The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-04-24
The War in Louisiana.
The SituaieI before the white Up
rising
Grant f'ariHss FIRMLY Il esd BY Negroes
Not q white Person within
Twenty JTiies Of TolE2x
Picket Lines 81.
tcElisEcd
From thcNew Orleans Picayuae, April II

hen they passed Alexandra yesterday
about twelve o'clocl ", the negroes wer
still in possession of Co fax, with repewe,
confidence and determin ID, as tho white
hal made no attack. 1t appears that th
white men of the Parish had formed thrc
parties TO consolidate and make the attach
one of the Hadnot parity the others TIL
4 Montgomery and Alexanlria parties. Til,
I Alexandria party numbering only thirty
seven men strong, started out to meet til,
other two parties, but from .orne cius,
they failed to JOIN each other and the Alex
b! andr;a party were compelled t. return Il
their h; mes
The negroes have pickets out for twcn
/ ty miles-some say more-and about foul
I hundred Of them are quartered in Cal
houn's sugar house, we! armed and thor
oughly organized. = ODE .H
There seems to be no further disposition
on the part of the whites to essay another
/ attack, as they are not Of sn.i ,ient fore. to
cope with the negroes us yet. Mr.. Henry
HyumS, son of ex-Goyeruor Iiyim,, and
/ the two Mr. HEX mans came down on the
boat, all of whom wcro compelled (fruring
for th3 safrty of their lyc-) to icav- Coif.x.
Onc Passenger stated tc US teat the entire
way down from Campte - Montgomery
the banks Of the RIVER was hned witt, negro
women and children, SEEMING in the deepest
distress who were afraid to return to their
homes.
No freight could be put ont at Coifax,
aad III fact the owners of freight desired
that it sloa.I net he landed, knoasin., that
it sii, uli be immedatiy destroyed.
Calhoun, who vas tlsen off the La Bell
!. few days al AiexanIria IS row az. large
IN that place, esiaently without any fear ol
nolea.ation. The people, treat him -w.tl.
Indifference, bat no riolrnte has been
shown him.
We are positivly assured that there i,
not q white person within twenty miles or
more of Culfux. m 1.E
What the end Of this rcrrimb!e affair Eil
be we cannot now Speculate, unIrss tie
much slori"d Kellogg militia goes to the
scene Of disturbance and queis the out
RACES.
f ,sn-, the Alex4a Iri. Democrtt A5rl 0.
= Our community have been in CRATE state
Of excitement, backed by all sprs of wiil
rum0r1 that nave been waited from irro-
pressiLle culfax every hour IN the day
siacr oar last issue. Up to writing ti4is
articis, Tuesday morning, ali we can glean
with am certainty of trath, We give 10 the
puhl.c.
Tho negroes Of Colf.x, rroycrbaily a
tad an! turbulent set, led hire and farcii
he possession Of; the court house and arch
ives of til. parish of Grant, and driven of
violently every decent White man, and
have Turned the town INTO an intrencAed
mil ituty camp, with pickcts and oufpusts
commanding all the roads leaing there
to-.
What their arowed purposes were and
w.lat leg objects they have in view, or
their excuses for such shameful proceedings
sc fail to divine. We give facts us we re
cciye them and until further dcvelo. mcnts
fo-bemr comments. Suffice to any that
thus far they have rerpetrattd mang base
aud inhuar.n outrages.
Three or f,ur families Of VIII ties have
| been forced to abonden their homes, and
He'd here from danger AMI for protection
an are yet here. \ Large arm7l crew
went to the house of Julgc Rutland, VIII,
/ ha bcca previously driven away, searche.
and ransacked the hoLsc, destroyed tho
furniture AMI broke open coain contain
/ ing the remains Of 4 child Of the Judge
and threw its dead body into the road
( An g.nt of Whrel.r 1 Wilson, gentle
Ecn well known here, was OIL a tOIr sell
in sewing machines, dr owe into Colfax t
pursue his legitimate calling amen he wa
radcly approached and one Of his sewing
machines violently taken from him, ar,
was told by the mob ho coull leave and b
glad he fared no worse and was let off s
cheap and easy. As he retired in some
what of a harry, a yolley was fired af.c
him. They have been essin. kOrses an
provisions many miles rom Colfax, an
are even forcing good anl peaceful no.roc
to join. WORK Of all kinds for m1ny IN .le
around has stopl cl, for all the lahore!
have neto the seat Of war. An arme
crowd OF thirty went to the house Of ". ,
Cruik shank and took from lewis f. Amt
long, one Of the bes: AMI most peaceab
citizens, his horse, and forced him to 2
into the house aud get his gun and bar
it to them. They then went off a 10 nrti
, a ne in search of other booty.
These statements are all facts, -an "
give them as such. Many othe- rumorS
tasc outrages have reaei7i Us, but '
: forbear ior the present Lleking note
them What all this viii lead TO, or ho
end, we are at loss to say, but ok up'
il as the legitimate fruits and teachings
Y ! raIicalism IN Louisiana. The enI is n
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