Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-30


The official correspondence relative to
the New Orleans riot has been published.
1t does not add to, or vary materially,
the facts as already published. Wegive
below one of Gen. Sheridan's dispatches
and a portion of auother-sufilcient to
show his opinion of the matter;
NV ORLEANS, La, Aug, ., 1865,
U, s. GRAFT, General, Washington, d. g.:
The more information | obtain of the
affair of the Goth in this city, the more
revolving 1t becomes, 1t was no riot.
IL was an absolute massacre by the po-
lice, which was not eXcelled in murder.
Gus cruelty by that OF Fort Pillow, 1t
was murder which the mayor and po'
lice of the city perpetrated without the
shadow OF a necessity. Furthermore /
believe 1t was. premeditated, and every
indication points TO this. | recommend
the removal Of this bad man, | believe
1t would be hailed with the sincerest
qualification by two,thirds of the popu-
lation of the city. There has been a
feeling of insecurity on the part of the
people here on account of this man, which
is now so much increased that the safety
OF life and property does not rest with
the civil authority but the military.
P. II. SHERIDAN,
Mai. Gen. Commd'g.
New ORLEANS, Aug. S-l2 m.
HIS Ereelcney Andye'o johnson, President Of
the United States
The immediate cause of this
terrible affair was the assembling of this
convention. The remote cause was the
bitter and antagOniStic feeling which has
been growing In this community since
the advent of the present mayor, who,
in the organization of his police force,
selected many desperate men, and some
OF them known murderers. People OF
clear views were Overawed by want OF
confidence in the mayor and fear of the
"thugs," many of whom he had selected
| for his police force. | have frequently
been applied to by prominent citizens or
this subject, and have heard them eX.
| press fear and want of confidence in
| Mayor Monroe ever since the intimatior
| of this last convention. | must condemn
the course of several of the city papers
! for supporting by their articles the bit
ter feeling of bad men. AS to the mer
ciless manner in which the convention
was broken up feel obliged to expires;
strong repugnance, 1t is useless to at
tempt to disguise the hostility that ex
lists on the part of great many her,
towards northern men; and this unfor
tunate affair so precipitated matters tina
there is now test of what shall be thu
status of northern men; whether the,
can live here without being in cOnstan
dread or not; whether they can be pro
tected in life and property, and have jus
tice in the courts.
If this matter is permitted to pass owe
without a thorough and determined
prosecution OF those engaged in 1t, W
may look out for frequent scenes OF tn
same kind, not only here, but in othe
places No steps have as yet been take
by the civil authorities to arrest citizen
who engaged in this massacre, or police
men who perpetrated such cruelties. Tn
members of the convention have bee
indicted by the grand jury and many O
them arrested and held to bail. As t.
whether the civil authorities can met
out ample justice to the guilty partie
on both sides, 1 must say it is m
opinion, unequivocally, that they can
not. Judge Abel, whose course | hav
closely watched for nearly year nov
consider one of the most dangerous mel
that we have here to the peace and quie
Of the city. The leading men of tn
convention, King, Cutter, Hahn anC
Others, have been political agitators ant
are bad men. regret to say that tn
course of Governor Wells has been vacil
lating, and that during the late troubl
he has shown very little of the man.
P. H SHERIDAN,
Maj, Gen. Commd' G.