Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-19


Dag sbout n coiocs sbcut hhsss whit
met, who had gathered from The surround
Ing parishes, made an attack on IN
bftasiwofts, aud brisk fight was KEEP
up until somewhere near . o'clock. tn
br esslworks we're then siormed and cap
turcd, the negroes taking refuge In III
courthouse, The doors NJ which were bar
ficad,d. An,r further fighting, the ne
grots threw out flag Of truce, and ssvera
deiaohmenis Of men advanced on II, whei
they were fired upon by the besiegcd par
iy, wounding several, one Of whom wa
Capt. Ilodnot, whs was shot In the bowels
and, It Is feared, fatally wounded. They
retreAted on the outside Of the breast
works, and, as the only mcaps Of dislodg
ing tho negroes, the courthouse was SO
on fire, and they were shot as they come
out from the burning building. 1t Is re-
ported that between eighty and one hun
bred negroes wore killed, and there wsr,
none to be found for miles around.
The Captain Of the steamboat Southwes
tern makes the follow ing statement:
Arrived at Colfax Sunday evening abou
8 O'Clock and found that the white peopl,
and the Sheriff. suppose Mt their head ,hat
captured the town. After having had {
conflict with the ne( roes II was reported
to me that about 100 negroes had beer
killed, and many others wounded. We
saw from the boat about eighteen or TWEEN
ty lying around on the banks dead. One
white man, whose name | did not learn,
was reported killed and two very severely
wounded, Messrs. xodnot and Harris.
Mr.. Hodnot was shot through the
bowels, and IL is supposed that he Is NOR
tally wounded. We brou ght Messrs. Had.
not and Harris down from Colfax TO Alex
andria. Three or four other white men
were slightly wounded About one hun
dred negroes escs ped, but II was reported
that the whites were still pusruins them.
All Of he leaders Of the riot ESCAPED. The
negroes ambus caded themselves In the
courihouseand the whites. finding that
there was no other mode OF attack lief,
them. set 6re 10 Ito the building The
whites numbered In tho n eighborhood Of
one hundred and fifty men. The fght
lasted from about IL Muntii nearly 8 Pm.
Tho whites are now In the possession Of
Colfax, and when ! left, late last Sunday
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AUSTIN, april
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sa,''Hs .nS p.na,oat ~ ~. T.sR p
s '''4.: VIM m, In ~ M S;.a,s.;o,
= nd WV, r.fsrroa 10 n select Commits.
o." u A eI ~. W.. $3.50 maaa nn;,o
=. n,J" IT.. %;.hsd ,ho n,..sos 80
;,'d;.;ons raj ~ oaIv d.
,erv;no ones should be pensioued. The
rest of the time was consumed in the con-
sideration Of private bills.
SESATE...!he Senate referred IT'S rega-
lar list of bills, and postponing all else to
hear Hon. A. u. Hamilton, In favor OF
stewart who had occupied the moor tnree
hours yesterday evening, and isft night
10 concluded. To-day, when brought on,
+ was moved to postpone finally. II Is
charged that the Radicals wanted to await
he departure of Senator Evans on leave
# absence, The Senate adjourned by one
majority. Il
WASHINGTON, April l1.-Noon--" m.
Donaldson, the Oldest negro minstrel and
Town in the United States, is dead.
Three thousand passengers were detain-
ID at Omaha by the snow storm.
.v .onu
BOO p,;,. Ill. ~. ors, oxor
,nown in mi, section The track will be
lsor,d ,o.dov.
U.I,rAx ipril IA letter saws Eng.
and will snenl half a million sterling on
No forii6cations of Halifax.
.,on ,,rnnn or en- ,vrv, n,vrp
" ~ nv
AND WIFE
LONDON, April IA painful rumor
zones from Alexandria, Egypt, to tho Of
ect that Sir Samuel Baker and wife had
,een murdered in the interior OF Africa
~ the natives. Sir Samuel Baker, nc.
by his wife took an Egyptian
expedition up the File.
A number Of severe thunder storms &C.
,urred yesterday in Wales. The crops
ire injured and several persons struck by
lightning and killed. The weather is
air and favorable 10 crops. 49,
MADRID, April 1.-THE rumor OF min
sterisl crisis is denied. -,
NASHVILLE, April l7.-Wn. Henry
Smith, Agent oftheiWestern Aassc ciated
ieeo "'
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lAoor' ioN '"n
NEW ORLEANS, April l7,-lt is under.
stood that one hundred Mctropolitans,arm-
ID as infantry, aud battery of two Ma
,oeons, left this city for the INTERIOR IT is
supposed ior ,oiihH, 'he reoeiai au'noli,
res having reiuse' troops "''cr repea'cu
'rplicatioh' :, - c
NEW YORK, April l;-Jny YOU'D mas
been summoned oeiore inc grand jury 10
estify regarding usnry'
One OF the gas strikers nus peen sen-
enced to tho pepiten,'ary ior assault.
The Government SOLD one miiiion ana
iaif Of goid'to.day .,ss,-ss.s'.s,ss e...a'..s.
FRANKFORT april l.-Aa as ,i from
ienry county rePor. .hrse Vi .ne ~ N,"
" ounded in the recent adventure died OF
Wounds ,,- M
louisville, "a, hprlI I'VE ~. urah',
proprietor OF the RANK hiuge eoinery,ana
Walter Gibbs, inside boss were kiiisd py
falling coal, while examining whether me
Jew sltepers were safe for workmsn. Two
aborers were injured BY fall ng sleepers.
BREEcu LEADERS FOR DEF ENcE.
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