The New York herald., 1866-05-28
THE MEMPHIS NEGRO RIOTS.
The Peisee Partly Responsible for ths
Ostsresh-Ths esonsman military Ce~-
aAtsslon, 30.
." ssSFHss CORRESPONDENCE.

4 sshPHes coRREsroNpsscy
hEsrnrs. May Is 1904
hno 'a'e unfortunate Hos between the whltes and ,ho
negroes In this city had really no party significance
many OF the radical correspondents from th, city uo,a
convey On the contrary deny anything OF tho Kind
and know the report sf the Congressional committee
which has been appointed will me out in the ascr
ton that tho riots grew cut OF fsud which has existed
from time immemorsek between the police and N t,
negroes Throw open no doors OF Sing Sing and take
therefrom the most harssnod and dcpraved criminals
scour Baltimore for tho pAnks Of tho Plug Ugcs take
from your own mids. tho lovciiest OF your Bosory
t'hoys place them all In and invest them with
star, cap and billy. and yon have not an ovcrwrought
porrature either for responsibility clcencv OF the
a. these for Of the peace and
at time when the city ned W IA discharged negro
soldiers who were IN the main di.oldery and drinking
that scenes Of violence aud blood he'd should be onnced
Once tho "bali set rolling" the police found pretex
under tho ssrb Of authority 10 corl, atrocities al which
stance negro girl about nineteen years Of age was
shot dead Oh 0ausey street while standing in her door
tyakine At he crowd 1he house WAS then fred by the
iursisd police and tss body Of tbs unrorunas eirl
was consumed in the hamcs Other cutrages wcrc com
nittcd upon inocnsvo negroes during the progress of
the riot but happy 10 state that ia Isolated
casc Of hendshncss which stands alons and piesmncnt
No one depored the ssd and sckenng events OF tho
thfs days OF terror" than the old citizens OF
kemyhls, and canior conpes say that used
more srnuous Efforts 10 fucI the rot and restore
Country ~ the late rcbcllional OF which will more
hy apprsv Som letter from General George stonennn
Summarizing here In which he says II have TO thank
ne people Of Memphis irrespective Of their former
ntecedents for tssc substantial aid thcy rendered
bestoring law and sffcr
srcNKN ss's StIrARy oonHssoS
ny command of Major General Stonemm Q comnnss \
snpn consisting Of src-ct Brigadier General RuDkie,
Captain A. W. Allyn. sreenfh United sHfcs infantry
Captain W. j. Colburu, fsistant Iuarcrmsstcr and NJ
J. Wright, OF McmphfS assembled the Tth inst |
for ths purpore OF inqning reporting upon all
the fssts with and d.sor
dcrs which commenced sl,e LIST Of May Tho report
OF the con nilsson will emtsers all tho facts connected
with te origin, progress au termination OF the
proceedings Civ ng the N those engaged and the
special al Of each fsr cSu be- ascertaInsd the
number asd names OF those Hlftf AMI wounded, what
property destroyed and ts value thereof each
case, and vho caused the disturbances and fsrt q
complete history of tho TRANSACTION II n highly m
portant that the government be fully and correctly in
formed " on the whole subject
METROPOLITAN arEI-
The Metropolitan Pofice bin has pssscd both branchcg
OF tho Tennessee 0enoral ASSEMBLY and now n law
II cxtenss only Tor sarmThs Nashville and Chattanooga
Its prov sons substantially tho police
regulations OF New York city. We look for somo |
trouble when tho nov police appointed and 20
srppait the old No doubt for instant what
the result will be In the event OF conCs bat that
not in no least Loosen the probability OF sweet bit or