New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-27
THE MEMPHIS ErOTs.
uepor, Of the STon.e Committee.

Select Committee appointed 10 iH'''''s''0 nc >'0-"'
riots:
yr Committee proceeded TO Memphis the o2l Of hay
lest and Immediately proceeded with their ilvetsatoh
{ ae st for Which il appears that TIE whole military force
one3 AZ Memphis consisted Of detachment OF the TO-.
In led States Infantry not than 10 strong iorce ho
eu clent 10 guard the largo amount OF GOyeiGmtu
property that point against tie lrge hAger oi On
10 s outbreak Of the oious PROCEEDINGS on TUESDAY az
tcrnOon MAY J. Gen StOnelnan was caieu upon y! ~"
f the comfy and requested 10 nse the ice unde hs
,'n1 fr me ouelag Of the riot lie replied that lhe
Mayor Of the city wanted slnce anl would address nln
mi, 10 that eject 1t, should due attention on, w.
'ld pcfr that the troops should not BE- called on eAee "a
OF necessity ing Tio' ..pti.., , a.er,I
Next morning Judge Leonard made OPP ieaton to zen S
Sourman 10 have aims turned over 10 - $3.50, .ri
btng formed, with winch request SioA'u-h ie" ~, "a t
anee Tie mob ng IS oHtrages through "edhesdi
aud Wednesday night, the citizens eAlsu "a ~c fv
lug and resolved that the Mayor Oh 'ucrn!
and Sheriff u tie county be authorized 10 sunny
force Of sufficient number to act IN c,ne,rl WV, L
military lor the protection Of the ety. Geh "a
same day addr essed communication TO the mayor o. tee
stating that circumstances compelled hm ~ , Tho as
civ afr rs 4 tie city aud That ne shotII iest 'no
seninr ~ any persons white eoored armed or unAf
without bis authority. That however, did not incade e
police force Of the eiiy 80 ohg as tey eoilI 10
preserve the peace. TINS seems 10 have f'd very sI
effect All parties who had assembled immeliey dspesed
Treatment of both while aud colord people there were no i1
bctcr If the men but Gen soneman. after looking AZ
them did think it safe to inrust neh WIN arms '
gathering being mere raboe oil eA'Ooh so1'' NV
Al this time there was considerable apprehension that
general would take place. aud many northern
people beside the teachers and preachers IN Tue eoOca
schools and churches, came to Cen oiousilAh hna az
messed cir fears and asked his protection Transportation
was furnished them aud many M the city Previous 10 we
riot people Of Memphis were loud IN me, ds mas 10
care Of themselves and desire on his part TO iet Tue u. VI
these professions vas The nnepa reason o' us lou
Gen Stoneman testified tllt noing colA be core ih'e
and malicious than th cirre that the ont OF the
aeings # the Freedmeus Bureau officers atd Of tho eac
ers Of the coorad schools The newspaper ~ me y s.o
msrcpreoned nearly everything connected WITH the riot ana
col he simple Deftetn hoNt us
charged NEGRO soldiers aud the Ish police But the d'uD
sooT massacre Of he eoored people Of Memphis regardless
Of age condition Inspired by the leaclng' OIL ne
and iod By officers Of tho law composing VIC O'
Government and others" Tho report says.
Thc whole evidence dscl1ses the killing ~ men women
and chiirenthe innocent ugarmed ara deaseess Pese
ing and maiTesiing Of stu ereaier hnmp.F OI,n4. H.
Laying and robbng the consuming Of dead oodies IA e
flames the burning Of dwellings, the attempts 10 burn up
whole families in their houses and the erual ana fs'ons
rayishng Il deienselass and terror stricken ieales
COMMENCEMENT OF TIE OUTBREAK
The riot is considered to have comIe1eed on May me
~ Ient i state Of eeng which Lad o.torel by the
press was the luminosity existing between the Irsh population
OF pbs which embraces nearly al e me nDeis oi ne
city government and the coorcd popul tons large n1mD
whom had into the city since is oeeup ton p e
the that about week before tho not bros out
coored arrested without cause IN tAe
Il Fort Pickering where the 81 Heavy Ai.,lf vi
stationed. The was knocked down, cru beI,h uHl
carried OF on draw Tie eoored liess Yen .nesnu
that they would resent any ogtraee Oh We Au 90 o' ~
race IN About the middle Of tho afternoon OF Ie'n1
crowd hundreds btl cuusEetAl'u oh n'tt" -
'They appeared TO be regular spree Li sccorng 70
the testimony Of one they not dong any harm
Yet tie Committee bound TO state that tue weight Of TIE
evidence is that Their behavior vas ioious Mu
and uly justified the nicposton q Tie c' alihpIes
The cooIed soldiers mcuced y irein tbe Az ana one
Of the policemen shouted OF hf men bad teen shot
c0l0red soldier also heard 10 cAcil tat oAe u t
men Kidd. The policemen feurci hAd returned "th
leGuoIccmeais aud Kind Of running lsEt was Kept up i
time be,~ee3 The ts plie. sAss aS NOT r's I,
men however 20 town 0r fcdloccmcl anu returned
about 10 O'Clock when there was no one on t.s so.na u
ing In the me!e, Daan fireman and Sliphen' ponce
WHAT THE RIOT WAS
NIoler one Of the the rot was W'nap
pointed thing; they bad been working Tor u long me
lie honehso Tor the that they had beon taking about
the riots Of the nogroe, Chsima the tax coming irOm
Just such be engaged IN the nos The songoit
Rebels cold be- found guerrs and uch Ike who we're
~ TS. !s 80 o no M The boSs 1t s@vei ihe cosn
AM that II the waite would not give them such pa,
son AMI coud take rgats The negroes how
ever sensible betrayed into following tie advice q
these Reb whoe hatred aud caoAefle' LEY gndeTsooI
fol- well. Toe pohcemon. said Moler were nsang more
than set OF iaWe theves the whole city was Irish and
Was Of about TIE sane character Inns tsAVHy "A' cor
roborated By that Of several other witnesses.
The report then proceeds 70 enumerai some q Tho o1irase'
which were committed Tho house OF Albert Harris shoe
maker was broken INTO TIE seoundfe ahsaekng his trunks
and rcobilg him OF 80 ie fruits OF o.. own DoIs o. -
placed in bis care aud oisO belonging TO Hnoher nan
yoey fired into tho cOorei hospital wonndng tso per
severely censared lie having led aceoTing tohe t'ino
oue Rev. MrTade) portion q The mob Which drove The
cO0red their shAntes and they started - run
would shoot them down nd'criminaicy The erownns sets
q dsoo.m rape arson and n1rdsT sTs a. oil de,ae! at
1 AssS Ts . saS oSurcts.
VI: gea nsv,p.psT. and ,SIss.: were, made q
casion either from sympathy with the mob or from drunk
Of murder incendarsu and hatchery undoubtedly John
G. Creighton the Judge Of the Reoorde Court Of the city Of
Memphis One OF tho witnesses testified before the Freed
Bureau Commission that Creighton made n
the crowd In which he used the following choice language
the Niger and burn up cradle God damn them
They free indeed but God damn them we viii XIII and
Police appears done all could protect the
coored people from the assaults OF his rufBan policemen
THg CAUSE OF THE hottie NEWSPAPERS.
riotous proceedings had mediate in difficulty
between Irish police and coored soldiers The remote
may be found In the prejudice which has up be-
tween the Tho feelings Of hatred revenge
ward the coored which has been fo.ered by tho Irish
cpshed since the negro became free The coored
have protection from the law whatever All the Testimony
shows that II was for eoered man IN Memphis to
the negro that II almost impossible TO punish white
w fS iSf s
prior to their arrival In Memphis negro most brutay
s1 the MScy Scer ns at %sSp
MijorGen John T. Smith knowing full well that Maloney
tried BY military comn."Sn By %hch be wa. found Suty
aud sentenced to Imprisonment In Nashville. 1t ap.
pears that aerwAfd the murderer MaOuey was brought
before United States Judge Trgg at Nashville writ Of
hsbeas and the Judge without giving any notice what
to Gen Thomas that there a hearing Of the
question made haste TO discharge him from imprisonment
and be is now at large "unwhpt OF justice There be
doubt that the feeling which led the terrible
al Memphs was stimulated by the dsoyal prcss Of that city
Judge Hunter satesthst he has doubt but the mob s
ulsted BY the newspapers The Rev. Mr. Tade the effect
OF the press was TO ncts the riotous proceedings and
the opinion that the Irish have been used oats
paws and the papers published there had every melted
them TO the deeds ofvence which they committed He states
that TIE hrdanhss the aud that Ths h9H and Ledger
are echoes Of H. Witness believed that much OF the feeng