Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-29
LOUISIANA.
General Sheridan Ordered TO New Or
leans-What the Press Has 70
say About It-A Kel-
logg Appoint
ment,
Mr.. Byerly Received Five Mortal
Washington Gossip on
Louisiana Affairs
Etc, Etc.

New ORLEANS, December ga
Tunes special dated Washington, twen-
ty-sixth, says that General Sheridan
has been ordered to proceed Immediately
| to New Orleans and take command, and
remain there till the arrival of General
Terry. This order was made to-day, af-
ter meeting Of the cabinet called espe-
cially ON Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mr.. BYERLY RECEIVED FIvE liORTAL
WOUNDS.
New ORLEANS, December 2S.-The
Byerly inquest will be held tomorrow.
Doctors Schumacher and Stone held a
post n7OrteBl examination which was as
fOllsws: There were found to be six
wounds, only one of which was super
fetal, bsing q slight flesh wound over
the abdomen; any one Of the other five
wounds would have caused death, two
OF which were in the back Of the left
side, penetrating the spleen. These
were the immediate cause Of death.
Three other wounds penetratsd the side,
between the fifth and sixth and seventh
and eighth ribs, and would have caused
death III a couple Of weeks from pneu-
mOnia, though they were not Of an inn
mediate dangerous character.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE
PROBABILITY OF GENERAL sHERI-
DAN COMING.
The Times says: "One Of the questions
OF the day is, whether Phil Sheridan is
to ride down this way or not. Phil has
been here before. His reputation as q
rider and raider stands high, bat as q
sOOtheT OF political troubles and eOneetOr
oh hla ig ki Eaf n
success. His conduct while in command
Of this department, was frequently Of a
most short-sighted and arbitrary chsraC-
ter, and especially was this the case in
his interferencss with our municipal
affairs. II the policy Of vengeance is to be
adapted, Pail can carry it out success
fully, but he is by no means the peo-
ple's man to throw oil on troubled
waters"
The PicoglUle says: "If there is one
man more responsible than another for
the misfortunes Of Louisiana, thst man
is General Phil Sheridan. 1t was Gen
eral Sheridan who disfranchissd the
white people of this State, under the first
reconstruction law, acting in concert
with the Radical committee, and secret
ly iDstructing the registrars to csteehise
the voters in manner which, whilst it
was clearly illegal, made it impossible
for vast numbers of white people to reg
lister. 1t was General Sheridan who in
dueed congress to accept, and embody
in new law, his methods Of disiran-
chisement, and thus subjected the State
TO negTO government. 1t was TO this
man that we owe the chains from which
we have never been able to escape.n
The Bulletin says: "If our people are
determined to avoid a collision with the
United States forces, as we firmly be-
heve they are, Generals Emory or De
Trobriand, or, for the matter of that,
any lieutenant in command OF a squad,
would answer just as well ss the redoubt-
able Sheridan, or the scalping and town
burning Tecumseh himself Should
they ever come TO the conclusion that
their self-respect and manhood require
them To adopt a different course, which
is scarcely presumable, the fact that
Ten -mile-away- -Muuchausen Sheridan
is to be their objective point will not
make a particle Of difference so lar as
they are concerned, and it may safely be
predicted that in that case somebody is
just as likely to be hurt on one side as
upon the other"
AN APPOINTMENT
Major W. NJ. Robinson, Of the Repub-
kc0R, has been appointed q member Of
the police board, vice Joubert resigned.
BADGER OUT AGAIN.
General A. S. Badger, was at his Office
to-day. He has so far recovered from
the wounds received on the fourteenth
Of September, that be will resume COM
maDd Of the police force on the first of
January.
GOSSIP ON LOUISIANA AZ
FAIRS.
WASHINGTON, December 2S.-The |
Louisiana Legislature meets on the |
fourth Of January, when it is expected |
that stern opposition will be made in /
the house of representatives to the |
rulings Of the returning board. and to |
this end prominent persons here are
looking with much solicitude. There is |
some color to the report that should it |
become necessary Lieutenant-Geners
Sheridan will proceed to New Orleans
and assume command. II rumOr is to
be credited he will be in close proximity
to New Orleans on the day Of the meet
ing OF the legislature.