Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-29
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Foreign and Domestic.
Especial by Telegraph to the New Orleans Times.]
, GALVESTON, August Establishments on
Saturday, &c. Inter ments for the week.
1853.
New York merchants, through Blum 81
Co., have sent$l0Oo to the Howord Asso-
citation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The johnson
and Grant correspondence relative to
Sheridans removal is published this m orn :
ing in the New York Herald and oston
Post.
There is some White House gossip of
Sheridan's leaving the Fifth Military Dis
trlct in charge of Hartsuff, and proceeding
West, relieving Hancock, who then as
sumes permanent charge of the Fifth Dis
! trict.
They talk of Swayne az Pope's Successor,
and Meade as Sckles'.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 20, Up. M.--Cotton not
go much doing; prices unaltered; sales
will notexceed 5000 bales. Lard SIR.
New YORK, Aug. 26.-Stocks strong.
Gold l4oIs. Money 4@5 per cent. ster-
ling time, 1929; sight 10.
Rumors prevailed in the gold room that
the whole Cabinet had resigned. Five
twenties of '62, coupons, 1917.
Flour csc. lower. Wheat dull and
dropping. Corn unchanged. Oats 1c.
| lower.
Pork heavy at 1928 Sc. Lard and whisky
quiet. Cotton du II at CSC. for middling
uplands.
WASHINGTON, August 26. Gen. Grant is
now in consultation with the President on
the order relieving Gen. She ridan, the
order to be issued to-day modifying the
order of the 18th inst, and placing the
command of the Fifth District temporarily
in charge of Gen. Hartsuff.
| Gen. Sheridan is ordered directly to the
| Department of Missouri, to relieve Gen.
| Hancock, who is ordered to proceed at once
to New Orleans, to take command of the
military department of Louisiana, the
original command of Gen. Sheridan, and
also to take command of the Fifth District,
with instructions to make such orders as
he deems proper within the scope Of the
| reconstruction acts.
This effectually revokes section fifth
of Gen. Grants instructions of the 18th
| inst. Gro.
Second Dispatch.
dent, to-day, ordered that Gen. Sickles be
relieved of the command of the Second
Military District, and that Gen. Candy be
appointed to succeed him.
1t is not known whether Gen. Sickles is
to be mustered out Of the volunteer service
as Major General, but 1T is believed that
Gen. Grant will issue an order to that
effect, thus placing Gen. Sicklss as Colo
nel-his rank in the regular army.
Gro.
To- The following is the letter of Gen.
Rousseau to Gen. Grant, defending him
Tending himself from the charge of Gen.
Sheridan against himself:
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
New York, Aug. %, 1867.
General The New York papers to day
publish what purports to be, and what
take for granted is, an official letter from
Maj Gen. Sheridan to yourself, in the
course Of which he says:
81 regret that have to make The charge
against Brig. Gen. L. II. Rousseau, U. s.
a :, of visiting my command, and, without
exhibiting any authority, interfering with
my duties and suggesting my removal"
SO much of tho about charges us alleges
that visited Gen. Sheridan's command
and interfered with duties is false. AS to
suggesting his removal | did say, in an
swer to telegram from Washington in
curing Of nae how things looked in Loui-
siana, that the State Of affairs was gloomy,
and that the people were much depressed ;
that any change would be almost univer-
sally acceptable. This telegram referred
to matters and things in general, and was
intended as such, including Gen. Sheridan
in the scope. If this was suggesting the
removal Of that officer all right, but his
name was not mentioned.
Whilst | claim the right, in common
or nif too ftnioa 1,
of General Sheridan's administration as is
not purely military, and which solely con-
Germs the civil policy of the country yet |
on my late visit to New Orleans | scrupu- |
lousy RETAINED from doing SO, and so far
as | now remember | expressed no opin-
ion for or against his policy to nybody in
his district. | had no purpose or motive
to do SO, and my recollection, | think, is
Us distinct about this as it usually is, or as
it can be about anything.
AS | know there is no su fficient evidence
on which to base this charge, cannot
conceive how it is possible for Gen. Sheri-
dan to make IT, | am, therefore reluc-
family forced to the present conclusion,
that it has no better foundation in his
mind than conjecture of suspicion. | con-
eur with Gen. Sheridan in his regrets. |
am really sorry that so inconsiderable
man rs myself wa~ not permitted to visit
New Orleans without being made the me-
dunn for any sort of sensatian wherewith
to thrill tho public pulse, and it seems as
unnecessary as it is unfortunate that it
should fall tony lot to be made such me-
dunn in the hands of Gen. Sheridan, who
now, on what is universally declared to be
his conspicuous merits, fills so large place
in the nation 3 admiration.
Gen Sheridan might have let me pass,
h,,.ly
lowed my escape from the collision which
has forced this letter.
In order totally to relieve Gen. Sheri-
dams mind let me in word explain my
late mission to New Orleans.
Ordered to command in very distant
department, and having also to go into
our Russian possessions, thought that
before SO long aJourney would 60 to the
South and say good bye to part of my
family and to many of my kindred, who
are in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Pass
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