New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-31
Important Dispatch from Gen. Sheridan
to Gen. Grant.
The Former Declares that Nine-tenths Of the
Wounded were Killed by Police.
men and Citizens.
lie Expresses His Regret that the Military vefo ncf
Present to Prevent the Massacre.
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE dARBLED
DISPATCHES?

g. eial Dispatch The " Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursday Aag % 1895.
Tie following dispatch from the Tribune Bureau IL
New Orleans has just been received at The Tribune Bureau
here,
New ORLEANS, La, Aug. 80, lS66lt may yet appear
officially that Gen. Sheridan sdspaches have been further
tempered with at Washington. The following important
telegram TO Gen. Grant has been for omitted
the pretended publications Of all the correspondence.
Investigation may prove the suppression of the dspatch
HEADQUARTERS MuITARl DIVISION or TIE GUIy
On. U. S. GRANT Washington D. C.,
The Military Board called by Baird to investigate the
in this city Of July 49, progressing rapidly %
possible in the papers by reports Of official character
here that attempt made blame the military
for not being present on the 18th ult There could
have been 10 object in its being present e,cept
to prevent the police from rerperating q revolving
massacre. Its absence, for this reason. regret From
accounts of my scouts, who the affair from fret
lat from my Offices from dpterested and fatbfai
persons believe that least nine teDths Of the casualties
were perpetrated by the Police and citizens BY stebbbe
and smashing in the heads many who had been already
wounded killed by policemen. p II. sHFnDiS,
Mslor-GeneraI Commanding,
THE GUILTY PARTY.
The personal friends Of Gen. Grant here Indignantly
deny the charge in The N- York Times of to-day that
their Washington correspondent sent to The 7'ss tho
CARRIED dispatch of Gen. Sheridan TO Gen Grant ast a.
he the correspondent received it from Gen. Grant Tho
aforesaid dispatch received from Gen. GIANT By
The Times correspondent Gen. Grant, after receiving
the dispatch from Gen Sheridan took it Immediately to
the President, and that is the last be saw Of It, Tie
Times correspondent got the dispatch from the President
he being the only correspondent here who admitted into
to the rng of the White House. All here agree that ths
dispatch was garbed at the White House. When the
dispatch in its garbed form first APPEARED Tie Tss,
Gen. Grant heard say by persons here that .
porant sentence had been left out in the dispatch %
printed in The Times. This together with the dispatch
of Gen. Sheridan Gen. Grant, dated New Orleans Aug
49, 1866 and which omitted ly the President in the
regular publication of the official correspondence pOts The
President in still worse prcdicament.
EXTRACT PROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF A spEoJAL
MEETING OF THE STATE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY o.
LOUISIANA, AUGUST :, 1850.
UIer.0s, On the Goth day of July, 1866, at New.Or
leans La organized band of assassins did maciousy
and brutaly murder large number Of unarmed and
suspectng Union citizens and wkerecs, in our opinion
the same spirit which caused the late Rebellion against
the Government OF the United States animated the per,
petrators of the atrocious murders Of July so and
,eLereas, under circumstances equally favorable other
muslers and ourages may be repeated from the eape
assassins; therefore, ~
Resolced, In the Of the loyal people Of Louish
ana that respectfully ask the Commander n-Chiof Of
the Army and Navy of the United States to maintain
martial law over the City of New Orleans al least until
the authors aud ades and abettor Of the late massacre
shall have been brought to such punishment as will Sc
cure the observance of law and ORDER ard protect tie
lives OF the Union citizens OF NewOIleans.
ResOlred That copy of the above preambes and reso-
luton which unanimously adopted, be forwarded to
Andrew johnson, COMMANDMENT Of the Army ord
Navy OF the United States.