South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-05-19
War in Louisiana.

dated Summit, Mississippi, May, 10
says: Information was received here
last night of n row between negroes and
whites ut Laurel Hill. West Fe,icians
parish. near Mississippi line. On Fri
day night about thirty negroes went to
the store OF a white man in that vicinity,
called him to the door and rddled him
with bullets
A posse from Bayou Sara went out
on Saturday for the body. The negroes
wouldn't give it up, a fight cnsued, and
three negroes were killed; two whites
are missing. The negroes are gathering.
Eleven hundred are said to be under
arWs.
Whites are going down from neigh.
boring counties in Mississippi, and a
serious fight is expected.
A special from Bayou Sara, May Is,
says this is what consider as reliable
as to the result OF Saturday nights do.
ings:
Eight colorcd men have been shot
dead and four hanged. About twenty
were wounded; ten whites were killed
Persons just from the scene report sixty
blacks killed, but this statement / con.
slider exaggerated. Twenty colored
men are reported to be held as prisoners
The number OF regulators uuder arms
is said to be $50 from East Baton Rouge
& East and West Feliciana, and Wilson
county, Mississippi. Colored people are
said to be aiming in sclf.defenco. Sat
urday and Sunday nights numbers OF
coiored men crossed to Pointe Coupce
to escape those who are hunting them.
BAYOU SARA, May 15.--rherc has been
regular engagement Mt Laurel Hill be-
tween white and colored men, Three
whites are reported killed. God only
knows where this will end. The coun
try is ablaze with excitement. All the
whites are armed and in the saddle.
Acting Governor Antoine has received
the following dispatch from DIR, Kauf
man, Sheriff of East Feliciana parish
dated Bayou Sara to-day: In reply to
your telegram | have to say that seven
teen colored men arc killed and many
wounded on the line of Mississippi and
Louisiana. "A large number of armed
whites are approaching the town.
cannot summon and secure posse com
'totus for tho support of the civil author
| ity, the suppression Of the riots and the
prevention OF further bloodshed. Moth
ing but military authority will keep
peace here. there fore respectfully re
quest that military aid be placed at my
disposal.
! The dispatches have been laid be fore
Gen. Augur, commanding the depart
mcnt, who has referred them to Wash
ington.
PRIzEs AwAIDED.-In December last
the proprictors OF The Baltimore Week.,
Sun offered $1,000 in graded prizes fol
six stories. In response POS stories
were received, and the committee to dc
| eide on the merits of the contributions
have awarded the prizes as follows
| The names of the writer's were withheld
| from the committee until after they
made their awards. Aftert this announce
ncnt the envelopes containing the wri
ters names were opened and the follow
ing persons were found to be the success
full competitors
First prize, $500, TO Mrs. Marian
Stockton. of New York. for The Great
| Wheel"
Second prize, 1915. to Miss s. w
HUBBARD, of Buckingham county, Va.
for Two Sides of n Question"
Third prize, 5000, To Miss Julia Ma
gru6er. of Winchester, Va, for "a Reg
ularly Nice girl
Fourth prize. 500, to Miss Fannie NJ
Kyle, of Albemarlc county, Va, FOL
The Lost Will A Tale Of Amherst"
Fifth prize, SIS, to Mrs Skipwortl
II. Coalc, Of Hartford county, Nd, fol
"a Freak Of Fortune"
Sixth prize, $50, to Isaac +. Pearson
Jr., of Westminster, Md, for Dane
LeRcy's Revenge"
The publication of"rhe Great Wheel,
the story selected for the first prize, wa
commenced in The Weekly Sun, MAJ
18Th. Two hundred and six stories wer,
received. Several were detected a
/ plagiarisms. Ninety were scored rs III
to the mark, and out Of that number TIN
six were selected. 1t appears that al
the six successful competitors for th
prize stories of tue Weekly Sun are ne
ti9cs Of Southern States. Mrs. Stockton
being from South Carolina, three of th
remainder being from Virginia, and tw
from Maryland.
tV7On last Sunday morning eigl
children, whose ages ranged from cigl
TO fifteen years, got into on old leak
skill in the Ohio river, short distanc
] f~Ftgr Il 81 "A g.,
q ride. When in the middle Of the rive
they discovered that the sSif was fila.
and sLriekcd for help, at the same tim
using every effort 90 reach the shore, bu
the skiif soon went down. a gcntlema
on the kentucky shore jumped into
3 small boat and attempted TO rescue til
. children, bat before Inc could reach Gin
scene five Of them, all the children {
. Charles Irwin were drowned. One {
the three rescued was so badly frightot