Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-07-19
ScuupI TO the COushatta Outrawe>.

Sequel TO the COushatta Omtrase>.
We notice that the committee appointed
bv the confederate House to examine int
the shooting of Senator Twitchcll, al
Coushata, L., last spring report that il
vas "poltic;.l,' and this report is said t.
be signed by 4 republican congressman
The fact is NJ. II. Twitchell founded ;
:" Yankee Colony' at Coushatta, and tn,
wholesale slaughter has taken away every
one who would dare to tell the truth about
the murders.
We give below the discourse deiycrc.
ten days ago at Inlitn,poiis, at the huri:,
of Mrs. Willis, by Rev. Dr. BaylisS; an,
tlsO Il commtlnc ,tion in relation to
Cor>hattl affairs from which our readers
may Judge for themselves rs to how
portions of the South accept the silua
lion:'
We are standing to-day at the culmi-
nation of Il tragic personal history. 1t j;
not often. in times of peace, that a funcr;t
service brnys men face to face with f.ct>
1t once 50 melancholy and appalling. An,
feel that, thong. we We're stranger, per
SOntllv to her whose sad end we conlcm
plate. as we llc to the solitary mourncl
who follows her to the burial. there are in
he case circumstances which will interest
is all, and will fully Justify Il departure
IN some measure. from the usual iorn d
funeral alohcsse~. Mrs. Helen +. Willis
was :. native of Townsend, VT, WAS thirty
bic years OF age. and Il sister of Marshall
Il. Twitchcll. who i, here to-dly, the only
relative who is permitted to be present on
| dis sad OCCASION. She WAS making her
way from tie inho>pl;tbc neiyhborllood
III which She has Suffered for wears. in
..ouislana.to her native place III New Eng
Jand. She stopped here to rest, and. II
possible, to recuper.,te. Bat She htA >uf-
.ered too much 10 rally, and after 4 few
lays of delay death came yc>tcr FAY morn
NJ, and with Il ~retttul heart 10 those
who have ministcrtd TO her 50 kindly and
l>>ihuon>ly during her brief stay in this
strange CITY. she gently fell asleep and i
| at rest.
At the close of the war, Capt. TWitchcll.
| brother Of the deceased wA- on Gen.
>hcridan's staff and WAS assigned to duty
III the Red River country III Louisiana,
where he became acquainted with the ladN
| who :itcrward became his wife. He
bought land and settled there, drtermin-
ne 10 become Il cilIzcn and devote himself
to the Improvement of his fortunes AMI
he development Of the country Of his
,duplion To this end he bulk saw mills
.rd Tri,t-mill~, olrucd stores, did VIII 1t
could be done 10 establish schools. and in
very possible way has I.iborrd earnestly
70 promote the prosperity OF the country
thout him. His energy and economy led
% bt>lnr~, >ucrc~s AMI hl> brother ami
hrcc sisters. WIKI 1Ntir husbands, 1T
lcnyth Joined him in his Southern home.
His mother also became a resident there,
md thu, his en- lie family, AMI al hi, IN
icrr>t>, were transferred and established
permanently. IL WAS SUPPOSED. in Louis
| ANA.
In 1874 there were vlr!ou, riots in tll,
plri~il,., ;d"inil lh,t in which the,
itmlIc, lived. >anAtur TWitchcll was
himself absent in New Orleans. and 4
oro.hrr-iu-l,w named King WAS Thought
lex unto death. y, dI>tWh tuct>
continued in HE surrounding country. Il
number OF Democrat, came 10 those who
were Well and ut home and sad 10 them
We are sure that You are here i, permit
ncnt Residents. ANA we are satisfied with
you and Your principles. But som" oi
| YOUR nrIWhbOrS are no, satisfied. and there
viii pei hlpS be danger to You unless You
put yourselves under our = otcclion; bat
il You Will put your>clv", INT" our h,nd-,
we Will Vouch Tor You 10 tine rioters. and
YOU shall be prulcctcd.' Aitcr some con
vtr,ntiun Homer IWitclell ;tni the two
brothcr>-lu-EtW concluded. with some.
other North' IN men IN the nciIhboril 'od,
To accept The offered protection oi their
Democratic nrlghb"r>, and accVrIin-,
pat themselves under their direction. they
we've led away into an ;.d l"Inlny lrlr ii,
tar enough 10 ob,lluct the process ui !,'--.
prO-tcutlun, ant Mtl, tCtIl u WttrhtrV II
Whtch IT. Supp0>td u0ltt tut ItdtuN ~ b,
cuptthit, Mttr prot, ctOr, t4rtt,d Utnl Urcr
ID ht mot. anal UOnler IWt htH opst ttcJ
6fOthtr>-tu luC W1rt nturttertd N roht
bio0L II seems Incredible it j. almost
too hIaboir,l to be believed. E.cn after
all We have hear OF Fort Pll CIV and An
,ier,onvilIc and Belle Isle, thu j. - horri-
bic Is lo make us hesl III" before bel tyin-
it. We were in the heat of VA W hen tn.
Fort Pillow mi>>acrc Wd> pcrp''ttt''d :;
Andcr>"nvilc WAS the offspring OF 1t~~ion
and Jury but this WIS calm cno1-M % ne.
simply IN ,lcvo.ent, and horrible rn,u-h
to be ticnd>h.
One of those who fell in tht; irclch .rou>
massacre of Aug. 81. ISL, "t> Mr.. Mon
roe Willis, hl>5tni of her whose weary
heart At last stands still. and how mach Of
the disaster OF yesterday i tl:.v,:,bie 20
the catastrophe OF l>1l ii is np'>>ih,r foi
any human being To tell.
sui the remnants Of the broken. @,cr>,.-
cutcd household rcmtinrd in The Solth.
! There was lhcir property. AMI there were
the graves OF their beloved dead And So
in spite of the malice which had @!vcn
them such st,ltling proof, ot il irryrne>>
and unscrdpulnusncs>, they sui llu>t.. to
their own conscious rcctltuIe and their
peaceful spirit To protect Them But alas
there is diabolsm in parts OF the South
which no goodness can pr"nlii:ttr and 4
m,levolence which 10 -rntlcno-S en- >ub
due The fact is beyond question:
| In May last Mrs. Willis WAS broken in
health by her great Sutl'rrings and Mr.
lwitchell and Mr.. King who Were absent
III New Orleans We're >Glt Cor They
started immediately, and 4, they were
crossing Red River in :, small hott on
approaching TO within four or FIVE wards of
the shore Il hor>em,n appeared Oh the
bank, and, unbultoning his large coat took
from under it Il Henry repeating rifle,
from which lie di,chlrycl fifteen sho,s At
the men in the boat. Mr.. King WAS in
SANITY killed. Mr.. Twitchcll WIS wound-
ed i'll one leg and both arms. ana was lclt
by the bandit for dead. After the assassin
was gone, however, the ia thtnl colorcl
boitlnln who WAS himself wounded, lifted
| the mutilated man into the boat again ana
conveyed him to Sprip@vilic, where the
Army surgeon was compelled to ampujate
both arms but was able to save his
| wounded leg
The faithful sister, smittcn by shock at-
ter shock, and almost PROSTATE rs the
result of them, still came to her brothers
side, and waited and watched. The sur
yeon also watched. and night allcr night
sat with a rifle on his knee, ready 10 defend
his patient from the midnight assault OF
some chlvalrOus Suuthron.
AT length the brojher and sister were
able to start for the North, being furnish
ed Il part OF the way with Il military escort.
AS soon rs they reached Il region of safety