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hts intostines wore out. Tho other wlitc man
had f1es1i wound IN Tho shoulder.

tlrco or four 1nya ago tho negroes got too mt
noroua for tho whites, md thoy wero compelled
t9 neoh refuge in tho ai5ro!lnding, country;
throw np rlldo forti!lcators oil nround, boaating
tint tloy would drive oyory wito 1nan out Of tho
parish. But tho white mon Ind not boon lille all
| tic time, and Ind been reinforced from tho at-
joining pnrinh, md Sunday morning. headed by
tho sorif Of draut pAris1l, thoy advanced III 4
body toward Colfnx. On arriving there thoy sont
IN n fag Of tr1'co, ahklng Tho Mogroos to H,lrron-
dor, but ut the anmo tno, II They 1noAnt to fight
to talio caro- Of their women and children.
| "Tle negroes rofuacil to como to ter1ne, and
the whitoH ohargod tho bronstworltH, wloroi,pon
tho negroes rotrcatod and took rofugo IN tho
Gonrtill illouHe, from which they kopt Nh incoHsnnt
Finally negro wns hribod by tho wt,itea to
act flre to tho Court1Iouso, which wau done 4,c-
ceasfully; and aftor vainly attempting to exiin-
Hufsh tho llamos tho negroes lnng Out whito
tiag IN tokon Of surrender.
-,' Two white men, hlr:: Hatlnot and anot!'er
whoHo name could not learn, Immediately NIL
vancod, aud on ronching tile door Of tho Court
House were Hhot down, and tho nogroeH rushol
out III n body.
"Tho whitoa, who woro now terribly infurlat-
cd, hrel into tho as they cn1lo out and fol-
lowing thom up, killed them wherovor they could
find them, and :or short time: ~ fer az could
learn no quarter was giyon, but finally tho Shor-
| i'll got tho men undor control and tolorabo order
| was restored.
"The number Of ncgrocs, killed viii probnbly
amount , to botwoen twonty five mud thirty. Tho
erad from my q tilot, Some and % hundred, t,se
End tho ley, 1owost number hoard mentioned was
t!Ilio nogroos had i1nprovisod several rudo
cannon out Of old cast-iron pumps. Thoao woro
loaded to tho muzEle with afuga Of their own
o and ev Ind Tse e so~n r. S S tho o n
inn wooden mould. They. wero oblonG in ahapo,
with q rough, unovon surface. None Of thosc
cannon were fred, however.
,n 1.-The negroes we1e re- inYtigatoq by white man
rascal, It's aatd. Both Of these escaped.
beforo tho aifray.
although ,,' 2 very sad occurrence, this think
s for It M pea cali tt ho atenon TO S pfoRo e ano
authorities Of Washington to tho fact that mat
tors are becoming serious hero, as vol as In
other places throughout tho South.
" In Marshall Harrison County, Texas, about
two wee1sa ago, q pchool;toachor BY the na1no Of
licemen. When loft Marshall, tl,reo or four
ary examination, and Judge Wilson Ind reserved
his decision. Tho opinion was, howevor that
White, tho nsgro, would DO admitted to bni1
IN Harrison County tho negroes outnr1mbor
people aro compelled to pay q scl1ool-tnx to oAu-
cate tho 'niggera,' for, Of course, tloro aro
hardly ten tax-paying negroes in tho county.
Flanagan waB III Intelligent mnn, and n
graduate OF Dublin University, Iroln,nl.
Hundreds of instancas to illustrate tho diff
cnlties tho Southern pooplo lro 1nboring under
could bo cited, and no observing Northern rnan
can como hor0 mud not aympathiso Y wjtl' i 4 hem
Inst night detachment of United States
troops loft for tho acono Of conflict, aud will
probably arrive tomorrow morning.
Commands will bo stationed in various local.
tics along tho Rcd River, and 1t Is thought that
U EH tftnrH frnf; In
part Of tho negroes.
Comments Of tho Now Orleans Prcsa.
From The Nefo Orleans Wacs a ni-.1 administration.
THE GRANT PARISH CONFLICT.
The trouble in Grant Parish has illuminated,
as it e likely to culmiuato in othor parishes, it
tho ncgroeu, led on by white conspirators, band
themselves together in support of .lsurpation::
nainta,n tI,omBovea, md il tthoy undertake. to
dcoile questions Of right by physical force, and
to yiolato tho 1aws OF warfare by firing, on tass
Of t truce, they win certainly DO doaltwith as Con.
Sherman and President Grant suggests, WHOM d
like troachery on tho part of the Modoo Indians
is up for consideration and punishment.
There has alrendy boon bloodshod and thore ia
likely to be moro, and for that bloodsAod tho re-
aponbiblllty must roBt OH those who by fraud and
force hayo falsiaod tho popular verdict rendered
in the November election, aud placed the negroes
In ~ attitude Of political hostility to their white
It ia cloar TINT unless moast1ros aro adopted to
satisfy tho reasonable demands Of tho taxpayers
OF the State, Tho oxigting do facto Government
cannot long sustain itself. With such results in
Grant aud Colfax,- ominous nalnos, with n liko-
llood OF Bitnilar outbreaks I'LL along Red River,
n st. Helena, in Ouaohita, III Claiborne, and III
st. Mary, and with 30 respectable n domouatra-
tton as that at Odd Folows' Hall the other
etyoning IN this city, It must DO apparent to
tho most heedlcsB obHorvcr that tho henrts of
tho people are aot against the existing rulo, and
that nothing but compromise or overwhelming
force eau give it eyon q passing tolerance.
The people believe that they have boon cheated |
ont Of d liberal reform triumph, and arc in no
condition to look with favor on tho aggressive
letais Of lsalical atratogy. Should tho Fodoral
Government directly Intervene and assunlo cou-
troll Of tho alnira OF the State, no objections
trallsin. To bo sayod from plundor and local OPP
preston would 10 so great bieHsing that tho |
taxpayers Of Louisiana would hni will hearty
welcome the hapd TINT delivered them, evon
present r,1lo is doubly intoleraDlo, for It moana
at once contlscation and degradation. They can-
not bear it, and unless by some adjustment it is |
10 repeated in many Of our intorior parishes. |
Such conflicts may DO prevented by tho Federal |
eoldiory, but not by tho metropolitan brigade or
any State militia that can DO raised. Exaaperat-
to what they consider au q base imposition II the
mon whom tley pay for bottor service aro lnade |
the agonts Of their oppression.
by tho diniculties now taking shapo, tho n- |
dustrial rs wol1 as tho political condition Of tho |
State will bo sorioualy ilerangcd an ii tlloy nre
not spoodily settled, oonfuHion wotso confouildcd
must ellsuo. :,
From The Nt.0 Orleans Republican Administrations
THE COLFAX MASSACRE,
lsoferring to nnother column for tho only de-
tails known, wo oan give no other 1,sne to tlta |
portontiyo act. a portion OF the people who be-
lloyo that tho existing Stato Government IL laN-
ful, assemble to maintain the local officers in
possession. Tho people OF other parihhos it,-
vado with armH md intorvono in tho local con
trovoray; thoy drive tho ulldlBcipIinol combat
anta into building, aot it on fire, and shoot
down from 80 to 100, With loas to tho ASSAULT
ing party of two men wounded Tho world viii
learn nil tho faetB, atl will claractcrlZo THU act
according an nutllontic Investigation mny justify.
1t III thus that our political strfo hau eliminated
III lloo'lsled. Wo allalt not oxasporato