The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-28
a TRUE GISToD,.
or THE
Mount pleasant. "a. Bi.,
The Official Report Of y,,..

Mayor Bascom, commaudIu.,.G 7
States troops now az Bayou- S NaH
gives in detail the most ar.,,-i. Al.
of the affair, and place, tra l. ',e 4..
II Is deserved, We give il IN fgil. 'as
BAYOU SA"A, Ia, june IA 49,
Assistant AdjUtan-Gea,m d
of the G1tf Ner O,Icm. H.,
SIR have the honor q. ..t
following report of my trip f..j...'-a 81.
Hudson Saturday. i lrft PIT lH
at , o'clock =. NJ, 18th il,t y. u.a.s.
Irvine, of this place, and alr.r. 't''
scene Of the excitement at5.r az ~.
The disturbance occurred
Pleasant Plantation, which 4. ' '
and half miles south of p.,, I# r.
and is in the parish ot r.. l.,asa
Rouge. / found 200 er ' h-
men congregated from arI WI.
the adjacent country, within , - l'.'
twenty miles | wa. r....'''.,a'
marked cordially and court..y aa
one present, and good order .."r
The sherihs of East Baton b '.'s..
East Fcliciana were present 'all
To begin at what seem, tie ir.,..
commencement Of the difficulty s
of the colored people had been .. l...4-
in regulating certain colorsI ,.s',H
Populations were being followed @''e
closely for the convenience ~ w g"
parties. and trouble was anticfes,. ..'..#
two or three old and well know.
citizens were called in 10 WI.
ARBlrRArE THE CASE
which was apparently sati.f.4....
justed for all parties capcem.l
colored men, named Garter .nI r''
were prominent AS regulators. On r.
night, or rather about An. sam.
18th ins,., party Of culorad me. law
Ellis out Of his quarters. JERKING
out OF his hand and SHOOTING Lia. sa
Aeshy part Of the leg.
lie managed TO get into N.
when they fired two vullcy, iDta g
of the house, which was huiIt NJ
boards, endangcriug the live. atI
fortunately without iuiurug. hi. e....
children. They then made linn
himself out to them and abused linn e..
badly, called him Il damned Demo.
niger, " and said there were some r..'..
them they were going 10 kill Tbr,r..
left him and went to Carriers house .
by, and fred a dozen shots also in..
house, but he had slipped Out gp3
when he heard the firing at Ellis H.
occurred at Robert Nouugs pla,o. ar...
four miles east OF Port Hudson. In E..
Baton Rouge parish.
Ellis recognized some OF bis a,,siInr.
and during the day, Saturday. I7H .
attempt WAS made by the white. d. M.
immediate neighborhood To arrest l6m
They refused several overture, H..
the whites To communicate with tI.m
and in the evening they fired ON lher.
ty Of eight or ten whites with oub. ma
II small cannon Of one or one and n NM.
inch calibre, which was mounted MANA
carriage,
KILLING ONE HORSE.
The party Of whites fcllbacl, prompts
and sent out for help. Sunday monr
the blacks had got into the adjacent em
brake and woods, and a short .k.m.
took place, in which The cannon h.k
prominent part, resulting in The killing
Of one horse and the woundmgof R.
horses, and the wounding of "A white ma
in the foot badly and in the arm lga,.r
Reintorcements arriving rapidly. m
attempt was made to surround M.
place in the afternoon, and fourteen usn
were sent into the cane brake. Dur ODE
party had escaped, leaving behind ther
gun oarriage, but not the gun.
Ehey were securing the woods. c.r.
when / arrived, and / remained ON M.
grounds until nearly dark, when became
satisfied that the party bad escaped /
then went TO Slaughtor's store TO INSPECT
some books, etc, which had been captured
bya fortunate accident, and which showed
that the attempted killing Of Ellis ul
Carterwas the action Of an ORGANIZED c.ab
called the
UNION RIGHTS -Tup
and was decided on, ana ordered tu Dr.
done, the evening before. This Lms
gives a full list 81 ihc member, IH3.
shows who have, and who have not, luf.
and contains the minutes of the olgaaA.
ton Of the club, and subsequent mcrtHu
l enclose copy Of a paper which wa. 90
the book, and in the handwriting Of the
Secretary Of the club lMouuHcHai
Montcriefic's wife had these records Do 2
bag with some clothing, and VII. going
towards the river when she met % patrol.
dropped everything and ran away
spent last Sunday night at Mr. lomst
and this morning saw and talked With
Carter and Ellis. Carter saws be- bad
been notified two or three times 90 lan
the club, but Ellis had not been invited.
From all accounts the ueHoe. were
pretty well
ORGANIZED AND HANDLED.
Their commanding officer was heard 20
give the order "to fire, and iAe caution
to "fre low They numbered irym
thirty to sixty men. Some ueer1e. IT.
ported that one man wa. killed While
The act Of firing their cannon Some
eight or ten negroes are iu arrest % io'
III udson, but some Of them are though.
to be innocent aud were 10 be released
to-day. | believe the sheriff 0f "a"
Baton Rouge was to take charge Oi ila's
who were known 10 belong Do the c.lh
l was very incredulous about there a-
ing a club for apy such purpose, and vas
not inclined 10 give them credit tor Difs
able 10 carry out such programme nl'
my investigation has satisfied He iaa'
such are the facts, and believing % % y
an Interesting, if not a singular ease.
nave reported every detail. | uudff'.al'
hat tbe records / have rcicutd TO me "
&c submitted to the Congressional Cor
nIttee, which is to be here on Wedle'aF
lext.
Very respectfully, your obt sert
G.. VI. BA-C9H,
-, Captain Thirteenth Infantry,
The following is a copy of the PaIr.
eierred to in the report az having 07''
aptured
OATH OF UNION EIGHTs STOP
Resoiced, That we, the uulerIgn.s,
% WIIfnlly ouI fo;tl, F,.It,. and 4DlpmUN