The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-29
NEW ORLEANS.
TIE BYRRLY INQUEST.


New ORLEANS, December 9S.-The
Byerly inquest will be held to morrow
Drs. sChumaller and Stone held a post
mortem, which was as follows: There
was found to be six wounds, only one oi
which was found 10 bO superficial being
slight flesh wound over the abdomen
Any one Of the other five would have
caused DEATH two Of which were in the
back o! the left side, penetrating the
spleen. These were the immediate cause
ol death. The other three wounds pene.
trated the side between the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth ribs, and would have
caused death in couple Of weeks from
pneumonia, though they were not Of a
dangerous character.
WHAT THE PAPERS Say ABOUT SHERIDAN.
The Times says one Of the questions OF
the day ia whether Phil. Sheridan is to
ride down this way or not. Phil. has been
here before. HIS reputation as u rider
and raider stands high, but as n soother
Of political troubles and corrector oil
political abuses he is anything but a sue
cess. His conduct while in command Of
this department was from the first Of q
most short sighted and arbitrary Charac-
ter, and especially was this the case in his
interference with our municipal affairs. II
the policy Of vengeance is to be adopted,
Phil can carry it out successfully; but he
is by no means the proper man 10 throw
oil upon troubled waters.
BThe Pclyune says "If there Is one
man more responsible than another for
the mistortunes ol Louisiana, that man
ia General Phil. Sheridan. 1t was Gen
Sheridan who dislranchised the white
people OF this State under the first recon-
struction law acting in concert with the
Radical Committee, and secretly instruct.
ing the registrars to cAtechize the voters
in manner which, whilst it was clearly
illegal, made it impossible for the vast
number OF white people 10 register II
was General Sheridan who induced Con-
gress 10 accept and embOdy in new law
his methods Of disiranchisemen and thus
subject the State to q Negro govern
meut. 1t was to this man that we owe
the chains from which we have never
been able TO escape"
The Bulletin says: II our people are
determined to avoid collision with the
United States forces, as we firmly be =
lieve they are, General Emory or De
Trobriand, or, Tor that matter, any lieu.
tenant in command Of a squad, would
answer just as well as the rCdoubtable
Sheridan, or the scalpiug and town.
burning Tecumseh himself. Should they
ever come 10 the conclusion that their
selI.reSpect and manhood require them to
adopt different course, which is seri>
ously presumable, the fact that ten miles
away Maunchausen Sheridan is to be
their objective point will not make q
particle of difference so far as they are
concerned; and it may safely be predicted
that in that case somebody is just as like.
ly to be hurt on one side as on the other
POLICE AFFAIRS.
Major W. NJ. Robinson, Of the Re
publican, has been appointed member
Of the Police Board, vice Jsubert, re-
signed. General A. s. Badger was al
his office to-day He hssso far recovered
from his wounds received on the 14th oi
September that he will resume command
OF the police Iorce January 1st.