, 1874-12-12
SOUTHERN DISORDERS.
AmeS Defends Ills Action II, tho VlClls-
burg Affair.
The V|ckshurg Prisoners Held 10 Await
the Action Of the Courts,
How They dispose Of Election
Returns in Louisiana.

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1dfho Editor qfthe -stso Fork Herald:
| taho this as MI opportunity to proaont IN i,-
ctdent Of tho suffering OF tho colorcd people OF
the south lii their allow aud uncertain course to.
"aFa peraonal liberty md personal security, with
tno nope tint tho great generous heart of tho
nation may hc moved, because lavo yot to SEQ
political events Mt tho South reported furry for
hopubllcnns ind, lcast Of n, to Get mysclf right
bototo tho people. That should DO fa!rly ropro-
sonted cannot bc expected from a partisan oppo-
aition which Gun find it In tl1oir hoarts to nut
acorcs OF nlon to donth for political reasons.
Such IN opposition cannot do Justice to m
opponent, nor has one either time or inclination
to correct constant Misrepresentation. Tho pres-
ont troubles in Viclssburg aro but tho natural
outgrowth Of tho violence of last Augustus olcc
zion and arc, i'll my opinion, for political
purposes.
WHAT THE LEAGUES" ARE DOING,
Tho White Leagues ut ono simo and Taxpayers
Loaguo at nnothor havo beon for aomo timo.
though their committees, examining tho books
nnd papers OF tho county otaicials. Thoy, tho
LoaE4ors. 1t is said. forced themselves OH tho
eifaht Jury, and after longthy session, found
indictments against but ono county oificial a
colored man BY tho name Of Davenport. THIS
information rolative to the notion Of tho Grand
Jury l received from tho foreman Of said fur;
A.4a sLo t40a1A04n. IHu CuLEhD "nH nlnt19 AEAiHt
tho offlcial conduct Of fShorif Crosby. I k,1ow ho
Inns made Lis settlements to tlate. They antici-
patod-ao saia tho foreman OF tho Grand jury
Toterred to-that tho county would DO defrau,lel
beoauBo Crosby's bond was nos sufficient. Hero
lot mo say, Republican ollioals WHO have to give
ponda aro constantly being attacked tlroi,gl
thom aud embarrassed hoyoud lnensuro, vet tho
number OF dolaulters III tho 6tato during tho
PAST year hnyo boon moro numerous nulong
Democratic officials and for creator amount, 80
sAy all osIr roporta, than n1nong Republican
ohiciala. lilo l.oagners pretend to say That
THE PETIT JURY WILL pl: PACKED
10 aoqult DaSenport aid Two o1-county officials
against whom indictments l,ayo been found.
So far as kuow,--ao fur as could learn from
the foreman Of tho Graud Jnry,-tI Indictment
aEalnst Davenport aud the pretended fear Of
paekotl 1urics ~oro the only cause Of tho presont
saurpations and bloodshed in TINT city. After n
Mootng Of tho so-ea1tcd tax-payers, d committee !
waitotl on Crosby and demanded iia resignation,
grobby declined to raBign, ant, aelsod what charges
lad peol preferred against him. The Cll1ir-
instructed to ask Ills immediate resignation. |
A!ftcrwnrd q mob Of Homn GOO waited Oh INN md |
ho resigned to hayn his li1e-Bo he has stated to |
me. The other officials to bo waited on mado |
their oBchpo or aecloted themselves
Tho Circuit Court wns in Ec,sion. a1fl finn
Judge, being deprived of his Sheriff, can,o down |
from his bcnch aud was going to leaye tho room.
nut {Ho AM Informed by OIL oYo-witnesn) ,9aa
forced to return to it md adjourn tho court to
given day.
JUDGE DnowNs REPORT.
=, Tho following il u noto received by me from
tho Judge:
y becomes y duty to Inform yo, that all organized
fnob, composed OF aoycra hnndrcd are.1 ie;, ll.?n
llonso null jail Of thia county, md forced mcst o tin
county osera to resign or aie to tho country tor pro-
a Iho 9n y Ia posseassoa Of tito records Of
pot rccognizo tclr authority sIy court Is III ssas,on.
hMut M AM rowarless aud cautot excnuto tAc law Ro.
tnry hy tho 6thto or Gennral Government und at
luirkly to rrosons general riot aud loss of tc Very
Judge Fifteenth judicial DIstrjct
Thus aiiarchy prevailed. Then came tie uues-
lou. Shall tllo United States be called upol. nr
'hal . sAe state attempt to naintain its su.horty
'hond not ho appealed to until tho State authori-
'ca bad aclol. Saturday Sl,oriT Crosby rotlrund
Q 'lcksburg:, N.Y. Atl]utant- General wont the
anso day. Ihe city WIS then full OF armoE mon.
many having Gono taoro from otlor towns aud
rom Louisiana.
TIE uovEnSon ArpRIsED OF THE F1o1.T1So
owing telegram
Nat commenced abont o'clook ., m. rIo,,t,oy
sllsao c1ty lmsts on osoro street. Armed odies nf
os oyng " out On gront streets. They ayo pos
nsler nrreSt. Militia poworpsh to cuforco orlcr
A. IT, PACKER, A3jutant-Genoral.
ANOTHER ntsrAToA.
Later tho following came;
!! Gan. Il. AHfs:
Fiphttng lsn coased Ten or twolye coloroa md ono
h!t1 tnan kllat prohably twico tfu nu,nllur wound
H. IsSenty or thirty prisoners taken by wi,itcs,
I afterwards lear1ol tho following facta
'at thu coorol mon had an unloratandinr tn
~ UroHby III lila oifort to regain possession Of
ss office. aud started from various parts Of ths
nNnsy alonday morning. Early that morning
roaby was aoized by lilo mob. Ono OF thoS
'adlng 1ne1 OF body going to Crosby's al,l. ono
won, saw him And received liB orders counter /
landing thoan provioasy givon, aud ordered !
In to tlealHt from further efforts in hia boIlntf
naor 1nng Of trlcs Owen returned to hlu
ienas. and was reporting lila intoryiow with
fohhY, Whom tho White Loagtlers yototl to as- J.
nut oWon's party, and ut oaco advanced on i
son and oronod lire. It ia reported tint few t
owcl4's meh had arnss, md ut ouco broke aud o
u. | !,
THEN THE BLAU1HTIn nEuAN, Il
10 hatd mud believed that Gou.o sixty or eighty II
'lorot1 men woro killed. Tho sa,ro old story n
'grooa hllcd by tho scDro, uono OF their oppo- a
onta hurt. and still tho negro to bla1no. 1t IL Il
porte 10 mo TINT unarnlol negroes on cotton q
llos, Hntug to towi,, wero killed. AIBo mon Il,
GRO killed olaowt!oro without my arnls iu their o
Positive word cnt1os to mo TINT tho d,
ut man killed was Presbyterian minister ut,- IN
Ir tho following circumstances: lTe yna ,,ro. N