The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-15
From New Orleans.


| WASHINGTON, August 2.-As showing
part of the history connected with the at.
tempt of tho usurpcrs 10 hold q convention
| III New Orleans, and the riots that resulted
thcrcfrom, give you copies Of the CORES
pondcncc by telegraph between the Pros-
| den, and officials, State and Federal. in
Louisiana. This correspondence has not
been published, and is now for the first timo
printed exclusively in tho San
ExrcurlvE OFFICE, July 49,
To Ills Etctlieney GorUHor Wells, New Or
leans, La:
| have been advised that you have issued
proclamation, convcning the Convention
| elected in 1864. Please inform me under
| and by what authority this has bccu done,
and by what authority this Convention oen,
nssumc to represent the whole State of Lou.
islana ANDREW JOHNSON.
New ORLEANS, July 20.
To Ills ErccNcu'W 1horcw johnson, Prcsi-.
dcm cr the Nnitca States:
Your telegram received. have not is.
sucd proclamation converting the Cunycn.
ton of 1864. This WAS done by The Prcsi.
dent OF that body, by virtue of resolution
adIournng the Convention subject to this
orucr. nnd IN that case authorizing him 10
call on the proper officer to ssuo writs Of
proclamation is in response to that cnll, or.
Icring an election on The 3d Of Scptrmbcr
rs soon rs vacnuc cs can he asccrtninc,i an
election will be held to ill them, when the
entire State will be represented.
Your ohctheni servant.
j. Madison WELLS,
Governor Of Louisiana.
ENEcrNE OFFICE, August |.
-ifdcFt Fo'hc's, lieutenant. G0rcrncr, or In
8"cm s. Urron, .lUorncy. (,cntyui, N,w
Oricans, La:
We're the civil authorities, State or Fed.
cral, conferred with by General Baird be.
fore he declared martial law? Could not
the civil authorities, State and Federal, en-.
force the law and preserve order, with tho
aid OF the military, and without the ncccs-
sity of martial law? hope that order has
been restored, and the riot not rs disas-
trous rs represented. Please show this dcs-
patch to General Baird.
:, ~Ew JOHNSON
IT,, y -'Ew ORLEANS, August |.
.. Grant, Wushington
Eou arc doubtless aware of the serious
riot which occurred in this city on the 3Oth.
political body calling iisclf the Conyon
ION of 1861, met on tho Both, for, rs il is
alleged, tho purpose Of rcmodcling tho prcs-
cht Constitution of the State.
I'll" lenders wcro political agitators and
revolutionary mon, md the action of tho
Convention was liable to produce breaches.
| or the p"h,;o f'a"nn Ind mndo IN m n;mab
| to arrest the head men, il tho proccGulngs.
OF the Convention wcro calculated to dis
turb the tranquility OF the department but
J had no cause for action until thcy commit
ted IN overt act
About forty whites and blacks wcrc killed
ana one hundred md sixty wounded Every
thing is now quiet, but deem IL best To-
maintain military supremacy in tho city
fort few days, until tho affair is fully in
rcs.igatcd. believe tho sentiment Of tho
general community is great regret at this
unnecessary cruelty, and Tint the polico
could have made any arrest thcy snw ft
without sacrificing lives.
p. II. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
The following is n special despatch TO tho
New York Ucraid:
WAsHiS1ToN, Aug. 1.-Dcspatchcs have
been received here today, both by tho
pres'1on' and outside parties, stating that
Gen. Baird Ind refused TO obey tho Exccu-'
tive order putting his troops subject 10 tho
civil authorities Of tho State. Gen. Baird
himself sends highly colorcd despatch to
! he President, in which ho says that the po-
lice were the prime cnusc of the outbreak,
and then adds that ho has these samc po-
lice in his employ. The President has tclc-
graphcd agnin, giving most positive. instruc-
tions to tho military commandant 10 restore
the control Of affairs to tho civil authorities
and to use his troops to aid tho execution Of
the law, and for that purpose only
The dispatches received from Con- Baird
mako the total killed and wounded thirty
five. all told This is wido disci cpancy
from The statement Of some Of the special
sensational correspondents.
The statement that Ray and King decline
attending the Philadelphia Convention bo.
onusc of tho riot, is absurd Both theso
gentlemen arc now In Washington, and arc
more anxious thuh ever for tho Convention,
rs means of heading off radicalism, to,
which they trace the disturbance.
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TonAcco AND HEARr DlsEAsE.-M.
DcCalsnc, III II communication to tho
Academic dcs Sciehces, exhibits an
other clause in the heavy bill Of in
dictmcnt against the abuse of tobacco.
lie states that, in tho course of thrco
years, he has met among cightythrce
invctcrate smokers, twenty-ono in
stances, Of intcrmittcncc Of tho pulse.
occurring in mon from twcnty-scycn
to forty-two years Of agc, and not to
be explained by organic lesion Of tho
heart. The absence Of such lesion or
other condition of health capable of
inducing intcrmission Of tho action Of
the heart, and the fact that, in nnino' oa
instances, in which tho usc Of tobacco
was abandoned, tho normal action of
tho organ was restored, NJ. DeCaisne
believes, will justify him in conclud-
ing that, in cortai,r subjects, tho abuse
of tobacco may give rise to conditions,
| which may be termed "narcotismr Of
tho hcart," characterized by intermis-
sion in the movement Of that organ.
and tho pulsation of tho radical arte-
Try, and that in somc cases, a, sispon-.
sion or diminution in tho practice Of
smoking is sufficient to cause tho ontiro,
disappearance Of this irrogularity.
Medical Times and Gaxettc.
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