The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-10
THE MISSISSIPPI RIOTs.
-, A. ~ Application 60 Put the Stats
~ 'avonet Rule Scnntor hicOrn's
c' - Relation 90 the bloody Chasm.


vv.s,,,,,.a, ', Sept. 0.-Prcsident Grant
h. =, -, uto Adiutant-G en-. Townsend
i,.a,,.'. 49,. - tfuCt the officers command
,r, ,,s ,.... ~. ,, ussppi to give Gov. Ames
s,',,, ~, - - 'essary TO maintain order
and ,rn,oc, I,sa ~ ,,a, tate, II the insurrection
Is too formidable to be s"PP'csseu WI" ."e
means at the Governors 'o'"'"""u nei'io
sending such order TO the ''n'nanu'nE oinoeI' >
however. the President direct ~ '"e HuJu''"'-
General to consult with "orney General
Pierrepont as 70 tho legality suo, conucin-
plated military proceeding. Ac, O'"'nsS' 'ne
gentlemen had consultation on tn tsu"yeVu , at
noon to-day. Action the Presi lent d!Snd iSle
gram will be deferred until 1t shall ,i ueS'uen e,
whether proclamation shall be t. '"Ju' a nu-
dressed TO the Insurgents the Presiden. Ettnre
requested the Secretary OF state and the ,rncia =
ney-General to consider whether such a "oo'a-
=. The Secretary of state being absent 'VT,n 'V
Washington. the Attorney-Gene Is max 'ng
ARRANGEMENTS by telegram for a conference Wi ~
secretary Fish, and may leave Washington {.
vised meantime that the Secretary IL on his way
TO Washington. which Is thought probable, ow- |
Ing 20 the present trouble in Mississippi. 1t Is |
uennltely known that no action Will be taken by |
the War Department. until after the issuance Of |
a PROCLAMATION and the reception Of informa-
insurgents. The available troops IN Mississippi |
are Two companies of the Sixteenth Infantry at |
and nve OF the Third Infantry and four of the |
Thirteenth at Holly Springs. -Four Of the Ihir- |
grams will probably he sent to Gov. Ames to- |
day, asking whether II is not possible he can be |
aided In preserving the public peace by calling |
upon law-abiding citizens, 40 as to avoid the |
necessity of resOrting to Federal force to sup
press the disturbance
MEMPHIS. Sept. 9.-The Ardl1nchc publishes |
an interview with Senator AlcOrn, who says |
there Is great disturbance In the state, and bad |
blood between races and parties, and bad men |
were nnding employment in fOmcnting the dis |
turbince. IL viii continue so, he said. until the
people learn to follow conservative course, and
70 70 SINK their passions Tor the public good.
Ihere Is a bad state OF feeling existing, and II
takes only two or three drunken men at a gath |
ering to cause that feeling to vent itself In blood
and Violence "a at Clinton. Jne Senator was |
very severe on Gov Ames, who he states, Is vim |
dicuVe and not actuated by any kind feeling |
toward the people over whom he Is entbroned. |
The Senator charges the Democrats OF Mlssis- |
as IN the recent election they urged that II would
he better to elect Ames and make the state a |
nell nrst and Democratic afterward. lie thinks |
the bloody chasm does not ull up fecitOusly, !
ana that the people OF the North no more |
prepared to receive complcently lectures from |
Lamar, Gordon, and Jer Davis than those OF the |
south would be to hear Phil Sheridan.
JACKSON sept.y.-lhe following despatch was |
sent to the United States Attorney y-General to- |
night by j. III. George Chairman of the Demo
cratic state Executive Committee:
There are disturbances In this State and no OBJ
suetOns to the execution Of tue laws There has b. en-
an unexpected conflict at p0htcal meeting aud some
subsequent dstur nut everything quiet now
The Governors call Tor United states troops
pretend that there any against
state Government required b. the revision Of the
United states statutes OF 1875, pages 10 to 3i.
Peace prevails throughout the state aud the employ
mcnt OF United states troops would but Increase the
dsrust Of the people IN the good faith OF the present
state Government.