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Show HAS OF K.UES. X lHt'lit Between Negro Insar-and Insar-and Hliiics in Louis- rt Louis, 10 Dispatcher "Horn Wattrpnujl, Louioiaua, to U. S. Van c, m:tvor of that io'-vm, who if here, Hiiys that abrnH"2 500 negroes are engue-d in the reported outbreak thert-; that fighting begun to-day and that Judge Cardiil, J. P.. Harrison, and Jl-U 8;iyder were wounded. The burnir-g of buildings is also reported. Natchez, Miss., 10. The olli cera of 1 the etsamer Natchez report thut a fight occurred with the negroes, yesterday, in Goldman's field, lour miiea above Waterproof, in which, it is said, thirty-nix uegrcej were killed and the whole of them disperse i. Some apprehend further trouble, while the general impression is that the negroes will not again assemble. " Assistance was pouring in from u 11 directions. Fifty more men letthere this eveuing in answer to a call this morning from bt. Joieph, La. No plantation was burned. A communication, just received re-ceived (rom a citizen of Waterproof, states that all ie quiet and settled. Ten negroes were killed yesterday. New Orieaue, 16. The city is full of wild rumors, to-day, about the trouble io Tensas parish. Governor Nicliolls reports receiving information that a fight had occurred at Waterproof, Water-proof, in which five negroeB were killed and that a company of militia from Natchez had arrivtd there. ParUh authorities aBk for itate troops. The governor has ordered the Louisiana Louisi-ana field artillery and Crescent City battalions to be in readiness to receive marching orderB by 8 a.m. to-morrow. It is Btated that the steamer Pargoud bas-bten chartered by the state to transport troops to the scene ot the disturbance. The First brigade, consisting con-sisting of-the First and Second regiments, regi-ments, and tbe New Orleans artillery are ordered to be iu readiness lo march at 3 p.m. to-morrow. |