Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-06
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partisan dispatch from New Orleans
dated on Sunday. says:-ltI Is stated on very
good authority that the President has ordered
General Sheridan not to make arrests under
GeDerHl GraDts famous order, which affects
forty-four / artes accused Of committing Enur-
ders on the 18th OF July, in this city. Ii Is we'll
known tIat aftidayits were placed in General
Shrrl0ans hands over TWO months ago, ac-
eusing certain parties OF m urder and the above
accounts for his not acting in the matter. The
appointment Of Judge Morgan, a notorious
Cop erht Jas United States District Attorney.
wiI enectualiy prevent the prosecution of nu-
meTous parties held for Trial by the United
States commissioners under the civil rights
bill Official Information reached General
Sheridan yesterday ofnumerous murders and
ou!rages committed against Union men in the
parish of St. Laundry. General Sheridan
leaves for Texas to- morrow on mportant busi-
ness. He will be absent four or five days.
AGalveston despatch, contains City OF Mcxi-
co advices 10 the 10th nlt. 1t gives an In
perial cOloring to Mexican affairs, and says the
Empress Charlotta was completely success
ful in all her demands on Napoleon De lie
dred LIberalists near Vera Cruz, taking 30
prisoners. Business is good at Vera Cruz.
The Empire is paying its debts as fast az the
claims are presented. Canales and Tapia
could not agree. The French regiments an
nounced 10 embark left for the Interior. Eight
hundred men whose time of service has ex-
pred have enlisted in MaXimillian's new
army
Mr.. Harrison, the prosecuting lawyer for The
Crown in the Fenian trials in Canada received
letter yesterday giving information of plot
10 ass assinate Judge Wilson and others con-
cerned in The Fenian trials. Considerable re-
hglous animosity is shown regarding their pro-
ceedIDgs. The fact that Lumsden, a Protes-
tant, was acquitted, while Nc Mahon, a Catho-
lic, was convicted, is specially commenced
upon.
The ad djourned session of the Tennessee Legis-
lature convened yesterday. There will not
be quorum for a couple OF days; full returns
have not yet been received of the election on
Thursday. Enough is known 10 indicate a
Radical gain of Iour members. The Lcgisla-
ture will stand nearly as follows Senate, 1S
Radicals and Conservatives; House, 50 Radi-
Gals to 81 Conservatives.
The constitutional amendment was referred
yesterday in each house of the Georgia Legs-
lature, with instructions to report as soon as
practicable. A. II. Stephens opposes the
act Immediately on the subject and settle the
question. So far as Georgia is concerned its
rejection Is deemed certain.
Brevet Major Geaeral Wood, assistant .u.
psrintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau for
Mississippi, says the crops in Mississippi will
net considerably less than the cost Of their
production, and anticipates much privation
therefrom. He also prenounces false state.
ment that he charged that a sale OF fnegroes took
place near Brookbaven.
special from Savannah to the Charleston
Courier says that two citizens sentenced to
death by military commission have been dis.
charged from custody by the United States
Court on a writ OF hdGeGS corpus, anc turned
| over 10 the civil authority. These are the last
military prisoners In Georgia.
Breyet Major Moore is in command of the
district OF Louisiana, including the posts of
Jefferson and Marshall, Texas, and is also
| made acting commissioner OF the Freedmen's
Bureau for Louisiana.