The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-05
BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.


MEMPHIS, May 3-The excitement
over the riots of the past two days has
subsidized some to-day. Last night
scenes occurred which will be lasting
disgrace TO Memphis; but still l am
glad to beable to say that the higher
classes of citizens had not anything
to do with it
The origin of the riot, as it comes
from an eyewitness, a highly respected
gentleman al d reliable man, IS as
follows On Tuesday afternoon, on
South street, negro expressman col
lideG with a hack driven by white
man. The white man cursed the negro
for it. who apologized by saying he
could not help it. The hackman con-
tinued his abuse, and finally fight
ensued. Policemen came to the help
of the white man, and negroes to the
help of the negro, and then the riot be-
gun.
Here you see fault on both sides. /
have taken particular pains to learn
the origin, and do not Justify the ne~
groes for using arms to resist sworn
official, but it is a well known fact in
Mempsis that some of the policemen
cannot arrest white man without
beating him in a brutal manner.
The city of Memphis is in deplora
BILE condition The Mayor has been
drunk ever since the riot commenced.
] A meeting of the citizens was held to-
day, in which resolutions were passed
authorizing the Mayor, Sheriff and the
Chairman of the meeting to summon
force of citizens to act in conjunction
with the military force placed at the
! disposal of the Mayor by Gen. Stone
man; also, closing all liquor saloons
and stores until further orders.
fhe proceedings of the meeting were
/ printed ard circulated around the city,
with W. B. Truelove and r. c. Brink
ley's names attached, as President and
Secretary, and Mayor Parks name at
the bottom, indorsing the same.
Shortly after the adjournment of the
meeting, the following order from Gen.
Stoneman was issued:
memphis, TENN, May 3, 1866.
| To the Mayor, Aldermen and Council
circumstances compel the under
i signed to interfere with the civil affairs
of Memphis. 1t is forbidden for any
person without authority from these
headquar tiers to assemble together any
posse of armed or unarmed men, white
or colored This does not include the
police, and will not as long as they can
be relied upon as preservers of the
peace
Signed GEO SToEEMAN,
Major General Commanding.
During the incendiarism last night
eight negro churches and school houses
were burned, besides thirty-fve negro
tenements. One negro woman Was
roasted alive
This evening about 7 o'clock, as a
number of drunken men were return
ing through Chelsea from the picnic,
they became mixed in difficulty with
some negroes, killing two and seriously
wounding enc. An old negro woman
was also badly beaten.
The Coroner to-day held an inquest
over some bodies of negroes killed in
the late riots.
The steamer Tigress, with Prima
Donna in tow, exploded last night
about H. miles above Fulton, at 10
o'clock, killing every body on the boat
but three deck hands, who were badly
scalded The Captain and his wife
were asleep at the time, and were
blown into the river, never being heard
of since.
A letter to Capt. Mussellman, of the
Southerner, states that besides the
Captain and his wife, the first engineer
and carpenter are known to be lost,
but gives no names.
The fireman of the Prima Donna
was scalded slightly, and three deck
hands on the Prima Donna, seriously.
None of the officers of the Prima Don
ma were hurt She now lies opposite
Fulton, tied to the Arkansas shore.
The Adam Jacobs came along short.
ly afterward, bound for Cairo and took
the survivors aboard.
Special Dispatch to the Lou sville Courier
NEw ORLEANS, May 3.-The pastorate
was extended to four years.
There were $27, 900 appropriated for
the support of bishops.
The Missouri and St Louis Confer
ences were granted privilege to divide.
The revision of the Discipline has |
been very extensive
The report of the Committee on Ed
ucation declined to accept the phonetic |
system 1t recommends that an insti- |
tute be established for the education of |
young ministers, and also that biblical |
schools be established in connection |
with colleges already established.
No one shall be admitted into the
g., 70
the examining committee.
The next General Conference will be
held at Memphis, on the first Wednes.
day in May, 1870.
The General Conference then adj
journed sine die.
Special Disp1tch to the Louisville Courier.
CISC4NHATI, May policeman Gray,
of the Eighth Ward, entered Duvall's
drinking saloon, on the corner of Court
and Johnson streets, last night between
ii and II o'clock, and drank glass of
liquor, and made his exit In a few
minutes screams were heard issuing
from 8 chamber adjoining the bar
room, which the policeman had en-
keeper rushed in and found the police
man at the bed side of bis step-daugh-
ter, nineteen years old, whom he had
endeavored to violate The policeman
commenced to beat the saloon keeper,
who in turn produced revolver and
shot the former The wounded man
was then carried to the hospital, where
he now lies in q very critical condition,
the ball having passed through his
right side. He has always been a hard
customer, but was made Waterman on
account of having served in the Union
army.
New ORLEANS, May 3-President
johnson has ordered Gen. Candy not to
interfere with the United States Court
The President first ordered Gen. Candy
to make full report by telegraph of
the conflict upon which he acted. The
court reOpened Immediately.
By instructions from the President
General CANDY has released the cotton
held by the military, and turned it ,
over TO the United States Marshal
The New York Evening Post, the old
anti-eIsvarv organ cOndaD,ns tI,a ro /