New-York tribune., 1878-12-31
THE RULE OF TERROR IN LOUISIANA.

uOMELY LETTERS FROM COLoRED MEN, AND oFFl-
CIAL REPoRrS-NrGRoEs TO BE KILLED As LONG
AS THEY e. FOOL WITH POLITICS."
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEL
WASHINGTON Dec. 30-Herewith are few OF
the more important documents to be submitted 10
the Senate by the President in response to Senator
Cameron's resolution as soon as Congress recon-
xenes reating to the frauds and outrages commit
tod IN Louisiana during the recent political cam
paign.
Under date of October o. r. +. Mcconnell. Dep
utv-Norsbal reports to Marshal Wharton, of Louis
lana, who forwards the document to the Attorney
General that he investigated the facts OF the mas
sacre at Waterproof La, and found that after the
Democrats had held their parish convention
they through the local authorities, forbade tho
Republicans to hold one. The negroes gathered for
consultation az the residence of Alfred Fairfax.
their leader, himself colored man, and the Repub-
lican candidate for Congress The Democrats, pre-
tending that they feared negro insurrection,"
got out the militia of the parish under Captain
Peck, and advanced upon FairfaXs house
for the purpose of asccrtaining what tho
colored were up to. One shot was
fred from the house, which killed Captain
Peck, and to avenge his death his companions
charged the house and killed a great number of
colored men. Marshal Mcconnell says he could not
ascertain the exact number killed. Democratic re-
ports place it SIX and the Republicans says that it
was sixty-fye Captain Peck was the only white
man killed during the entire campaign After this
affair at Farfaxs house, bodies of armed white men
from the nelghboring parishes and the counties In
Mississippi across the river cont:nued TO ride about
the parish for the ostensble purpose of preventing
negro insurrection. "The result was the COM
pleto decentralization of the negro populatlon,"
writes Marshal Mcconnell, and Twas told that
large numbers had Joined the Democratic party as
ameasure of safety"
On the 18th of November, Deputy Marshal Ban
croft reports to the Marshal of Louisiana regarding
The intimidation il West Felicana Parish. He
says:
fud that the men who have been corresponding
with G IN regard to cases &c GSre no gT
OF them dare into Court and testify They say
getting the negroes to testify that entirely tho
question. The negroes who have been whipped know
Tsey Tssy Ss' q sassis
hs %e sSR a anS sns
the road by Ogden ana H. steGsst snd 'ce se
tNa1 Wona be nc attended TO- and was advised
the paper that he would not have Pp ne wa
told to go home and have nothing more 70 DO WIN poll
eanj ticket. lie would have to look out for himself
this and 0sE se5 5fee se S Nv wife
Informed the parties that was not at home where,
they Mrs Coates and beat eat hsT oyer inc
recognized C. DAVIS as one of the parties who beat
On the following day Coates was informed by Davis
Others that he would drop politics DC ana rS ms
10 refuse he agreed, and Davis promised to notify
people to tna effect All the negroes who nave ave haa
any trouble been warned by the planters VINO en-
0y them that II they told anything tn@y %op s ,Se Se
negroes afraid to be seen talking 10 stranger he
nut stop to ali this buldozng ,f they chose To do So
Thry are The who did the same kind OF work In
At the Ninth Ward poll in this parish intimidation
.ompeiled negroes to vote as they told them OF not
ut all. Mr.. stewart supervisor OF kessuation, @ anu
and witnessed the proceedings. The following Is
. list of the men who have been engaged in whipping
III Here ere, follows & long list of names.l
sssored people was whipped and nc aftcrward told
Governor Nichols. j; Carter knows all the men VINO
beng killed.
Marshal Bancroft names number OF persons WHO
Informed him that they were afraid to vote, having
been threatened. lie concludes by saying The
negroes in West Feliciana Parish are in dread OF
the white people. The black man has no voice, and
Is entirely controlled by his employer"
WHAT A COLoRHD MAN SAYS.
The following pitiful letter was received by At
torney-General Devens few days after election
from coored man living near Shreveport, and Will
be sent to the Senate with the rest of the docu-
ments:
DEAR SIR: Permit the condition of affairs
ike unto a roaring lion and succeeded In getting the
coored people out TO vote the Republican ticket more
ban ever and the day OF election the Demo
Gratis had baotbOxes at every poll III THIS parish
one the COngressnan one Tor the state ana parish
wnole, aud numbers of US voted our Tickets whoe II
we nut our tickets whole III the Wald-DOX, Inty were
not counted II put them whole into any oox they
were counted somc ofCur people tore tbcr tckets
apart and PUT each part in the ,rlght box Mnen me
Democrats found ont they were doiG tnis tney 'oa te
cOlored NAT they could not Had their names on the
In rrs the parish they driven from iho
Int rha( "a nm mol lp
White Leaguors have killed and run OF 200 e9ored peo
pie. and three eo!ored women were EneI t.r M or yot
the coored people could NOT reglster OF ,sTn mUtg
I'm Bossccr Parish the coortd people were driven
from the polls by about 100 arneu m @ VIM Eid nna
voters were driven away by thousands. II BOsslet
white would not let the ba1lotbo5es oe 9pgnea pa
and drove the deputy-shei back 10 Belnne
with the boxes ana the samo was practlsed
IN Webster Parish THIS was concerted ere sona Im'1g o
The Democrats viii be 50 as long as tue coored
people fool with politics ana y 10 en yo'e Of ~ ibe tbe
south are going to Kill u.s. baTe ana irGr fhpeateped
about hundred Of many scared 70 stay
in their at night and somo OF hn have left the
state, my life is threatened so that may not be ex
trust God that the United States win give us some
ourselves and let leave these slsyehold
ers To- work their own land, for they are killing
our race every day ana mgnt. Excuse me I'r M
10 t. ana / speak for the race The white EcpuDlcans
allowed more showing than The poor coored
iaEe Ills into consideration and do something Tor
race. Your 0btdient servant, HENRI ADAMS
.s LOUISIANA THOROUGHLY TERRORlzEp.,
The following is report of Deputy Marshal sher-
man, dated on the 10th of November last, and adj
dressed to United States Marshal Wharton. of Lou
isana:
SIR: In obedience 10 your instructions left the CITY
Of ofNewOrleaDs October 80 Is7s arriving at Delta,
via On ha ipsf cd