The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-15
A CARD.

To the honorary members Of the Mitchell Rifles
and the public:
weekly meeting Of the Mitchell Rifles. held on
the 10th inst, I. the undersigned rendered my
resignation as ON active member OF SAD Mitc frs
from any obligation whatsoever; and there
being neither written nor verbal charge pre-
/ had no Information as to whether my resig-
nation was accepted. but haying heard unfayor-
% % M r9 IF M IN cooeez a here
with, when said Cooney. instead Of explaining
anything, did in the presence Of the treasurer
{Gooneyj to place place my name on the honorary
member list, which refused to do. This be-
lieved would be the last would. hear OF the
at a meeting of the company. one Of the
members alleged aL verbally, that .sIort had
was not only false, malicious and unwarranted.
but co,oardly, and the offspring of Ignorance.
However by vote Of eleven e, to ten-a majority
tois unjust and illegal proceeding Z my an
On good authority nft =" that aG said NJ Dya NJ as
Captain. and NJ Griffin, as First Lieutenant,
circulated report to my detriment and actual
injury, made it my business to inform these
gentlemen, tD that | would proceed Gagainst
them and other members of the com
that on the s h inst. trio days subSeQuent TO my
being erpe'led, and in whicn expulsion said two
officers were eoneerned Capt M Goeney or
to answer the charge Of SANDER. etc.. at p. M,
June 18th, inst To this letter replied that as
not consistently attend any such court mar
tial" on the 18th, and now learn that was ex-
PEELED again at the company court MARTIAL
Now, it Is not altogether the fact of my expul-
sion from the Mitchell Riff - that causes me to
publish this card; but a certain circular. dated
April 7. 1877, and bearing the following title,
TO the Honorary Members OF the Mitchell
pIIbiiN wbtoh thnrQ M
names of: "4ctipe naenbe,s suspended for de-
tinQuency'-"John McPhelln, James Gibson.
counts remain unsettled"
Also l arge type ysa rs the Of our
SANDER insubof djnation," etc
This circular h 8 been distributed to q large
extent, among tbs. ho"o airy members, and
others. and may be the means Of seriously in
juring the personal character of those persons
whose names e.. appear as having teen expelled
Further in connection with this circular. @
card appeared in the DEMOCRAT Of last Tuesday.
ant, Mitchell Rifles" in which said Griffin re-
pudiates my connection with said circular and
says that no one had any authority for using or
card said Griffin was also ordered to appear
before a company court martial the following
day-the result is not for me to say.
The principal object which / have in view in
publishing the foregoing facts is to counterfeit
as far as possible. The injury which such pub.
do myself and family, for I thiok had those
members only known, the crime Of which they
Names to By attached T. that Annual sate
ment,"' would have been out in the press long
s ago diseaming a apy and all responsibility II
Griffin. on Tuesday last,
think nave ave said oil that + needfg a
information for the public that ! was only ex-
actly one month member of said Mitchell Rifles.
from April II to May 16, and that months pro-
ceedings justified me in sending in my resigna-
ton at the earl lest possible moment after the
Belgian guns-forty In number-(for which l
was, in conjunction with Capt. Cooney, respon-
sible IN solidO to Gen. f. N. Ogdent were re-
turned as per agreement, on or before the
10th of May"
The action for SANDER. etc, which intend to
institute against III. Cooney,7 M. Griffin, and :,
several other members the Mitchell Rifles.
and a certain proprietor of shoe store on st.
Charles street, viii give the public and the
honorary members of said company further
particulars.
THOMAS Fl. P. COMBER.
New Orleans, June IA. 1877.
The card referred to above is the following
published last Tuesday in the DEMOCRAT:
Card.
A certain circular, purporting to be issued by
the Mitchell Rifles, with the name of the under
signed attached was not either signed or au-
t,horized. or any power delegated to any person
First Lieutenant Mitchell Rifles