Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-04-26

participating in the attack. This
however, will doubtless
be obtsfAed hereafter.
IAN sfartafeiss that we have
heard agree Substantially in the
pliiin particulars. 1t is agreed that |
the attacking party was command
I'll 10y &C. Nash, and the assaii.,d
by afnan named Lev. Aim, that Il
was demanded and reirIs-
ed /; that tire besiege,l were given
thirty minutes to remove their, wo'
men and ckii,lren; and that at the
expiration of that time the fight
isy the asss,iling party.
Appended he, etc, and lp;rked A. Is
the statement of meeting between
Coiuml,us G. Nash and Colonel DE-
Klyhe. f-rr -ea. st =.
The attacking party had ~ their
pOsstssion Il small cannon, taken
from the steamboat John L. Moore.
from which they. fired bolts, a sam
ole of which We ,leposit in your Office.
The besiegei had rugged mp a couple
of guns hy fastening lengths of gas
nine ON raf1pr timl9rS, blGklng mp
one end with a pine ping and drill
ing touch hole. One of these was
lurste,l while trying it. some days
before the fight, aud the other ig's
not the appearance of having bte''
used.
Some time during the afternoon
the lmsirgrd were drawn from The
fipl.l AMI from their hreastworks IN
To tbr court honsc. One end ut THIS
building WAS without windows, nor
had the h.sirge,l prepared lOopholes.
A colorr,l man named Isaiah At
kins informed us that Mr.. Nash had
forced !. colorrd man called Pink to
come to this end OF the building and
hold a ri &c torch IT, the edge of the
roof until il caught fire. II Is our
opinion thar few ot the eolored men
had been killed mp to This time, hut
that when forced ny the fire to leave
the courthouse they were shot down
without r.ery. The position and
condition of many of the bodies go
far to prove this. Under the ware.
house, between the courthouse and
the river. we're the dead bodies Oi
six colored men who had evidently
crrpt under for conrpalnieiIt. ana
were there shot like Digs. Many
were shot in the back of the head
and neck, one man still lay will
his hands claspe,l in suppli,ation
the face of another was cOmpletei,
lattcnp,l by blows from u gun, TIN
broken stock of - double barrelr'
shotgun being on the ground neal
him :. another had heru cnt acIr's'
!. the stolnl,.l, with "a knife after he
ing shot aud almost AL had iIoil
three to dozen wounds. Many u
them had their Enthusiastically blow
out. 1t is asserted b, the cO!ort'
people that IA ter the fight thirty
four pri ;olrrs, who were taken he
fore the burning of the cWlrtilo'iS'
were taken to the river bank, tw
by two. executed and hurled IN th
river. We caused to be buried i
the d tch near the ruins ot til
courthouse, the ,rnlaias of tiity-foti
colored men, three ot whom were :
badly burned as to l'e nisrrDg'liz;
: bIe. There were inside the toilil
house the cl,aripd homes OF on
y ether, and FIVE bodies We < We I
their friends for infermert sfs'
where. We saw also twelve w'nr"'
> rd colOred men. tmo of whom VI
!, certainly die, and others OF wliol
are very unlikely to ncovpr.
The I,,inps of he killed and wOur'
ell are hereto appended, marked
We are informed that since IL
y fight parties of armed men hay
= been securing the country snrronn'
: ing Coliax. taking the mules an
" other property Of the colonel pc
. pie.
y Since writing the above report v
" have seen on board the stram~;
Z the colorpd man Lev. AlleE. wi
l. commanded the party h,liing I'll
!, courthouse. Hr assures us that ~
" single co!ored man was killed
: Wounded nntil after their >nrlrid,
:" AMI that then they were shot dow
x Without mercy. We will obtain h
u sw orB statement hereafter.
I" On our return to AleXa nslria yt
!. trrday we we're again i;ir'lored
!! citizens to have troops sent there
!, once as tile only m,sins OF aycriil
:, Il disturbance.
:, Very respectfully.
)" Z. w. DEKLYNE.
J" Colonel, Assistant Adjntant &c
V riS,l. 2asa -
H WILLIAM WRIGHT
- Colonel, Assistant Inspector &c
- rr;il. 100 Ks1af
=, INTERVIEW WITH MR.. NASH.