New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-19
WASHINGTON.

The Fruits of Ostracism on Red River.
WASHINGTON, January lS.-The following
has been received here:
NEW ORLEANS, January l6, 1875.
To Hon W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, Wash.
ington;
A report has just been received from
Major Merrill, at Shreveport, which is too
long for telegraphic transmittal, but will be
sent by mail. The following is an epitOme
almost in Merrill's own words:
The threats made before the election to
drive from the community all who voted the
Radical ticket, are being carried out. Com
binations among the whites are forming and
recruiting by every form of pressure, by
which all the negroes who voted the Rad
ieal ticket are to be refused work or leases.
All whites not forming this combination are
to be ostracized. Already more than 500
families, including at least 1000 people OF all
ages and sexes are wanderers, without means
to go elsewhere, powerless to find other
homes where they are and on the verge of
starvation in midwinter. Theft and other
crimes may result, and it is feared that the
bitter feeling naturally resulting from the
sense of injustice received may run into one
OF revenge. These harmless people will
gradually drift together, and the
white people are not slow, as the past
has shown, Ito set afoat infammatory
rumOrs of intentions OF organized violence
on the part of the negro, and where the
revolver and mob law are the common
report in such cases, as they usually have
been here, disorders more or less extensive
are sure to result, if some preventative is
not found for such state of things.
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
Troops in Alabama.
1t appears from official data that there
were in Alabama the third of November
last 679 troops, including thirty six officers.
These were distributed in thirty places,
four being the lowest and fifty-eight the
highest number of soldiers at any one place.
Arrest of WhiteIaw Reid.
Whitelaw Reid, manager of the New
York Tribune, here in attendance upon the
Committee of Ways and Means in the Paci-
fic mail subsidy matter, was arrested upon
criminal and civil suits by Ex-Governor
Sheppard. The civil suit is for 100000.
Bail was rendered, but the officers accepted
his parole of honor that he would appear.
BRd's Triumph Over Louisiana Commerce.
The committee of engineers upon the best
outlet for the Mississippi river to the Gulf
of Mexico have made their report to Cen
eral Humphreys, through whom it will go
to Congress. Colonel Wright favOrs the
st. Philip canal, the others of the commit
tee favor an experiment with jetties on the
South Pass which has been idle for years
and will leave lunmolested Pass-a-r Outre
and Southwest Pass. Captain Fad, who is
here, is reported in high feather over the
success of his jetty pets.
A Granite CustOmhOuse.
The customhOuse IN Atlanta will be of
granite, the option being with the architect.
Combinations.
The delay in confirmation of nominations
cause gossip. The best opinion comedies
Parsons will be confirmed by a squeeze.
Pardee for Louisiana, Evans for marshal of
Texas, and Paschal, collector at Corpus
Christi, will be defeated.
E. b. Brink, postmaster at Wilmington,
North Carolina; - Ezekiel, postmaster at
Beaufort.
The Associated Press Surrenders TO
Pinchback.
The seating of Pinchbaek as Senator from
Louisiana is conceded. His rivals hope he
will be Ousted on question of morals, but
they hope against hope. New England and
Pinchback are in accord.
Pinchback win Be Seated.
On dit, Pinchbaek is here. He viii be
seated without doubt. He has assurances,
he claims, that the Committee of Privileges
and Elections will make no pointed efforts
to oust him. he says Morton says 60.
Southwestern Congressmen LabOring for
the 1sevees.
The members of Congress from Missis-
sippi, Louisiana and Arkansas had q meet
ing to night. They unanimously agreed to
recommend to tho President that in pre-
aenting the report Of the levee commission
he send special message urging the
adoption Of the measure proposed by the
commission, with, beaides general system
which can not be arranged this session. and