The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-12-12

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The ciilz NJ are Hdl under arms
and The roads pieke,e1 The excite
ment IL sabuidiag Tho toso no
grocs took no part IN DE difcBlty.
There has been Tor some time
trouble brewing bltwoon tho Taxpay.
crs' Association and citizens and the
county officials. Tho sheriff was aot-
ing withou, a legal bond, and tie
Bo,rd of Supervisors refused TO OF.
der n new one, though tho time for
paying the Ia bad arrived
Two or three other officials were
under indictment for forgery and EN-.
bezzlement, and the citizens despair
ing Of any relief IRON partisan courts,
last Wednesday held a meetiug, and
in a body proceeded TO the court
house 10 demand the resignation of
the Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Treasu
er and Coronef All fed except
Sheriff CROSBY, q negro, aud he signed
NsITrsigaation.
On Saturday a card appeared on
the streets signed &Sosby CAB ng on
all the citizens OF Warren county Tee
publicans. white and black, to come
to his aid and support him in his po-
sition. Crosby publicly and through
the papers denied the authorship of
the card, yet this morning armed
bodies Of negroes appeared advanc.
ing on the, @isy from six different
roaCS.
The alarm was sounded about 8
O'Clock, and the citizens gathered en-
massc, armed Immediately and adj
vanced to meet the negroes Oh BaldI
wins Ferry road. Tie negroes wee
met jast outside City Grove STREET,
about two hundred srong. fine
commander of the citinus warncd
The negroes to. dispels Sc, bot thS re
fused and immediatell the fling COM
menced on both sides.
The negroes rotreated abaG amile
and again made a stand i1/ the old
brcastworks, and in q house but were
soon routed. The loss ia .hese en-
gdgements was one citizen (Oliver
Brown killed, and about twelve or
fifteen negroes killed, seyare' wound
cd and about twenty prisners.
On Halls ferry ID about two
hunsSed and ifty<%oes were found
routed Aaa engagement, with 6
several kiIlea landed. Andrew +,
Owens, whoI faded the. negroes }
on Baldwin road, was cap a
terei and cd 10 jail. !
In aTT with a Herald re- f
Owens said he ~ue-ordered
BY Sheriff Crosby to come to the cFy
.o-day with all the armed men be ]
get together. s
Alexander Stockhouse, from NeS-
ON, one Of the captured negroes, sa{s
he order for all the negroes to conAt
Yicksburg this morning, was reaf
10 their church Sunday.
Crosby, who is under guard at thl
Court House, denies that lie gap
such orders, g
1t is reported this evening that ia, Il
negroes are committing d~epredations p,
n the country. The intense excire.0tio
,ent that prevailed this morning has y
TO a great degree, yet many 4
,~itizens are still under arms and all L
he roads are picketed. /
At a public meeting this evening ?
he following was adopted U
. RESOLVED. That while we arc full
" satisfied that Peter Crosby has :
Eed arpsd neg march on