The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

U. S. Grant, General,

You are doubtless aware of the serious riot which
occurred in this city on the 30th. A Political body, styling
itself the Convention of 1864, met on the 20th, for, as it is
alleged, the purpose of remodelling the present Constitution
of the State. Tho leaders were political agitators and re-
volutionary men, and the action of the Convention was

liable to produce a disturbance of the peace. I had made up
my mind to arrest the said men if the proceedings of the
Convention were calculated to disturb the tranquillity of
the department, but I had no cause for action until they
committed the overt act. In the meantime official duties
called me to Texas, and the mayor of the city during my
absence suppressed the Convention by the police force, and
in so doing attacked the members of the Convention and a
perty of 200 negroes, with fire-arms, clubs, and knives, in
a manner so unnecessary and atrocious as to compel me to
say it is murder. About 40 whites and blacks were thus
killed, and about 160 wounded. Everything is now quiet,
but I deem it best to maintain a military supremacy in the
city for a few days, until the affair is fully investigated. I
believe the sentiment of the general community is great
regret at this unnecessary cruelty, and that the police could
have made any arrest they saw fit without sacrificing
lives.
(Signed)

P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major-General Commanding.
Office United States Military Telegraph Headquarters War

Department.

The following cipher telegram was received at 3.30 p.m.,
August 6, 1866 :

New Orleans, La., August 6-12 In., 1866.
His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States.

I have the honour to make the following reply to your
despatch of August 4 :—A very large number of the co-
loured people marched in procession on Friday night, July
27, and was addressed from the City Hall by Dr. Dostie,
ex-Governor Hahn, and others. The speech of the others,
as far as I can learn, were characterised by moderation.
I have not given you the words of Dostie's speech, as the
version published was denied,' but; from what I have
learned of the man, I believe they were intemperate.
The Convention assembled at 12 o'clock on the 27th,
the timid members absenting themselves, because the tone
of the public was ominous of trouble. I think there were
about twenty-six members present in front of the Me-
chanics' Institute. Where the meeting was held there
were assembled some coloured men, women, and children,
perhaps eighteen or twenty, and in the institute a number
of coloured men, probably fifty. Among those outside and
inside there might have been a pistol in the possession of
every tenth man.

About one p.m. a procession of say from fifty to one
hundred and thirty coloured men marched up Burgundy-
street and across Canal-street, toward the Convention,
carrying an American flag. These men had about one
pistol to every ten men, and canes and clubs in addition.
While crossing Canal-street a row occurred. There were
many spectators on the streets, and their manner and tone
towards the procession was unfriendly. A shot was fired,
by whom I am not able to state, but believed it to have
been by a policeman, or some coloured man in the proces-
sion. On their arrival at the front of the institute there
was some throwing of brickbats by both sides. The police
who had been hold well in hand were vigorously marched
to the scene of disorder. The :procession then entered in
the institute with the flag, about six or eight remaining
outside. A row occurred between a policeman and one of
these coloured men, and a shot was again fired by one of
the parties, which led to an indiscriminate fire on the
building through the windows, by the policemen. This
had been going on for a short time, when a white flag was
displayed from the windows of the institute, whereupon
the firing ceased, and the police rushed into the building.
The immediate cause of this terrible affair was the
assemblage of this Convention. The real cause was the
bitter antagonistic feeling which has been growing in the
community since the advent of the present Mayor, who, in
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Mayor and fear of the " thugs," many of which
he had selected for his police force. I have frequently
been spoken to by prominent citizens on this subject, and
have heard them express fear and want of confidence in
Mayor Monroe ever since the intimation of this last Con-
vention movement.

From the testimony of wounded men, and others who
were inside the building, the police opened au indiscrimi-
nate fire upon the audience until they had emptied their
revolvers, when they retired, and those iusido barricaded
the doors. The door was broken and the firing again
commenced, when many of the coloured and white people
escaped through the door, or were passed out by the police-

men inside ; but as they came out the policemen, who
formed a circle nearest the building, fired upon them, and
they were again fired upon by the citizens that formed the
outer circle. Many of these wero wounded and taken
prisoners, and those not wounded were fired upon by their
captors and by citizens The wounded were stabbed while
lying on the ground, and their hands beaten with bri;k-
bats. In the yard of the building, whither some of the
coloured men had escaped and partially secreted them-
selves, they were fired upon and killed or wounded by
policemen. Some men were killed and wounded several
squares from the scene. Members of the Convention were
wounded by the policemen while in their hands as pri-
soners, some of them mortally.
I must condemn the course of several of the city papers
for supporting, by their articles, the bitter feeling of bad
men. As to the merciless manner in which the Conven-
tion was broken up, I feel obliged to confess strong re-
pugnance.

It is useless to attempt to disguise the hostility that
exists on the part of a great many here towards North-
ern men. This unfortunate affair has so precipitated
matters that it is now a test of what shall be the status
of Northern men—whether they can live here without
being in constant dread or not ; whether they can be pro-
tected in life and property, and have justice in the courts.
If this matter is permitted to pass over without a thorough
and determined prosecution of those engaged in it, we
may look out for frequent scenes of the same kind, not
only here, but in other places.

No steps have as yet been taken by the civil authorities
to arrest the citizens who were engaged in the massacre,
or policemen who perpetrated such cruelties. The mem-
bers of the Convention have been indicted by the grand jury,
and many of them arrested and held to bail. As to whether
the civil authorities can mete out ample justice to the guilty
parties, on both sides, I must say it is my opinion, unequivo-
cally, they cannot. Judge Abel, whose course I have closely
watched for nearly a year, I now consider one of the most
dangerous men that we have hero to the peace and quiet
of the city. The leading men of the convention, King,
Kutler, Hahn, and others, have been political agitators,
and are bad men.

I regret to say that the course of Governor Wells has
been vacillating, and that during the late troublo he has
shown vezy little of the man.

(Signed) P. 11. SHERIDAN,
Major-General.Commanding.

Visit of the Seventh New York Regiment to

Europe.

A correspondent of the Anglo-American Times
writes as follows :

The heir to England's throne some few years since made
a triumphant tour through a portion of North America.
After visiting the subjects of his mother, and receiving
their homage, he accepted the invitation of the American
people, tendered through their Chief Magistrate, and was
hospitably entertained wherever he sojourned, but the
Empire City, of New York, splendid in her hospitality as
she always is, surpassed even herself on the occasion of
the Prince of Wales visit. Humanity in all its various
phases and types thronged the great avenues and streets,
and with a unanimity rarely equalled shouted themselves
hoarse in welcoming the son of Victoria.

The writer of this communication was one of the pri-
vileged few who stood upon the steps of the City Hall
while the militia (or Volunteers as they would be called
here) passed in review. As one particular regiment, in
fact the favourite Seventh, marched past, receiving the
usual plaudits, which are always accorded to that body,
General Bruce, at that time Governor of the Prince of
Wales, turned to General Sandford, the commander of the
troops, and asked the name of the regiment then passing.
When informed, he remarked " They are admirable--ex-
oellent."

It was this Regiment which was chosen as the body-
guard or Guard of Honour to the Prince of Wales during
his visit to New York.

It is unnecessary to inform the American portion of the
Anglo-American readers who and what the Seventh Re-
giment is. Enough to say it has ever been the reliance
of the peaceful community of New York in, opposition to
mob law, and that besides twice marching over a thousand
strong to the defence of the Union, when called upon they
have furnished over 250 officers for the army during the
late war, many of whom have risen to the most distin-
guished positions, while too many have contributed their
blood to cement the immemorial arch of victory.
To your English readers it may be necessary to make
some few remarks in reference to a Regiment which may
ere long land as guests upon the shores of England.
Without desiring to detract one iota from the well-
merited honours which are due to other regiments for the
splendid heroism which they displayed through red-stained
battle-fields and weary picket life, on the march and in the
trench, in proud advance or dispiriting retreat, in all the
vicissitudes that mark a campaign, wo have no hesita-
tion in stating that the pooplo of the United States could
not select a body of men ono thousand strong who could
better represent them abroad than the Seventh Regiment
of New York. All classes of the mercantile community
are alike represented.

In America all men work in her industrial hive; there
are no drones, they make principal, not live on it. The
lounger in Hyde Park would be a loafer there. No man
is satisfied with what his father left him as a legacy; there
is no law of primogeniture, all men who have capital cir-
culate it. Shabby gentility is at a discount. To be a
gentleman it is not considered necessary to be idle. The
Princes of America are Merchant Princes. Peabody,
Stewart, Vanderbilt, and Astor all work. So though the
Seventh Regiment may be said to be composed of a body
of gentlemen, yet every member is the representative of
some branch of art, science, or labour. There aro mer-
chants, physicians, artists, authors, engineers, clerks, &c.
They are free-will soldiers, not conscripts. They are
proud of themselves as a body ; they are also proud indi-
vidually. They have an esprit de corps which is almost
'matchless. Their drill is severe, continuous ; the result
is their evolutions are admirable. So well satisfied are
they with their mode of manoeuvring, their drill, and
their general appearance, that they have long desired to
cross the Atlantic and pay England a visit, in order to run
the gauntlet of English criticism. The breaking out of
the Civil War in America caused them to postpone their
contemplated visit. The Exhibition in Paris in 1867 has
resulted in decisive action. Funds have been collected,
an invitation signed by over two hundred prominent
Americans in Paris has been transmitted to New York.
All the necessary concessions have been obtained from the
Imperial Government, and thanks to the active and unre-
mitting co-operation of Colonel Charles B. Norton, one of
the Commissioners to the Exhibition, and now residing
in Paris, that portion of their visit has been arranged.
We aro informed by that gentleman, that, as at present
understood, the Regiment will leave New York early in
May, land at Havre, proceed to Paris, atter sojourneying there
some 17 days they will then come direct to London, where
they will probably remain seeing the sights about 10 days,
after which they will leave for Southampton, there to em-
bark for New York, in order to be at home by the Fourth
of July. It is supposed they will number 850 strong with
the Engineer corps, besides an excellent band and drum
corps,
in all with invited guests about 1,050 officers and
men.

The arrangements fortheir visit to England are as yet in
a state of embyro, but surely if there has been the entente
cordiale between France and England, and Belgium and
England, what reception may we suppose will be acc3rded
by the English Volunteers to their American cousins who
cross the Atlantic ?

Such an opportunity is unexampled. It is the natural
province of men-of-war to visit the various ports of
friendly nations, but for a whole regiment to leave home,
family ties—in fact every social relationship—and brave
the perils of an Atlantic voyage, in order that they may
see and be seen, is an expedition worthy of American
pluck.

We sincerely believe that it will be only necessary to
make this vague announcement to call forth the most en-
thusiastic reception from the Volunteers of England. We
can assure them that admirable though their drill, and
soldier-like though their appearance may be, they will
have to look well to their laurels. The Volunteers of
England will find therepresentatives of America are heroes
in afar field, and heroes in the field for the fair.
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