The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-16
THE WAR IN LOUISIANA.
Grant Parish Firmly Held o. INC We
rroe-Not q White Person WHhah
twenty Miles or COlfsx-Pickct Lines
Established.
lFrnm the New Orleana Picaypne, April n


Twonty Miles or Colfax-Picket, Lines
Estsblishcd.
From the New Orleans Picayune, April III
The steamboat B. L.. Hodge, Captain liienn, irOIu
Grand Ecore arrived last night about nine O'Clock.
and from the officers and passenees on the boat
we CLEAN the following inlOrmation:-
When they passed Alexandra yesterday. ABOUT
twelve O'Clock ID, the negroes were still in posses
sion OF Collax, with renewed confidence an deter
minauOn, as the whites had made no attack. IL
appeals that the whi'e men of the parish had
formed three parties to consolidate and make the
attack; one the Hadn0t party the others the Mont
gomery and Alexandria parties. The Alexandra
started 10 meet the other two PAL ties, but from
some cause they failed to join each other and the
Alexandria party were compelled 70 return 10 their
homes.
The negroes have pickets out for twenty miles
some say more-and about four hundred oil them
quartered in Calhoun's sugar house, Wen
armed and thoroughly organized.
There seems to be no further disposition on the
part the whites to essay another at acK, as they
are not of suiicent force to cope with the negroes
as yet. Mr.. Henry Hyams, son OF Ex-Governor
Hyams, and the two Mr. Hckmans came aown On
the safety Of their llvesl 10 ieave ConaA. one pas
senger stated to us that the entire way down from
Campte to Montgomery the banks OF the river
were lined with negro women and children, seem
ing 10 be in the deepest DISTRESS who were AFRAID
No ,reirht could De put out al Colrax and in fact
the owners OF freight desired that II should not DE
landed, knowing that 1T would DC imMedlateiy de
Calhoun, who was taken or the La Belle q few
days ago ut Alexandra, is now at large IN that
place. evidently without any lear OF molestati0n
the people treat him with indifference, but no
violence has been shown HIM.
We are positively assured that there is not a
white person within twenty miles or more OF
WHAT the end OF this terrible AFFAIR will be we
cannot now speculate, unless the muCh-gl0rlcu
Kellogg militia goes to the scene OF disturbance
and quietS the Outrages.
iron the Alexandra Democrat. April 81
Our community have been in great state OF
excitement, backed by all sorts OF wild rum0rs
that have been waited from irrepresslbie C0iiax
every hour in the day since our last issue. Up TO
writing this article, Tuesday morning, all we can
CLEAN with any certainty OF truth, we give to the
The negroes of Colfax proverbally bad and
turbulent set, led by a few bad, very bed men, nave
taken entire and torcible possession Of the Court
driven Off violently every decent white man, ana
have turned the town into an intrenched military
camp, with pickets and OutpostS commanding all
the roads leading thereto.
What their avowed purposes were and what
objects n IN we M to vS
We give facts as we receive them and until iurtner
developments forbear comments Suihce TO say
that thus far they have perpetrated many base ana
inhuman Outrages.
Three or four families of whites have been
forced to abandon their homes, and fed here from
danger and for protection, and are yet here. A
large armed crowd went to the house OF Judge
Rutland, who had been previously driven away az
furniture and broke open coffin containing the
remains of child of the Judges and threw Its
Wilson, a gentleman well known here, was on q
tour selling their sewing machines drove into Col
fax to pursue his legitimate calling, when he was
rudely approached and one OF his sewing machines
violently taken from him, and was told by the mob
he could leave and be glad he Jared no worse and
was let on so cheap and easy. AS he retired In
somewhat OF hurry, volley was fired alter him.
They have been pressing horses and provisions
many miles from COllaX, and are even forcing good
and peaceful negroes to join. Work OF all kinds
for many miles around has stopped, Tor all the
| laborers have gone to the seat OF war. An armed
crowd OF thirty went to the house Of W. J. Cruik-
shank and took from Lewis +. Amelong, one OF the
forced him to go into the house and get his gun and
hand 1t to them. They then went OF la nltiitdire
| in search OF other booty.
These statements are all facts, and we give them
| as such. Many other rumors of base Outrages have
reached us, but we forbear ior the present making
| note OF Them What all this Will lead to or how
end we at loss to say, but look upon 1t as the
| legitimate fruits and teachings OF radicalism In
| louisiana The end Is not yet.