The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-24
THE WAR OF RACES!!
The Whites and Blacks Of Louisiana at
Wharf.-The Negroes Defeated.

New ORLEANS. April IS, lS73.-Thc
recent prevalence Of riotiug in the parish
of Grant, growing out Of the political diff.
fereDces between the whites and the blacks,
has at last come 10 head aud the early
premonitAry symptoms of serious trouble
has gradually led to a climax On the
morning Of Sunday the 18Th, the white
forces made aD attack on the negroes en-.
trenchmcnt at OalbouUs plantation 10 Col.
fax, when there cnsued desperate battle
resulting in two hours fight aud the Ut.
ter defeat Of the negroes, Of whom sixty
were killed and wounded, while the whites
suffered tue loss of but one killed and two
wounded. From Mr.. X G Hill, of Mar.
shall Texas, who relched town to-day, at
| p m per steamer South. western, from
Red River, which laid at COfax two hours
on Sunday morning, we gather the follow
ing information:
The trouble in Grant Parish Louisiana,
come to rather bloody termination last
Sunday 18th inst. aud US | bappcucdto be
one Of the passengers on the steamer South
western | am enabIedto give some account
Of the fght Sunday night shortly
after dark the boat landed at Wood Pile,
at a light above CoIIaz, Grant Parish, and
a huge negro armed to the teeth aud very
much excited. came aboard aud requested
the Captain to Iaud at CoIfax aud take
some wounded white men to Alexandria
About rs miles further down the river or
arriving at COlfax, be found about hun.
drol armed men on the bank and most Of
the passengers went ashore to view the bat.
tie ground, for the young deud who came
aboard AT Wood Pile informed US that if
be wanted to see dead niggcrS, here was
chance.
They we're scattered over the village and
the adjacent fields, and be guided US to the
scene Of action. Almost Us soon as We got
to the edge Of the laOdiug, we began to
stumble on them, most Of them lying 90
their faces, and Us | could see by the light
of the lanterns, rilded with bullets -
O0o poor wretch, stalwart looking fellow
bad been in the burning Court House and
as he ran out with his clothes on fire he
had been shot His clothes to lis waist
were burned off aud be was literally brOil.
ed We came on them every few steps,
but the sight of this fellow who was burn.
ed added to the horrible smell of burning
human flesh The remains Of those who
were shot in the Court House, which was
still on fire, siCkened most Of US and Caus-
ed general cry OF, "Iet US go back"
| counted eighteen Of the poor, msuscd
darkieS aud was Informed that this was
about one fourth of the number killed that
they were scattered here and there in the
fields around the town, besides several in
aud around the burning Court House =
This, however, was probably and exaggGr-
alton, To show how terribly iuCeused the
people we're against the negroes, | relate
the following incident We came across
one negro whose clothing was smoking aud
who had probably been in the FIRE. Some
of our party remarked that be was alive
and at that one of the guides whipped out
ask shooter, saying, "l'll flush the black
dog :" Of course we demonstrated and he
put away bis revolver, Some one stopped
down aud turned the negro over aud he
was stiff and cold.
Itappeurs that the storm had been gath.
ering in Grant Parish for these two weeks
Meanwhile, the negroes pIuudered the
town and threw up a fertilization all
around, Boosting that they would drive
every white man out of the Parish. But
the white men were not idle all this time,
and had been reinforced from adjoining
Parishes Sunday morning, headed by
the sheriff of Grant Parish, they they ad.
vauced in body toward Colhx; on arri.
wing they sent in flag of truce asking
the negroes to surrender, but at the same
time ii they meant fight, to take care Of
themselves, their women aud children
The negroes refused to come to terms; and
the whites charged the breastworks where
upon the negroes retalliatcd aud took ref
uge in the Court House, FROM which they
kept up au lncessaut firing for some time
Finally negro brbed by the whites, set
FIRE the Court House which was done
successfully, aud after vain attempt to ex.
tingnjsh the flames the negroes hung out
white flag, as token OF surrender. -
Two white meu, Mr. Hadneck aud anoth-
er whose name could not learn, immcdi-
ately advanced, aud on reaching the door
Of the Court House we're shot down. The
negroes rushed out in a body and the
whites, now terribly Infatuated, followed
and fred into the mass as they came out
and killed them wherever they could fud
them.
The different modes Of thing under
similar circumstances is APPLY illustrated
by comparing the recent arrest Of the par
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