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Show ItLAtlv DEVI IjS. I Xom-o Oulra-cs iu I.oulsianu. j Monroe, La., 20. This citv and' vicinity is greatly excited becauso o! tho hring into, last night, of thu rcsidencesof David Faulk. Isaiah Garrett Gar-rett and Ltimay Faulk, planter,, living on the river below bore. Mr David Faulk has been dangeruuslv in ior weens. lier bedroom was a target for the assassins. Mr. l-hirrtti'a house received about seventy bullets. Mr. Lamay Faulk eaw two men, both colored, enter his gate. They exploded ex-ploded two caps, aiming at him, and went on. Several white hunilies in the vicinity have cumu to this place for safety, und appeals have been made to volunteer oompanios here for assislancu. No cause can bo imagined fur this outrage, which 1ms thrown the whole parish into intense excitement, and spread terror among the whites of this section, sec-tion, where tho greatetl quiet has hitherto prevailed. It is thought this trouble is tho result ul a disturbance occurring hut Saturday at a republican republi-can barbecue, when eight or ten of the whites were rudely treated by no-' no-' groes, their lives threatoned, and they 1 wero forced to leave the grounds to pucily the infuriated blacks, who ' drew repeaters aud otherwise exhibited exhibi-ted the ferocity of desperadoes. For-1 For-1 tunatcly, the firing at tho houses did 1 not do serious damage, although a shot iu each case entered bed-1 bed-1 room. Steps have been taken to pre- servo peace, and preveut recurrencet of similar outrages. |