The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-04
LOUISIANA.


INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL EMORY.
despa'ch having been published to-day, stat
ing that Senator Logan had introduced q bill In
the Senate 10 retire General Emory. your cor
respondent called upon him in regard to the same.
General Emory said that he was not at all sur
prsed at It, having been for over iorty three years
In the service and most OF that time at the
'front.' he was past the age nxed for retirement,
yet still hs was active In physique. Under the
cunstances he was not only satisfied, but glad to
retire. He had served through the Indian wars
and through the Mexican war, In which he had
received three brevets during has enrire military
disaster, and had received all his brevets
vee tpe s up 70 major general 70, gallant
; %sSs r:s, s l.. n.ss:np
pared 70 accept THANKFULLY wnaiever marx OF
recognition II II might please congrsss or the
the cOmpromiss project does not meet with
doubtless prove failure.
YEsTERDAYs PROCEEDINGS OF THE nvEsTIaAT-
mo coXAnrTEE-INTERvMw WITH GENERAL.
EMoRy-sHREvxPoRr As ORDERLY AZ NEW
ENGLAND TowN-THE SAVINGS BANK xoNoP-
oLY.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8, 1876.
Before the Congressional Investigating Commit.
tee to-day Charles W. Burt testified as follows
Resides IN Shreveport; has resided there two
years and Q half; is merchant by occupation; Is
from New York; was very cordially received by
the people; witness social intercourse with the
people OF that city and section has been most
pleasant; representative residents express de-
sire that representative men from the North
should settle in that country the feeling OF res
tdeuts 10 loyal to the general government; troops
since witness has lived In the parish; II
troops were absent from the parish law
Ofncer OF the federal government calling
upon the people would receive assistance
IN making arrests; does not know OF o White
League IN Shreveport; the election last laIl was
as quiet a. witness ever saw neld IN any State.
VIEWS OF A vIRGINIAN.
J. c. Moncure was sworn and testified az fol-
originally from Virginia, and has resided in LOUISE
ana for fourteen years; was candidate Tor State
construction Of the State 1t was found shat the
negroes were tnduced to array themselves IN
we're % in the Stae and VINO had orran,zeS
their own election 10 o1ncial positions; witness
was nominated for the Legislature IN 1870; the
blacks were told that their interests were de-
pendent upon those o. the whites, and
should be no antagonism between them.
The colored men were impressed with
this idea from their minds in secret meetings with
them, telling them that the conservative were
orser &c cas n esct mic 70 IN
Legislature OF ls7l-72 there were many plumber
ing schemes; one Of these was the state House
tactcs the entire osmocratic Vote going against
II; this war In Louisiana was not against the re.
ment; In 1877 the conservatives fused into enc
party; there were many colored men on the ticket,
counted has
an Ia .s.s sas nSs sse :SV:
the negroes OF any OF their rights; IN 1874 having
tired AL o.ns5 means: the SaOpasn Was directed
:ingIs rieS!: II xss believed that more
%iSG By HAVING sraiSSscus white white TICKET SaS
by having mixed black and white, and the re.
It ever commanded before; the campaign was
nso: .ny has S e. ss q 1s
tiona between the waite and colored races are n
o. s he are Ssc
81 are %
element Of me white pOpalaTon 70 rscognizs
YOU'D YOU'D = better taken care Ss''' q 4: IN
i've ave- control; believe that ia . ordinary
every day intercourse the negro and white men
plOyers ana employed, than they are at the North.
because tie TWO people nave been raised up to.
gether; the election In Shreveport was lairy con.
ducced, nve hundred negroes voting without any
Unfair means beng taken to anect their votes;
! DO not believe there was q colored
vote unfairly Influenced by the whites in the
parish: no one has ever seen whaL disposition has
been made or the col0red school fund IN Caddo:
$50, 900 were missing; It Ia matter Of notortety
that the Legislature In New Orleans Il Influenced
By improper motives; Palmer was o
and Mathews, who were engaged in
those schemes and Others are again returned:
witness upon proceeding to CousnaLta, alter the
arrival OF the United States troops found the prin
cpal citizens under arrest or taking to the woods
not only was this the condition OF things at Cou-
shatta but In the surrounding parishes; the dis
position among the whites IL to DO justice 70 black
and white.
r. H. Mari, q member OF the New Orleans Bar,
testified ana gave sketch OF the political history
Of New Orleans.
The investigation was then adjourned.
RELIEF OLE IIMBERAIEN