The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-10-12
RIVER News. Old Cane has .,o,,o

RIVER News. Old Cane has .,ouo dr.
and it seems as if Red river WAS ,,,u,
to follow its example. THE Brvar]v an
her way down t" Alexandria was four
days on the way from Shrryruort to
Grand Ecorr. Capt. KounS tells us there
i" hut two feet on the bars which il thin
water for these times. Tho Willard
brought down the Natchtoches freiyht
which the Bryar'y had pnt off at the
mouth of Log,y Bayou, on Tuesday
morning last. The Willard left Shreye-
port on Saturday evening. Thanks ia
her officer, for files of late papers.
New Orleans Picayunr. Sept. 20: I;u>i-
ness on the l"vrr duriny the past week
was >'iyht Improvement ON its nr,l,.
'errs>"r. Oar local packet did 4 fair
coast business Will" the arrivals brought
IN paying trips. We're It not for thc
stringent quarantine along the river, the
! business III the past two weeks would
have been all that could b" desired, Th.
steamer Frank Pargon,l rnd4avored 70
venture ont on Thursday last, but adj
vices from the bends warned her uwncrs
10 Withdraw until restrictions should be
removed. Doubtless week or ten day,
hence change will take place for
the better. McS>rS. Bowen and KrjIbrn
came down pilots of the steamer Mollie
Moore, and appear to enjoy gooo health,
as well as the balance of the crew.
Shreveport Standard, Sept. 30: The
10 Bryar'y is receiving freight for Alex
andria. The people of Rapides have
been reduced to such straits by the strict
quar- milne that they are compelled to
nave supplies at once from somewhere. If
| they cannot set them from Shreveport, ~
| they desire, they will be forced to let in
boat from New Orleans. This wou]d
undoubtedly bring the fever and spread
it all through this country. Capt. Scov
ell as an act of kindness to these people,
and in order t" avoid the threatened
danger, will take his boat down with a
heavy freight list, although our Board of
Health has not yet determined to permit
him to return. That they will get such
permission, We have no manner of doubt.
There IS not the slightest danger from
that direction now. We were the first
tn call attention to tho Iooseness of the
Alexandria quarantine, some months ago.
when it was very loose But it is as
strict now, and has been for SIX weeks,
as here or elsewhere. We hope the boat
will be allowed to ply between the two
places until trade to all points is opened
up.
j. j. McCook Il Bro, the "old
reliable" wholesale and retail mer.
chants Of Natchitoches, have con-
tinued to maintain their prestige.
They carry an immense stock
purchased from first hands for
cash, and offer superior induce
mentS to retail buyers, planters
and the trade. Merchants in the
interior will find on investigation
that this house can supply them
on better terms than they can Sc
cure in New Orleans, St. Louis or
New York They not only keep
every line of dry goods, but deal
largely in fancy and staple groce-
ries, wines, liquors, and tobaccoes.
Their stock of boots and shoes is
very heavy and being offered at
reduced figures. O12-1m.
We give below the testimony Of two
colored men who were in thu plot and
divulged the blood curdling plans of
these assasslns. Ifthere be one spark of
manhood left in our people-those of us
who growl and grumble that politics
don't 90 to suit them hope this dis.
closure will shame them to stand with
their race, for this all shows what they
an expect, in common with US all, should |
we agai" be reverted to negro rule.
which can never occur save by our own
inertness or cowardice:
Tom Smith sworn, says,
That they held club meeting on Sun
day night, after the riot at Natchitoch,s,
IN the lake. There We're present at the
meeting Sam Johnson, Tom Sweat, Miles
Martin, Geo Jackson. Henry johnson,
>awney Williams, Henry Edwards, Ahra-
nam Williams, Md Jackson, Lawson
Reed. Tom Sweat was head of the club.
We discussed tn matter of releasing
Blunt, and agreed t" protect ours elves if
the whites attempted to stop rs. All
were in favor Of killing Mr.. Ross, Maj
I. Z. Donovan, l.. N. Lame,
R. W. Fleming. The reason they pro-
9ostd t" kill these PARTIES was because
hey We're the leaders of the Democratic
party. On Sunday night We rode about
Mr. Russ house, and Luke Davis, Geo
Jackson and Henry Johnson went to
he gin house. All had guns, Henry
Johnson blew the horn. We had three
'lub meetings at different times. The
'cxt week they were to kill and burn.
Al Wilkerson belonged to the club. Miles
Martin was the tirst man to talk about
Killing the whites. The pistol fired eft
VAS for signal After they left the gin
I'll went home, and exercised by Miles
Martin. Witness saw Miles Ma tir in
he club last Sunday night Week. Wit
less says Lawson Reed and Sawney
Williams met the club Monday after the
flair in Natchitoches. He also met
Abraham Williams on Sunday night, a
week ago in company with Lawson Reed
md Sawney Williams.
(Signed) THOMAS SMITH.
Before me this Sd day Of October, 1878.
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