
Louisiana (News Article)Date: 1853-10-22; Paper: Times Picayune The Alexandria Republican, of the 15th inst. gives an interesting account of the progress of the fever in Rapides Parish and publishes the following list of deaths amounting to eighty seven which the editor says is very small in proportion to the number of cases; Bernard Lofton, James McQuay, slave of Sallibelles, child of Mrs. Bogan, Ms??Frost, ____Foland, Mrs. Duffiel, Peter William Cunningham, slave of R. S. Smith, Solomon Kaiser, slave of Vallery and her child,_____Caldwell, Mrs. and Miss Eliza Jane and John J. Gibbes, Mr & Mrs O'shea, child of A. Murat, Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Messenger, J. Fisher, John Fry's child, Edward Fair, V. Mitchell, Briant Gorman, Miss Augusta Biernation, John Ballman, slave Jim, of H. Robertson, Jacob Levi, Samuel Levi, Simon Levi, John Hogan?, Solomon Freeman, Mrs. Fred Stilboun, M. Vallery, Mrs. M. Legin?,and two children, Rose Indian girl, child of Mr. Girard, John Gander, John Boldman, slave of Petkawan,Kaspar Kuhn, Auguste Baillio f m c; E H Flint, John Bailey, child of Mr. Kibbe, Patrick McBretty, Emile Searen?, Adolph Rachal Jr., A. Swinck, Mrs. Soule, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Mary McCormick, Mrs. H.F. Overton, Barney Conway, Mrs. Jesse Richardson, P. Donohue, child of A. Mitchell, Marvin Kinney, Isaac Bennett, William Lynsky, ____Falmack, S.A. Baillie, Mrs. Martha A. George, Miss Jane George, Miss Little, ___Kerr, Thomas J. Hickman, James M. Williams, child of Cohen, Major Willis Bonner, Charlotte, slave of Sylvia Martin, Eugene, child of E R Beoseat?, James Murray, child of R. Legras, slave child of F.C.Hanie, Thomas Smith, laborer. Pineville Mr. Daniel Smith and wife, Mrs. Frick, Robt. A Patterson, child of Mrs. Williams, child of J. Swatzenburg, James Stewart, Caroline child of Valentine Volk.
Southwestern Christian Advocate, (New Orleans, LA) Thursday, February 23, 1882; Issue 8; col D Rapides Parish I read the article under the above caption in your issue January 19, All is true and more besides. In the last week of January, a poor man (white) was shot down in our streets over a dispute about a whiskey bill of $2.50. The barkeeper killed the poor man, and his wife gave birth due to the excitement and sorrow over the death of her husband. The white ladies of the neighborhood gave her all the attention they could, but alas her husband could not be restored to her and to her poor children. He has gone to judgment ; his wife and children are at the mercy of charity. If it should fail at this particular time starvation would overtake them. Where shall we trace the crime to or to whom? I leave you the reader to ferret it. Again a half brother of the boy that was hung over the in our sister town, Pineville last winter a year ago, fell a victim to the deadly weapon a week before last. A man wanted to borrow some ,money from the young man and upon his refusal the white man told the colored boy to come and go with him. He did so, and when about fifteen or twenty minutes walk away, he fired upon the colored boy, who lingered a few days and passed away. The man who did the shooting can not be found. The one who killed the white man was given a preliminary trial and bond was given. Does it make any difference whose ox is gored or who gored the ox? There is a difference and I leave it to you and the world that they may know these things and be the judge. Our mail is irregular I received a letter fourteen days old from Cheneyville, La 32 miles. Where is Uncle Sam?
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA Oct. 23.1830 Indian Justice.—Our town during the last week was visited by various tribes of Savages. On Saturday last, they had a ball play which was animated and well contested. During that night in a drunken frolic, one of them was killed in our streets.—The person who perpetrated the act surrendered himself to the relations of the deceased. On Sunday, he went through our streets, talking composedly of his anticipated execution. About ten o'clock in the morning of that day , many of our citizens repaired to the spot where the vengeance of the connections of the murdered was to be gratified.— Several of our most respectable townsmen joined and offered a considerably sum of money for his pardon. It was refused: the surviving brother declaring that no money could purchase his redemption: the criminal expressing no anxiety for escape. No gun could be procured when the victim stating his objection to the delay and threatening to leave the ground if he was not immediately punished, the brother advanced with a spade and knocked him down and split open his skull showing demonical expressions of joy at his accomplishment of the act. We sincerely regret for the character of our country that this circumstance occurred here. Our civil authorities should have arrested it. It was a violent and outrageous breach of our criminal laws. It was not from want of proper feeling that it was permitted, the general impression was the Indians had the right to execute their own laws upon each other. So they had to their own territory, but this deed was as much murder as if an European had killed another in our parish.
Two white men named Able and Kirkland became Involved in a difficulty at Tramway Landing, Rapides parish, Monday last, which, resulted in the instant killing of Able. Kirkland acted in self-defense, being first put upon by Able. H. M. Rogers attempted to separate the parties, and was severely wounded while playing the role of peacemaker. Kirkland has not yet been arrested. Galveston Daily New Jan 5, 1882
The local option election, held to, day in the town of Tioga, Rapides parish, La., to determine whether liquor licenses should be issued, has created a sensation as an illustration of the effect of the suffrage laws of Louisiana on the voters. The town is a largo and prosperous one, with many registered voters, but when the local option election came around it was found that only one man, J. M. Calhoun, had complied with all the requirements of the Louisiana suffrage laws, paying the poll taxes two years in advance. He was the solitary legal voter of the town, and when he marched to the polls and deposited his ballot in favor of granting a liquor license it made Tioga a wet town, although a majority of the people of the town are prohibitionists. This is the first instance in Louisiana where only one vote was cast at a popular election. The board of election commissioners was a little staggered at first, but decided that in spite of the small vote cast it was a legal election, and it had:, therefore, concluded to promulgate the returns or rather the return. The Landmark, Statesville, NC Sept 9, 1902