Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25

10 know what 10 occurring an the city. He
does not interfere with civil matters.
Unless good judgment Is exercised there
Will be an exodus OF Northern capital and
Union men, which will he injurious TO the
city ana TO the whole country. I will remove
the military governor in a day or two. 4 again
strongly advise that some dis position be made
TO change the present mayor. as believe it
would do more to restore confidence than any-
thing that could he done. Ii the present Gov
ernor could be changed also it would not be
amiss. III SHxRIpAN
Ma lor General Commanding.
Headquarters Arraies United S,aies, Washing
ton, ID. c., August 3. ls68.-k1jor Gsnerai shsr-
idan, NsU Or!eons, Lo1isiana. Continue 10 en-
iorce martial law so far as may be necessary 10
preserve the peace, and do not allow any Of the
civil authorizes 10 act il you deem such action
dangerous TO the public safety. Lose no time
IN INVESTIGATING and reporting the causes tina
ird 70 the riot, ana the facts which occurred.
u. 5. GRANT, General.
0Jfee q. y AiIitary TeIegrapA Headquarter.
War Department.-The following telegram re.
eeived 5:U5 p. m, August 4, 1886, from New
orleans, La, August 4, 1896:
General u. s. Gronf Washington, d. c.: I
have the honor TO acknowledge the receIpf OF
your dispatch Of the date OF August 80, 5p
m p. ii. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
tBy U. $. Military Telegraph Ereca,ipe
Adnsion, Washington, ID. e., August {, ts6S-
To AGjor GeHerdI Sheridan, comma adino, de-
NsW Orleans, La: We have been ad yised here
that prier 10 the assembling of the illegal and
extinct convention elected In 1854, inffamatory
and Insurrectionary speeches were made 10 a
mob, composed Of white and colored persons
urging them TO arm and equip themselves for
me purpose OF protecting and sustaining the
convention in ITS illegal aud unauthorized
proceedings, intended and calculated TO up
turn and supersede the existing State govern
ment OF Louisiana, which had been recognized
by the Government of the United States
Further, did the mob assemble and was il
armed for the purpose OF sustaining the con-
vention In its usurpation and revolutionary
proceedfngsl Have any arms been taken from
persons, since the 30th ult., whe were sup
posed or known TO be connected with this mobl
Have not various individuals been assaulted
and shot by persons connected with this mob
without good cause and in violation Of the
public peace and good order7 Was not the
assembling of this convention and the gather
ing of the mob for its defence and projection
The main cause of the riotous and unlawful
proceedings Of the civil authorities Of New
Orleans! Have steps been taken by the civil
authorities to arrest and try any and all those
VINO were engaged in this riot and those who
nave committed offence in violation OF lawl
Can ample justice be metsd by the civil an.
thcriiies TO all offenders against the lawl Will
General Sheridan please furnish me a brief
reply to the above Inquiries, with such other
information as he may be in possession Of!
Please answer by telegraph at your earliest
convenience. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President United States.
Office Q. S. Military Telegraph, Headquarters
telegram received $50 q. m, August 8, 1866
from New Orleans, Louisiana. August s. 1856:
Has Exceitencg Andret1 johnson, Presi ident o.
s.: have the honor 10 acknowledge the re-
ceipt OF your despatch ofAugust ith, and will
reply speedily.
p. II. SHERIDAN, Maj Gen. Oomd'g.
Office Q. s. hetayy Telegraph, Headquarters
War Department.-lCipher The following
telegram received $50 a. m. August 6, 1866
from New orleans, Lopisiana, August5, 1866
NJ. N. HOe z1f.n ~ T
the honor TO report q uiet in the city yesterday
and to-day, but many unfounded rumors
afoat which excite the ii mid. The exciting
reports will be in circulation for day or two
yet. T. II. SHERIDAN, Maj. Gen. Comd'g.
Office Q. s. Military Telegraph, Headuuar,ers
War Department.-The following cipher fela.
gram received 43O p. m; Aug. 6. 1866, from New
Orleans, La, Aug. g. IL m, 1850:
Has ErcslLeRcy Andrea Johnson, President
United States: have The honor to make the
1ollewlHg reply to your despatch Of August
fourth, (ith:) A very large number OF colored
people marched In procession on Friday night,
Jnly twenty-seventh, (27th,l and were ad-
dressed from the steps the City Hall by Doc
tor Dostie, Ex-Governor Hahn and others.
The speeches OF Dostie was intemperate in Ian.
guage and sentiment The speeches of the
others, so far as i can learn. were character
lied by moderation. have not given Won the
WORDS OF Dostie's speech, as the version pub
nshed was denied; but from what have
learned Of the man, l believe they were in.
temperate.
The convention assembled at twelve n2) no
on the thirtieth, (30th.) The timid members ab-
sentlng themselves because the tone OF the gem
eral public was ominous OF trouble / think
there were but about twenty six f26) members
present. In the front OF the Mechanics Insti.
tute, where the meeting was held, there was
assembled some colored men, women and chill.
dren, perhaps eighteen ls) or twenty, Cool and
In the Institute number OF colored men, prob.
aoIy one hundred and my, Q5O.D Among
those outside and inside there might have beeu
pistol in the possession Of every tenth (lOth)
man.
Absut one (I) p. m. a procession of say from
sixty (60) 10 one hundred and thirty U3O, col
ored men marched mp Burgundy etrest and
across Canal street towards the convention
carrying an American flag. These men had
s6Snt ,oS one pisto, to every zen men. and canes
street q row occurred. There were many spes.
tators on the streets, and their manner and
tone towards the procession unfrrndly A
shot was hred. by whom am not able to STATE
but believe it TO have been py q policeman. or
some colored man in the procession. This led
10 other shots and q rush after the procession
On arrival at the front of the Institute there
was some throwing Of brickbats by both sides
The police, who had been held well in hand,
were vigorously marched to the scene OF dis.
order. The procession entered the Institute
with the nag, about six (6) or eight (s) remain
ing outside. A row occurred between a DO
liceman and one Of these colored men. and a
shot was again fired by one of the parties. which
leo 10 an indlscrimlnate FIRE on the building
had been going on for short time, when a
white nag was displayed from the windows
OF the Institute, whereupon the firing ceased,
and the police rushed into the building
From the testimony OF wounded men and
others who were inside the building the no.
licemen opened an indiscriminate IRE upon
the audience until they had emptisd their re-
volvers, when they retired, and those inside
barricaded the doors, The door WAS broken
in and the firing again commenced, when
many Of the colored and white people either
escaped through the door or We're passed out
by the policemen inside but as they came out
the policemen who formed the circle nearest
the building fired q on them, and they were
again fired upon by the cilzens that formed
the other circle. Many OF those wounded and
AIKEN prisoners, and others who were prison.
ers and not Wounded, were fired upon by their
captors and by citizens. The wounded were
stabbed while lying on the ground, and their
heads beaten with brickbats in the yard Of the
building, whittier some OF the colored men
had escaped and partially secreted themselves
They were fired upon and killed and wounded
by policemen. Some men were killed or
wounded several squares from the scene.
Members OF the con yenHon were wounded
by The policemen while in their hands as pris-
oners, some of them MORALLY.
The immediate cause Of this terrible affair
W IS the assemblage of this convention. The
remote canse was the bitter and antagonists
feeling that has been growing In this conmu-
nj sinea ha ad vent the nrasop, no,,or