The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-22

| lANCE-FULL PARTICULARS FROM. TIL
THE SHREVEPORT TIMES.
MEMPHIS, August ll.--A special
dispatch to the Appeal from Helen,
ARK received ut $50 a. H., SAYS
At II o'clock last night three ladie.
apl two gentlemen arrived here from
Austin in Q skitf, and reported thai
considerable &c citing occurred yester.
day evening. The commander of the
post, whose name we did not learn,
dispatched a scout of twenty-five men
on tho road to Cold Water Station, on
the Mississippi and Tennessee road,
aud captured q picket Of negroes, who
were stationed about two miles from
town, and brought them in as pris.
oners.; They were being put into the
courthouse yard when one tried to
make his escape. lie was fired upon
and killed, and in tho melee which
followed another negro was wounded,
but no fatally. ,-.r. II; -
In the evening a larger body of ne
groes advanced from the south and
attacked the town, driving in the
white skirmishers to tho court
house, where the main body of whites
were stationed. A charge was made
by the whites, and the negroes were
repulsed, with q loss Of several killed
and wounded. The fighting was 60
ingion when our informant left, and
they were fired upon as they crossed
over to Chip Island.
"A second dispatch from Helena says
that Maj. Horn Chalmers, of Herman.
do, hasjust arrived hero for tho pur-
pose Of chartering q boat to take men
to the assistance Of the whites in Aus
tin. He says a courier ffbm Major
Woodson, Of Austin, renched Herman
do at daylight, stating that the town
was surrounded by about one, thous-
and negroes, and asking for help.
About two hundred men from Her.
nando and vincinity will be here at
two O'Clock for Austin. ,4e -. ~.
DR.. Smith, who, is the Unfortunate
cause Of the trouble there, reached
here last night. Som three weeks
sinceihe was attacked IN the streets
Of Austin by q negro and drawing his
pistol fired at the negro, but missed
him and killed q little negro Girl
Standing by, which exasperatel the
negroes to such an extent that they
collected in mobs and took DR.. Smith
to the woods to hang him, which they
would have done but for the entreat.
les of Major Woodson and the DOCTORS
wife, Since that time DR.. Smith has
been q ,voluntary inmhte IF the Jail
70 prevent being .lp9lbel, until last
Friday, when some friends came and
carried him to fernando, iii hearing
that, the negtos COLLECTED in large
nanbers and notified tho mayor that
unless be was brought hack and, put
il i ||ll they would ,l'l burn ''1 the town.
,n THE LATEST, .,
Memphis, August ii 1.-THE third
dispatch to tie Appealj from Helena,
says that kilograms are being received
iromithe vicinity Of Austin; asking
for men, ,arms and, ammunition, and
stating that unless tie whites who are
surrounded In the courthouse, are
speedily 'selieved they will be forced
10 surrender or be captured. The
steamer A, J. White has been. char.
tered to leave at 5 o'clock, and will
carry q large number Of men, we'll
armed. u Another dispatch to the same
paper says that the negroes who are
sprrsupdipg the courthouse, were
charged On the south this morning by
9 body Of mounted whites, who killed
four Jf Ave and captured twenty be-
groeS. The blacks nsmber ABBOTT
seven hundIed,;a the whites have
about two hundred. Both parties are