, 1874-09-04
And When Necessary They
Will Call on the
Military.
The Governor Of Tennessee an Earnest
LaW-and-Drder Man.
All Good White Men at tho Sout1]
on tho Sumo Side.
THE UOUgHATTA MURDERS.

THE UCU8HATTA MURDERS.
PROCLAMATION or GOV. KELLOGG.
New ORLEANS, La, Sept. 3.-Goy. Kellogg
las issued proclamation placing reward OF
45. 900 head on Ill the persons implicated in
tho Couaha!ta affair, and accompanying hla proc
1amation by tho following statement:
~ HasjnE es sit my duty to Issue my proo1amatton
Offering largo reward for tho arrest and conviction Of
md that ihe hw-abldlng cit,xans Of tie State may
fully comprehend tho magnitude Of tho er1ue co1nn-
a. ia 70 es HF9 preer a9Ef to 4nns e
reable informasion received at tho Executive Depart
On Or about tho 2sth day Of Augus., 1874, body
q porsons belonging & t. 'em-1nary aIana o1gsnIasa
ssss5leS ss asS*n in ~ .ha ss' rsaa 4
Il isod Mvor ts STATE. for Tho purpose of CON; \;
1sens Isae spa9sh 81 f'fss e Gegn ' Pesons @
oiicera wore men Of good character, most Of tle!n
n planting nd a. ess1s 5 onssnt parsas y "
'Ss III ntsF :. ssy Ss rsSsss@
thet they ct Republican principles F.; Esank I,
ariet copliauco with the laws Of the State and q tno
United statea sanlmoned posae eomitatua Of eai-
white md cooFo to ssss u h hse 10
s;aLta sna duea fro.u tho throa,oned unlawful yio.
lonco OF tho white Laagucss. Ills possc, consisting
fotco. sssenniea from tho aIjacon pariahes md
fnaly. after several coored and white men haa been
s1Ss ayss
osa prosnInsnt Republicans would agree 70 leave tho
pa1isl, and thoao holding Offices woua 70
%sash s5sa '4S .rtaGS s:sstsa ,s,. @ sSapsa
namc 1ersons aIo amongst thoae 80 surseudsseA sud
Eeagning; Homer J. Tw!tshs planter ad ;raa. Iaa,
et ia Sa carae u tho It
nobort A. DEVICES, supervisor Of Registration Of Do
soto Tarish Holland merchant md y surs1sts;S;r s;;
Parish Attorney and uuito1 States commtsstoner :;
Frank s. Edgeron, Sheriff Of nsa Htyer Parrish H. O.
On tho following morning tsunday. tue + soh ,tf 81
Augns these persons wore bound toethes: IT, to sna
sp By az Sa G5sa sifs In, g e @
within tho boundarica Of 1ossdor Parish. aboat ~
miles eaet e tue TS1as nS m III 1sy oo a
Se1s q liz Wits League q coldot iars mounted
M hs o f Ss foSspo SSa sa 1ra
1's waa ssubsequenty m committed. THO bodics wore
buried whero they foil, without inquest or sny for"
a'Ao&s ~'A'''O'' WILLIAM WILLIAM r. KELLOGG, Governor.
| ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF TIE CouB11ATTA TRAGEDY
special to tho picayane from shIoVopoTt
Sept. 8, giving additional information Of rell9
bie character, fully confirms Mai. stophenson't
statement, aud gives additional particulars oi
the Coushntta affair, Tho slota which woMndct
Dickson woro tired from Tho IWltphon Aouhe
where Dewees, Edgorton, ,Twitchell, Howell, WI
liz aud Holland wore cougregated with d party
Of negroes, all armed. Alr. Dickson had con
verHod with thom fow momcnta hoioro tne,
ehot him. Tho conversation wRs far from VIC
lent, aud tho assault without tho slightest pro
vocation. A number Of negroes who oa,no int,
Coushatta aftar tho trouble to surroildar tloI
arms and aak the protection Of the "hitos atate'
tint Twitcholl and others, the aboFo~nanoa paf
ties, had furnished them with arms and ammn
milton, and told them that tho time had com
for them to
srn1KE FOR THEIR R1dHTs.
A respectable white Indy above Qou6latta "a
approached by negro, who drew his pistol upo
her, ourBod her, md told Aor that tho negrne
+ intended to kill everything In the country 8ha
looked whito. Tho Iniaoreant oHcapod.
EVERYTHING WA8 QUIET
| In Rod Rlvor at last accounts, Tho falao atatt
mcut e1nanatoa from Kol]bgg that tho peopl
: from CAddo Parish had everything to do wit
tho disturbance iH absurd. Tic a1fair was oyt
hoforo suspicion Of 1t waa entertained by u II
spectacle wl,ito person In Caddo, with tho Q.
b coption OF the o1treme southern polnt OF Il
F. parish, whore there ara worry fow Whites. :
coulter from tue upper point Of llcd nlyor IL
: not roach Shreveport uatil Saturday, wllorol
the disturbances wero oil quiotod by Frida
= morning.