Columbus index. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1869-1893, 1874-05-08

Account Of the battle Of New
oassony.

Pine Bluff, May l.-Ernest Lee
and Pleasant Pendleton slightly
wounded in the flesh. No bones
broken. No one killed on our side.
Twenty negroes killed eleven
wounded. General White has oil
the white leaders now prisoners.
Little Rock, May l. The situa-
tion here is practically unchanged
Bakers headquarters are still at the
Anthony House, and he has about
him some 300 men. Brooks still
occupies the State House with a
force which is estimated az 800,
mostly colored The United States
troops still occupy position be-
tween the opposing forces
In an address to the people, Gen.
J F. Pagan, Major General in the
Confederate army, this morning as.
sumes command of the Brooks
forces throughout the State, and
calls on his old comrades to rally to
his standard Both parties seem to
be waiting for some definite news
from washington. There are no ad-
ditional particulars of yesterdays
fight at New Gascony, IN Jefferson
county. The following is the Ga
zette's account of the affair, taken
from dispatches to the Baxter side !:
On Wednesday, Gen. H King White
advised Gen. Newton that a few of
the men Of John NJ. Clayton gather
cd a number of colored men at New
Gascony, and they being unable to
procure transportation to Little
Rock, commenced plundering the
citizens of that section, he asked
permission to move a sufficient force
to that point to dispense those, which
was granted, with the instruction to
protect everybody, without regard
to color or politics. About IL o'clock
last night, Gen. Newton received
official dispatches from Pine Bluff
that Gen. White has Just returned
from Gascony and reports As follows:
We found about 200 armed men at
the corner stone in Jefferson county.
lie sent forward three officers to
order them to dispense, but they
were fired upon without being
heard and fight ensued, resulting
in the death of nine and twenty
wounded to the Brooks men with
the capture of the two leaders, Muir.
ply and Van de Sande, and eighty.
two men, with a loss to him of sew
en- men wounded and three horses
killed and seven horses wounded
He discharged all the men to their
homes after having disarmed them
Further advices state that there is
another organization of about two
hundred men in Lincoln and Arkan-
sas counties, and Gen. White has
been directed to dispense them also.
To-day a cartel for the exchange of
prisoners was agreed upon between
the two parties, and all prisoners
were released on both sides and per-
mission giv5n to citizens to pass both
lines without opposition.
LATER NEWS,
Little Rock, May IA Gazette
special from Pine Bluff tonight
gives the following particulars of
the fight near New GascOny on
Thursday: 200 Brooks men, with
Murphy and Van Dezande as lead.
ers, formed and threatened that they
intended to come to Pine Bluff and
take the Courthouse and burn every
house in the city. Gen. King White
went down with SO white and color.
ed mounted and footmen, and after
arriving within a short distance of
the insurgents, who were at the Gea
House, on the Ashley place, he
sent forward three staff officers to
order the insurgents to disband.
When the insurgents saw the staff
officers coming they Immediately
fired volley upon them, and orders
from White were given 70 charge
the insurgents. They made stand
at the corner of the stone church
and the fight began in earnest, but
lasted only a short time. Six OF
Whites command were wounded
and five were killed, and twelve
wounded of the insurgents, and
Murphy and Van de Sande and six
ty.three men were captured. All
but the two leaders were released
on parole. Murphy and Van dc
Sande are still in custOdy.-Memphi'
Avalanche.