The New York herald., 1874-10-27
POOR LOUISIANA.
Certain Peculiar Correspondence
Captured in Washington.
IS 1T GENUINE OR A F0RGERY7
The Operations Of Major Merrill,
tho Shreveport Denounosr.


lowing telegram and Letters believed to be genuine.
Ther were brought here by . Wasnin gton gentle
man, who says they were ap,ured from Harring.
ton. tie safe consprator, and turned over to the
leaders ol tue democrAf ic party here. Ihave seen
the originals signed J. J. McP., who Ii evidently
clerk Mcpherson. aud they are on Congressional
ofica! paper. The words IN blank are 0biiterated
and cannot be made out win . magnilylng glass,
but the documents bear evidence OF Renuineness,
The telegram Is on western Union blank.
TELEGRAM.
WASHINGTON, y. G.. - IA. 1874.
W. 6. CAMERON Sl6 North Third street. Phiadel-
win send you $4,000. payable through A. J.
DrexsI -, rhs Is on caseys account Tc Msss FUR
nsned the money. MohToN.
FORTY - CONGRESS-
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPREsKNrArIvES,{
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. 1879.
DO you desire tnat should open negotiations
w,tn wan Casey aud W. or LOUISIANA campngn'
Yours, ac. ' D J. ). Mop.
FORTY CONGRESS,
UNITED STATES House OF RErRRsENTArIvEs.
WASHINGTON d. o., Feb. ~, 1874 J
DEAR HARRINGTON :--oenarOr - le,t S. 900 for
Senatorial USE rms makes s17.5Oo advanced BY
Casey ior the Kellogg government, wltn what was
ls money 10 Louisiana, and Grant will suck TO
Casey: can today. Yours &c. -
- 0s
GOVERNOR KELLOGG'S STATEMENT.
Governor Kelio 8. on being SHOWN those docu.
ments, requested mo to say to the HERALD as
lollows:-
They are q. .damnable tissue OF lies, and each and
every one are contemplate iOrgeries.
Nevertheless, having seen the originals l be-
lieve they are genuine. have since seen United
States District Attorney Beckwith, who Is nov
communicating with his superiors BY tec-
graph. This gentlem declines to say any
thing as to arrests, but in view OF Mer-
ril's operations In the northern part OF
State ex 1ibits great uneasiness. All classes in
this community sympathize with General Emery,
who has been IN service since 1882 and tries to do
o soldiers duty. That man OF yesterdays eleva-
tton can raid through the entire State ignore the
orders OF the commanding general. and when he
(the commanding Renerai) asks for an expana-
tion ls 0f1cially senced. surprises every one.
THE OUTRAGE ON DEcENcY.
In view OF the reproduction in the afternoon
papers Of to-day OF the HERALD's editorial de-
nouncng 1.-THE outrage upon decency." which
appeared In its issue Of the 23d inst, am asked
to state as folio VS.
That General Emery has called upon Major
Merrill tor report OF the circumstances under
whicE he iMerri II made arrests al Shreveport ON
his own affidavi., In violation Of orders and
toms OF the army. II the circumstances do not
justify such action 1t WALL be dlsapproved BY
General Emery.
The above comes to me direct and may say.
upon my own responsibility, that Merrill is the
terror OF the State, but as the Seventh cavalry
was sent here to give him rank. General Emery
was forced TO assign him to duty according to his
rank. Army 0ficers say to me that he should be
dlsgraceiully dismissed the service.
PROTEST OF THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
TIE Democratic and Conservative State Central
Committee have addressed q communication tc
General Emory, protesting against the action o.
Major Merrill at shreveport In which they say :
We have received credible Information OF the
fact that Lewis Merrill. major Seventh regular
port make an afndaylt for rhe arrest OF
cognizasIe by me civil courts and appertains ia
aware. w political campaign is being conoucsed in
this state under the constitution and laws Of tho
ofdn 81 zes U hs m.syy 'no osr
cannot pc otherwise than to throw the innu-
ence Of the power 81 = his Snicia! position
gans. Having but recently arrived In that section
OF the country, and II not appearing In his anida-
cannot characterize his gratuitous services
in that behalf as Otherwise tnan unmintary
y ou4 .us a 'Sss Se feel wss ss we
are the more promptly called upon 70 protest
against the conduct Q. this military onicer, as the
! republican political leaders have found 1t an easy
| matter to subordinate civil to military power,
which our lOw-Cit1Zens at the North quietly,
/ by their votes. dcn0unClnR as an outrage against
/ the constitution liberty ana rights VI civil gov
ernment
| Military Operations In tho Parishes
Moro Arrests to be Made.
NEW IBEyIA, La, Oct 20. 1874
The st. Martins prisoners were brought here to-
day by the United States deputy marshal and q
squad OF cavalry. preliminaty y examination was
held before United States Commissioner E. Fl.
Riddle, District Clerk OF Iberia. The arrests were
made under the Ku Kiux act. Two OF the prison.