Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-29
NEW ORLEANS.
Order RLstuFed from the Late
EzO1s.

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2s-Fhe city bas
BEEN qLi=t to-day, aud 80 far as heard
ron, ~. Bernard parish also.
TIE fOllosluR prJcIam alton was issued
this evening by G-n. r us-esu
HEAro'As DEPAs rM OF LoUIsIANA1
NEW OaLEASs, , etoDer Is, IsoB.
To TIRE Psopl OF New rleau-, La:
FeHclU Citizens: [ have received in
stTuouous frUm tue authorities az Wash
iugton 10 take such action as roay be ne
c-ssaTy TO reserve peace and good order,
and TO protect the lives and properly of
cit zsGs. As She city is quiet to 'sy, I
think 1t the Ir4psr time to make the
abUve sD' cuDcem-Dt, and TO call upOn
all law-abidn g uz9ns to aid me here
after in carrying UUt these Instructions {;
AND 10 that eUd they are earnestly re-
q Tested TO refrain from assembling in
.orge bodies on the streets; to avoid
X:,tirg on~veFsstiOD and otner Causes
o. irTi att a and excitement, and to
rursue their ordinary syoeatioBa as
usual.
TIE police force Of the city has IN
Feorzsn Esd, and sufficient numbers have
been drOuped from the rolls and other
appointed Ia their pisces, and Gen. J. B
SUesdman appointed Chief OF Police ORC.
tenn. by the Board OF Police Commits
siODeTs. Gen. SteRdmap and his police
force will be supported By the military,
and assurances are given alike to the
peaceful and the lawiess, that everything
st my command, and 70 The utmost Of
my ability, will be used IL the endeavor
TO obey these instr uctions.
For the present, political processioas
end patrOling the streets by armed men
ere HrUhiDi ed.
ISignedl LOWELL H. ROUSSEAU,
9revet Maj.-Gsn. Z. :. a, CJm'd'g Dept.
Toe Metropolitan Police Board desired
to suspend Superintendent williamson
te temporarily, bat he refused to b. sus-
pended, aud was accordingly tried for
Of the Metropolitan Police
lsw, IN di=missiUg UegrO policemen with
consulting the Police Board. H.
p'e3d gully To- the charges, and was dis
~ sstd TIE BJsrd had previously In
dU~ss J Chief williamson 10 the cNe for
which he WA dismissed Gen. Stead
a. Gen. r usseau's request accepted
1hc sppDt, tine Mt pro TEN. on condition
ne was Rilowed to choose his own
hrriinst's 8.
The Coumon Council this evening
passed q resolution setting forth The IN.
coDstitutiOnalisy of the police law au
thoriziDg the Mayer TO UTeaI izs a mu
y GtRdl pOilcb tOEcS uuAGE tue eDaFEgF OF
ne city. Mayor Conway immediatels
appointed Cen. SteadmsD, although he
had already scerpted The appointment by
he Metrop Titan B ard. aud sworn ia.
The Washington St0r's article in re-
renee to the FIRST Uuitsd States Tnfan-
telegrsphed here, excites indigus- [
Ion among the dficsrs OF that regiment,
Tbo deoounce the letter alluded to ss . 9
malicious fslsehood. The facts are that. 1
% far 80 known, not a single nan
n the entire regiment ever sererd In he
srDy. The regiment ia
omps sed almost entirely OF re enlisted r
nen and thuFe b prryenti d homo able /
/ char es rom other Z iiied States reg =
nenIs. The ent r. number of recruits
ont X 'eed ire per cent. OF The enlisted
Oep. These We're sent from Northern
20 uitiDR stations. The Stare article,
oough speaking only Of enlisted men, 6
rrgarhei as an Insult to the t~fflcyrs, n
nd a r d-c1ioo on the discipline Of the v
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