The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-26

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getung an investigation by ,CopREess,,
she true facts. by which the Govern hfene
o! Louisiana was overthrown,. aud this
Kellogg Governments :inasStieds In IL
pie OF the North. The RsdteIf pasSsbs5;;
would have circulated oni4 iisSi
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the best in favor of:fhair or ;;rsrfkvsS ~:
The same course Of :misfsnseaSntaa aXWfs
now going on in the Northern rStSsrsss
through Radical adhsrants ID The South.' .
Foremost amongst shp most Inviting
condnlts for Misrepresentation, fs the
New York Times. Here is the statement
" puts 4Qteh, as true narration OF the
taotsi Itsays: ..,.0tf
Vhe details OF this fendish deed arc
simply these: Some 400 negroes retreat.
ed into the court house; and it WAS fred,
as s the only means Of dislodging them.
lUu OF their number were shot as thew
ned. and after the melee not negro was
to be seen for miles around. About 100
are said to have escaped. The fate OF
the 900 car hardly be considered ~ eny-'
thing but horrible certainty,
In an editorial. in the New Orleans
kepu6iican, published q few days before
the conflict at Oolfax-the negroes were
represented as being better armed than
the whites. =;
In reoiting how the whites we're de-.
ieated' 1t inscribed their defeat 10 the
superior arms possessed by the negroes,
having been allowed to retain their En-
held rifles when disbanded at tbs close
ot fhe war: Nor was the attack made on
tne bth by the whites on The negroes 1T
the court house the first conflict. The
negroes took armed possession of Colfax,
according to the New Orleans RepuJh.
can, on the 3lst of March. On tue LIT
OF April, the negroes and whites wore
Iadog each other in the field, armed.
From; the 1ss to the ,A:h inst, bodies Of
armed men we're seen in different direo-
tlons. On the morning OF the. Ssh an
armed party Of whites we're seen by tue
negroes, moving towards Smithfieid
.Saastefs- when their approach was
suddenly checked, by our Ore 'negroes)
iofces advancing In three companies,
endeaVorlng to flank them, and thereby
prevent retreat. This movezwaso dison.
vered by them barely in time to %sAys
their party from .ogpture: They fired
treat hotly pursasd ~ the iootmen and
few mounted naen Of our party" On
the next day, ths iBth, tbs hKhs at Ooi-
fax Court Hoass tiosak place. l =,
Now here tooksplsc.s ;the causa Of the
massacre. if it:pIs The, Times 70 call II
so, although thafisSs#ese, more armed ne.
groes than whisss sna9n in the conflict.
Inc negroes hnng out signal for a
truce. 1t is responded to by the white
men; and one of the most important and
ose1a! men IN the parish-its elected
representative in the Legislature-with
Two others, advance to the court house
20 learn the proposals, which might be
mace. he Is shot down; aud has since
died :oi The wound; and another is also
wounded. According to the laws OF war
e1esy man IN Oolfax Court House, had
forfeited his life by this sreachery, just
Just slain Gen. Candy. Yet We hear
from the Radical press sympathy for tha
riofatae and den nciation OF the whites
For fer less treachery, Gen. Shosiasn d.
last year, massacredI in a village 800
| ! s. Va oLu IuouS .HOu6u
and children: Who, denounced this
cruel bafbarity at the North2 Is Gen.
sheridan less esteemed by them for per::
petrating it2 We do not doubt chat
rage and Indignation excited at Collar
white loitizens to extremes: but aiter
such pesfdy, they might well have
deemed it dangerous to all future peace,
70 allow,its anthora to pass out.from the
court house. armed and nnscathed from
the conflict. As they could not asoer.
tain who }wasi most guilty, they shot
down indiscriminately all who catne ont
srmed, with their lives forfeited By the
laws OF war Will the Government of
the United States do less now with the
MOdoc Indians?
Ne,o Orleans Picayune.
CONE OUT OF TIE JAWS OF DEATH -
Throw of that despondent spirit, crush
that feeling of despair, be cheerful, hap
py and we'll. Take Simmons Liver Re-
gulator tit is no humbug, its virtues oan