Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 16, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 May 1874 — Page 2

V:.EXLYCOIJRIER. C. DO A.", rv.Miit.er. JASl-Ki:. . . - 1NMANA. eVASIIIIM.TO. Professor lUirJ recently luadean argument U fon- flu Congressional Committee n Appropri I'iniis in favor of stocking tin Mississippi liiver wirii -had. w liich In believe to be cntirclv practicable. An appropriation for that purpose i a-ked for. A Wahtng'on iiM i:tl f.t it- that tin President li.nl ntlercd Minister Washburne tin position ..fsecrt tary of tin- I rea-ury, unl tli:it .in' latter had declined. (iovernor shepherd again before flu Ib-trUf Investigating Committee on tin 7th. He admitted some iniiHiitaiit error, such a chan-iu,- tin' (iov eminent for reservation Hill street which wen not improved a li.ir.''l. Iut aflirincd that this w as Join without liN know ledge, but on tin- authority of subordinate othVcr v.hoe exhibit ho had taken t statement of. Tin debt of tin litrict. a in nle up front hi ideiice, in over l",lKl.ll. An unauthorized announcement ha len In Minn way promulgated from the ('range heailniiarter in Washington, ' 'I'' effect that all innnlx r of the order desiring seed or puhlicdo.uinciitMouldbave them forwarded free by express upon application to their respective representative In t'ongrcs. Tin result i that many nit'inlier have Iwen overwhelmed with application to which they an unable to respond except at the expense of their private pur. A Washington special state that tin House Postal Committee have agreed to report a I. ill. making prvpawnent compulsory on all newspajier and other printed matter. Patter, mailed regularly from the publishing fnce will le pal-l for at much per jmund. thus rnahlin? the putting up of large pa. kage. A Connecticut pajier manufacturer, natueil Hudon, ha testified tiefore the Committee of Ilankinj and Currency that he offered to up rdy the tllier paHr used hy the Treasury IHjiartinent at forty-live cent icr pound. The Government now pay seventy-tive eent per pound for this paer. r.sr. Following I theeomparHtivc cotton statement for the week ending May : lint. i3. Net receipt (or pant week all C. .. M.n .l,!i; Total rec-ini lrofnpt. 1 toilate alt I', s. is.rla . .. 3T-.ll. .W'.oio Exiru lor part we.lt tP.iu all lsirt. :7,u; ".I, '' Total ert Iron -pt. 1 to date irotn all port,. .. 2.1 1 ..".cj 2,y;o,"i Stock mi on baud at ail V. s. N.ru . :jr,j,;i. ii.!-! St.M'k now on Imn.lnt all indTior town. :, 171 7'.i.7-7 tM k at I.irrxi. ... 7-1, 0 7?1 . ' MH-k nl A iiienean all iat ! r On-it KritMin... 27'i,'i .ih.hih Hen Iloaii. a wi ll known j'Uili-t. died reientlv in ritt-hurjr from the effcrt f a pi-tol hot tired ly a w oman in an altercation. Hoiran claimed that In waenzae.l at j.eace-n:aki'r in the altercation at the time he win -hot. The Atlantic and (Jrcat Western Kailroad lia In-eti iM-rman-titly h'a-cd l.y tin Krie Kail war 'ompan v. at a rent of p-r cent, of the pro- ri c. ipt of aid roa.!. A joint reolution ha- paed Koth hranchc of the a l-lattin' of l'enn hu'.-.i. by a linaniniou- vote, a-kiii2 the I'ri -tdi nt of the I'niteil -tate to apMiint a hoard to re--x:.m-ine the proi-ccdit,ir in the ca-e of (ten. Fit John I'orter. At ItutValo, N. Y.,on the Uth. a four tory brick Mim k on Main tn et fell 1 1 without any preioii warnini;. A two-tory hrick luiilding adjoining w a- eru-hed in ly the falling di-brii. A lad of fourteen and a younz pirl were in-tantly killed, and a imtnlMTof other ree ived e ere, and Mme of them probably fatal, in jurie. We-toii, the ci Ii hrntt-d pi'de-trian, commenced a five hunlret mile walk in NewYork, on the liioriiin' of tlie Mth. and ail-mil-pli-hed hi tlrit 11.1 mile in 23 hour-. ." minUte and ." 'rntlib. A card l publi-hi'd ijrtied by John Wel-h. Tre-ideiit of the l'nite.1 State I! ard of Finance, and Jo-eph H. Haw ley, l're-1 h nt i f the I'nitcd Mate (.Vtifenni.tl Committee, which "ayx: " To et at rei-t all doubta a to the carry iivj out of the International F.xpoitlon it re-pectfully announced . that the work fi ntial for a dueeelt bration of the Centennial ani.h crary by an International Kxhlhition In l7'iha Im-cii eonuni need and

w ill le proceeded w ith without delay The IllinoU State Farmer' Aociatlon have called a State Convention to be held at Sprinjftield on the loth .f June, for the puroe of noiiiiuatinjf candiilate fir State officer. The iH'inocrat in the ( '..tnni t ieiit I.ei)ature have nomina'ed William N. Katon for I'nited Stat. Senator. WIST AMI Sill Til. A New Orlcan ili-at h of the 7th nay: The (i ternor and I'elief Committee receive letter daily from the overflowed parihe, jrhinjr detail of the condition of the inhabitant. Recent letter from Colahoula. Caldwell, Concordia. Franklin. Ouachita and Tena pari-he tdiow no improvement, but Indi. ale additional affliction by ieknc. A planter from ( hicot county. Ark., report frcat de-titutlon In that locality, and that no relief had o far tn-en Iven them. Ivtivtive I.oui J. Lull. alia Allen, of Chicat'o. who wa wounded in the light w ith the Younger brother at Monegaw Spring, ha inei died fnmi the effect a of hi wound. The Arkana ilimctiltie were eon-idered at h ii.-th at a Cabinet meeting lol l on tin sth. but on nii'ount of the multiplicity of eon-nil-tic.'.' report submitted in the cae. no decii..n W :i r-:n In d. Hill KelU (. ulon ili w a htm.' at Na-hville. on the Mh. fir the -omtni -ion of a horrible outrage up.. n a w bite woman l.i-t July, lie prote-ti ,1 hi. imi..,'i ,.,. t,, (. .,fcf A New Orlean NiH-.-t.il to the St. Imi UlfKr, on the s'h.e.tim ite the datnap re. "iilt in from th iiniii.ati..n at ;o.ooo.mio.

ThU uiay Ik nomew hat reilucel. It 1 added, should the water recede In tiim for the cotton crop. There I but little to !' expected from the mgar and rice crop. Tho litn in the cotton crop in 1nii-iana i etimated at ..-,iioo bale. The amount of human aiith rinx i hpalling. The water wa falling low I) ut thin date. . . . The Mi iiidii relief committee haa nn-eiMHl it large number of letter an.l application for relief from the overflowed district, particular from the lower part of ArWHiia. w hen- the de-titution I the grc:itet. A petition from X i-olon-d laborer from ArkanCity and vicinity a : ' the uuiU'rinrd,eoliirrd p.ople of Atkansa i it v ami neiirlili.iriim plantuliuna, woiiM rexpedtulfv kUU- lliat e are ill a ilirale e. tit. It (mil . onlval. w ul ii. haMiig a lew ilays' ration, and tluv have Im-cii liii-ni-li. il I'V ihe oivio-r ol planinle.ns w li- ha-not rnoiuli li lt tor lln-ir own I.HOllle lollt: . I tie Water Ull'l tntt'l- '""r I. -.-I tlM.Vr tl.e ll.h.r ot many ol our holin-a. -'11111 ol u h h i- l. l tu iiiuxe oiii'mii t heril .III .tln-r a b-M wr fan. nver all I tie plaiil.tiliiiia the water Aland Iioill t!ir-e to live lei t. I lie . Veea air ail tm Liii. ! IK. . trull.-, ami mir nIoi-L Iiuh tu rn gn ally r iluct-il troni itrowiimg ao l mat valiun i .ir irieiol. lit.- w lute p. nple, liav.- .line uil llii-y coul. I. an. I can ilo no ui.tre w cau noiliing liul Mar allolt me I I..1O1 to mtiiy ol ll., unlena g I .eopl.- willul I li, an Ithul -..ton." Tin commiioncr appointeil by the (ieni ral Confereii.e of tin Methodic Cpi-eopal Church North in 17-.'. to ln nr fraternal :reet-ing-to their Southern brethren, viitc.l the (iem-ral Con fi re nee of the Mctli'dit F;ieopal Church South, in eion at I.oul villi. Ky.. on the Mh.and were receive. I with jnnt cordiality. The utmot harmony and tfond feeling appeared to prevail during the meet-in-r, and tlieexpnion of pooI will tna.Ietiy the coiiiiniicin a represent insr the Ni-nti-inentsof the Northern Chun h were received with hearty applaue. The Iteiief Committee of I.iiiian:t reported a follow to (iovernor Kello!; on the tith: rmm th. :U of April to the h of May, flfIii ii U, we oliipia-.l to lite onrll tweil Un(rirU n 2, ral ion m ir.-.li.iiUa ami -Vt,4 I ration ot hi. til. el w hich the t,oTi rnnu nt -iiiilieil I' -.-l:i r.iliona el Ln-aila'ttlT ami lis, J.'t ration ot llie.it. I lie kinpilientn made itl t H e ul rei . 1 from the (r.i riniient were proree.ia I'puii pnvte c.iitiriliiition W have tx enfar ironi auppiying I In- ileiiiMiii! oil u. We rM.nnte, from llie l-'t iut.irinaiii.D we can gat It. r, the niiiiib. r of nit.Ter in l,oul.ana alone al M; ..Vtt perm tint. II. e c.ll are liierraKliig, aa Uir llnt re Ijernllie gn-Hter from the -liut'.on of mppliin in Hie l.iiD'l.-. el tlt M Oile at the tune of the ovi-i flow." The Attornev-tJen'-'al of WJcon.in ha given an opinion tothefJovernorandKailroad Coiiiini-ioner to the effect that the railroad law of that State i con-titutional. and tneaurea w ilf Ik immediately intituteil to enforce oltedience to the law. I A St. ui ttlut.t Njiecial of the 11th nay s: I if th" w hole overflow fpnn Cairo to tht(tiilf, the (rreateat damage ape:tr to Im in he Lafourche. Terrelnmne and Attakapa itl.trict of Iniiian:. Larger extent of territory,

I iiiruier norm, are unuer waier. nut ttie laivi i not o valuable ar.d ao mill li damage ha not bi-en done. Tin ditrict named are under a lake one hundred and fifty mile w Me and twit hundred long. The suffering i intene beca'leof thn cnity of Mipulatiotl. utld p-ti-tii in fr relief are contantly received. Thi i a rich ugar country , and tin- crop are utterly ruined for year to com". The lake i fed by the M-iigana and Ilieker crevae. A l.irge iiuinlx r of live liau been lo-t. and men heretofore in frotd circum-taiicc are alinot ruined. They art li ing in p-trM. and the country pre-ent the w ildet aeene of denotation. A fire, which wa caued by two Imij lighting a cigar in an un-N-ctipii'd Jioue. recently dct roved the entire village of Uiilgeway , Iowa, v ith the exception of otii jrii k hou-e. It ahout i pai.ooo, an-1 thirty to forty fatnilie rendered hoiiicle. Two new and alarming crcva e at Friar' Point. Mi., were reported on the loth. It w a thought that the tow u, be-nle a large and rich cction of cotton land adjacent, would be inundated. The Chicago Trihunn hav ing ent circular to the jire .f Illinoi. Indiana. Mii higan, M'iconin, Minneofa, Iowa. Kan-a-, Mi. oiiri and Nebraska, asking bowcach otiMMlon the l're.idetif veto of the Currency hill, the nummary how that of tCI paper nwering the circular, -M I U-taitl the Veto, 4ol opMte it, and eleven are non-committal, of tho-e ati-taining the veto, gl"t are Kepublii an and JI7 are of the oppo-it-,,11. of thoe oppoing the veto, 2.". I are K. publican and 174 of the oppoitin,i. Indiana. Mi-ouri and Kana are the only State w here a majority of the pap l opMte the veto. The National Agricultural Cmigre a--in-bl.-d at Atlanta. (Ja., on the l:,:h. rreideiit .l.n kon d.'lix i red an addn -. Another crcvae wa reported at Apt-'r-aon plantation, oppo-ite 1'riar' I'oint.on tin 1.1th. thri atening great dam.'ige. There were three feet of water In the :reet at Friar' I'uint, and the whole country in tin- rear wn liciug rapidly inundated. Iiiki.ii.;. Spanish war new from Madrid n the r.th : (ien. (.'oni'ha ha been appointiil (ieneral-in-Chief of th NorthiTn arniv. During the Itoinbardmeiit of Hilbao, one hundred and fifty i itixeii were killeil and wminiled. The Hcpublii an army I marching on Iiurango. Mar-hal Serrano anived in thi city thi afternoon and wa ri'i'ived with great enthuiam. Triumphal an he were ercted and hoiie gaily ilecked with flag. Many otlieer and men an- to Im- rew arded for (rallantrr. The tteamhip l.il ria, plj ing tietween Liverpool and Madeira,! Mippocd to he lot w ith all her crew and paoenger. (ien. Coin h.-i legan an ndvanee fntin llilbao on the Ilth. The Carlit were Intrencliin-; themelve In the mountain pae. (ien. ( Mio had iued a decree that all jcrnn expreing dnent to tin pretcnion of Ion Carina will bo hot. A destructive tire reentlv oi-curre.1 in the Hatile ipiartera in Pari. A numln-r of pernon were burned fo death. The National Acinbly mi t at Vernille on the 12th. The Carlit claim a victory for Im Alfono in a recent engagement witJithe tti-nult-lican troop. The ( Var Hint (ir.tnd IukAlei arriveil In London on the cM iiingof the nth. There wa a grind deinon-tration at the dock, ami Ihe I in rial vi-itor were con. In. i il al once to Wind-or ( 'atli. Th" new Sji.tiiih Mini-try i coinioii j;a follow : Saballa, I'n -ideiit of thft 'oiini ilatul

Miniter of War; Sa,'aRta, Minlnter of the Interior; L'lloa, MiniaU-r of Forelgu Affair; Connuho, Miniterof Finance; Alono Martinez, MinUter of Jufttice; Colciininero, Minister of rublic Work; Komero Ortc, Minister of the Colonic; KoUeriguez Aria. i nitcr of Marine. . - XLI1IJ Conifres First Session. In the Mouse, on the Uth, the Centennial bill occupied inoNlof Uie day. Meir. Il.iniaon, ryt, VeCormlek, Shanki and othera re

in MiiMtrt ot I lie lull, and M.'r. I olilt, I'ltelpa, sinilli ot Ohio, Want ol lllinniJ, l.mn k. l and oth-ra in opponillon. Iinringttie ili l.ale quite a fharp Ui-tcusaion occurred iiu-nl.-itully Ikiw.iu M.kaI-h. Cull, r an.l law t . 'I lie Itoitv- a.ljoui m il without retelling any Vote. Ill the Senate, on the 7th. the amended bill authorizing the secretary of War In l.Mie until M pti iiilu r 1 f.-iiiMirary iippnea of loo l, and tlitriliiite army elollilng to ii-ron aulT. ring from tlie ov. rllw ol ihe Mi.naippi, and apprnprialtli ll.mai Inr miicIi piirMie, pain-i Willi-ml ill--cilhitiou. . . .The lull kiviok III.-aent ol l ongr. j. fo the iiiipl ivi It.. Ill ot VV oil lim r ar.i(ia the Me. Ilnlllinee I II. 1 1 it II rii-erl allolt, W inl-. 111111, Win pa.-.ei . Ill the Iloue, on the 7th. the Centennial lull waa again connid. red in Committee of the Whole. Nunn-rou rlu were iita-le, pro ami eon, when a motion wa nia.le onlering tlie hill to a Hunt rea-ting, which waa ili leaUil aye. .i.'; noea i. in. motion to ri-eonsnlcr wa tiili-e-.plenlly a.l.... .1 aea, 111; lux-a, 11.' uiel the lull w ill aga.u cuiuo up ta-inorrow. . . . iljounieil. In the Senate, on the sth. tin bill to enable Indiana to become citizen, ol the Cnited State, wa reporle.l from the roiiuiuttee and place. I on the calendar The ti.-neva A ward loll was then n-a.1 ami it. .rovti.in ili-i-ueil at a.tuie I. ngtli. Init no Vole hail. . . . A.ljoiiriK-d to Moielay . In the IIoue, on the Mh, the e-ion wa dftotcil principally to private hill. Senate not in m1 ion on the '.Ith. In the Hou-e, on the !th, the day w as principally occupied by a iluo'intnion of the Imiian Appropriation bill, which finally paaacd the ommittee of the Whole and Wa reHrted to the House. No further aetl m waa taken Iteiorw a.Journment. In the Senate, on the 11th, the IIoue. bill tor the relief of aeltleMon public lamia waa reMirte.l faTorahly hy the committev and plaoeil on the calendar . . . li inorial were preM-iite from cituenmif New York an-l l 'luclnnuti, inU reMett in lit.' trariftitortatton of live a'ock, axklng that tlie nuini- Im rxeinpteil from the provision of the lull nipi.rmg live ot.M k to he unloaded at certain interval w hile Iteing trannjiorteit . Itrti rre.l to oiniiotlec on Agriculture. ... A mi rul-r of tiniiiiMirtant lull on the calendar were pane. ... Ihe I u ne va Award lull waa dlHcuaed at aome length, and a ilnal voUr orih-red Ui tie taken tomorrow. . . . Adjourned. In the IIoue, on the 11th, bill were introiIhcihI and relerrct hy Mr. llutler of MaaaacliuaetU: To provide for free hankimr and Itetter -rurlty to deoitor, to hiadi r uatiry, to gtve elanticity to the currency, preserve Ita value to the ei le, ami prvv.nt financial panics hy locking up currency ; hy Mr. .Morrison: lo tlx ihe t. rm of ihe Pri Hi.n iicc at lix year and prevent re-electinn lo oltice; hy Sir. Keck: To authorize the I oiiuniuton.Tol Intern t! Ifeveniie hy aumiiiary prne.it to cotn.rouji..e r.i arming und. r the lnt. rtiul I'. vi niie law, in which eiotlti-a and I'-rli I'un n.ay have iHi-n incurred without fraudulent intent; by Mr i;..hlun: For Ho-fl.-ction ol .uprrvifora and I oll. ctor of Internal U. v. nue .y t..e )aitpl of their rerpective diatrict Ihe Harbor and Kiver A.proirition loll w a nuMO' i under a mi n-ntn ol ttie ruit ; alio, a lull ill clamor "Ul j-cl to local, Ma'e and territorial taxation tie land ol tin- I'aeuh: K tilroa 1 i oinnany . trmu tae tiinetli..t ttu-v tM-camt entitled to tit. in, irreM-f tue of the t.ine at which patent were l-lled ...A re-olu-tlon il.-. I tring Unit if mi iucreaxe nl taxation be found nn-i-.ry am h lucrcttMhliall rJ.iM io nee with taxation ot .. r-oita and roriraiioiia on their annual Inc un. s. Uni t, nd ami Halariea ' carried av, l.''.; int.. t;. A lull to coiiilrin pr -eini.iti.n an t horniKlead enIrm on put. lie latelit w nluo limita of railroad rrant in ca-e w !iere kiu Ii entri.- are made Unit, r riirulat ton ol tti Ian 1 ulticc, Waa pa.-ed.... Adjourned. Ill the Senate, on the 12th. Mr. Scott from the (. milliliter on 1-niai.ee reHirt.'d un aim ltdUn lit to the lo w l inane- lull w Inch pr. K.-.. - to tr ki- out tie- follow ing Word in the .-eond acelion of the toll. " An l-i intl national hankitig a-ocMtioii now orgam n I or h. rea!ti r lo he organised rhall keep and mainlaiD aa part ol It re. rve one-toiu th pun of the com r. e in d l.y it aa lnt.-r -I on Itoielaol the I inUil tal.ndeHii"t. d aaai eurity lor circulating not. a or i.-.v. i nim nt di H.aita," and to inu-rl in Inn tie r.ol the inllowing: "And each of itaid ax..ciallon -hall keep and maintain, a pari ol Ita Ian ml money ri-n rVf, one-third ol the coin received hy il aa lllterel on tioii't ot the Culled Mate .'. ..-il. d aa.eniity lor rireuluting note or inivernment I. 'I. tut, u til. . urn a-xKialion fhailel.et to t vehoore Mich proportion ol ru n tor nond of tu.-l nil. 1 u ol ch iraet. r herein provided l-tr, which aliall there iroru until the llr-t ilay of July, l-T, he il. livered to Un in hy the creUiry of ihe Treasury, and which may alt.rwardt .e In I I ly auch a-.oi-iatmn and con"idernl aa part id' ita reserv.-. Hire imt cent, only id the intercut iiin which Imui I Mutll he paid tomirh as..M-iutioii or to any hold- r Hi. re.. I. and Ihe r roaining two percent, 'ti-.il lr.'tjined hy the s.c etarv of the Ircm-ury; and tlie hole amount ol gold till received shall he applied by him rvrlu-iv. ly to the pa . nu nt ot .'t-Jn tHiiid ol ihe I nin-d st.it.." iitd. red laid on the table and printed .. Mr Ktllv tn.m the oniinilti-e on Military Afl.nr restrtel lavora1.1 y on ihe bill to provide for the it. tor prot. ctmn of the Ironln-r a-ttlementa l TVxh again-t Indmn ..nd Mexican -ledalii.iut. I'i4 . i on the calendar. . . I h ,eni v a A w ard loll wa imhi-i I. n d at I. ngth in othrinitee ol th.- hole, and II o all y pass.il hv Ihe senate ..Mr Clay ln oftered a resolution that a eoii.iiutti-i ot ihref "t-nator he apHiim.d to pr -rrc. at once to Arkan-a an-t inv.Mgatc the tr.rtil.le-in ttvit -ta'e 1. al l over . . . Ailj au ned. In the Hoiie. on the 12th, Cannon, sitting lilt Other from f tall, wa declared cnt t!e 1 to bla M-at. A reaolution w a then paed thai the ('ommittee on Klectiuna Investigate the polyghiiiou prael n e of t annon, and refsirt to ihe lloiiat in relerenn. tin relit . T he Pos-eng. r (eamhaat law-Was rontiiden d at leagtli AdJ iiirn. d. In the Senate, on the l.'Uh, tin amendinent to (he Finance bill proposed hy Mr. Scott on Ihe previous day i ri jerl.-d ajea, lt; noea, J7. The hill wa ilicilaed at aome length, hut no further nrogrea made The Indian Appropriation I'lll Was rereived I loin the l..ue and referred to the c.lliililtler Vj turned. In the IIoue, on the 13th, the bill to rrvio, amend and consolidate law relating to the security of life on ltoard reasela proM'llcd in whole or In part hy ateam wa pasaeil The Senate hill Id distribute the (i.-neva award wa taken from Ihe SM-al.er'a Ul.le and referred to tlie .fudiciary I oliilinttee . . . Adjourned. I? reai 1 Cake. :i cup of iloitoji, .1 cup ofsiljrar, 1 Clip of butter, 'A 1 teaspoonfiil of sali-ratu (jnot (lissidlvcd) ktieaded Into the Ioii;1i. stir In 1 eup of Hour, mix the butter and stiar. Heat the vetk. ami and the white well la-aten, tin n trie iloiifli, 1 i-t tlie flour, spires ami raisin. A little jriii in Maili-on, Itnl.. umlertiMtk to jump tho rope a few more tiunthan another, who -kip'tcd it one hundred tiino. She aiieeiiilnl, but at otii-e coin-il;tii)i-d id Ix-in sii k. and died iti a day or two. Clothes whicli an put !nfo ftoH'm" water when wa-lieil will urtainlv iMiome yellow. Tln-v should Im-allowed to n o into a boil slowly unci boil twenty minutes.

Till: ARKANSAS TKOrill.CS. Ihe iiirrnie (our I llerlarea llrookn urriir More llalillna. wllli Several lillle.l nil. I M uiiiiilc l in ml rnble Hrt I lenient I'ropoae.l Iritm W naliiitKt.iii-llruolm hhiI ltnler I'niI lo Atrce tn (lie leruia 1'rwt.te.l. Four of the live .fudge of the Supreme Court of Arkiiiiii 10. t at Little Km k on the 7th, ami delivered an opinion on the relation of Joseph llrook v. Harry Page, state Treasurer, being an application for a mandamus to compel Kiti. 1 Page, Treasurer, to pay a warrant drawn by the State Auditor iii obedience to a rctiin ion duly made by said llrook a (iovernor. The Supreme Court decided that the Circuit Court of Pulaski enmity had jurisdiction In the matter of deciding who was legal (iovernor of the State, and that Its decision in favor of I! looks wa regular and valid. It i stated that tin same ijuestiou eame up before a full bench of the Supreme ( 'olllt, mi the 7fh of ih-tober last, who .leciiled that under the Constitution Ihe iplestjoil to vvlp'ther a person excrcisim; the oiliee of (iovernor ha been iluly elected or not, i vested exclusively in the (iclicral At inbly of the state, and that no other tribunal or court is competent to decide thereon. lloth aide were again hcin reinforced, and It rook had organi.ctl a cavalry company to do scouting duly. T he friend of Kaxler claim that tl e dccbimi of the court amount to nothing, and the danger of another mortal collision wa considered imminent.

On the night of the 7th. a part v of llaxter men. under command ol Cuptaiu 'i h-li, went up flu river on the steamer ll.illie, for tin purpose of intercepting ii lot of arm which were being traiisiiirtiil front Fort smith to the Industrial l iiiicrsity. soon niter the departure of ihe Ifaxter 'expedition, i'olonel John I '.looker w ith a regiment ol two hundred colored nu n of Itrooksacominatid. atarted on a tccial train to intereept the llallieat Palermo, twenty miles ahove the city. They arrived llu re ahead of the llaxter party and got into position on the bank, tunl w In n the boat came along a volley vva fired at her, killing one man. Frank T'iimns. mid wouinliiir several others, among; them Captain Sam I(outon. commander of the boat, who din! of hi w ound in a few hours. John Myer. n pilot, wa also thought to be mortally wounded. The l'.axti-r men returned the tire from the boat, wounding some of their opiMtnenl. but only one seriously. The Imat became disabled hv the bursting of a feam piK. and she floated down the river to the opposite bank, where the Kaxier men left her. She wa then taken ioesion of by the llrook nu n. who brought her back to the city . c. tain Welch aert that after the lioat wa ili-iibied. be held un a white flag, which waa riddled with bullet, several shot also passing through hi clothe. A detachment of brook men w ere afterward cut out to i-Hptiiie Captain Welch'a hHrty, w ho ec:tpc,J from the Itoat, and a squad of Havter eav airy aNowent out to their cninraile' assistance. There was great activ It y on both side. Mini railroad communication w ith tho city was seriously Interrupted. The above i the Asiiatei pre agent" account. Sm t ial (li-nati In to the St. Iuiis Uh f give essentially the same statement, with tin- important exception that the I'.avter party on the boat are ebaa'ed with tiring the tirt shot une account sins two volley were fired from the Itoat before tie fire vva returned from the shore. Another street tight iMTUrn-.l between the partisan of tho rival (iovernor at Little Kim k "ii the mh, resulting in the killingof one of Rrook' adherent, a colored man. Some forty shot were exchanged In-fore peace vva restored. The origin of theoutbreak 1 obscure, each side charging the fault Upon the other, business throughout the city was entirely sii..'ii.. .1, and the vv otncii and children wire removed from tiievicinitv of the State-lions., for safety in i a-e of a general light. Paring tin Pth (Sunday) i v erv thing n--lllailli-d ipliet. The steamer llallie, which vva-in the hand of t be brook party , w a seiittth-d and sunk. A dispateh.sigiied hy a numh-r of in ii,t r of the 1i'gi-latiire. whs sent to the President, asking the protection of the (n in ral ( iovern-nii-nt during the ses-ion. A cony of an agreement mad in Washington and signed by the resrtive attorney of liaxtcr ami P.rook wa telegraphed to each of these gentlemen for confirmation. Tin substance of the agreement wa that a call sholl1 I be is.unl for a meeting of the State legislature to he held on .May 2.'t. signed hv both I'.avti r mid Hn-ok-; that l'.rooK shall present to said Legislature a statement of his claim to the other of (inventor, and tint the legislature, after a full and fair investigation, shall decide a to the legal right of the contestants; ImiIIi parties to uidly abide by the result. A further it-'tu in the agreement i to the effect that Isold partie shall diband all tlndr troop w ith the exception of a IhhIiguard of one couipanv. and Ixdli parties to keep absolute pt-act- pi II. ling the inv e-tig:it ion. The president, in In discretion, is to ib-ig-nate w hit h of the contestant meanwhile shall exi n i-e the duties of the otllee of (iovernor. Thi agreement wa forwarded in the niiine 'if Attornev -(ti nsral Williams, w ith flie state- ! Iin iit that both the IV-h h ilt Htel him-elf fiv ! on-d it adoption. The proposition wa njeeteil by llaxter, on the ground that he had submitted substantial I v the kiihc promal to llrook some time ago and they WITH indignantly rejected. !roo j announcing that In would have nothing to do with the legislature that they had no j jurisdiction, and he would not recognize them or niivthing they might lo. llaxter further stated that there w a a ipioruni of tin legislature then a.-iiiil.led uinli-r hi call, with the President" sii ranee of irotection. and that they were to meet on the following day and determine the ipn-tion. Me finally recommended tlie calling of a Constitutional O.iu i nt ion with a view of resubmitting; the whole ipiestion to a Vote of the people. llrook signified hi acceptance of the proposed agreement, at tin same time a-serting flint the Supreme Court of the Slate 1 the onlv tribunal that ha authority to construe the prov lion of the Constitution hearing on the matter, and that such decision wa already rei-ordeil in hi favor. Telegram from the President were received hv both llaxter and llrook. on the 11th, recommending that the member of the legilature then present at the Capital adjourn tor ten day, in order to give llrook an ojiortiinity to call In the member w ho are friendly to him. The Federal aulhoritie wouldive the necessary protictioii to the IeKi-lsJiire In meeting and transacting it business at the State-hoie, and It wn urgently rcipicMed hv the President that Ihe artne.l force n Istfh side lie dlhatnei. llaxter replied, by stating that there wa then almost a ipiornni of Itoth House present, and that a soon a they had a ipiornni. and could constitutionally do so. lie would favor an adiournment aa reipiested. lb would disband hi troop a fast a llrook did his; lint llrook must ipiit the State-houe and deposit the state arm in the armory, and let the public biiildiui; be turned over'to Johnon. Secretary of state. Thi dispatch wa indorsed by the President ot the Senate, the Speaker of the ou-e, mid fort v-four other inctnlier of the State legislature. The President .hv Attorney -(.eneral William, telegraphed to Itixtcr In 'reply, that hi proposal were considered fair iiinl satisfactory, and that he had asked brook to dignify im

mediately his acceptance of the prottosed term. llrooks'a reply to the President was In effect, that bo l.u.l

accepted in good faith the proposal mu, by Ihe Presi.leiit through the Attorney, (ieueral on the lth, and Lad in accordance therewith issued a proclamation conveniii" the legislature on Mav 2.t. lb-alh gtil thai iterson had been that day aworn in aa nu mber of the legislature from di-triets in which no vacancle had been declared, and that he would not submit to such Irregularities. jo culled the attention of the President to the prov isimi of the Federal Contiluti declaring thai "full faith and credit shall be given to the judicial proceedings of every stall-," un.l milled: It. in the face of the decision of the Supreme it 1 1. 1 Circuit Court of the Statedecidiliglhat I Hill, ami recognizing tin a, the I. g: (iovernor, you can recognize llaxter a (iovernor, it i voiir duty to respond to lu application for Federal help; but if vou cannot, it 1 Muir duty to ais to ,up. hrcss the present donn-tie violence." I b- further declared that to 1 1 -1 :t n, 1 his troop at this time would result in tin aas.ination of the Supreme Court Judge as well as other of his friends, especially his colored adherent; ami ill conclusion declared that he should hold his troops together. "Federal Imvoiii'ts call put llaxter' legislature in the state-house, but I Hui ignorant." he sav , of the clause of the Const it ut ion under which the President has the power. Nothing else w ill; and when there. doubt if vou can compel thein to determine who is (iovernor. Iti time this agony, doubt, ami utn-.-rf jint v wu over. The interestsof humiiiiil v demand that it shall lie kcttlcil, and if vou have the power under tin Constitution' mid law of the I'Hiled State to settle the ipiestion of who I (iovernor of Arkansas adverse to the decision of the courts of the Mate, settle it, and settle if at once. shrill n.,f resist what you may order your troop to do. but shall, w ith all the aiw er at my command, repel any and all attempt by Baxter' lone to takii possession of th,. State-house. I inn confident that a legal iiiorum of tin- legislature will not resmiid to Itaxler's call, ami I shall not assent nor be a party to convening the legislature under anv iurreeoi. nl otl.-r th:m that submitted hv voiiref. through the At-torne-(ieneral on" the !th insf." The 1 buis.. met at 4 p.m., thirfv-even memlier lieing present, and mh,ouriie to the follow ing day. A skirmish took place on the north aide of the river, during the day. in which there vva some blood drawn, but the HumIter of casualties were not reported. ( .hiite a large force on each sj.le confronted the other, and there w a imminent risk at one time of a general engagement. Colonel Koe sent over a detachment of regular trooii to previ nt a collision if possible, and both side withdrew thcirtroop tothecitv I fore nightfall. A short, but shirji. engagement occurred ln-tween the rival forces at Little Km k on the I'.'th, brought altout by the brooks nu n enth av Ing to cut oil some' Ita vb r recruit who wen- expected via the Cairo ami Fulton Hailroad. A company of federal soldier put an end to the tight by inarching in between the combatant, llaxter had three men wounded, and it wa rciortid that llrook had one or more killed ami several wounded. Itoth house of the Legislature nu t, but the senate still lacked three of a ipionim and tin House two. A telegram from the Pre-iib-tit wa received, asking if the lirooks partv were preventing member of the legi-laturc from attending. The telegram w a answered in the athrmative. and stating that hut for the sto page of train by the llrook force there would have hewn a ijiloriihl the tirt day. llrook still occupied tlie State-house, though it wa reported he wa moving out with the record ill the evening. Another communication was telegriphed by llrook to the Attorney- ii neral at Washington, further defining hi- pn-ition. and stating that he should not di-l.an l nnv troops un I r his coiniicud until the ipie-tjon of vv ho Is (iovernor is settled, unless required so to do by the Presitli ut. "I li:n tin proposition to submit." he add-, "and w ill not entertain anv other than that proposed .y yourself, and sanctioned by tin- President, and agreed to by the agents an-l a'tornev of Baxter and mi self." Hi telegram conclude : "To avoid a further sacrifice of life and los of proTtv. I am impelled hv a .-ne of dut v to submit in v ease as it now stands, and abide the President's determination." The Arkana legislature orgatiii-d on tlie loth, a ipiorum of ImiIIi houe Iteing present. Baxter was recognized as i.oyernor. ami a

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