The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-31

New ORLEANS, La, August 30.-lt may yet
appear otlic ally that General Sheridans des-
patches have been further tampered with at
Wash ngton. The following important tele-
gram 20 General Grant has been for some
reason omitted in the pretended publications
o all the correspondence. Investigation may
prove the suppression OF the despatch.
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE
GULF August l3, lS66-General u. 5. Grant,
Washington, d. C.:-The Military Board called
by General Baird TO investigate the occurrences
in his city of july l3 is progressing as rapidly
as possible ! see in the papers by reports OF
An official character here, that an attempt was
made to cast blame on the military tor not
beng present on the 18th ultlmo. There could
have been no object in its being present, except
to prevent the police from perpGtratlng re-
voting massacre. It's absence, lor this reason,
| reglet. From accounts of my own scouts.
who saw the affair from first TO last, from my
own officers, from dislnterested and faithful
persons, believe that at least nlne-tenths OF
the casualties we're perpetrated by the police
and citizens by stabbmg and smashing in toe
heads OF many who had been already wounded
or killed by pOliCemen. p. Ii. SHERIDAN,
Maio' General Commanding.
The personal iIlends OF General Grant here
Indignantly DENY the charge IN the New York
Times OF to-day, that their Washington cores
pondent sent to the Times the garbled despatch
of General Sheridan to General Grant JUST as he.
the correspondent, received IL from General
Grant. The aforesaid despatch was not received
from General Grant by the Times correspondent.
General Grant, after receiving the despatch
from General Sheridan, took it immediately TO
the President, and that Is the last he saw Of it.
The Tines correspondent got the despatch
from the President, he being the only
correspondent here who is admitted into
the ring OF the White House. All, here agree
that the despatch was garbled at toe White
House. When the despatch IN its garbled form
first appeared in the Times, General Grant was
heard 10 say by persons here, that an important
sentence had been left out in the despatch as
printed in the Times. This, together with the
despatch OF General Sheridan to General Grant,
dated New Orleans, August l3, 1866, and which
was omitted by the President in the regular
publication of the official correspondence, puts
the President in still worse predicament.-
Y. Tribune
Extract from the Proceedings of Special Meet
{ ing Of tine State Central Executive Committee
of the Republican Party Of Louisiana, August
8, 1856
Whereas, On the 3Oth day of july 1866, at
New Orlc ans, La, an organized band of as
sassns did malcIOusly and brutally murder a
large number OF unarmCd and unsuspecting
Union citizens; and, aobereas in our opinion the
same spirit which caused the late Rebellion
against the Government OF tue United States
animated the perpetrators of the atrocious mur.
ders of July 80; and, ICheTedS, un Ter circum-
stances equally favorable other murders and
outrages may be repeated from the same assas-
| sins; therefore
heSoIuPd In the name of the lC al people OF
Louisiana. that we respectfully ask the Com
! mander-in-Ch Chief of the Army aud Navy of the
United States to maintain martial law over the
| city of New Orleans, at least until the aider-
| and abetters of the late massacre shall have
been brought to such punishment as will secure
the observance of law and order, and prot9c
| the lives OF the Union citizens OF New Orleans.
J HeSOtUed, That copy OF the above preamhles
and resolution, which were unanimously adopted
| be forwarded to Andrew johnson, Commander
in.Chef of the Army and Navy of the United
States.