St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-15

Peter j. Irrelevant, Clerk. with -
names of members following.
SHERIDAN STICKS To HIS TEXT
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. :. W. W. Bel
KNAPP. Secretary of War. Washington.
ID. c.: shall send you this evening IL
report of affairs AZ they actually oc-
CURED here on the 18th inst. My tclc-
gram Ia you of that date and those of
the 9TH and 9th instant are 50 truthful
of the condition of affairs in this sec
ton, and strike So near the water line.
that ministers of the Gospel and others
are appealed to t" keep the ship from
sinking. Human life has been held too
rheaply i'll this State for many Years.
(Si%nrD =. ii. SHERIDAN.
Lieut.. General.
THE NEW YORK MEETING.
NEW York. Jan. :. The call for the
meeting next Monday evening contains
one hundred and eight names
WHAT THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WILL
COVER.
The Times Washington dispatch SAWS
the President will transmit to Congress
Il special message upon the situation in
i-''li~l'lli'l A'-h't nv lllt'>>si8t Will
cover all the action of the General
Government since tn" rrqui>irinm of
''"V. Kellogg for troops in September
and will include copies of all CORES
pondcncc. military orders and in>truc-
tinn> of every nature. :" that the history
of the Executive action in this ,.t>c
may he full and complete. The mes
>H~c will also deal with the present
status of the State Governments. and
will once moIc impcratiHrlt uigc upon
Congress the necessity of taking action
which shall determine the status of the
state finally. 81 10 sustain the President
in recognizing the Kellogg Government.
which government WAS kept uudcl Il
strong guard until Yesterday. Having
been recognized ANA sustained hN both
the Federal and State judiciary il has
hCConIc Il government de tacto, and ~
such has under the law and constitution
beer entitled to recognition and sup
port from the General Government. 1t
l. possible hat the President may lc-
Commend Il solution of the difficulties
10y authorizing Il new election. with
safeguards tor an honest and untIam-
m"lcd exercise of the suffrage. The
organization of secret armed white
Leagues for political purp">,.> j. also
receiving his attention. though meas
urcS for their suppression may not form
amy feature of the message. The tact
will be disclosed 10y the message. that
thrrc have been II" new Instructions in
regard to the use of tIooI,S issued to
the Commander of the Department in
which Louisiana is situated. and that
IA ,.ll,,r,r ,,,.,,I., Ii II
Gen. Emory for troops on Monday last.
10y virtue OF his rcuui>itiun made in
September. and that no orders have
rmenatrd either from Washington ur
ten. Sheridan in regard thereto. Cen
sheridan did not take command of the
Department III person until Monday
night. The message will h, submitted
to the Cabinet Tomorrow. and to Con
grcsS Immediately thereafter 1t will
he unusually pointed III its reference To
the situation and the duties which have
necessarily been developed upon both
Congress and the Executive hy the va
rou> complications OF the case.
THE KIDNAPPED COLOEED MEMBERS.
The House yesterday had tiftv-tivc
members present. which i IL quorum
= ''iSill N''l'l'tD WI ~. d'nIlllll\ ! al
i>h. spirited away ON the third hl th,
White League. has been allowed To re-
tuIn To the city and unframed. He
wa> taken by Il body of armed men
across the Lake and Sccrctrd in the
woods. where he WAS kept under Il
strong guard until Yesterday. The al
legged charge against him WAS emhezzle-
mtnt of fifteen dollars. committed im
lSI2. when he WAS tax collector for Il
week in the Parish. to which he wa>
taken by his captorS. The other col
"red member kidnapped also turned
up yesterday unharmcd.
SHERIDAN CONSIDERS TIE CRISIS PAST.
Gen. Sheridan stated that Admiral
Mullamcy was instructed to support
him if necessary. hut he regarded the
crisis passed. and did not look for an,
trouble in the future. He was on
Thursday morning served with Il no
tice of three suits brought against him
i'll the Circuit Court foI trespaSS. The
notice was served in person by Marshal
Packard.
WHITE LEAGUE MI>SIvE>.
Gov. Kellogg has forwarded to Sen
at"rs Morton and Frelinghuysen threat
ening documents purporting to come
from members of the White League.
consisting of skull and crosS-bone pla-
cards. hearing on them terrible warn
ings to him and direct threats against
the negroes.
United States troops are still in the
State House. The city is quiet. the
people gloomy and dispirited. and all
amuSement> except the theatres suIs-
pended.
SHERIDANS REPLY To MANUFACTURERS
OF PUBLIC OPINION.
In reply to the protests against Shcr-
idan'S language, that officer last night
sent the following:
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. :, 1873.
To Hon. W. W. Beikndp. Secretayv Of
Var, Washington Several prominent
people here have for the past few days
been passing resolutions and manutact-
uring sensational protests for Northern
political consumption. They seem to
be trying to make martyrs of them
selves. 1t cannot be done at this late
day. There have been too MANY bleed
ing negroes and Ostraciscd white citi-
zcns for their statements to he believed
by fairminded people.
Bishop Wilmer protested against any
telegram of the 4th inst, forgetting
that on Saturday last he testified under
oath before the Congressional Commit
tee that the condition of affairs here
was substantially as bad us reported b,