The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-03
NATCHITOCHES.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE TROUBLE EN
THAT PARISH AND les UATK-
MATE PARTICIPATION.

4 gentleman Of this city, who has recently re-
turned home, direct from Natehitoohes having
made the trip overland. In d carriage, from the
latter place to simsport and thence by boat to
this city. reports q most uneasy and excited
condition OF affairs along the route from
Natchitoches even as far as Alexandria. Our
informant left Natchitochss on Wednesday, the
twenty-hfth utImo. Tuesday night, befUEB his Is
departure, he spent In Natohitoehes. where he
was given suecinet and detailed account of
the recent troubles at that point by eye witt
nssses.
This account agrees in all particulars with the
published in our columns at the time. In the
feneontre two negroes were. wounded desner-
Of these was. a. notorious desperado, whose
death there win be none to regret. The other
was harmless, inoffensiye. unarmea negro,
who had been forced to go along with the crowd,
and was merely O. victim TO consequences and
the unwilling association into which he had
been forced
Blunt. accompanied by another negro. came
smspo SIMS M R lie had i not o given bis name and twas vas
Boad e s By aneen 5 ena w e sR
posed that he is yet n the parish of NatehI- NJ
pas Nsd e BIN det and L @ II give q him fae
tfse nnder n gaaa e hs be
named, and since then nothing has been heard
Of him. The impression among the negroes is
they are greatly Ineensed In consequence
In the town Of Matohitoehes our informant
reports. all vas quiet when he left, and there
was no apprehension Wha ever OF trouble. Mes
sengers had been sent throughout the parish,
carving assurances Of safety and protection,
fsH and they h had d been Urged to stay W
at home and go on with the cotton picking. It
vas below Nateh toehes. on Cane river. that be
Al Cioutierville,, twenty. eight miles below
Natchitoohes, in ,Natohtoehes parish, our in
formant say Mr.. Normand a reputable citizen,
who told Tim that the negroes were very much
excited and had entirely abandoned the crops.
All the way down TO Monettes ferry, forty miles
below Natchitoehes, he noticed that the fields
Ing the cotton. At Monheim's store, five miIss
heIew Cloutierville; he, was stopped. by Mr.
seeing him traVenF % IL q ss carTiage % viii VIII
only O. lady, companion, called. him out,
| and taking him to the back Of his store
muoh aroused and and be had better Be bsa eautouss tes
He was told By Mr.. Monheim, that they were
having nightly meetings: and ,th that only the
Blunt and BABY Were not pr prodaeed Or allowed
ar rssrp e hs e hh as sf bsagsa aaye Mg Mons a
ferry and Natchitoohes and sack and burn the
latter place if they could capture. it, Our n nip-
O'Quia. st Monette's ferry. Mr.. O'Quin de-
seribad the same condition Of feeling In that
neighborhood and late In the evening, while
sitting on that gentleman's gallery, notice
came to Mr.. O'Quin to meet his company the
following day for organization. as trouble with
the negroes was imminent.
On reaching Alexandria Informant was told
| that there was company organized and ready
to lsave for Natehikoches at u moments notice.
| though everything was quiet in Rapides and
| the negroes hard at work on the plantations
The gentleman from whom We get these par
| ticulars is a citizen Of the highest repute and
| the most unim peaehable character. He Is
familiar with the country whereof he speaks;
and is not likely to exaggeTate the exc teu and
uneasy feeling that exists there. He is seriously
apprehensive of further trouble In Natehi-
| toches from the insolenee and aggressiyeness
of the deluded negro population. at the insti-
CATION of bad men, who, he fears, have not been
driven away or overawed by the recent exDe-
| rienee at Natehitoches
Since taking the above statement we have re-
oeiyed dispatch from Natehitoghes, stating
| that everything is quiet there and the negroes
hard. at work picking cotton. The dispatoh i
published In our telegraphie columns. It
seems now. that Notwithstanding the efforts Of
| the Radical consDirators against the public
peace, harmony is completely restored and the
people Of Natchtoches are working together in
| peace, gathering the crops unmindful of parti-
| san excitement and bad feeling.