The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-29

was so, and stated that if 1 had been in COM
mand of the city, / would have taken q bat
terry OF artillery and swept the streets of the
towards. He said, "Why, General, if had
done that should have killed as many of
your party as theirs" told him had no
party Said he, :" / mean the negroes. y
Qaughter) Said ], /" Gen. Baird, if you go
on Canal street, you will not see over four
negroes, and they will be pursued by citi-
zens and police, and two at least will be kill
ed before they can escape" I said, I" Eigh-
teen millions of men are watching you this
day, and this delay will cost you dearly
He said, I have made no delay I have or
dered men there !" and turning to some Of
his staff, gave some hurried orders.
went back to my home. and in about half
an hour battery of artillery and a regiment
of infantry paraded on the street. At that
time negroes were being pursued by crowd
of men, and one was killed within sight of
the guidons of United States cavalry COM
pany, but not shot was fred by a United
States soldier The rioters dispersed martial
law was proclaimed, the carnival of slanght-
er was over for that day. believe that at
that time about twenty-five loyal whites and
one hundred loyal blacks lay dead, while
five hundred of both colors lay wounded,
the result of one days work.
But, gentlemen, we had right to and
did believe that when the telegraph told the
tale of our wrongs we should be aided. But
what was our despair when an order came to
one Heron, a Rebel, the Attorney General of
the State, stating that the civil authorities
must be sustained 2 The despatch said -
You may show this to General Sheridan or
whatsoever may be in command, and he will
sustain yon" Then our despair was great
Sheridan, the noble, great and true man
of our war; was not there he had gone to
the Rio Grande. But he has returned. I
have heard some criticisms regarding his
dispatches to the North, but see it stated
that the dispatches published as from him
were but garbled extracts, and l tell you, gen.
tlemen, that believe it.
have something to tell you of Sheridan.
Some three weeks ago, and two weeks be-
fore left New Orleans, I waited on General
Sheridan and told him was about to leave
the South and come North again. told
him my statements might appear one-sided;
that possibly some might think radical un-
safe to trust, and wished to know from him
his opinion, as conservative, old army Off
cer and one then and there in authority. In
justice to General Sheridan l will say that be
said to me, he then did not wish to express
his opinions in such manner as to spread
abroad that he was but simple soldier,
and could avow no creed but his orders
He told me what he thought of Southern
Rebels
l must tell you further, that about six
months after the war there were many asso-
Citations formed, known as relief associations,
such as Gibson's Brigade Relief Association,
and the Hays Brigade Relief Association
These associations were made up of soldiers,
and the.presidents of the associations were
the old commanders of brigades, and vice
presidents were the ldcolonels of regiments,
and SO down. They held secret meetings,
and were to all intents and purposes q mill
tary organization. Sheridan feared these or
CARNATIONS as nucleus for further distur-
Dances, and he made up his mind to sup
press them. He issued an order declaring
that all relief associations and all ass0cia-
lions for the erection of monuments intended
commemorate the late Rebellion, should be
dissolved and suppressed.
When they heard of it, they came and
begged him not to issue it. He said, +" l
know no compromise of duty / have made
up my mind to issue it, and issue it will
Three weeks ago thought your organiza-
ton was mutinous, and at that time order
ed a battery of artillery from the Rio Gran
de to sweep the streets the first motion you
H1utsc .y-1u wcre s-rs --iss enough tn take
the hint, and now / disperse you BY ORDER
Gen. Sheridan said -" fear Northern
men don't understand this thing In a word,
the Rebels are willing to come back if they
can place the Rebel flag right alongside the
Stars and Stripes They want to preach Re
bellion they want to go back to Congress
ional halls, clothed with the mantle Of au-
thority they are very willing to come back
if Lee and johnson shall stand on the same
plank as Grant and Sherman they are viii
ling to come back if this Rebellion shall be
made thing to be proud of and its men,
DRY shall fall as a glorious heritage to their
children. Iconsider these gorgeous funeral
professions an insult to me and to every man
vino ever wore the Federal blue" Uong
and continued cheers.)
HERRNe's SAFES IN THE LATE PORT
LAND There is a moral to
be drawn from one of the incidents of the
late disastrous fire in Portland, that should
be carefully considered by those who would
avoid a danger that is all the more insidious
because We are apt to imagine ourselves Sc
cure from it. We refer to the test that has
been applied to the safes Of different manu-
features that were exposed to the terrible or
deal of fire there. The word SAFE which is
applied to the iron chests or boxes that are