National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
THE New ORLEANS MURDER.

THE New ORLEANS MURDER.
ERs-Gen. Grant, it will he remem-
hered issued an order some months
since directing the commander of
the Department of the Gulf, in cases
where the civil authorities refused
to arrest and bring to justice per
sons charged with the commission
OF crimes, to arrest and hold such
criminals as prisoners until the civil
authorities would consent to bring
them to justice. Yet over two months
ago, fOrty-six men were charged
with participation in the unprovok
ed assault upon and murder of the
Union men at the time Of the riot
in that city in July last, all of which
changes were duly brought to the
knowledge yof Gen. Sheridan, and
not one of these have been arrested
by either military or civil authOri-
les.
People began to ask good while
ago. Why are not these assassinS
and rioters arresteds WenO have
an answer. A late telegram from
New Orleans informs us that the
President ordered Gen. Sheridan
not to arrest these red handed muir
derers Of q MON men, and to totally
disregard Gen. Grants order in the
premises.
This is in keeping with the Presi-
dents whole course relative to the
New Orleans massacre. The assas-
sins were bis friends and support
ers. The murdered men were Uni
onists and consequently his enemies.
Most oftheir murderers were eX-rcb-
el soldiers, and Andrew Johnson
has pardOned too many rebels for
murders committed by them during
the rebellion to hesitate about pro-
tecting them in the same murderOuS
business now, and more especially
as they now are all numbered among
his staunchest supporters, while the
murdered men were his political
enemies.
A distinguished French engineer
lately went to bed with his hair in
its normal condition of glossy black
dreaming horrid vision of impend-
ing death, and awaking, found his
hair had turned entirely gray.
Caroline S. Brewer, a sewing wo.
man Of New York has Just recover.
ed verdict of $1,000 from Charles
+. Fleming, young merchant, for
Is L 10,
wife of you," and neglected to do
80.
" In reply to a resolution of the
= House Of Representatives calling
upon the Secretary of War for the
number of prisoners on either side
held, and that died during the war,
the following report is made Mum
Der Of Union prisoners South, go
$40; number Of Confederate pris-
oners North, 100000; number OF
Union prisoners died, 22,57G nun.
Der Of Confederate prisoners died
36,436. According to the above
one Confederate prisoner died out OF
8 sent North Willie of the Federal
prisoners sent south only died out
of T."
The above erroneous statement
given by the Washington Star, and
which is now going the rounds Of
the Democratic papers, is calculated
to deceive the people.
The exact number of deaths among
the Union soldiers in the rebel pris
ons never will be known, but it is
probably nearer forty thousand than
the above estimate. DIR. HamliI
says in "lfartp'ia," "Of the nun
Der of Federal soldiers who hay,
been held in captivity during tn,
rebellion by tie rebels, more thar
thirty thousand of them are nov
dead" We know from official rec
ord that twenty,three thousand an,
buried at Andersonville and Sails
bury alone. Besides these two pris
ons are to be reckoned Belle Isle
Libby and Danville, in Virginia
Wilmington and Releigh in Nortl
Carolina, Florence, Columbia ant
Charleston in South Carolina, Nil
len, Thomasville and Macon in Gror
gia, and the prisoners in Alabama
Louisiana and Texas.
n HINT TO ToUcnY PEOPLE
" learned q good lesson when
was little girl said a little lady
One frosty morning was looliu.
Out Of the window into NY father
farm yard, where stood many COWS
oxen and horses, waiting to drink
The cattle all stood very still an,
meek, till one of the cows. in at
tempting to turn round, happened
TO hit her neighbor, wherein on tn
neighbor kicked and hit another
In five minutes the whole herd wer,
kicking each other in great fury
My mother laughed, and said:
g See what comes OF kicking whel
you are hit"
just SO, l have seen one eros
word set whole family by the ears
frosty morning. Afterward.
on, .-a- =" myself were a lii
Il my brothers =. ":
tie irritable, she would sa,
Take care, my children REM.
Der how the fight in the farm ward
begun. Never return a kick for n
MT and you will save yourselves n
great deal of trOuhJo