Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-04
LETTER FROM DALLAS.
EntInisiasm Of the Local Military ohuef
the Late Call to Arms.
Interviews and Opinions in Regard 10
tho Excitement at Cause.

morning ppentu upon 49, - -
i'm DALLAS from unusual causes tnail
had long before been the case. SUNDAY
nirht dispatches came over the Wits
from the governor addressed 10 the
captains of the Lamar titles ana ehe
Queen City Guards to hold themselves
I'm readiness 10 move TO Cause, Milan
county. The kilograms wer. headed
"important" and, in the absence OF
messenger boys, the telegraph operator
FASTENED to the homes of Captains j..
q. Turner and G. l.. FELTON,. You
have had the sequel 10y ielegraThi how
The Lamar boys, with enthusiasm
worthy of more serious cause, hur-
lied to their armory and there
kent the silent watches of the night,
awaiting orders TO move. 1on nave
benra Of the train in readiness; OF
there having been no "move," ana
then sweet peace settled down, and II
there existed any smoke IL was not the
smoke of battle. During the week
those not of the militia have found
food for lest against the Lamar boys,
In their having to sit NJ all night
Sunday night, too, after lperhapsl an
ardent aud cxhausting afternoon ana
evening spent in their attentions TO
their lair lady friends. The queen
CITY Guards suffered no Inconvenience.
Can't. FELTON, r~pnptly n9'iisu ms
serteants, aud they In tutn notified
the forty members o. he company TO
be In readiness for fl ther orders, but
to remain within the precincts OF their
several hcmes.
Captain Turner Of the Lamar HI
a "A 4 L.. 4 I . Il
81 do not know what has caused
these recent alarms about negro upris-
ings. | believe the trouble Is attribute
able to one of two causes: either there
existed no good cause for alarm on the
part of the whites, or there have been
at work among the ignorant negroes
leaders, probably of their own color,
working for political reasons. rms
latter is not far fetched
reason for the Republican party has
begun its log-rolling, and has to make
Il desperate struggle ut any cost.
Where the negroes are thickly settled
in the state they ure for the most part
so ignorant us 80 mistake their aggre-
gate number aud strength as exceed
ing that OF the whites, and being so
easily led, or misied, might rise up and
do harm. But if they do, why, the
Lamar Rifles are ready for duty when-
ever they are called upon.
Capt. FELTON, says he Is unable to
guess he cause OF the reported trouble.
lie has only surnises, and the reason
for alarm is not apparent. While his
company (tlie Queen City Guards
were not subjected to the unaccus-
toned order of citing up all night,
yet Capt. FELTON, Is Of the opinion that
the governor did not follow
out military tactics rs he should,
"Why we, s,s n company, nre theoreti-
cally in uniform yet, ready to move
and awaiting further orders. Siuct
the first telegram, not word have
received from the governor and no or
der e. disband has come to me. Tina
was not right
Among the "characlersn of Dallas
none ~ more prominent than n portiS
colored man, who meets every train
and invites the way-laring man to thC
hospitality of one of the hotels. He /,
captain oi the local colored company
of militia, the Corcoran Grcys. Had
you seen him ut the heal of his com
pany--''more terrible chan an army
with banners" last anniversary
OF Emancipation day, you
could appreciate his appear
ance. But Captain George Iiawkin.
Is Il power among the local colored
population; he seems to be Il sensibl,
man, was recently converted to the
Democracy and thinks of forming ,
Democratic club here. To learn hi,
theory of the troubles, an Interview
was held ON the curb stone and hc up
holds the following: well, sir,
think | know the cause of nll thi;
alarm. got ii pretty straight, an,
ann in Il position to know. The who'll
trouble simply comes from the agita
ton of unprincipled though educate,
negroes and some whites among III,
Colored people; not for political rea
sons, but for money. The foundation
for the Milan county trouble was this
some white boys got to drinking at
little grocery down on the Brazo
river there; they had fight
and while the matter wa
quoted down Il left both sides sore
There is negro lawyer at Austil
named Johnson he Is an ----, vel
! have reason not to think much 1
him. know that for some time sine
the civil rights decision this johnson
had been calling meetings of the ignc
rant negroes Austin and HEM
! stead and elsewhere and he told then
| that II they would raise enoug
money he would 20 To Houston am
hN That decision 50 that they would b
AS good as any body and could z
where they pleased. The money WA
raised aud johnson did 20 to Housto
and IL Is said to have had talk wit
Mr.. Waldo; then Johnson came hac
and wanted more money so he coul
80 to Washington, but he didn't get i
Tor along came some vile men froi
that Ere Douglass meeting at Loui
| vile and they tried To undo VIII,
johnson had done and they wei
worse than he was. l tell you, sir,
those ignorant negroes We're left alon
10y those rascally leaders-both blac
| aud whitc-tnere would he no troubl,
That johnson will have 10 leav,
He's bad man, After the quarrel b.
tween those white boys and thos
colortd boys. n good many of I'll
negroes inside up party to hunt
about seven,y-iive, guess. Yo
know all the cotton had been picket
so there was nothing doing but I
hunt. They bought good deal {
ammunition and may be they hougli
new guns too, but know II was onl
TO hunt. and suppose that was tn
Organization" that scared the whit
folks. No.sir, II Is not true that thel
has been II single secrect or 9th,
niass-meeting of the colored poop
here in Dallas, or about but r.
ceived n letter. wish | coul
show TO you, indeed dot was frol
n certain negro, and he wrote ms I
keep my company together and i
meant something he meant /
be secret about IL; he Is one OF thos
agitators. can't toll yo
] Whit he said. but he nlnau