National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-31
PERSECUTION OF TIE BLACKS.
ANOTHER MYTHICAL ARay M rv
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NA" ORLEANs, Aug. 24-The event,, p4.......
sNys telegram from Shreveport aus porr,ns
olss the startling intelligence that a bodv ~
CS-"L nunurea armed negroes had assembled Al
| .is.--.. anu mat the greatest alarm and az
go prevails throughout the whole upper Red
/ NIer country. The immediate obisot ~ mi.
gathering Is not stated, but thar. 4. srss,s.n,
menace In the fact itself to arouse evsrrbodv -
sense OF danger and impending misfortune, Ths
nelgnoorhood OF Consulate to Collar Suggest, ,bs
ptooaOHiLy tnat the notorious Ward had aoma.
'nlne 70 90 with the present affair. Psrhan, vs
are destined to hear more OF those musle,, ,-ht,L
the Grant parish witnesses took with them NJ,
sney returned after the trial The imprsssion IN
SnreTeportlthis morning was that serious tTopbIs
MouIo result. though We trust more favorable AL
vices viii reach rs tonight.
THE STORY NOT BELIEVED.
IN response to an inquiry for oeHeial ,nso,u.-
Ton regarding the above the private sscro,aTv of
tne Governor, in q note to the agent Of IN. Asso-
T yS Fress says mo eredence Is given At the
SASouuVe department to that Consulate dispatch
s-.s F'esyHHe, which Is apparently
1S-s 70 excite people and bring about another
trant parish affair. Ward Is in this cItv .nd ~,
never lett II for year, and the only foundation
lor the statement IS that the sheriff al Consbstts
mas summoned posse Of sixty-hve persons ar
teen white and Nifty colUred, to defend the nari,b
omoers In case Of any attempt to force them 10
resign" 'N'H !"
ARNINe FOR THE oNE-sIDEp CONFLICT
SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. 2g.-Letter, to.plobt
oy courier state that 500 armed negroes bad a.
semoled below Conshatte, and were eonstantI,, "a
eeiVing endorsements from all quarters. The
1onn guarded oy two hundred white men, who
cah ior help. A courier has also arrived At
.aII,' webster parish, who brings substan
TALLY the same information.
Forty men left Cotton Point at DAYLIGHT ,b,,
morning for the scene OF conflict. Seventy man
ieit here this afternoon, and more will follow 10
night Reinforcements have also gone from
Meriden. iiOAN
A letter from Mr.. StrIngfellow, at Robinson,s
place, states that o conflict 10 inevitable and
thinks 1t cannot be delayed longer than tonight
The black population of Red River parish ont
number the whites three to one. Consulate /,
nity miles from thenearest telegraph station. and
Il Is not possible that further particulars can be
had before tomorrow.
PEACEFUL TERMINATION OF THE ooSPLIcTD
SHREVEPORT, Aug. IA courier lust arrived
rom consulate reports one hundred and fifty
Fnlte- men there. All quiet, and no further
trouble apprehended.
The white people have effected the arr.st NJ
anu nave Llem In tail
under strong guard: F. S. Edgerton, sheriff:
d. T. TWitehell, tax collector; Clark Holland
register; r. A. Devices, tax collector Of Dssoto
partshi Gilbert Conc, deputy sheriff, W. =.
Howell, attorney, and six leading negroes.
Lhese arrests left the negroes without leaders
and their camp was Immediately disbanded. Two
negroes and one white man were killed. and one
white man seriously wounded.
There Is great rejoicing here over the peaceful
termination Of what threatened to be q bloody
race conflict.
ALABAMA
THE BLACK NIGHTMARE IN woococHE VALLEY
COLUMBUS, GA, Aug. 29-The negroes at Woo
0oehe valley, Alabama, have been holding secret
meetings for several nights, preparing to attack
the whites. Their plan was revealed Thursdsy
Oy an oia neSreSs in time for the whites to pre-
pare. When the negroes made the attack thew
were driven back with loss Of four men Killed.
Ihey then burned down two churches and ler
Wooeoehe valley is sixteen miles west Of th,.