The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-30

that, as yet darkest result Of the "My Policy"
administration. His dispatches are made
public at this late day, thus doing tafdy JUS
tAsssaaas 1ss1kiaes
which sers pablshsds u the time. Late Is the
county gsts these depstches AsDRE JoHs>
iyUFhsassvm bsfsss tiusxhsa ~ speas
his pro>rebsl policy in his treatment Of the
riot s5sa-& ns@ nv -
On the Sd of August Gen. SHERIDAN tele-
praphe Cd to Gen. GRANT as follows:
T. So "NEw ORLEANS, ugast 8.
U. S, Grant:
GESERAL-The more information 1 obtain
~ me .Fa;r in this eity. the more revolving it
becomes II rds riot ii scds an absolute
,.os.,r,., h., he r,clice. ,rkick ras Not ercced
~ =, ..s;srn,,. rr,,eIt, h. thai Of Fort Pit
lon. II gas a murder tclsscA ytN A4yer ana
polic, Of ne cify perpefruted tcithoa p shddoto
Of necessisy. Furthermore, believe 1t vas
premcdisaied and prearrdnged.
| Irecor,mend the removing OF this 1ad man.
believe il would be hailed with the pancerest
qualification by two-thirds Of the population
oflhe city. There has heen . feeling Of IN
secerity OF, the part of the people here % %
| csnnt az This man, which IL nov 10 mach IN.
creased that the safety of life and property
does not rest with the civil authority but with
the military
Major G eneral Commanding.
| On the 9th, three days later than the above,
! Gen. SHERIDAN sent this answer to series OF
in,erroeatories by President JOHNSON, and
which were evidently drawn upon the assump-
,iot, that the Radicals were guilty Of the not,
and that he was engaged in the collection OF
evidence to establish their guilt In our des>
patches we have published part of this des-
patch. which we now publish entire.
| OFFICE U. s. MILITARY TELEGRAPH, -~
| .HEaD Q'Rs Wan DxP'T.J
The following cipher telegraph received
4:30 d. IN. August 9th 1866, from New Or
leans, La, August 9th, II m, 1856:
| To His Erreiiency, Andrea Johnson, frest>
dent ot'the United States:
| have the honor to make the following reA
NV 10 your dispatch of August 4th:
A very large number OF the colored people
marched in procession on Friday night Jsiy
27,h. and we're addressed from the steps Of
the CITY Hall BY DR.. Dostie, Ex-Governor
| Hahn and others. The speech Of Dostie was
| incorporate in language and sentiment. The
speeches Of the others, 50 far as can learn,
were characterized by Federation. hsye
not riven you the words Of Dostiss speech.
as the version published was denied Bat
| from what have learned Of the man be-
ieve they were Incorporate.
| The crowd assembled at I'm, on the 30th;
the timii members absenting themselves be-
cause the tone Of the general public was
ominous OF trouble, j think there were but
about twenty-six members present. tlu front
| of the Mechanics Institute where the meeting
was held there were assembled some lcolored
men, probably 100. Among those outside
and inside there might have been pistol in
the possession of every tenth man.
About clock p. M, 8 procession say
| from sixty to one hundred and twenty color
/ ed men marched up Burgundy street aud
| across Canal street towards the Contention,
carving an American flag. These men bad
about one pistol 10 every ten rpeIiy 90 canes
and clul in addition w lille eroesing eanai
! street q row occurred. There were many
| spectators on the streets, and their manner
| and tone toward the procession we're un-
| friendly. A shot was fired, by whom | am
not able 10 state, but believe it to hate been
by policeman or some colored man in the
procession.
his leu 10 OtNeF SQOts anu u Iusu dlAcl Tue
procession. On arrival at the foot ofthe In
stitute there was some throwing Of bnckbats
by both sides. The police who had been
held we'll in hand were vigorously marched
| TO the scene of disorder. The profession
entered the Institute with the flag, abput six
or eight remaining outside. A row occurred
between policeman and one of these color
ed men and shot was again fired by one of
the DE rties which led to an indiscriininatc
fire ca the building through the windows by
the policemen. This had been going on for
short time, when white flag was displayed
from the windows of the Institute, where
upon The firing ceased and the police flushed
into tie building. From the testimdny of
wounded men and Others who we're inside the
building. the policemen opened an indtscrim.
mate FIRE upon the audience until they had
emptie i their revolvers, when they retired and
those Inside barriesded the doors. The
doors were broken in and the firing again
CONNIE aced, when many of the color and
white people either escaped through the door
or were passed out blythe policemen inside.
But as they came out, the policemen. who
formed the circle nearest the building fired
upon item, and they were again fired upon
by the citizens that formed the out circle.
Many cf those were wounded and taken prs>
oners, and others who were prisoners aud
not wounded were fred upon by their cap
tors AMI By eiliAens. The wounded were
stabbed while lying on the ground, and their
heads beaten with brick-bats in the yard Of
the building whittier some Of he colored men
had escaped and partially secreted them
selves. They were fired upon and killed or
wounded by policemen Some men were
killed wounded several squares from the
scene, some of them MORALLY.
The inmediate cause of THIS terrible affair
was the asSemblage of this convention The
remote earse was the antagonistic feeling
which hss been growing in this community
since the advent Of the present Mayor, who,
in the Organization of the police foreet, Sc
lected many desperate men. and some Of
them musalerers. People of clear views
were overswed by want OF confidence in the
Mayor arl fear of the thugs, many of whom
had been selected for his police force. |
have frequently been spoken to by prominent
citizens on This subject, and have heard them
express fear and want of confidence in Mayor
Monroe ever since the intimidation OF the last
Convention movement
i mpst condem the course of several of the
city papers for supporting, BY their articles,
the bitter feelings of bad men.
As to the merciess manner in which the
convention was broken up, feel obliged to
confess strong repugnance 1t is useless to
attempt to disguise tie hostility that exists on
the part of a great many here toward North
ern men, and this unfortunate affair has 80
precipita,e ed matters that there is now d test
Of what shall be the status of Northern men;
whether they can live here without being in
constant dread or not; whether they eau 10
protected in lie and property. and have Jus.
tice in the courts If this matter is allowed
to pass over without thorough and deter.
mined prosecution of those engaged in it, we
may look out for frequent scenes Of the same
kind. not only here, but in other places No
steps have as yet been taken by the civil au
thorities Ia arrest citizens who we're engaged
in this messaere. or policemen who perpetrs-
ted such crueliies. The members Of the
convention have been indicted By the grand
jury, and many Of them arrested and held 10
bail. As ID whether the civil Authorities can
nete out ample justice to the guilty parties
on both sides, must say it is my opinion I'M.
equivocaly that they cannot. Judge sAbeh,
whose conse have closely watched fur nesr.
lya ykat, Inow consider one of ,le shost
dangerous men that we have to the peace and
quiet Of the city. The leading men Of The
convention-sKing Cutler, Hahn and others