The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-01
NEW ORLEANS.


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shsridan and ,ttf arrived lait night
oONsREsBoHAL COMMITTEE
Al l:l66ielotk tAs Conga,sioasl OOm.
iairtes re-a-seRhled 10 he EOom u The
uRitsd SiSiss Circuit Court, lhrgs uun-
heF olspectAtoS bsiRg present Ths 6FsI
uitnsts called Was GEn. 3. y. OFian, Uho
alid ] an commanding oknsr ot the
White League in this city, The Objse,
sAd purpose Of The White League aEs
cloahy dginCd in lhniE eolalitgtiQl. lThs
constitution "a here InbHilied aud hsai. 1
Our organization l. simply Tor deishsivS
puTposcs. The condition VI sfairs in
Louisiana called for ,urh - 0FrIliIstidl.
i Va ssIIblished IN July, 1874 We
called II the Whita Ihakpe beehuse We
could only rely upon the uhiis people In
uuEpPhditinn, With political ofhees We
have hGlhihg 70 Do N lAs city Of New
Orleans our roll will call from 5000 To
5000 men, | have organized out Ct lhe-e
tuo regiments Of Infantry and one Of A..
.dlleFy We have oAiesTs ior lAeso fsgi.
ments. Governor Penn authorized me to
organize a militia Vhsn he VA Acting
Governor. Il wa under Coy PrRa's or
deTS N The ! iih a Soptember Some 81
the organiItlious are hoE armed. eant
Ahy how many, a. have not received my
reports. WehAIo no artillery, only what
We made ourselves Tor the 18th OF sepien-
Der. Some Of the arms captured on the
l4th Of SePiembeT NOrs captured b pNJ-
tiea outside Of my command. Thols i'm
mediately under my command took none
Of the captured guns. Some Of those
outside parties gho took the gunA have
since reported, and elhim 10 be members
Of the White League. don't know tho
strength Of the League. To Mr. Phelps.
Immediately after tie organization Of the
White League II assumed = military
character. We had no lrmOry, The guns
held by the members Of the Crescent City
League were obtained by Themselves.
We have had very irregular meetings
since the 18th Of September We have
other companies who, See, meet often.
| have isausd no orders since the l4lh Of
September regarding drill the officers Of
the companies attend to that. We have
no armories that know Of. Ths League
ha, not met lately for discussion. The
last meeting was about two weeks ago. |
then ellled , meeting Of the Crescent City
Khils LEAGUE Cub Tbs meeting VA 70
gel funds to pay the expenses Of aprOCes.
dion held alter the election, We also
passed resolutions ni hon.lnt0Fierence
With the Returning Board. This
Board was In reality only club
Of the League organization. Our club
has taken no political Stepa Slnce the l4lh,
oiSeptember. We passed no resolutions re.
quesiing any member to discharge negro
who voted tie Republican ticket, We had
% pledge that anybody should vote any
particular ticket Before the election /
summoned my STAFF and few other gen
,lemen TO take steps TO police the city on
the 2nd Of November. 4 divided my COM
mhnd into three divisions one under the
somHnhd u Col, Behan, anothsr uuder
Col. Glynn and third under Mai. Blank.
They WeretO place hiieeh men neal each
poll to prevent any disturbances. | did
this because | was told measures would
b. taken to create quarrel. The Leagues
IN this State are moi under my command,
though believe they would obey meii |
Issued orderr. There Is no central or
federal organization. 1belieye the League
existed In one Of tho northern parishes Of
this State before Il did inNoW Orleans. I
don't know that ahy Republican Ia 4
member Of our club.
A gentleman who was In the federal
army iell In with Us on the 18th Of Sep
lcmber. New Orleans Is not o. prosper
bus In business as heretofore. The decline
oi pTopWtym New Orleans iSowing to the
administration, and some Of our trade
with Texas has been taken away by ",
Louls--dont know whether the losa Of
OuFTe1W trade IL the cause Ot the de.
cline. Ny men informed ME that many
rolored men voted the conservative
ticket Al the election, and many cplored
men came 10 me for protection from the
Republicans after the election md gave
Il TO them.
To Mr.. POtter-lpnl out men on Vlec.
lion dayto prevent disturbances, a. any.
thing Of The kind would 10 construed
Into Intimidation; the organization grew
out OF the condition Of affairs here, and
our people were the terror oi the
Metropolitan police, who Commiited
putrages and were sent out into parishes
10 execute the orders Of usuTpatiOn. The
Metropolitan Brigade we're all armed
aud they turned out on the streets and
drilled with arms. There was 4 black
league, but I never saw Il.
TO Mr.. Fosler-On the 18th Of Sep.
tember We won't on the street 10 get arms
belonging to Ia that were on board
ship. TIE police we're on the leyee, and
rs We we're going to get the arms was ID.
formed Of the advance Of the police.
Then | formed my line Of battle. The
White League was not an Organization
Tor the purpose ol, heDPiR8 the Demo
cratic party; We helped both parties ii
preserving the peace! The meeting held
that day demanded the abdication Of the
Governor. WAI acting In concert with
The people. One OF the purposes Of The
on the morning Of the i4th |
was to eet these arms. The League did
not know my purposes ! acted not with
The Committee oi Seventy, but with the
81 Citizens D Ny purpose that
was not peaceful one.
We surrendered the Siats House
10 Colonel Brook During Penn's Gov.
srnofship the city was perfectly quiet and |
politics we're pretty much divided in tie !
eulored line. We made efforts To gain |
over some Of Tie c6lored tote, but Used |
no intimidation. lithe Federal Govern
ment had not interfered We would have |
had perfect quiet here during the few |
days o. the Penn government. don't |
believe II would have been prudent for a |
man to express sympathy with the Rel !
lngg government, on account Of the ex-
.itement General Og,len vas asked on |
Ihe conclusion Of hls evidence, BY Mr..
Potter, 10 furnish the names Of the |
negro men who called on him for pro. |
lection, which he did.
The i1afien ESpeditiOh.