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

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the true facts. by which the Vsf6m ment
Q! Louisiana was overthrown,, and .1h9,
Kellogg Governments :instkHeda 3n iits'
place, would never haxaTSAEked khi5 nan.
pie Of the North. Thsi edta(A SldS' HSldBSi'
would have circulated pp14 tfS
to readers always& rsadJ ~ = Se SNo,;
worst OF the psople pt; thb B0u5l, Ia
the best in favor sit, uaai as1is:;tit f
The same course Of ftmfSTsrfeaS 6dff M
now going on in th4 Noft6srns SSfsiaH
through Radical adhssants Id Che SOUTH
Foremost amongst thss most inYitinR.
eondnita for Misrepresentation: fs the
New York Times. Here is the statement
itpota tQElh, as q true narrstion ,of. the
taota; . :ltsays: .,,ts. us,4t,. ). le1fsa
The details OF this fendish deed are
simply these: Some 400 negroea retreat
ed into the court house; and it was fred,
as the only means Of dislodging them.
dOO OF their number were shot as shey
fled. and after the melee not q negro was
to be seen for miles around. About 100
are said to have escaped. The fate of
:ss e@M can hardly be considered ns any
sning out horrible certainty
In an editorial. in the New Orleans
hepuohcan. published few days before
the conflict at Ooifax-.he negroes wera
represented as being better armed than
the whites. s4.... {. =.
In reoiting how the whites we're de-.
feated, it inscribed their defeat to the
superior arms possessed BIZ the negsoes.
having been allowe 20 retain their ,En.
Held rifles when diabanded at tbs close
lot Che, war Nor was the attack made on
the 9Th BY the whites on The neoroes at
the: court house the fret conflict. The
negroes took armed possession of Colfax,
according to the New Orleans RepuJli-
cgn, on; the 3lst OF March. On the Lot
lot .Aprlii the negtoes and whites wore
9addog each other in tue field, armed
from fhe 1st to the ,4sh, inst., bodies OF
armed men :wefa seen In different direo-
flons. On the morning of the 5.h An
armed party of whites we're seen by tue
negroes, moving towards Smithtield
4uarters-''vhen their approach was
suddenly checked, by our (ths! !negroes)
forces advancing in three colhpanies,
endeavoring to flank them, and :thsTBby
prevent retreat. THIS moveawasS disop.
vered by thena- barely in time TO faavs
their party from: -esptqre: ThsY ared
at our approaohi tSSnA made q: hasey re.
treat hotly puEs1sd l6y the iootmen. aud
few mounted men n9Eour party" 0n
ia. Court Helse tsskpiaoe. 20.
Now here 'taoiiiIl iiIsa iIlsatst the hause of The
90, aishous ssss Meis tss'ss g ss'l as! :.
groes than Whisit itm4h in the conflict.
The negroes hntg: out signal for q
truce. 1t is responded to BY the white
men; and one of the most important On d
1sefal men In the parish-its elected
Representative in the Legislature-with
TWO others, advance to the court house
TO learn the proposals, which might be
made He Is shot down; and has slnce
dled :ot the wound; and another is also
wounded. According to the laws OF war
every man in Oolfax Court House, Ind
forfeited bis life, by this treachery, jus.
as certainly as the Indian chief, who has
inst slain Gen. Candy. Yet we hear
from the Radical press sympathy for the
rioters, and denqnciation' OF the whites.
For far" less treachery, Gen. Sheridan,
last year. massaoredl in a village 800
I Indians. cefststingIof old men; women
and children Who denoun oed This
lsruel bafbarity as the Moth? sIs Gen.
iSheridan lest. esteemed BY them for por!
petrating it2 jWe'do not doubt chat
Ifage and Indignation excited at Colfs1
|~hite loitiEens TO Extremes; bat laitsr
lsuoh ;perady, they might well have
deemed it dangerousto all future peace,
20 ailow,ita authors to pass outfrou, The
court houae; armed and ansoashele from
the conflict. As they could not zasoer.
tain who %wns most guilty, they shot
down indiscriminateIy All who 'cainee out
Sra,ed, with their lives forfeited By the
laws OF war. Will the Goycrnment o,
The United States do less now with the
Modoc Indians2
L Ne.0 Orleans Picayune.
| CoME OUT OF tue JAWS OF DRArn
Throw off that despondens spirit, crusl
Ithat feeling Of despair, be cheerful, hap.
py and we'll. Take Simmons Liver Re.
gulator-it is no humbng. its virtues car
| be proved by hundreds ripht here nj