Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-27
LOUISIANA.
The Poland of the South.
Mounted COssacks Hunting
Down the CreOles.
Federal Subalterns i'm the Role
of Petty Prosecutors.

Federal Subalterns in the Roie
of Petty Prosecutors.
HeIIogg's Reign Of Terror Fully IN
observation-disclosures Frustrated
white People Taking Refuge I'm the
WoOds-sTiiitary Marauders I'm High
Feather.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.-The following
is The text of the affidavit upon which the
citizens Of Shreveport were arrested:
"United States of America-District OF
Louisiana Personally came and appeared
before me, the undersigned authority,
Lewis. Merrill, Major of the Seventh Regi-
ment United States Cavalry, who, being by
me first duly sworn, did depose and say that
on or about the 10Th day of October, 1874,
at the city of Shreveport, in the district
aforesaid-[here follows the names of the
ninety citizens]- did each and every one OF
them conspiretO intimidate and control, and
did attempt to intimidate and control
numerous qualified voters in said district in
exercising the right Of suffrage, by threat /
ening to deprive said voters of employ
ment, by threatening 10 renew contracts
| with said voters for labor, in Violation Of
| the statute ofthe United States; wherefore,
b. prays that said paths be arrested and
| dealt with according to law.
LEWIS MERRILL.
HSworn and subscribed before me this 22d
day of October, 1874. A. B. LEvIsEE.
"U. s. Commissioner, District Louisiana"
Red River Country Oyerrun by Cav.
airy.
Capt. w. 7. Scovell, of the steamer Bry-
/ 1oct
port. states that on the way up he engaged
a full cargo of cotton fer a return trip at
points below Shreveport. Meantime the cat
alrt appeared accompanied by United States
Deputy NIarshals, who were reported TO
have writs for the arrest of several hundred
citizens of the parishes bordering on Red |
River. These reports and the presence ofthe |
cavalry produced a panic among the |
whites, who indiscriminately took to the |
woods. The negroes stopped work, and |
out Of the full cargo engaged, the Bryarly |
got but twenty-five bales, there being no |
one to haul the cotton TO the landings. |
Capt. Scogell states that cOtton-picking has |
been almost entirely suspended on many |
plantations, which will cause heavy losses
to both planters and merchants.
Gen. Emory reviews the troops this morn |
ing
Result of the RegistratIon-the En-
forcement Act.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The HerdiFs New
Orleans special says the registry returns,
now completed, show that one in three Of
the total population of the city is register
ell. White republicans charge the DemOc-
racy with manufacturing three thousand
illegal naturalization papers. The Demo
Gratis claim they have detected three thou
sand repeating frauds. kellogg estimates
the total registry of the State at 165,OOO,
with the negroes about GOO ahead Of the
white.
Colonel Mari goes TO Washington this
week to induce the Supreme Court to take
I'D the Grant parish case at an early day, to
test the constitutionality of the law against
Ku-KluX.
UH Red RIver-The White Refugees
from HOme-CrOPs Abandoned.
SHREVEPORT, Oct. 26.-The eIamina-
ton Of the gentlemen arrested Saturday was
postponed till tomorrow. No additional
arrests have been made here, and Gen.
Merrill now says there will not be.
The officers of the En- No. 10, which ar
rived from below tonight, reports that the
greatest CONSERVATION prevails at all points
below here, and at Alexandria. Cavalry
are now coming up from NaehitOches, ar
resting men as they progress. AT the
time the Era passed up, fifteen or twenty
men had been arrested between Nachi-
toches and Grapple's Bluff, and the planters
above the last named point were expecting
10 be taken when the troops arrived.
The officers of the Era confirm the state
ment of Capt. Scovell, of the Briarly, and
IL MD HaI |
their homes. and the negroes nave gathered
at the towns along the river, leaving un-
picked the finest cotton crop in several
years.
The KnOw-NOthing Dodge.
New ORLEANS, Oct. ga meeting of
naturalized citizens will be held on We'd
nesday, to consider the matter of the At
torney Generals opinion and the action of
the authorities, regarding the naturaliza-
ton papers issued by the Second District
Court. The records of the court showed
S,O'4 persons naturalized, since January,
1854. II is stated that number of papers
were also issued during a term Of Judge
Danignand, of which ttere is no record.
1t is understood the State authorities
have concludedto arrange separate boxes
for voters naturalized by the Second Dis
L.
by the result of contest before the courts.
Federal Cavalry rs Political Hood
hounds.
NEW IBERIA, Oct. 2G.-The st. Martins
prisoners were brought here to-day by a
United States Deputy Marshal and squad
of cavalry. A preliminary examination
was held before United States Commits
siOner f. II. Riddle, the district clerk.
The arrests were made under the Ku-Klux
act. Two of the prisoners were held to
bail in $1,000 each, and one in $1,000 to
appear before the United States District
Court The fourth, A. ii. Robot, dis
charged. Prominent citizens of st. Mar
tins parish were present to sign bonds for
any amount, but were refused, till they
furnished certificates ofproperty which pre-
vents the bonds being signed before to-
morrow. Prominent officials of that parish
gave the news that many more arrests will
be made soon.
RevOIyers shown as Warrants-Hand.
cuns for Prisoners.
MONROE, LA, Oct. 26.-N. j. Riatte,
Parish Judge. and 5. w. Ramsey, Record
er of Claiborne parish, DIR. Richardson,
Mayor of Homer. and James Huyer, ).
Maysiield and p. J.. Phillips, of Lincoln,
were brought here this morning under a
cavalry eseeFt. Huyer and Richardson
were handcufied to get them here. The prs
Oners were imprisoned under a close guard
i'm the Sherifi7s office. Their counsel were
admitted on a written order. The Clai-
borne prisoners are charged with an
attempt to break up peaceable assem-
blage on the 18th of July, in Homer, when
Mayor Richardson, Ramsey and Scott were
active in preventing not. The Lincoln
prisoners are charged with an attempt to
compel Jewett, by whom the warrants are
sworn out, to resign as Commissioner IN
Lincoln. The prisoners declare they didn't
know he was Commissioner and never
made such demand.
The prisoners were arrested without line
to consult their families or get a change OF
clothes. When Huey asked for authority
for his arrest, Lieut.. HOdgeSon, in charge
of the cavalry, drew a repeater, saying,
"This is my authority" A squad Of sol
diers were brought in with carbines, when