New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-14
NED AND MOUNTED RUFFIANS
fILlAGE AND ASSASSINATION
Elp.sness of the Local Authorities
+sthing to Be Done, and Done Quickly

fptlluS w Oc DOLt, duu OUuc QllChly
IL condition of affairs in the Florida
|bes-especially in the Fclicianas-is
As to excite the indignation of all who
vet law and order. A state of border
suism exists which has had no parallel
the days of Quantrell and the guer.
lends of the war.
rom gentleman Just arrived from that
Oh of country it is learned that hardly
,ht passes but some outrage-theft,
h or assass nation--is committed. For
a weeks gangs of predatory outlaws,
i, have raided the parishes, commit
their evil deeds unchecked. 1t ia said
bands are comprised of the ignorant,
tpoyed white young men of the parish,
are bound together in Ku-Kux fra
y such as Governor Leslie and the
srats of Kentucky have abolished as
no further use in that section.
informant states that on Sunday
the fifth instant, a squad of about
men visited the house of Jack Rus.
well todo colored farmer, owner of
lsrable real estate, living. near the
tace of Mrs. Smylie, AMI comm tied
the most brutal murders on record.
putting Russell in an empty pork
and securing him there, the squad
at short distance and fired over
bullets at him. most of them piercing,
thers going through the barrel and
Not satisfied with this act of bar
finding that life was not vet ex-
the gang set to work and deliberately
lssells head from his body. The mur.
man was respected by all his white
bore, and was an industrious and hon
Ener. No excuse has yet been made
outrage. The better class of the
Fs condemn the outrage, but claim to
are, our informant says, powerless
rent the commission of such crimes
regulators as they style them.
The latter are too numerous, and
b many sympathizers IN that com.
bay night, the sixth instant, SQUAD
tsixty men called at the residence
FtOn Payne, another very respectable
mana planter and real estate
!, and after firing in at the window of
n where 1t was supposed Joseph h.
slept, they emptied a bottle of
on the steps of the house and
it to ashes. Payne stood high, it
4 rted, in he esteem of all the worthy
keOple.
ane night, above Laurel Hill, about
miles from Bayou Sara, the store Of
Walthes was broken open by a
!; Of eighty to hundred men, who,
4 iealing the best part of the goods,
!. The balance in heap on the floor.
barrel of coal oil on the pile and
"a !
4, lit. The store and all the goods
+ Destroyed. Mr.. Walthes' loss
Ito about $4,000. He was then no.
he remained any longer in the
fhood he would be hanged.
Iuesday night party composed of
bed men, not disguised, visited the
p of Daniel Rettigg, at Bayou
! ID took from him bale of cotton,
hey sold and had spree on the
An effort was made to arrest this
u but it was deemed prudent to
1 it, owing te the great number OF |
y :. Alers with the band to which these
hinged.
light last week the sherifi's office |
n 'ounded, and four bales OF cotton,
ls had seized foC one of the mer-
ae, was taken away by disguised
u Informant left Bayou Sara, a ru.
NJ current that large body of men
y. to East and West Feliciana par
/ Wilkinson county, Mississippi.
" fntemplation raid upon the town
4 purpose of pillage and arson.
lol eltement was reported, especially
w. w. business men of the town, and d
es ssire seemed to be expressed by
ns, irrespective of politics, that
-. government should send troops
u once, since everything like civil
become a mockery and sham.
bed OF the parish, worthy Demo
~ already notified the Governor
nd " powerless t. execute process of
months ago the Democrats of this
I'd laugurated the reign of lawless-
ea' en- dering the officers of the parishes,
't lhe other, to resign or leave the
bs 10 some instances the order was
~ others it became necessary to
~ order by assassination. The
n, Nc Of lawlessness is the natural
iOl . 2 ne high-handed measures of the
nus Democracy. Naturally intimida-
M ni nlence lead to plunder and as
de- Naturally the besotted loafers
I've roads ape their gentlemsnly
|. u, n ne manner of accomplishing their
lesi
he d it is no time for crimination
. responsibilities. A state of af
7 that is Disgrace to civiliz alton;
!swl !sNT ner liberation of it on the part
,sar te authorities will be criminal
is.s anpardonable imbeoility.
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