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ee een ee ee ke Ae ge ee fee aa ee ee ae . ENGLAND. Great Pension and Great Praise for Wolseley— An Election Annulled—Cabinet ‘Appoint- ment—The River Thames Ex- pected to Overflow. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, April 16, 1874, The Queen has sent a message to the House of ‘Commons recommending a grant of £25,000 to «General Sir Garnet Wolseley, AN ELECTION DECLARED yOtD. ‘The last election for Member of Parliament in ‘Hackney has been declared void and a new elec- ‘tion ordered, THE SOLICITOR GENERALSHIP. ‘John Holker, Q. C., has been appointed Solicitor ‘General and has accepted the appoiutment, THE THAMES IN TIDAL EXCITEMENT. The inhabitants of Lambeth and vicinity are creating temporary embankments on the Thames in anticipation of another high tide next Satur- day, A COAL MINE ON FIRE. The Dukinfleld mine, where the explosion oc- curred, is still burning flercely. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Disraeli’s Budget Submitted to the Commons and Passed—A Large Revenue, with Five Mil- lions and a Half of Surplus—The Gen:va Award Money Included, but the Ccst of the Ashantee War Omitted— The Sugar Duties Abolished. TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, April 16, 1874, In the House 0! Commons this evening Sir Staf- ford Northcote, Chancellor of the Excbequer, sub- mitted the annual budget, the leading features of which are as follows :— ‘The total gross revenue of the United Kingdom im the year ended March 31, 1874, amounted to £77,335,000, exceeding Mr. Lowe’s estimates by £3,574,000. The total gross expenditure for the same year was £76,456,000. This includes the sum paid for the Geneva award, but does not embrace the expenses of the Ashantee war. The excess of the expenditures over the estimate was £1,156,000, The total revenue for the current financial year, enditig March 31, 1875, is estimated at £77,995,000, and the total expenditures at £72,503,000, leaving a surplus of £6,492,000, These estimates are virtu- ally based on Mr. Gladstone’s figures. Sir Stafford Northcote proposes to dispose of tne Surplus by reducing the income tax one penny in the pound, abolishing the duties on sugar from the Ast of May, creating additional terminable annui- es to the amount of £450,000, reducing the na- tional dept £7,000,000 in ten years, contributing £1,000,000 to the relief of local taxation and abol- ishing horse licenses, These measures, it is esti- Mated, will absorb £5,030,000 of the surplus, leav- -Ing a residue of $462,000. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer had con- cluded his speech explaining the figures Mr, Lowe Tose and expressed his cordial approval of the | -budget and its recommendations, A resolution for the apolition othe sugar duties, €8 proposed in the budget, was immediately moved and passed. Thursday next was agreed upon as the date for General debate on the budget. What the Press Says of the Budget. Lonpon, April 17—6 A. M. The morning journals generally approve the budget. The Times points to the fact that the revenue of the coming year is estimated on an unprece- dentedly liberal scale, and considers the proposed Teduction of the debt small in comparison. Earl Russell on a Rampage for Public Information. LonpoN, April 16, 1874, Inthe House of Lords to-night Earl Russell gave notice that on May 4 heshould ask for copies -of the correspondence of the British government ‘with the governments of Germany, France, Russia nd Austria relative to the maintenance ‘of peace; also, that he should call for copies of the instructions sent to Sir Edward Thornton, Minister at Washington, in regard to the Oregon boundary question, and, further, for an account of the com- pensation made by the United States for damages oaused by the Fenian raids on Canada. THE ERIE RAILWAY. Action of the Shareholders’ Protection Committee in London. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 16—5 P. M. The Erie Shareholders’ Protection Committee have to-night sent a protest to the London Bank- ing Association requiring them, on pain of being held responsible, to suspend any use of funds de- rived from the recent issue of bonds until it shall have been ascertained whether the issue was fraudulent, owing to concealment of real accounts Tendered by Dunan to President Watson. President Watson’s Position. ‘The officers of the Erie Railway Company in this city concur in the propositions of the foreign shareholders, and it is expected that President Watson’s report upon Mr. Dunan’s statements ‘will be submitted to the Board on Tuesday next, VIRGINIA STATE BONDS. Bondholders’ Meeting in London—Resolutions of Compliment and Words of Regret. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 16, 1874. The holders of bonds of the State of Virginia ‘Met here to-day and adopted resolutions compii- menting Governor Kemper on his recent financial message to the Legislature, regretting the in- creasing number of defaults committed: by States -of the American Union, as calculated to defraua bondholders and impair the credit of the Federal as wellasthe State governments; and declaring that they will hereafter discountenance any at- tempts to raise money in European markets on the part of defaulting States. FRANCE. Eugenie Expected in Paris—The Bazaine- MacMahon Despatch Case. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Pants, April 16, 1874. It ts ramored that the ex-Empress Bugénie will ‘be in Paris Friday and Saturday incognita, COLONEL STORFFEL ACQUITTED. The military tribunal has acquitted Colonel Stoeffel of the charge of suppressing the despatches from Bazaine to MacMahon. THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. Rowing Match Between Sadler and Bagnall— A Close Struggle Over the Universities’ Course. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Lonpon, April 16, 1874. A rowing match for the championship of tae Thames and £200 # side took place to-day on that river, between Sadler and Bagnall, The course was som Putney to Mortlake. sadier ‘won by three lengths. ‘The bevtung was five to four in his favor. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. $$$ An American Citizen fentenced to Death— Concha Appealed to for Commu- tation of Sentence. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Kry Weer, Fia., April 16, 1874. Mr. Dockery was convicted and sentenced to death. There are no advices yet as to the result of thé appeals to Captain General Concha for a commuta- tion of the sentence. Telegrams from Havana heretofore announcing Dockery’s condemnation have.evidently been sup- pressed by the authorities, Captain General Concha’s Preparations for an Active Campaign, HAVANA. April 16, 1874. The Diarto says that a reinforcement of 800 men will go to Nuevitas. A battalion of mobilized firemen will go to the Trocha next week. Captain General Concha is determined to take the offensive in a resolute manner. He is pressing the completion of the lists of persons to be drafted into the miiitia. THE SUEZ CANAL. A Governmental Hint to M. de Lesseps. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Paris, April 16, 1874, The French government has advised M. de Les- seps, President of the Suez Canal Company, to accept the decision of the International Commis- sion. AMUSEMENTS. Steinway Hall—Mr. Horsley’s Concert. A very large audience attended last evening the complimentary concert given by the Church Music Association to their conductor, Mr. C. E. Horsley. There were four popular artists—Mrs. Gulager, Miss Hennie and Messrs, Leggat and Remmertz— and quite a goodly array in the'line of chorus and orchestra, The programme consisted entirely of Mr. Horsley’s works, comprising a cantata founded on Milton’s “Comus,” overture “Eu- terpe’’ and a bridal cantata. The first was the most ambitious of the three. The style 1s rather trivial tor such an inspiring subject, and remi- niscences of other composers are thick as leaves in Vallambrosa, Yet Mr. Horsley evidences, at least, study of and acquainiance with the divine art in which he has cast his lot, and, although his ideas are not always original, and do not tend to inspire confidence in him as a composer, yet his musical education seems suficient to enable him to steer his course clear of absolute mistakes. This isan important point in his favor, The chorus ‘showed to better advantage than at the regular concerts of the association, but the orchestra wes | in a sad state of demoralization. Decker’s Music Hall—Charity Concert. A very interesting concert was-given last even- ing at Decker’s Music Hall, Union square, in aid of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum for Orphan Children, under the direction ot the Sisters of St. Dominick, New Orleans. The following artists appeared :— Mile. Loutse Liebhart, soprano; Mile, Anna Dras- dil, contralto; Mr. Charles Fritsch, tenor; Mr. A, Sohst, barytone; Mr. Alfred H. Pease, pianist; Mr. Reinhard Schmelz, violinist; Mr. George W. Colby, conductor, and Miss Augusta L. Dargon, dramatic reader. The programme was a choice one, com- prising works by Ernst, Liszt, Hiller, Fiotow, Weber, Rossini, David and Pease, and the audience waa brilliant and select, being mostiy composed of Southern peoplé, ‘The two lady vocalists sang the magnificent duo of Semiramis and Arsace, from Rossini’s opera, with brio and sptrit, and Miss Dar- gon read selections by Read and Davis in a tnor- oughly effective manner. Of the gentlemen, the fine barytone voice of Sohst, the sonorous, weil- cultivated votce of Fritsch, the Rigby artistic style of Schmelz, a violist of a high order of talent; tne crisp, electric piano school of Pease | and the admirable accompaniments of Colby, alike call for unstinted praise. The concert was an en- tire success and reflected credit on the managers and sisters who labored so earnestly for it. Masical and Dramatie Notes. Miss Neilson appears in her favorite rdle of Julict at Booth’s on Monday. The “Parisian Folly’ will be withdrawn to. morrow night from the Lyceum. Clara Morris appears at Mrs. Conway's Brooklyn Theatre on Monday next in “Article 47.” The dramatic season at Niblo’s will close on Sat- urday next, when Frank Mayo will make his last ap pearance as Davy Crockett. The members of the Metropolitan Theatre Com- pany will tender a benefit to Manager R. W. But- ler at Niblo’s on next. Thursday. “Black Eyed Susan” will be given at Niblo’s on Monday, on the occasion of a benefit to L, J. Vin- cent, the popular stage manager, Mile, ima di-Murska appears to-night as the Queen of Night in “The Magic Flute,’ with Mlle. Pauline Canissa as Pamina. The opera will be given in German. Arrangements have been made at the Lyceum for the production of an emotional drama, adapted . from the French, entitled “La Marjolaine,” on Monday evening next, with a new company. Dr. Spencer will give the second of his interest- ing sertes of matinée readings at Association Hall, on to-morrow, Saturday. He will read selec- tions from Tennyson, Dickens, Shakespeare, Bret Harte and Schiller. It is not the fault of the Colosseum management if their enterprise is not brought before the public. A copy of their programme was leit yesterday evening at every private house in the city above Tenth street, With the co-operation of the Amert- can District Telegraph Company the entire distri- bution was effected in a few minutes over an hour, WEATHER REPORT. Reet eae ewer War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, April 17—1 A. M. Probabilities, FoR THE MIDDLE STATES AND LOWFR LAKE REGION, PRESH AND SRISK EAST TO NORTH WINDS, CLOUDY WEATHER AND RAIN WILL PREVAIL, BX- CBPT OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA PARTLY AS SNOW,.WHICH CONDITIONS WILL GRADU- ALLY EXTEND OVER NEW ENGLAND. For the South Atlantic States cloudy and rainy weather and variable winds, mostly from southeast and northeast. For the West Gulf States north and northwest winds and clear and clearing weather, which con- ditions will extend over the East Gulf States, Ten- nessee and the lower Ohio Valley. For the upper lake region northeast to south- east winas and partly cloudy weather, with pos- sibly light rain or snow from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron. For the Northwest east to south winds, with clear or partly cloudy weather over Iowa and Missouri, The Cumberland River, the Tennessee. the Mis- sissippi, at and below Cairo, and the Ohio, at Pitts- burg and below Evansville, will continue rising. Cautionary signals continue at New Orleans, Mobile and Jacksonville. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, ag a ct kA an thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, MeN Ty 18T4. 1873, 1874. | ree P.M. . 62 42 9PM. THE LOUISIANA ELECTION BILL, New ORLEANS, April 16, 1874, Governor Kellogg this evening sent to the om. Clal journal a statement that he has examined the additional Election bill referred to in the Senate os on Wednesday, and, finding it in many re- nable, will in no contingency sign WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, April 16, 1874. of the House Finance Bill in the Senate—No Sympathy for New York Speculators. js The Finance bill which passed the House had been referred to the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Sherman will report it without de- lay, Itis confidently expected by those Senators who favor more banking circulation that it can be passed in the Senate, and the probabillty is looked for that the New York banks will come toa sup- Port of the bill, because ft releases the reserves on circslation except five per cent to be kept in the Treasurf. Senator Morton favors this provision in the bill, atid 30 avowed himself to-night, staung that the national banks should be released from the obligation to keep a reserve on their cireula- tion except as to the one-fourth of the golf interest provided for in the Senate bill The report here that New York would suffer by the working of the third section of it in draw- ing the reserves away and bringing them back to the country banks found no sympathizers among the Senagors on either side, and the reference that probably it might create embarrassment by a kind of contraction there elicited only sneers and the hope that the severest results might ensue to New York. Senator Sherman does not believe | that the operation of the Senate bill will be per- ceptibly felt in New York in disturbing the present order of things, and, among the rest, nineout of ten wish it may bring as much calamity as possi- ble without being destructive. Certain it ia that neither the bankers, Wali street nor the other finan- cters can expect much consideration at the hands of Congress, and it is @ strange confirmation that the previous conditiun: of affairs is changed {som the time and system formerly 1m vogue, when the national banks and railrosds controlled every- thing. This, the grangers insist, is one of their influences in breaking up forces-whbich nave here- tofore had too much sway Progress on the Appropriation Bill— Butler’s Vexation at the Jesting of Cox. The House made slower progress to-day with its consideration of the Legislative, Executive and Ju- dicial Appropriation bill than Eads does, with the assistance of Senator West, in deepening the mouth of the Mississippi River. When the appro- priation for the President’s pay was reached Mr. Dawes had something to say abous his economic philippic made Jast December, in which the Glouces- ter statesman found the melody of discord, Mr. Dawes’ famous speech having done good service for the democrats in the New Hampshire and Con- necticut State elections, it grieved Mr. Cox to find his Massachusetts associates trying to convince the friends of Judge Hoar in Boston that Mr. Dawes and Benjamin were not as good friends as recent report had made them. Now it would be as nseless to descant on the toughness of the hide of a rhi- noceros toa lot of children while there was a Punch and Judy show on exhibition in the same tent,.as it would to attempt to be serious and legisiate when the comedian and the jester of the House join issue. It was very amusing to the galleries when the Representative of the Sixth New York district irritated the, amiable: Benjamin by reading the latter’s opinion of Mr. Dawes, in which he compared the aspirant for Senatorial honors with a brindle steer, encroach- ing on everybody’s corn field. In his magnanimity Mr. Cox admitted that Benjamin was good but not smart to-aay, and for his kindness the irritated Benjamin replied, ‘The gentleman from New York is neither good nor smart at any time.” The House enjoyed the fun, and wound up the day’s de- liberations with a debate on abolisliing the publi- cation of the public laws, Secretary Richardson—His Prospective Resignation and the Moiety Scandals. The President was notified by Secretary Richard- son some time since that he desired to resign the portfolio-of the Treasury Department in season to sail for Europe in the steamer of the 20th of May. The President selected @ successor to the Socre- tary, but meanwhile the subject of the moiety collections of unpaid revenue has been agitated, and subordinates in the Treasury Department have sought to implicate the Secretary. For Mr. Richardson to resign under these circumstances might impair his future as a banker at Paris, and the President will not permit this. So there will not be any change at the Treasury Department until the moiety matter has been disposed of, Disagreement of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees Regarding the Geneva Award. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate are doing nothing in the Geneva awards case. They are waiting tosee what the House will do, They dis- agreed last year on several points, the most im- the adjustments were to be made. The Senate stood out for aspecial tribunal and the House is now, as-then, in favor of a United States court being selected to dispose of them. THE FOUR NEGRO MURDERERS. se Excitement Among the Blacks in Flor- ida—A Band Organized to Rescue the Condemned—The Rescuing Force De- terred by the Rumored Calling Out of the Militia—Negroes Concentrating at the Place of Execution. THOMASVILLE, Ga., April 16, 1874. Information received today confirms the state- Tments made yesterday, of the purpose of a large band of negroes in Floridg to rescue the four murder- ers to be executed here to-morrow. Four hundred are reported to have left the vicinity of Monticelio, in Jefferson county, to join the main force in Leon for this point, This body was m communica- tion with the negroes here, and by this means their project has probavly been here that the Governor of the State nad ordered several companies of iniantry from Atlanta and Augusta, cavairy from Macon, and iniantry and artillery from Savannah, which were to rendezvous here certainly by to-morrow morning. These re- jorts were at once transmitted to the proposed vading and rescuing force by. special messen- gers, with the desired effect of deterring them in their purpose. Two white military companies are under arms here to-night, and the approaches to the jail are strictly guarded, Excitement still runs high, but 1t is the belief of the authorities that the execution to-morrow will pass off eet Straggling gangs of negroes are reported coming to town to-night from all directions, but without any arms that could be scen. In order to guard against any sur- rice a number of videttes on horseback were hrown out to-night in the direction traa wi cl the invaders are expected to come. THE PLAYFUL REDS. Peace and Godliness Among Them Re- ported from California—Converts tothe Church=The Discontented Bands in Dakota. Wasninoton, April 16, 1874. A letter has been received by the President from Mr. E. B. Bateman, agent of the Indians of the Round Valley reservation, California, dated the 3ist ult., in which the writer says:—“Under the favorable workings of your Indian policy the government wards on this reserve are being rap- idly Christianized. A religious awakening com- menced among them monthssince. More than 600 adults have applied for and been admitted to membership in the Church and are walking in honorable obedience to the Divine requirements. They pray for their “Great Captain” at Washing- ton, and thank God for enabling him tu devise a pian that is securing to them so many biessings. ‘ne work continues with a good prospect of soon ans the whole Indian population of the valley. Previous to my arrival last November there was not & convert in the reservation, Meetings were opened immediately and the good work at once commenced, which has been abiy assisted and sustained by the female teachers ‘who came here a short time before.” The following has been received by Secretary Delano :— ‘ies ili ep Croup AGENCY, _Daxota Trneitony, March 31, 18/4 Secretary of the interior :— the commission now engaged in tigation al ‘ea Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies ve great pleasure in reporting that the Indians at former agency have complied with our request made uncil held some two weeks ago, and have per- Per, agent to meke @ satisiactory census of em. informed the Indians that their good pegavjor in thi would be reported by us to the esident and Wire them that it would give Dim great pleasure. With great frustrated. Reports were purposely circulated | A Atay ere tue Bh | installed into office. portant of which was the tribunal before whom | county, from where they were to march directly | | once took the oath of office and took BROOKS COUP DETAT. Bloodshed Still Threatened at [ Little Rock, Ark. Reply of the Federal Government to the “Govemors.” MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED Text of the Two Procla- mations Issued. Baxter's Forces Surround the State House. Littix Rock, Ark., Aprif16, 1874. Greatly to the satis‘action of our citizens the threatened attack on the State House last evening by Governor Baxter’s forces did not take place. At the moment of sending my latest despatch (eleven P. M,) a@ considerable force of men under arms, subject to the orders | of the “ousted” Governor, had been concentrated | in front of the Executive offices, and the least of- { fensive demonstration on the part of the Brooks men would undonbtedly have ied to bloodshed. | All through the night the opposing forces faced | each other. Brooks held foretble possession | of the State House, all the ‘approaches | to which he had guarded, aud reiuseda ad- mission to any but nis most intimate advisers. About 100 volunteers were placed-under arms, the accoutrements béig supplied from the State armory, which was broken into early in the day, | alter McClure had administered the oath of office to Brooks, Two howitzers—manued: and loaded— were placed at the main entrances. There are some 1,500 stand of arms at the Arsenal belonging to the.State, and alter daybreak this morning both Baxter and Brooks sent requisitions to the com- mandant asking that they be delivered. The com- mandant, nowever, refused to deliver the arms, except on an order from the general government, Hence Brooks remains in possession 4s Governor, but with a very small force to sustain him im case of a fight. CLAYTON AND DORSEY OPERATING. As an assurance to certain friends of the revo- lutionary party the following despatch was ior- | warded to the Republican here:— Wasurxeton, April 15, 1874. ‘The government will undoubtediy recognize the oilicer | installed by the decree of the Court. CLAYTON and DORSEY. | Comment on the above is general, and the opinion prevails that ultimately Brooks will have | to vacate as suddenly as he seized upon the Governorship. Brooks made am application yes- | terday to General Strong, Deputy secretary of | State, for the seals of the State; but Strong re- fused, preferring to await detafied instructions from Jonson, Secretary of State, who is away on special business. In the meantime he refuses to recognize Brooks as Governor, It is proba- ble that until an answer is received from Mr. Johnson the seal of State will not be attached to any State or legal documents; in fact, that business will be suspended in the principal departments of gov- ernment. Hynes, Hodges, Gunter and Snyder, our | Representatives in Congress, have each sent despatches more or less congratulatory to Brooks Rumors of alk kinds are in circulation. Brooks? party believe in the support of the courts, while Governor Baxter's triends state that the latter has | received a telegram trom the general government promising to sustain him in oftice.” BKOOKS’ PROCLAMATION, Mr. Brooks has issued the following proclama. tion:— EXECUTIVE OFFICE, LivTrLe Rock, April 16, 1874. To. THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSA: As you will recoliect, I was a candidate for the office of Governor at the November election of ! 1872, That I received a majority of the votes cast lor that ojlice has never been denied, even by the iriends of Esha Baxter, I appealed to the Legis! ture and asked to be allowed to contest the ele tion jor the office of Governor and my petition, at the instance and by the connivance of Elisha | Baxter, who corruptly used his official patronage | to bribe members of the Legislature, was rejected, and I was denied not only the right of petition, which the constitution guarantees to every citizen, but the right to have the ques- tion of election investigated or passed | upon. The Attorney General asked the Su- preme Court fora writ of quo warranto against Elisha Baxter, ior the purpose of compelling him to show by what warrant and authority he assumed | to discharge the duties of the office of Governor. That tribunal declared it had no jurisdiction to hear and determine u contest for the ofice of Gov. | ernor, and the cause Was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. | I then commenced an action against Elisha Baxter under the provisions of the code, in the | manner prescribed by law, lor the recovery of the | ottice and the salary received by Elisha Baxter during the time he wrongfully withheld the same irom me. I served notice on Eli- sha Baxter tnat I would at certain | times and places, narrated in said notices, take | vestimony in support of my claim. Elisha Kaxte' for reasons best known to himself, neglected and falied to appear at the times and places men- | tioned, and treated the Court proceedings with derision and contempt, openly boast. | ing in public and private speeches and conversations, that he would resist the execution of the judgment of any Court of the State with the militia, if it attempted to interfere with his | discharge of the duties of the ofiice o1 Governor, Notwithstanding his threats I continued to take testimony and prosecute a suit for the purpose of asserting my own rights ana vindicating your | choice at the ballot box. On yesterday the Circuit Court rendered a judg- ment in my favor tor the office and salary, and 1 at oasession of the same. olds the EXx- ecutive office, and it is to be hoped that you will join your voice with mine, rejoicing that the man you chose jor Governor has at last been duly Elisha Baxter no longer | Being in office 1t 13 but tair that I to some extent define my future policy, which the adherents of Elisha Baxter will no doubt misrepresent for the purpose of advancing their | eo interests and gratifying their own ambi- jon. For political tenets I respectfully refer you to the eas form of the reform party, on which I was a candidate in 1872, From the principles therein | enumerated I have not departed, and, God helping me, never will, No one man in the State has felt | the Blades of ballot-box stuffers and political thimble riggers to the extent that I have, i} I say to you that so tar as iu me lies the ballot | box and election machinery of the State shall never again be made an engine of fraud and op- | ression, a8 it was in 1872, This 1s a republican | orm of government, where the voice o1 the people should rule, and so far as 1 am concerned it shall rule from this time henceforth, and so long as I occupy the Executive chair every man shall have the full and undisturbed right to vote as to him shall seem | best, and that vote cnce cast shall be counted as the man that cast it’ intended it should be. | Efforts no doubt will be made by designing | men to convey the impression ‘that it is the duty of the peopie to rally to the | standar of a man who no doubt will claim he is Governor of Arkansas, who you | all know was not elected, and who has no more | right or claim to the office than any one of you | have, for the purpose o! placing that man again in | the Executive office. [ say frankly to you that all such attempts will lead to strile and bioodshed, for I shall resist and suppress the action ot all mobs that may assemble togethcr under the ban- ner or at the of Elisha baxter, No man in the State can regret strife and blood. | shed more deeply than mysell; but, feeling as Ido | that —_ sell-government rather than self | aggrandizement is in the issue, I shall | employ every means at my command to maintain its supromacy. Elisha Baxter | forced me from the Legislature to the Courts, and | thus far I have patiently borne with the law's delay, at all times feeling that justice would be | done me by the judgment of a Court of competent | jurisdiction. I am in the Executive Ofice. When | tt is adjudicated that I am not there | legaily I wili bow my head tn silence to the decree of the Court, be it whatit may. The power that | Elisha Baxter used to torce me into the courts will use to make him respect and abide its decrees, To one and all I say, keep quiet aud pursue your different vocations, Your services are not needed at the capital to preserve either peace or goad order. Should the time come when they will needed, you will be notified in due time through. the proper channela, JOSEPH BROOKS, Governor of Arkansas, Martial Law Proclaimed—Baxter’s Proc- lamation. 4 Littiw oom, April 16—% P. M. Governor Baxter has progiaimed martial law, He ts now at the Anthony House. His headquarters TWEEEtaM u. HARE. |-and the anoroachas therato gre cuarded, and an ad: vance picket has been extended within one block of the State House. No one is allowed to go bée- yond the picket lines, A train has been seized, Troops are coming in great force, all well armed. It is feared that bloodshed will result in @ few hours, The following 18 the proclamation by which Baxter declares the whole of Pulaski county Under military rute:— PROCLAMATION. Whereas an armed rebellion exists in the county of Pulaski against the State govern- ment which it becomes necessary to employ all the force at Wy gisposal to suppress; Thorslore, the authority vested tn me by law, J hereby prociaim the existence of martial law within said county, and conimand all persons capa- ble of military duty to assist in the putting down of the said rebellion. During the time that martial law shall thus prevail every infringement Of the right of peaceable and well disposed persons will be severely punished by whomsoever it may be com- mitted, The utmost respect shall be paid by ail persons to citizens not in arms, and to their prop- erty and to tbat of the federal government. in testimony whereof I, Elisha Baxter, Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby set my hand, the private seal of said State being now not accessible te the Governor of the State. Done at Little Rock this 15th day of April, 1874. ELISHA BAXTER, Governor of Arkansas and Commander-in-Chief. SURROUNDING THE STATE HOUSE. Simultaneously with tie issuance of this procia- imation the Govsrnor marched’ from St. John’s Col- lege witb his force of about 200 men down into the heart of the city, and placed guards all along the principal streets, completely surround- ing the state House with a cordon of sentinels, Several companies of military have arrived trom | Outside’ counties, and every train brings adui- tions. By to-morrow the Governor's ‘torce from present indications will number 2,000 men. There are between 100 and 150 mén at the State House, well armed and with two cannon, The Governor received a despatch from Attorney | General Witliams, stating in effect that the United States government would not interfere. The Governor states that this was-all he desired, and promises to pat down the insurtection at once. Last night's despatches were in error in stating that the Circuit Judge had tssued @ writ to tie Sherif immediately on giving: jadgment against Baxter, No writ was ever is- sued, either then or now. AS soom ag | judgmemt was rendered Brooks took the office, and). with acopy of the judgment in ‘his hand, | went to the Govermor’s office and took foreivle possession. HOLDING THE AVENUES OF COMMUNTEATION, Governor Baxter's forces have taken possession: of the telegraph oMice; placing sentinels at the ‘door witkinatructions te-permit no despatches to- be sent-or delivered without the consent of | the officer im charge. Governor Baxter has just issued @ proclamation to tbe people of the State; reciting the facts in the case and stating that it ia his intention to retake the State building and establish his aathority, He calls upon the people to respond to his aid. Mr. Brooks has'sentinels one square out in front of the-State House. Beyond the tramp of senti- nels, who are to be met on every street corner, everything is quies. The Mayor has: ordered that all the saloons be closed. To-day the attorneys of Governor Baxter ap- peared in the Cirtnit Court and.moved to set aside the judgment of yesterday; also to correct the records of Monday,.wherein it appeared that the demurrer in the cage of Brooks vs. Baxter was submitted by consenc, These motions will be ar- gued to-morrow, THE MUDDIE AT WASHINGTON. Correspondence Between the President | and the Revolutionists—-The State Courts to Settle: the Dispute. WASHINGTON, April 16, 1874, There is not much interest manifested here in the Arkansas Gubernatorial difficulty. The Presi- dent has expressed all he has to say in the follow- | ing telegrams to Baxter and Brooks. Only in the | event of open hostilities would feaeral interferance be sanctioned. The Prosident declines, therefore, to give either side the slightest encouragement, The State courts, he intimates, must settle their controversy. Senators Clayton and! Dorsey sus- tain Brooks, and, while they have the ear of the President, “Baxter’s Call to the Unconverted” will have been made in vain. Both the President and Judge Williams were assured that the question :had already been settled | | in the courts, and that, in the view of the delega- tion, this should be the fimal decision. The following telegram,.in addition to that from Governor Baxter, has been:received here :— EXECUTIVE OFFICE, LITTLE Rock, Ark., April 15, 1874. U.S. GRANT, President, Wasnington :— Having veen duly installed as Governor of the State of Arkansas, by the judgment of a court, [ respecttully ask that the commanding officer at the arsenal be instructed to deliver to me the arms belonging to the Stata now in his custody, or hold the same subject to my order. J. 8. BROOKS. The above, as well as the telegram {rom Governor Baxter yesterday, was referred by the President to the Department of Justice. Alter consultation between the President and Attorney General, these telegrams were sent:— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, April 16, 1874. Hon. JosgrH Brooks, Little Rock :— I am instructed by the President to say in | answer to your despatch to him of yesterday, asking that the United States Commanding Ofiicer at the Arsenal be instructed to aeliver the arms in his custody belonging to the State to you, or hold them subject to your order, that he declines to comply With your request, a8 he 1s not udvised that your right to hold the oMice ot Governor has been fully and finally settled by the Courts of Arkangas, GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, Attorney General. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, April 16, 1874, Hon. EnisHa T. BAxrer, Little Rock :— 1 am instructed by the President to say, in answer to your despatch to him of yesterday, asking for the support of the general government to sustain you in the efforts to maintain the righ<ful govern- ment im the State of Arkansas, that in the first place your call is not made in conformity with the constitution and laws of the United States, and, in the second place, that as the con- troversy relates to your right to hold a State office, its adjudication, unless a case 1s made under | the so-called Enforcement act of federal Jurisdiction belongs to the State courts. If the decision of which you complain is erroneous there appears to be no reason why it may not be re- viewed and a correct decision obtained from the Supreme Court ot the State. GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, Attorney General. Telegraphic despatches. were sent this afterncon by the Secretary of War to the commanding oficer at Little Rock, instructing him to take no steps whatever to interfere im the pending trou'les, unless such action becomes absolutely necessary tor the preservation of the public peace. FRESHEST IN THE SOUTH. Freshet in Tennessee—The Rivers Rising Rapidly—Great Loss of Property. NasHvIitie, April 16, 1874. The Cumberland River is still rising one inch an; hour. Several hundred feet of Market. street south of Broad are. now many icet under water, to the great damage of stores and residences, Should, the water rise one foot more it willinvade the basements of thirty or forty business houses. on Front street north of Broad. Merchants are now | moving goodg and cotton to more secure places. One firm will have to move 6,000 barrels of sait at a loss of $1,000, The damage to gceds and the enses of moving them are already very, largo. rhe high water has caused serious.da) different, lines of raliroad in thi are temporarily Seine on the Tne Northwestern seriously. ‘The Tennessee River is very fall and rising at the rate of two inches per houx, and threatens an overfow. The Cumberland, Stone and Duck riv- ers are higher than at any time since 1847, and, from present indications, wii reack or exceed the height attained in that year THE MISSISSIPPI ORBVASSE, The Effects of the Storm—Dolegation of Planters Waiting on Governor Kel- logg—Their Stock All Drowned=The People Suffering for Food. New Onus. April 16, 187 The McCuilen crevasse, below Baton Rouge, is Teported to be under control,and will doubtless ve closed, The Bonnet. Carré crevasse, is gradually increas- ing. . There were kemwenowers here this morning. A aavore rain storm yas peem orevalling since i T — asym ay ae noon. The Wind is east, veering to north, and is blowing hard. The river ig very rough and the danger of an overfiow is inereasing. All the crevasses on the Lower Missiasi Bolt var Landing, Port Hudson, prise at Bello Chasse and Verboi are reported ¢losed. - pression prevails that the Boren rts evel wilt: cause an inundation of additional plamrtations on. the lower coast. The water is r freely bee Fa at Lprg een ‘% seen Siig legations oO! lanter: ‘om the rt 13 bordering on the Buachita and Ked rivera nen as from parishes bordering on the Mu ippt, waited on the Governor to-day, stating that rele cattle and stock had all been drowned, their Janda amd houses inundated and themselves and thew laborers reduced to destitution by the unprece- dented floods. They ask that the United States’ military authorities be requested to issue ratrons) to the sufferers. THE NATIONAL GAME, PHILADELPHIA, April 6, 1778) The first championship game of base bak he-~ tween the Athletic and Philadelphia clubs was’ played this aiternoon in the presence of about 4,000 persons. The athletics outbatved and out- fielded their opponents at all points, Umpire Thomas Carey, of the Mutuals, Tot 2a. $4 Mh. Sh. Gh. THh, Beh. Uh 0 0 6 4 oo 4 Athletics. . 1 on 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 Os Philadelp! The Centennial Exhibition To tHe Pxope or Tux State or New Yor = It is right that the people ot the United States shoa! & know that the day and year which closed the eentary 0 American independence (July 4, 1876), will be commem. * orated with ceremonies expressive of the gratitade and \ pride of a great nation; and, in accordance with the ‘ act of Congress of June J, 1872, which created the Board \ ot Finance, the following’ report 1s made, over the signa * ture of the President of the Boar i The original law of Congress, enacted March) % 1872, ed for “the celebration of the C "ehh a? hg prov can Independence by an international exhibition’ of arts, munntactures and natural resources of this other countries, under the auspices of the gov e 1, 1872, fixed the capital tocom- * pate this grewt commemoration at $10,000,000, which wag't by the Commisstoners apportioned among, the severab-: Slates and Territories on tie basis of Dopulstion. Of this sum the State ot Pennsylvania alone. aided by f subscription of $100,000 from the State of New Jersey, , has raised in the form of subscriptions to the stock and’ by appropriations trom its Legisiature and uuPClAs? of Philadephia, about $4,000,000, or nearly one-half thes amount necessary to insure success. Tnis provision hav--. ing been made, designs for suitable buildings were ape proved and other preliminary and incidental arral ments have so tar advanced as to justify an immedi f commencement of the work of construction. ‘The Commissioners have appealed to the Con ot’, the United States. on the Dasis of these subse: pices . appropriations and preparations, to maintam the spirié-» oi the two laws above reterred to, and the cor nd ence of the State Departmeat with foreign Powers has miduced the governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, * Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Liberia, Equador, the Argentine Confederation, Chiti,” Mexico,’ Haytt and Sandwich Ishands to express their intention to partici- » and they have every reason to betieve that thie - eal to Congress will be gi enerously responded to. have also been made bi ‘and Territories. of Missouri, aska, Montana, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, Louisiana, Florida, Maryland, Ohto, Wiscon: an, Arizona, New. Jerscy, Delaware, Rhode nas, Alabama; New York, Virginia, lowa Michi; Island, Arl and Kansas. Such. in brief, is the condition of the organization sin, for the international commemoration of the the * century of American independence. ‘The city ot Philadelphia was selected as the most fit- ~ ting locality at whieh to celeb birth of American Independeitce, for the reasons:— 1, That from: Philadelphia the Magna Charta of hue man liberty, the immortal Dectaration, wae uttered. The buildings in which the* convention sat: remained substantially as they were on that historic day; amd 2. Ot all the pointsof Revolutionary interest Philadel- phia is the: mast central and accessible to the whole country. It is the Republic's celebration of its birthday at the Very place of its birth. fa ‘The Finance Board earnestly-urce their fellew coun- trymen to keep in mind the graat fact that the event to be commemorated is the grandest and most_ momen: in history, that the commemoration is to take the form of anexhibition of the stupendous progress made by the American people in the first hundred years of their in- dependence: in everything relating to the natural re- sources of the county and their devetopment, and, espectally. 18 progress in those industries, arts and in: stivutions which benefit mankind. How diversified are the objects which raust, enter into that exhibition, how vast the buildings and the space required to present them with ful. effect, are sugaes ‘ions: thatneed only to be mentioned to bring home to: e American the colossal magnitude of the undertaking. Consider for a moment the industries, products and devices necessary to an adequate exp n. of the progress of your own State, and the spaco: that will be essential to their full presentation, and you can hardly fail to perceive: that your state alone will require am area in the exhibition buildings and groands equal to that eee ne Leeorndyyis ons Hom ‘his is true of not less than ten ot the older. States. The other twenty-seven States and ten Territories will each of hem require space in proportion. ‘That the stock or the Centenniat Boar@ of Finanes might be within the reach of every citizen, the Congress of the United States fixed every share at $10, which will nted by a handsome steet engtaved certifie cate, executed by the Treasury Department of the gov-~ ernment, and fittingly designed in commemoration of the event. The Board, In soliciting subscripuons to its stock feel assured that there 1s a patriotic desire to» render the exhibition worthy of the cecasion. Notice is hereby given that checks and drafts can be ad- reseed to the Financial ‘Treasurer,, Frederick Fraley, No. #4 Walnut street, Philadelphia, tor any number shares, at $10 cach, ‘and certl Vf be. prompily returned. ‘The International Exhibition wills commence op the 19th of April; 1876, and close on the 198 of October. 1876. ‘The undersigned, President of the Board.of Finance , speaking for. his colleagues, and, he believes, for th great body of the American, people, does not doubt tly a answer of that people to thisearnest appeal. They ar not unmindtul of the patriotic: interest in Centeunis it oftheir own independence, nor of the high duty of ot 1- oring it as it deserves. Philadeiphia;.the saene- of te immortal Declaration, not anly in the old hail whe It written whence it was pi claimed, but in the extensive rk whe the exhibitton is to be held, sacred as the sort of Washington and the Revolutionary: worth! has given many times her share to the memorial. | not her celebration—it is the nation’® Histery has# ply designated that city as the spot where the naair sentiment can-be historically exprewed. Every o city and State is inspired by the same-sentiment.” Ky man and woman. North and Souths, is stirred by same impuise. Ali the peoples of the earth are-ea) spectators and students of our progress. The theretore, is at once: national, and internationa) | reaches every class and every Interest. It will! je most remarkable comparison and interchange ot id and inventions, of art and science, of the: produ cts the earth. the brain and the hands-the most t iendly and complete intercourse between:the races of at tries in modern civilization. It is impossihle to! jelie that ary portion of the American people will hag unite in what is a sacred memory and sacred tion, 0 1. SH, ot « Pet riry 57) g $558: 3 a President of the Centennial Boaraof Fil ance. A.—For a First Class Dress or Bu nese HAT go direct to the manufacturer, ESPENSUG LD, Lid Nassau street. Ask Your Hatter for the doll: ; Joke T, by case or dozen. See TOPPING, Ma’ {NARD & HA HOBRON, 89 Mercer: street. A Positive and Permanent C ure for Rheumatism, Neuraigia and Nervous Diseawt s—Dr. FIT- LER'S RHEUMATIC REMEDY, 21 Johm street and druggists. Anything in the Medical or; line-gent by mail or exprasrat reasonabie: peer Dr. DIEMOND, Dox \! i Surgical ices. Post office. A.—A Competent Physiciam Can Find joyment. at. moderate salary in Now? ork city. dross Cou f bal ‘New York Post sfice. + A.—When. the Ly yp Gene ral and All the eminent physicians. and surgeons patronize the ELASTIO TRUSS COMPAN 83. Brow way, no wonder ot moral springs, “finger pads” and # on oops can’t ye sald, Loomer agg He . bevy re bs Hh gon fone om Never fails. stab] 1 yen old al n¢ } Applied ut BATCHELORS Wig Fact 16 Bond ston Consumption, the scourge of the human. family, may in its early . stages be pzomptly arrested and pene aanently cured. Ravexswooo. # . Va., Oct. 23. 1 Dp, RY, Parner, Bufialo,N Ys Str—For the ear Ihave: DEN mevicat, BiscovERY. ae’ re “y Its "nig havo for yeat ioe. Before was benolted. At that Ua el was very oa, able to sit ap much, was suf -ing greatly with hroat, was genting blind, haa a dry cough and conch in in my lungs. twelve botties Biscovery and ata almost wall os by TE T. WARDNER. KA’ A.son of Mr. J..H. Meseak, of* Chath: Koy pees MERAY uaeauNRtow ty Be Ete Go pats 2. C. ,. “ Ganfleld, editor-ot the Chatham Courier. anak Le 5. R. 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