Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-17
The Color Line.
NATcuHZ, Oct II The following is derived
rror,a Tho aAicnrs Of ha sif amer NNtchez:

NATCUEZ Oct. IT. Tho following 10 derived
from the officers Of the steamer Natchez:
A arht occurred with negroes yesterday in
Goldma field, some four miles above Water,
proof, in which it IS said sc negroes were killed
and tho remainder Of them dispersed. Some
persons spprehended further trouble. while the
general impression is that the negroes Will moi
again assemble. Assistance was pouring IN from
al directions + fly moro men lett mere Inns
evening in answer 10 call this morning from 81.
Joseph, LA. No plantations have been burned
A communication Just received from citizen
of Waterproof states that all ID quiet and selIleo
Ten negroes we're killed yesterdsy..
NEW ORLEANS Oct. l6.-The city Is iull oil
wild rumors 10 dsy about trouble In Tensaa
Parish. Governor Nichols reports receiving
information that a fight had occurred at Water,
proof, in which five negroes were Killed, and
that 9 company of militia from Nstchez mad ar
rived there The parish authorities ask for State
troons The Governor has ordered the l4oulsi'
ana fed artillery and the Crescent City battBl'
ion to be in readiness to receive marching orders
BY eight m. tomorrow. It is stated that the
steamer Pargoud has been chartered 0y the
State to transport troops TO the scene OF the CHS
turbsnce.
New ORLEANS, Oct 15.--TLe following order
has beun issued
Headquarters First Brigade,
Louisiana National Guard.
New Orleans, Oct. 16
General Order, No. lG:
In pursuance of orders from the Governor OF
the State the several regiments Of this brigade
will be got in rediness TO march ut 3 p. m. to-.
morrow Thursday fully armed and equipped
for duly. All staff and line officers and oil en-
listed men will, on seeing this order, at once re-
pair to their respective armories TO receive 1ur-
Their directions.
q. A. WILLIAMS. A. A. q.
The above command consists of q battalion OF
Louisiana field Tor Orlcans) artillery and the
First snd Second infantry regiments.
WATERPRooF, IIs., October Ii. 1878 throat
excitement horo during tho last three days.
Twenty-Five hundred negroes are under arms
and threaten to burn and plllage the town. Busl'
moss is suspended.
WATERrRoor La, October 10. lSlS-Fight'
ing has commenced. Tne burning OF buildings
has been repprted: Judge CoG ohIdod LIAR
Mayor Yamor states that the origlnators OF The
trouble are Alfred Fairfax and ex.Judge
Ludelng, the Latter OF whom is now the re-
publican candidate for Congress in that district
FairfsA's influence among tho colorcd people Is
great, and he has often exercised II for evil, ire
Quentiy incensng them into hostility against the
whites. Waterproof is situated Immediately Oh
the Mississippi, and in Tensss parish The
parish ut the last elecion) egsttred UCO colored
and $50 white votee, fact which shows the
great minority of the white population: Mayor
Yamer asserts that both Fairfax and IuuclnH
would not hesitate to incite the negroes TO deeds
Of violence and that the latter had doubles:
taken advantage of tho present isolated condl'
ton OF Waterproof during the yellow fever
epidemic to carry out their plan Of overswing
the whites.
There is no telegraph station nearer than
Natchez, and in the present condition Of things
along the Mississippi it would be impossible to
summon effective aid from eighborlng towns
The population of Waterproof is $50. There
arc now in st. Louis about fifty citizens from
Waterproof and vicinity, and they are greatly
alarmed over the threatening etsle of affairs at
homo.