The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-16
A'heelina Araister.
BY TELEG RAP H.
Exc.usiVeiy for the Register
81 the Pacific and Atlantic Line.
0iHce, ilU Main Street.
HE WAR OF RACES.
Th. whites anu Blacks Of LOufsia q q
mi War---NegrOes defeated.


mi War---NegrOes defeated.
New ORLEANS, April Is. The recent
prevalence OF rioting in the parish oi
Grant, growing out of the political
differences between the whites and the
blacks, has at last come to a head and
the early premonitary symptoms OF Sc.
rous trouble has gradually led
10 climax. On the morning Of Sun-
Jay the 18th, the white forces made an
attack on the negroes entrenchmeut at
Calhoun'S plantat on in Colfax, when
there en~ued desperate battle resulting
in atyo h0irs fLut and the utter defeat
o. the urgroes, OF whom sixty were
killed and wounded, while the whites
suffered the loss 0f bur one klled and
twD wounded FROM Mr. K. &. II IL,
o; Marshall Texas, who reached town
to-day, st NJ. per steamer South
w--,ern, from R.d River, which laid at
CDl'sx two hours on Sunday morning,
W. gather the rolloviug information:
The trou ole iu Grant Parish louisiana,
come 10 rather b'oodv termination
last SUNDAY 18Th int. and as hap
pvuei to be one OF the passengers on
the steamer South western l am en-
ar'e 10 give some account Of the fight
SUNDAY nignt shortly after dark the
puAt landed AZ Wood Pile, at light
above Colfsx. Grant Parish, and huge
negro armed to the teeth and.very much
excited, came aboard and requested the
Captain to land at Colfax and take
some wounded white men TO Alexan-
dria. About 25 miles further down
the river or arriving at Coltax, he found
about a hundred armed men on the
bank and most of the passengers went
a. snore to view the battle ground, for
the vorrg friend who came aboard at
Woo Pile informed us that If be want
ei to see dead nrggers, here WAS
chance.
They were scattered over the village
and the adjacent tield7, and he guided
u lo the -C-ne OF action. Almost as
soon as VIZ got to the ed ge OF the land
iny, we began 10 stumble on them,
m 81 OF tnrm living on their faces, and
a. could see by the light OF the Ian
teru-, riddled with bull~ts. One poor
wretch, = stalHart looking fellow, had
b en- 10 the burning Court House and
a. he ran out with h,s clothes on fire
he mad been shot. His clothes 10 his
" Att were all burned off and he WAS
literally oroiled. We came on them
every lew steps, but the SIGHT OF this
fellow who WAS burned added 10 the
horrible smeIl of burning human flesh.
Tne remains of those who were shot IN
the Court House, which was still on fire,
sicSenei most OF us and caused gen.
er Il CRY Of "lets 90 back "
counted eighteen OF the poor, mis-
used darkies and | was in ormed that
this was about one fourth OF the num-
Der killed, that they were scattered here
aud there in the fields around the town,
besides several in and around the burn
ing Court House This, however, WAS
probably an exaggeratiou. To show
how terribly incensed the people were
a ssainst the negroes, [ relate the follow
ing incident: We came across one
nero whose clothing was smoking and
who had probably been in the fire.
Some of our party remarked that he
W - alive, aud at that one OF the guides
whipped out six shooter, saying, "liI
ila sn the black dog" OF course We
remonstratei and he put away his re-
vutvrr. Some one stopped down and
turned the negro over and he was stiff
aud cold.
Ii appears that the storm had been
"a nrrlng in Grant Parish for the past
rwo weeks Meanwhile, the negroes
p.nnie-ed the town and threw up a
tnrt flcat,on all around, boastlng that
the. would drive every white man out
ot the P4rr-h. But the white men were
not ,ilt all this time, and had been re-
iniorced rom adjoining Parishes. Sun-
DAY morning, headed by ths sheriff OF
Gram PAri-h, they advanced in a body
trward Col'ax; on arriving they sent IN
q AZ OF truce asking the negroes TO
surrender. but 1T the same time II they
meant tight. TO take care OF themselves,
Their women and children. The ne
groeS reused to come to terms; aud the
whites charged the breastworks where
upon the negroes reta liateh
aul took refuge in the Court House,
from which they kept upan incessant
firing tor some time. Finally a negro
nr bed by the whites, set tire 10 the
Court House which Was done success
'u.ly, AMI after a vain attempt 10 ex-
tngu sh the fl .mes the negroes hung
out white fl .g, a. a token OF surrender.
Two white men, Mr. Hadneck and
anO her whose name | could not learn,
imme iratelv advanced, and on reaching
the door OF the Court House were shot
IOWA. rhe negroes rushed out in body
and the whites, now terribly infurlated.
followed and fired INTO the mass as
they came out aud killed them where
ever they could Fl ID them.
The Sheriff finally controlled the
whites and peace was once more restor-
ed The number OF negroes killed Is
probably a, 25 or 80. The people are 50
excited over the events OF the day that
10 hing very accurate could be gather
ed from any OF them. Some say lOO,
aud the lowest number | heard mem
toned was from ~ 10 so.
A DISPATCH from Charleston, to the