desire to see the EN-
peror he never pretended he had no
uniform, though on his visits he was
in civilians dress and that to these
announcements Bancroft received a re.
ply, the following day, to the effect
that the Emperor had no objections to
receiving General Sherman. Bancroft
advised General Sherman not to accept
the privilege on such terms, I am told.
At all events, Sherman did not, but
pleaded his engagements The German
side answers to the statements of Gen
eral Sherman, that he he'd no right to
ask an audience of the Emperor except
in his character as General, and in
the uniform of his rank. The ct
iquette Of the Prussian Court on
this subject is as old as the Monarchy j;
but Sherman dined in uniform at Ban
croft's the night Schwartzkoppen's S
answer was received. Schwartzkoppen
was present and called attention to the
fact that Gen. Sherman is the highest
representative in the field of the Union
Government, which supplied the en-
em1cs of Germany with arms during
1870 and 1871. He is likewise well
known here for his pronounced procli-
vities for France then and since, and
had therefore no right to expect from
the Government any but purely official
civilities. This is the case, on both
sides, so far hasit has been developed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
The Italian Street Bows.

A New York morning paper, aIludlng
to the large number of Italian children
in the country, musicians and beggars,
says that they are brought here by
system very much like the slave trade.
A society has been formed, with agen-
cies all over the country, and with
travelling agents in Italy. Its
agents IN Italy purchase, from their
parents, young boys and girls at the
rate OF Sc per year, and for eight years,
unless the child should die or run
away. Other agents bring these chill
dren by way of Genoa and Marseilles
Here other agents hire them
out to patrols or bosses, who furnish
them with musical instruments and
send them out. In return they board
them and clothe them, treating them
tolerably well if they each make the
required amount, which is enc dollar
per day, but not attempting to educate
them, and exposing them IN winter to
the most terrible sufferings from insult
ticient clothing If they fail to bring
home the required money they are
cruelty beaten, and sometimes their
masters bind them and place pieces of
burning rope between their toes.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
Increase Of Insanity.

DR.. Maudsley, writing in the British
Medical Journal, admits that there is
more insanity, and more instances of
it's occurrence, in proportion to the'pop-
ulation, now than formerly-say gener-
ations ago; but that so many more
persons should be yearly going mad
now than 25 years ago, IS supposlt1on
which he pronounces not probable IN
itself, and not supported by facts.
There is, he says, abundant evidence
of gradually improved registration OF
insanity, and of great increase in the
returns in consequence of that improve
ment; but denies that there is, as yet,
any satisfactory evidence of anything
111NIp
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
Tn the Evening.

All day the wind had howled along the leas.
IL day the wind had swept across the plain,
All day, on rustling grass and waving trees,
Had fallen " the useful trouble of the rain"
All day, beneath the low-hung, dreary sky,
The dripping earth had covered sullenly.
At last the wind had sobbed itself to rest,
a crimson line cleaned sudden in the west,
Where golden hecks rose waVering into form.
hushed revival heralded the night,
And with the evening time awoke the light.
The rosy color flushed the long. gray waves,
The rosy color tinged the mountains brow,
And where the old church watched the village graves
Wooed to passing flush the yew-trees trown,
Bird. beast, and flower relenting Dature knew,
And one pale star rose shimmering. IN the blue.
So, to a life long crushed with heavy grief;
So, to path long darkened with despair,
The slow, sad hours bring touches of relief,
Whispers of hope, and strength of trustful prayer
'Tarry his leisure" God of love and might,
And with the evening time there will be light!