The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-08-15

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when our informant left and tlcy
were fired upon ~ they crossed over to
Ship island.
PANS, August II, - There Is great OK.
element In this city In consequence Of
the receipt oflntclllgenoo that Marshal
Bazainc escaped from the island Of
Saint Marguerite some time during
sunday night. The details of the man
ner in which he escaped are unknown
except that he used rope ladder, and
got Oh board vessel bound for Italy.
| The night was dark and stormy.
MEMPHIS, August ia special to
the Avalanche from Helena, dated Mt
| noon, says that in n fight at Austin
last night, eight or ten negroes were
killed. Reinforcements are coming to
the whites from the hills, and the ne
groes are being reinforced from the
surrounding country.
The whites have Austin barricaded,
and will probably be able to keep the
negroes off, but they need assistance in
provisions and ammunition.
Several officials from Tunica county
have been here since yesterday morn
ing, and telegraphed to Governor
Ames, mt Jackson, for assistance, but
up to this time have not heard from
him.
A special also states that the whites
have taken o. X. landing, some three
miles below Austin and the only land
ing in that vicinity at this stage of
water, and this is corroborated by the
officers of the III. G. Yeager which ar
rived here tonight and who saw Il
body of armed white men there as
they passed up.
LATER.
Captain James Lee, of the steamer
st. Francis, which arrived from below
this morning, says that after the ne
grOes who had Austin surrounded were
repulsed Yesterday they disappeared
and the story was soon circulated that
they were numbering the women and
children left unprotected on the sur
rounding plantations, which caused
the men who had been defending the
place to start for their homes to pro.
tect their families.
Austin was soon left without any de-
tenders Except one or white men,
and the negroes came in and took pos
session and proceeded to break open
the saloons and stores and help them
selves. AT last accounts they had COM
mitted no acts of violence toward the
few whites who were unable to get
away, but they were becoming drunk
and fears We're entertained that they
would burn the village. Messengers
were sent to Captain Lee asking him to
land there, but he had a large number
of refugees on board, some of whom
the negroes had threatened to kill, DR..
Phillips, late republican member of
the Legislature, being among the num-
Der, and they begged him not to do so.
He passed on up without landing. 1t is
proper to state that politics have moth
ing to do with this trouble, and that
Mayor Woodson and a number of other
men who have been prescribed by the
negroes are republicans.
SELMA, Ala, August 13.-The radi-
cal congressional convention has been
here in session for three days. One
hundred and eighty ballots have been
taken, but there are no nominations
yet. Two negroes and one white man
an eX-federal general-are the cam
didates before the convention. Bus
teed, United States district Judge, is in
the convention and is taking very
active part for Haralson--a genuine
Congo negro-one of the candidate.
In speech to-day IN favor of the
nomination of this negro Busted said
the time had come when black land
the blacker the better should be sent
to congress from this district. The
speech was intlammatory and was re-
ceived with cheers by the convention.
Busted is making himselfvery odious-
ly conspicuous to all classes of the
white people.
New YORK, August 13.-The move
ments of the Beecher investigation
committee are daily being more COM
pletely wrapped and yelled in impene-
trable mystery, Yesterday evening,
for more than an hour, no trace could
be found of them. Visits were paid by
members of the press to Mr.. Shear
mans and Rev. Mr.. Vare's residences,
but no clew to their whereabouts could
be obtained. Mr.. Beecher's house on
Columbia heights was fixed upon as
the only place the committee were
likely to be, and the sidewalks, in con-
sequence, were thronged with newspa-
per representatives. About half-past
nine o'clock Mr., Hill drove up In a car
riage, accompanied by strange gen.
tlemau, and entered the house. Mr..
Willard o. Bartlett and Mr.. Sherman
entered short time before. Some
members of the committee were OBJ
served to enter Beecher's, and It is
supposed they had gone there at an
early hour.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 13.-The in
dependent mass convention met to-day
to complete the ticket. Seventy-five
delegates were present. The commit
tee appointed to correspond with the
independent organizations in other
states is now forming national organ
iZation
LONDON, August IA change of