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healthy for the community to have real prin- ciples and laws of progress brought to its con- sideration than to be compelled to listen ad nauseam to the private bickerings or public boasting of men who have nothing better to do than to talk of themselves, More of Senator Morton’s finance. Senator Morton, having been unable to bring the world to believe with him in finance by - @ppeals on the floor of the Senate Chamber, proposes now to try the little project by writ- ing to the Indianapolis Journal, His first letter argues that the bill vetoed by the Presi- dent was:practically a measure of contraction and also involved the first step toward the resumption of specie payment. What, then, did the Senator mean when, while he was urging the passage of this bill, he argued, with frequent iteration, that we did not want Tesumption or specie payment; that a metallic eurrency was a delusion and a snare, and that Pretty printed paper like ours was the best aponey ever made? What did he mean, also, -by arguing at the same time that contraction ‘would be ruin, and that whut we wanted was ‘inflation and plenty of it? He argued with ~“@ll his eloquence,” as the reporters say, in favor of inflation and in favor of paper money vag against gold and silver; yet now he tells us that the measure he supported was a step ‘toward each of these abominations. Does the Senator mean to say that he did not know what he was saying in all those beautiful speeches, or does he mean to say that when the supported this bill he did not understand it and did not know how it would operate? Church Quarrels. From a merely worldly point of view it ‘seems to be impossible to administer the af- fairs of a church for any length of time without # quarrel. There are at present something like half a dozen first class rows about nothing iin our immediate neighborhood. To listen to the clatter and clangor of tongues one ‘would think that at Icast an earthquake or two had intimated their intention of swal- lowing the edifices in which public worship is “wont to be held, mortgage, deacons and all ; or that a score or so of popular epidemics ‘were getting ready to carry off all the chil- dren and all the old gossips. On examination you find that the real difficulty is that the minister positively refuses, he being a single -man, to be doubled or tripled or quadrupled, +y marrying every girl in the parish who has used the ordinary means and failed in the matrimonial speculation, and is determined ‘a8 a last resort to honor the minister with her presence for the next twenty years. Itisa Aittle curious that an unmarried minister should always be the subject of a matrimonial »plot. So long'as he fights shy of the altar he is the recipient of innumerable bouquets, of endless gifts of fruit and sweatmeats, of invi- Aations to ride, always on the back seat ‘with Hannah or Jane, while the teachers and “prayer meetings are filled with aspirants for ‘the honor of the position of minister's wife. The poor fellow who thus begins his career 4s pulled this way and that by ambitious mamas, is cajoled by papas who want to see ‘their first born well settled in life, and is @attered by all the permanently unmarried ‘women of the flock, who renew their youth for the occasion by modern appliances and ‘patent cosmetics’ until life becomes a burden and the mad house the only refuge. The consequence is that ministers, so sur- «sounded by compliment and flattery, become over-conceited, and sometimes unendurable. ‘Their human nature is very like that of other folk, and gets spoiled by over-indulg- ence. When any great crisis comes to the society, and when a little tactand good nature «would make everything smooth ‘again, they petulantly assume an authority that does not belong to them, and presume on their ability 4o carry matters with a high band. At once @ row of the first magnitude is inaugurated, “bitter things are said and bitter things done, and the society is split into two factions, which stops all religious work at ace, and possibly breaks up the whole move- ment. A religious quarrel has more spice in it, and more really bad blood, than any other {ind of awrangle. The hottest passions are enlisted on both sides and in the crusade no quarter is given to either party. Language anot'exactly profane, but intimating profanity, is used with reckless prodigality, and the feud ends in the minister's doing what a little common sense would have suggested in the beginning—that is, packing up his trunks and entering the white robed field of the can- didates. We have looked on while these conflicts have been progressing in our neighborhood with something like impatience and disgust. "The relation between minister and people, in Many instances, seems to bea kind of non- deacript, made up of sentimentalism and a white necktie. There is neither business ‘enough nor earnestness enough in it. In worldly affairs this matter of copartner- ‘ship is very easily settled. Things must either go right or not go at all. If either party is dissatisfied the sign of ‘the firm is taken down and its bank ac- -count brought to a close. Such petty bicker- ings as those which disgrace the religious ‘world would cost a man his business reputa- dion, anda pitched quarrel like any one of half a dozen in the churches near us would se demoralize a merchant's prospects that he ‘could not keep an orange and peanut stand on the street corner. 4s healthful impulse in the community tthe Church, when consistent with itself, is in- valuable, It enforces traths not much talked of on secular occasions and tugs with com- mendable perseverance at the moral con- sciousness of society, to pull our business methods, our charities, and our philanthro- pies up toa higher plane. But when it in- ‘dulges in a kind of intercolonial fight the flushed and angry faces of the disputants are like a thunder cloud that sours all the milk in the dairy. A council ought to be called for the formation of a Society for the Prevention of Petty Rows in Churches, It were far better to engage in some active service of this kind than to convene for the purpose of mousing around among old gossips’ tales or of keeping @ woman out of the pulpit who can preach ‘better than half the men, THE SHAWANGUNK DISASTER Krvaston, N, Y., May 10, 1874. The jary in the Shawangunk disaster investi- gation exonerated the poiler ector irom blame, and stood six to six tor a verdict of culpa- ble n ince on the part of Tr - metas toe jail, Pi Trantor, the superin- ENGLAND. The Liberal Parliamentary “Whip.” Lonpon, May 10, 1874. Mr. William Patrick Adam will succeed Sir Robert Peel as liberal whip, (Mr. Wiliam P, cenay ny representative for Clackmannaa, Scotiand. HERALD.) FRANCE, The Vines Damaged by Frost. Par, May 10, 1874. Late severe frosts have done considerable dam- age to the vines throughout the country. It w estimated that the grape crop for the present year ‘Will not be sbove half an average one. SPAIN. Fresidential Promise of a New and smproved Cabinet. Mapsip, May 10, 1874. The question of the reorganization of the govern- ment ts the absorbing topic at Madrid at present. Mersnal Serrano says he will form a bester Cabinet than the existing one. but he has deferred constderation of the subject until his health, which is improving, is completely reatored, Death of an Eminent Ecolesiastic. Maprip, May 10, 1874. The Patriarch of the East Indies died here sud- denly to-day. Don Carlos’ Resolve for War in Biscay. LONDON, May 11—5:30 A. M. A despatch from Bayonne says Don Cariog has issued @ proclamation announcing that he will offer strenuous resistance to the republican army in the Biscay provinces. THE FRANKLIN AT MADEIRA. {SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE BEBALD BY CABLE. ] Lonpon, May 10, 1874. The United States steamer Franklin arrived at Madeira May 2. MEXICO. A Famous Insurgent Killed—Eleotions in Yu- catan—American Progress—Upward and Onward. Crry Oo” MExico, 1, Via Havana, May to ta.) Vallejano, the last of the Tepic insurgent chiefs, has been killed, STATE ELECTION, The new elections in Yucatan are progressing, SINEW AGAINST SCIENCE, ‘she laporers at Pachuca attempted to burn the buildings of the new Barron mine, because of the introduction of machinery by Mr. Barron, the ignorant natives believing that it would deprive them of the means of earning their hving in future. AMERICAN PROGRESS—ONWARD AND UPWARD, United States Minister Foster, Mrs. Foster and Secretary Bliss recently ascended the volcano of Popocatepetl, Mr. Foster and Mr. Bliss almost reaching the crater. Mrs. Foster reached the cross, several hundred feet above the region of perpetual snow and 14,000 feet above the sea, the highest point ever attained by a lady. HAVANA. A Famous Oriental Embarked for America. 7 Havana, May 10, 1874. The Chinese Commissioner Vhin-lan-Pin sailed for New Orleans on Friday. WESTON'S WALK. Shortly after twelve o’clock this morning Eaward Payson Weston commenced his proposed exhibition ofendurance. The feat he proposes to accomplish ie that of walking 6500 milesin s secular week of six consecutive days, ana on one of the days to Walk 115 miles within twenty-four consecutive hours, which he states 1s, 1n his opinion, the limit of man’s endurance. As already published in the WERALD, Mr. Weston has been induced to under- take hia present task at the solicitation of a num- ber of prominent medical gentlemen and others in this city who consider that much good ts accom- plished by attracting the attention of the public to the importance of this healthful exercise, com- bined with a judicious dietary. The present, it is stated, will be the last occasion that Weston will appear 48 @ pedestrian in this country, his inten- tion being to retére trom the profession. He ap- ears to be confident of success and of Jar exceed- Ing all his previous performances and says he was never in better condition than now. In 1870 he walked 100 miles in twenty-one hours, thirty-eight minutes and fifteen secon M including rests. In 1867 he pee his greatest leat, that of walking from Portiand, Me., to Chicago, Ill., in twenty-nine days, twenty-two hours, inciuding four Sundays, upon which daya he did not walk. The distance was 1,237% miles. He proposes to follow the 10‘lowi programme on the present Occasion, 80 far as the distances and time are con- cerned, Viz. 0 make the first twenty-five miles in five hours, when he will take ashort rest, and rest- ing at short intervals afterwards. The 115 miles he expects to complete to-night by five minutes to twelve, and will then sleep for five hours, Un Wednesday he intends to walk fifty miles without stopping. On Thursday the same distance, in a like Manner, completing 400 miles of his task by three or four o’clock Friday afternoon. The whole distance of 600 miles be anticipates to cover by eleven o'clock on Saturday night next. The following is a sumutary of the programme as at present arranged: Rests tor sleep .... Rests of fitteen Ynii Rests of five minutes. Actual time allowed tor walking 500 miles. Total time. The number of people seeking admission to the Rink was smaller than anticipated at the time appointed for Weston to toe the scratch. How- ever, as the hours spea on the attendance gradu- ally Increased. Precisely as the bang tg to the hour named for the start to be made Weston stepped on to the track irom his room in the northwest corner of the hese He was accompanted by Mr. A. J. Vanderpoel, Dr. Doremus and Mr. Kufos Andrews. Weston was dressed in a black velvet jacket, knee breeches of the same material, a White canvas round hat and a blue silk sash across the right shoulder. He also wore laced gaiters and leather leggings. As time was called Weston came up to the scratch and started on his first task. le looked as fit as traini and care could make him, while he expressed himsel! as be- ing confident et Out his proposed perform- ance to & successiu Seta His weight 18 128 pounds, The track, which composed of earth and chips, measures exactly one-seventh of a mile round, requiring seven circuits to be made to com- plete the mile. At starting the ‘was very moderate and easy, the first lap being made in 1 minute 68 seconds, On the next a slight increase in pace was made, the circuit being made in 1:43, The third was again slower and occupied 2m. 178, Weston was evidently not hurrying himself, but rather settlin, down to his work. On the jourth Jap he threw ol his jacket but did not increase his speed until the next lap. which was made in 1:40. This pace he kept up, it will be seen by the following sum- mary :— SUMMARY, SECOND MILE. J, ma pinlerticenealt ul eeessaze a. Seesees The ees are Messrs, D, A. Curtis, Beard, J, H. Robbins and Knowles. Every arrangement has been made for the com- fort and convenience of the pedestrian, DASTARDLY OUTRAGE IN HOBOKEN. At an early hour yesterday morning a young bar- ber named John isemann was arrested by Aid Ed- monston, in Hudson street, while he was endeavor- ing to outrage ayoung flower vender named Minnie Konig. The rufilan had tracked her from the Ger- man Club House, and but for tire shrieks of the 4 would have accomplished his design, He was foagea in a cell to await evamination. He residea 4m op uncnylable loculity. No, 44 Hudson pireeh IEE ASS SES SEs hy SF . e IARKANSAS. Brooks Accepts the Attorney Gen- eral’s Peace Proposition. Baxter Refuses, But Asks Federal Pro- tection for the Legislature. THE CONTEST IN WASHINGTON. An Argument for Executive Consid- eration in Favor of Baxter. Lirriw Rook, Ark., May 10-12 4. M. All passes given out this morning within the Baxter lines nave been revoked. The long Bax- terite gun has been moved and placed tn position at another point. Baxter's guards allow no one to Pass without a written order from headquarters. ‘The steamer Hattie was scuttled and sunk this Morntng. Colonel King White and his command are on board the steamer Kittie Regier at a point Dear the city. WARLIKE ATTITUDE OF THE BAXTERITES. Ons o’CLOOK P. M,—Two colored men were shot and killed by Baxter's pickets out near the fair grounds, on the outskirts of the city, this morning. Colonel King White, in command of 120 cavairy nd some intantry, has just arrived from Pine Blut. They started at six o’clock last night. and were received with cheering. Ten of Baxter's skirmishers were marched up the street aud Jormed in line with the advanced pickets, when the officer in charge told all the soldiers around to return to their quartera and the citizens present to go to their homes, ‘The reguiars stand ready by the narricades in case their services are required. Some colored troops are expected by the Baxterites, who have received many reinforcement since last night. DISPOSITION OF THE OPPOSING FORCRS. SEVEN O'CLOCK P, M.—A fight is now ex- pected at any moment. The position of the foroes is as follows:—Regulars—Iwo companies at the City Hall, one at the United States Court Building, and artillery, with horses har- messed, on a side street just out of Markham street. Two of the regulars’ barricades are on Markham street, two on Elm street, the next street toward the river, and the same on the river bank, directly opposite the Baxter works, where the big gun is in position, commanding the State House. The regulars also have earthworks on the bank on the other side of the river, and their Jorces at the State House are surroundea with earthworks and barricades, The telegraph office ts practically seized, and it is necessary to amuggie d2spatcnes into it, Orders have been issued from the State House, also from Baxter's headquarters, notifying all soldiers to report at quarters and all non-combatants to go to theirhomes. An ominous silence pervades ail three camps. BROOKS ACOKPTS THE ATTORNEY GENSRAL’S PROPO- SITION. E1gut o’OLo0ck P. M.—If Baxter accepts the Proposition made by the Attorney General the war is over, as Brooks bas already telegraphed bis ac- ceptance of the proposition that the Legisiature meet on the fourth Monday in May, to be called by both Governors, to receive and entertain the peti- tion presented by Brooks and to decide who is Governor, all the troops to be disbanded, except a body guard for each of not over one company; the Legislature to meet at the usual piace of meet- img and the general government to deter- mine meanwhile who is to exercise the affairs of the office until the question is decided. It is not definitely known whether Baxter wili accept or not. It is tobe hoped that he will, as farther ploodsned is inevitable if the present state Of affairs continues. ACTIVITY OF THE FEDERAL TROOPS. Ning o’CLock P, M.—it is not sapposed Baxter Will accept the proposition of the Attorney Gen- eral. Colonel King White and his command have just ridden to the outskirts of the city. A com- pany of regulars have gone out in the same direc- tion, but whether in pursuit of them or not is not know. The reguiars have pickets out on several streets leading from the river. Baxter, in refusing to accede to the propositions, gives the following reasons for such refusal:—That he submitted substantially the same propositions to Brooks some time ago and they were rejected, Brooks announcing that he would have nothing to do with the Legislature; that they had no juris- diction and he would not recognize them or any- thing they might do, Baxter alleges that there is a quorum of the Legislature now here, assembled under his call, with the President’s assurances of protection, and that they will meet to-morrow and determine the question, He will recommenda call of the Con- stitntional Convention, with the view of resub- mitting the whole question to the vote of the people, MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE APPEAL FOR PRO- TECTION. The following has been sent to the President :— We, the undersigned members of the Legisla- ture of this State, have come here to meet, under the call of Governor Baxter, to-morrow, and we wish to meet and settle the troubles now existing here as the country requires it, and we respect- fully ask the protection of the general government while we meet and deliberate. We hold that the matter should not be postponed, and all that we Can do to have a fair and honorable adjustment, and unless we are protected there may be bloodshed here in a very short time, and the consequences no one can tel. We are well satisfied there will be ® quorum of” the Legisiature pres ent to-morrow under the call of Governor Bax- ter, and we are satisfied a quorum would be here now Were it not for the unwarranted seizure and suppression of a train on the Little Rock and Fort Smitn Kaliroad, necessarily delegated the mem- bers of the Legislature from the northwestern portions of the State, Signed by a number of Senators and Representa- tives, FEDERAL PROTECTION AGAIN ASKED BY BAXTER. WasHINGTON, May 10, 1874. At two o'clock this morning the representatives and attorneys of Baxter and Brooks vacated the telegraph oMce and retired to their respective homes, Numerous telegrams were received and sent after the conference at the Attorney Gen- eral’s, To-day tne wires have heen burdened with despatches to the representatives of both parties, as the result of the compromise plan submitted to the respective partics by, the At. torney Genera, Ji Will =be remembered NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY HU, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. that Jadge Williams said last night that tn sub- i part, recognize Stocks as Governor. Eitner mitting the compromise it was subject to the ap | I am Governor or I am not Governor. The proval of both parties, and it remained tobe seen who would take the responsibility of rejecting the Proposition. Early this morning Governor Baxter telegraphed to the Attorney General at length, | dechning to accept the proposition containea in vhe plan sent last night and urging nis claim to Fecognition as Governor, and again asking the | Protection of the government for the General Assembly in its meetings and sessions, be- ginning to-morrow, the llth of May. Gov- ernor Brooks also telegraphed to his rep- Fesentatives substantially the same, and urged his requisition on tne President to support the State government, In accordance with this in- struction Governor Baxter's representatives, Judge Wilshire and R. P, Lowe, of Iowa, presented the following argument to the President in sup- port of Governor Baxter's claims :— APPEAL IN BEHALF OF BAXTER. Wasuincron, May 10, 1874, His Excellency U. 8. Grant, President ot the United sta: Str—We are just in receipt of telozraphic infor- mation from Governor Baxter, of Arkansas, that he declines to concur in the propositions submitted to him last night by the Attorney General, inatsting that he is the lawfully entitled Governor, and that as such he had heretofore by prociamation convened the General Assembly. which, pursuant to that Proclamation, meets to-morrow, tue 11th inat., and. will take action in the matter of the con- test between him and Joseph Brooks, at once up- on Mr. Brooks presenting thereto his application tor that purpose. The proposition submitted by the Attorney General recites that it was agreed to by the atiorneys and agen:s of both contest- ants. This was done by tne attorneys and agents of Mr. Baxter for the purpose, distinctly expressed by them, of submitting the proposi- tion to Governor Baxter for nis determination. The representatives of Governor Baxter insist that the proposition of recognizing that the State had either two governors or none at all was not assented to, but emphatically resisted, But, as ‘Was distinctly stated, for the purpose of obtaining an expression irom Governor Baxter, we con- sented to its being submitted by tho Attorney General upon his statement that tt was your wish. The case now stands in the same condition as it aid before such propositions were considered at all. In view of the fact that the attorneys and agents of Mr. Brooks admit the General Assembly, when convened, has the power to determine the | vexed question as to which of the contestants is the lawiuily elected Governor, and the fact that there is no question as to who the members | of the General Assembly are when convened, and | the further fact that the same has been convened to meet in extra session on Monday, the 11th inst., being to-morrow, to enable Mr. Brooks to make his contest in the manner prescribed by the con- Stitution, and being advised that there will be a quorum of both houses to meet at Little Rock, the | capital of the State, to-morrow, at the appointed hour to hold gaid session, anda settlement of that question by the authority that all admit possesses the power to do so is most desirable at once to the people of that unfortunate State, we, the agents and attorneys of Governor Baxter, in order that the conflicting claims of Baxter and Brooks May be speedily and finally settled by competent authority and thus relieve the national authorities of any further trouble on that account, respect- folly urge Your Excellency, in the name and on |. behalf of Governor Baxter, to recognize aud pro- tect the meeting of the General Assembly to-mor- row, at the capital of the State, and, pending the in- vestigation by it ofthe contest between Baxter and | Brooks, to recognize Governor Baxter as the law- | ful Governor, subject to the disposition of the question by the General Assembly, it being ad- mitved by all that the General Assembly has the power to settle the question. We rely wita confidence upon this request, by | | to refer to a gin sling. reagon of the intimation made by Your Excellency to Governor Baxter by telegraph, of date April 22, 1874, stating that you would “heartily approve any adjustment, peaceably, of the pending dim- cuities in Arkansas by means of the Legislature, the courts or otherwise,’ and that. you would give all the protection you could under the constitution and Jaws of the United States to such modes of adjustment. Governor Baxter having been declared duy elected by the authority designated by the consti- tution, as will appear by the proceedings of the two houses of the General Assembly, on the 6th day of January, 1873, which fully appear in part second, executive document, House of Represen- tatives, 220, pages 1 to 11, present session of Congress, qualified as Governor, and from that time has been recognized by all the officials and people of the State, as well as all the departments | of the national government, including both houses | of Congress, As to the conflicting decisions ef the courts of the State in regara to the power of the courts to determine the question between Baxter and Brooks, we shall content ourselves by calling at- tention to the fact that the Supreme Court has twice held that no Court of the State had jurisdic- tion to try and determine a contest for the office of Governor or any other executive office named in Section 19 of article 6 of tne constitution of Arkansas, It will be borne in mind that both of these decisions were rendered by the Supreme Court, consisting of tive judges, in a time of peace, when all could attend and assert their rights or claims without let or hinderance from any one, while the Jast and only decision adverse to that was made by four judges only, called to- gether evidently for the purpose, and heid within the military barricade or fortifica- tions of Joseph Brooks, amid the wildest excitement, and when neither Baxter nor any of his friends could go with safety. The apparent cause that brought these iour judges vogether, the circumstances under which they assumed to hold court and the indecent haste with which their pretended decision was made can serve no other purpose than to stand as a monu- ment of their judiciai partisanship and a disgrace to the name of the Judiciary, and this decision is what is claimed as the cause of confusing the speedy determination of the question pending before Your Excellency. In view of the premises, therefore, that the Leg- islature is conceded by all to be the proper tribu- nal to decide the matter in contest; that the said Legislature is already convened at Little Rock pre- pared to enter upon its labors; that Governor Bax- ter was assured before convening tt that the Leg- islature would have the protection of the general goyernment; that the last decision of the Supreme Court was rendered by a partial court and under peculiar circumstances; that the attorneys and agents of Mr. Brooks have fully assented, in a con- ference of all parties before the Attorney General, to the proposition that the General Assembly ia the proper tribunal before which thecase should be finally settled, and, in view of the fact that Gov- ernor Baxter has never retreated from his first desire and request to leave the matter of recog- nition to your decision, we carnestly urge that Your Excellency will now recognize and protect the Legislature, and, until its decision is known, also recognize in the meantime Governor Baxter as the lawful Governor of the State, under the requisition heretofore made by him for that pur- pose. All of which ts respectfully submitted. W. W. WILSHIRE, R, P, LOWE. BAXTER'S DESPATCH, REFUSING. ‘The following telegrams were received here to- night in response to the despatches sent to Arkan- sas conveying plan of adjustment for the pend- ing troubles there :— Litt.e Roox, Ark., May 9, 1874. To Hon. Groras H. WittiaMs,’ Attorney General Of the United State: - SimR—Yours of this date, submitting a proposi- tion for the settlement of the trouole in Arkansas, is received and fully considered. A similar propo- sition in all respects, except so far as relates to the joint call of the Legislature, was submitved by me some two weeks since and rejected by Brooks, { ganaot consent fo apythipg that will, in whale oF | ment, @§ propused: in your despatch, is ac | supposed to have been set on fire by an incen- | Were insured ior $1,500 | Smith's barns were also burned; insured for $1,500 | Legisiatare has been .culled together for the ith of this montn, The members are rapidly | assembling, with nearly a quorum present Row, With the belief that they will receive the protec- tion of the general government in their meeting and deliberations I could not lawfully disperse them if I would; nor have I any means of compel- ling a Legistature that might be convened under the joint call to conform to the terms proposed. ‘The Legislature might as well meet now and act under my call, because it might not return two weeks hence, and in the meantime we are in confusion, with no recognized Govermor, and in a state of war. To dispose of all these matters 1 have called the Legislature for the 11th snst., under ‘the conviction that it would assemble aad be pro- tected by the general government. I now renew my appeal to the President to protect the Legislature now calied, If the Legislature meets now the question may be submitted to it fairly and I will abide its decision iully. I am therefore con- trained to decline the terms proposed. ELUAH BAXTER, Governor of Arkansas, BROOKS’ DESPATCH ACORPTING. Barina Cross, Ark., May 10, 1874. To Attorney Genera! WILLIAMs, Washington, D. G.i— Your despatch submitting a proposition to sub- | mit the question of who was duly elected Gov- ernor and to refrain trom warlike demonatra- tions until the contest is finally decided by the Legislature or the national govern- cepted. My claims to the Governorship of Ar- kansas have already been adjudged in the Circuit Court, and the right to exercise the omce declared by the Supreme Court in a proceeding where the main question at issue was, “Who is the | Governor of Arkansas?” I feel so confident of my election and the justice of my claims that 1 am willing to submit the qnestion to any of the tri- | bunals you have named, and peacefully abide the determination, at all times: asserting that the only tribunal that can have or has the mght to construe the constitution, is the Supreme Court of the State, which, in its late decision in the case of Brooks against Page, determined that the. Circeit Court had both the power and jurisdiction to ad- judicate my right to the office, JOSEPH BROOKS, Governor of Arkansas. These despatches will be submitted to the Presi- dent by the Attorney General. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. PES ch il Congressman H. H. Hathorn, of Saratoga, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Somebody calls Sergeant Bates a sublime jack- ass. He Is only a flag-rant one. State Comptroller John C. Burch, of Tennessee, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Paymaster A. J. Clark, of the United States Navy, is quartered at the Union Square Hotel, Miss Clara Louise Kellogg arrived from Philadel- phia yesterday at tne Clarendon Hotel. Professor Lepsius has been appointed principal. Nbrarian of the Royal Library at Berlin, Sam Mauley, of Leavenworth, Kansas, is in jail for the unmantr crime of cattle stealing. Captain Hamilton Perry, of the steamship Adri- atic, 18 registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. B. V. Quick, City ‘Treasurer of Auburn, was short $29,006. and he was quickly ejected from office. Mra. Abigail 8. Gritin, aged eighty-eight years, is a newspaper earrier at the North End, Boston. Quirino Rabie, another of the Mexican murderers of Rev. W. Stephens, has been condemned to death. M, John Lemoine, the vigorous Parisian journal- ist, liked Amadeus 80 much that he bates Spain now. Professor Bastian, of Berlin, hag received hope- ful news from the German expedition on the West Coast of Arica. A Providence paper says Mayor Havemeyer has selected Obrass Deesbreaker as Police Commis- sioner. Such is fame. “Sow Gollah Was Killed witha Sling” is the title of a Maine crusader’s lecture. It is supposed: Mr. Peter Parry. who was for fifty-seven years Coroner of the county of Flint, England, has gone to wear a heavenly corona. ‘The coming of age of Earl Grosvenor, eldest son of the Duke of Westminster, was celebrated privately om the 28th of April. Stephen Mitchell, of Gissgow, Scotland, has be- queathed the sum of £70,000 for the founding and maintenance of a free library in that city. The Earl of Aberdeen, a youth almost in years, has joined the Knglish party of conservatives after having maintained an animated political flirtation with the liberals, FIRES IN THE CITY. At half-past four o'clock yesterday morning a | fire was discovered a¢ No, 833 Broadway, the Shakespeare Restaurant, conducted by Murphy & Truslow, that caused a damage of $1,000, A defect in the flue at No, 444 East Thirteenth street caused a fire in that building yesterday | beri that injured the premises to the extent of $100, The building No.7 Worth street was damaged | by tire yesterday to the extent ef $10. At twenty minutes past eignt o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at No, 212 West’ Twenty- sixth street, Damage, $26, A fire occurred in the stables in the rear of No. aeateer Twenty-ninth street yesterday. Damage trif_ing. A alight fire occurred at No. 300 East Forty- second street yeaterday morning. The Fire Mar- shal has ordered investigations in all the cases to ascertain the probable causes. INCENDIARY FIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS, SPRINGFIELD, May 10, 1874. The sawmill and box manufactory of B. Cong- don & Sons, at South Hadley Falls, was burned at about four o’clock this morning. It is diary. Loss, $20,000; insured for $5,000. George Gordon, the foreman of the box shop, was found dead near the mill during tne fire, it is supposed from heart di 5 An incendiary fire at Westfeld this ait | destroyed Leonard & Lyman’s large barns, wit! contents, including eleven horses. Seven horses in the Connecticut, of Rartford, the barn and other stock being covered by $3,500 in the Phoenix, of Hartford, Mrs, Daniel in toe Springfleld Mutual. FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN, Dernort, May 10, 1874. Fires are raging in the woods in many parts of this State. Reports to-night from Muskegon state that the fires have reached within a mile and a half of the city, with the wind blowing almost a gale towards the city; and unless the wind abates, me or are poe mo per Haven and ea" es are re} a1 along the line ef the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail- ‘way, between Ionia and Grand Haven. Fires on uircoumsanoaton nari of Rrarigt ana’ on che ny unication north of A Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Raliroed, north of 7 —_+___—_ Pilot Boat George W. Blunt Picks Up the Bark Alfred at Sea. The bark Aifred left the Delaware breakwater ow the 21st of April with » load of 500 rons.of cos? bound jor St. Johns, N. B,, and during # gals from the northeast, on the 25th. she was totally dis masted, and the cargo shiitin, threw the bark om her beam ends, leaving her entirely at the mercy the waves, On the 27th she was. fetlen tm wist 1, Captain Bdward Kelly, wno took the Captaim and crew of the bark on board the pilot boat. The boat lay by the bark all night ana the next day took her in tow,amd aller a very severe atruggie with the elements during twelve days finally suc ceede@ in gettimg the bark safely into the harbor. 4 HERALD reporter has been fur- Rished by Captain Kelly with an extract from the boat’ log, from a pertial of which it is-evident that tie indomitable energy of the ptlota of this port hus beet sustained bg the actions of himself and tie crew of the boat. The bark i nove lying at anchorof the Battery, an@ looks as though she had: expertenced a rough time. Apparently, but ior the couvage ane enterprise of the New York pilots this sulp, with Ger carge, must nave: gone ‘to: the bottom aad her whole crew been drowa Below will be found extracts from Se yee, z the lot boat relating to her prize, and Tabor and dimMcuity with when she was smielp brought into port:— BXSRACT OF THE LOG OF PILOT BOAT G. We BLURE NO, 11, CAPTAIN BDWARD KELLY Monvary, April 27.—Strong vroeze from the M &7- aheavy 7 It wt 2M , 40 48, Jo! away and steerod B. by 'S., wind modiratins a Made wail bearing 8. #. of us, kept off to-her,7 P. Mn spoke r, she proved to be the bark Allred, on Philadeiphia for St. Jonns, N. 8., with hey cargo —- ancl the inast gone close to the deck: The Cal ci wish to be taken off, took them ef audtag br nee April 43.—Commences with the .; daylight, went on board the potty} her making uo Water, slipped her port anchor; 10-@. M.. the bark and iprccosteg: 1o tow Ber to ht from N. b., siee . by 4 aL. period themhowaor; lay: by the iba. art wiser ; Lay: rs Hot the huweer Gui nnd cleared? Ws 2 M., lat. 40 45, lon, , 24., Wand WY. Mee’ the boat sround, head fo the Mow. heavy, was obliged to let zo the haw ‘TnORspay, April 30.—Wind W. by N.. boat lying to under a close reeted toresail: bark all day; hark dritting +. very tast ¢he x ine @ clean breach over her, rnin ‘Kelly being feioue mau and unable uieaves Et Mla, Qi tom of te the New York pilot boas George’ W. Blunt, Ne WEDNxapa’ and raini * (on owing, Wonka moderat . My Tat 40-43, Ton. G8 den at ae the a Waer to the bark and stood to the 8. W. |: bagihs s clear of the ind; 8 Bteerod W, 3. W. i i ap W. wind ail day; 12+ 39 60, lon. P. M., put the Captain anu cre bark on board of the steamship Haxon Adelste! tor New York. Stecred 8. W. all night. Monvay, May Ar et W. wind; 1 A. M, Neauing up to the northward ; 8 hawser; Lé M., lat. 39 52, lou i. ap aud steered 8. W. ark. A.M, the 40; 2 P.M, ee 4 calm ail night; let go May 5—Strong breeze, N, B., andiralrey A je burk in tow, steered N, 5y W., biewing: tered W, by X. Wind, from ithe N. Mak ¢ lat. 4048, lon. 71; 4. ay. steered W. Tet go the hi weer. ‘Tuurspay, May 7.—Wind ht; 6A, M.- haw se at MAY Tye Wik We lat So 6B Nomeaey, ovat, May Be oWind fresh” irom che Woy with «. pivar, May BWI rom th oA heavy sen ruguing; steered W. x. W. the boat andes double reeted sails; 12 M., lat. 40 07, lon. 73 00; 6PM, calm, let go the hawser SaTuRpAy, May ¥.—Commences with a ber breed pm to the steamuug Cyc! the North River TRE FUNERAL OF JOHN HECKER. The funeral of the well-known citizen, Johns Hecker, who died suddenly of apoplexy of ‘thee heart, took piace yesterday alternoon from Trinity: chapel, at Twenty-fifth street and Broadway. Long before the tune appointed for the commence-~ ment of the burtal service the church was filled - with (riends and mourners. Outside, on the side-- walk, wearing badges 01 mourning, were about 50@ employés of the deceased and boys from tne Sam - day school mission established by Mr, Hecker. ‘The coffin, which was closed, bore the following inscription :— Annee ne rene en Tene tODONE HF g JOHN HECKER. Py Born July 25, 1812. Died May 7, 1874, Ite whole surface was covered with floral gifts of different devices, among them being two brokem columns, two crowns and a wreath, presented by an old iriend, bearing the brief inscription in aif ferent tinted fowers, ‘‘Rest.” In immediate prox- ‘Amity to the coffin sat the iamtly of the deceased and many relatives, including the dead man’s brother, Mr. G. T. Hecker. The services com- meuced by the chanting of the following by a ull surpiice choir of thirty men and boys:— When our heads are bowed with woe, when our bitter tears o’ertiow, it When.we mourn the lost, the dear, Jesu, son of Mary, hear. Amen. The opening sentences of the service were read by Bishop Potter, which was followed by ‘tae faneral péall “Lore let_ me know mine- end,” chanted to elton’s burial chi Then followed the hymn, “{ would not live always,” composed by the Rey. Dr. Mukien- berg, of this city, @ Warm friend of the deceased, ‘This ha hig was sung in accurdance with a request made by Mr. Hecker shortly before Nis death’ to- some of the members of his iamily. The tunerat collects Were then read by the Rev. Dr. Haigat, aiter which the body was taken down the na the churcen to che bearse awaiting it in the street, while the choir chanted the recessional “abide gee as pevins pa nee eas ton conclusion r. je Ces laying Handel's’ “Dead March in Saul." gi) z THE PALL-BEARERS, The following gentlemen officiated as pall-bear- ers:— Davia Dow, Dr. James R. Wooa, Henry Kiddie, Protessor Abbott, Jessie White, T. G. Close, Dr. F. R. Wells, Dr. Davis. An immense number of carriages then followed the hearse to the Grand Central depot, waere @ special train was in wailing to take the re; to Darien, Conn., distant about thirty-x es from thia city, at which smalf place Mr. Heoker had resided in the summer season for some time back. Among the Common school Tnspeetues resent were Mr. W. H. Gray, John ton, Sharies Spear, B. F. Styles, J. We Leveridge, A. M. Agnew, Dr. Alexander S. Hunter and Washington Tuomas, who had formerly. been co-Trustees in the pudiic school with Mr. or. in the Seventh ward, There were also ame the Jong lines of mouraers Mr. John H. Bochel,.ex- Commissioner of Charities and Correction ; James« B, Nicholson, the Rev. Father J. R. McDonald, of. Jersey City, and the Rev. Father Boy of St. ‘Theresa Roman Catbolic church, in the Beventm. ward. Upwards of 1,000 people went down by the spe- cial train to Darien, Conn., to accompany the re- mains of John Hecker to tuetr last resting placeim the quiet little cometery situated at about a mile’e distance from the Sg Tne Public School Inspectors on Friday next wilt. adopt resolutions with relerence to the deceased. A—For a First Class Dress or Busi: HAT go direct to the Manufacturer, ESPENSOHEIU: Nassau street. tre Oita Tat Reape a ralgia, Seiatica, Diabe: male Weakness, Nerv Gout Pains Dr, FITLER’S RREU: REMEDY, 18 Bond street. Annihilator for Catarrh, Colds tg_ Bead Voe fifteen BA the standard remedy. OUTI'S PALN PAINT tor Sutiammiation, A.—Rupture.—Sixteen of Are Ja! uantities of valuable lumber have deen t already destroyed. Unless rain falls soon. the fearful scenes of 1871 will be repeated. COAL MINERS’ STRIKE IN OHIO. CoLumBUS, May 10, 2874, A party of prominent coal operators having mines in the Hocking and Straitsville regions went to Chillicothe to-day to request Governor Allen to order one or more militia companies to Straits- ville to preserve the peace, the striking miners having prevented non-union men from yong. One firm stated to @ reporter to-day that up Friday night they had sixty non-untom mine: who ad “been at work, but yesterd ‘altnoust willl and anxious to work, they sed to go into mines through fear of the strikors, OBITUARY, General Sir Archdale Wilson. Acable telegram from London, under date of aix o’clock in the morning to-day, 11th instant, re- ports as follows:—Licutenant General Sir Arch- dale Wilson, knighted. for services at the capture of Dethi in 1857, 18 dead. General Archdale Wilson, son of the late Rev. G, ‘Wilson and cousin of Lord Berners, was born ta 1803, educated in Norwich and became a dis- bo at soldier in the India army, He was mi i general in the Bengal arm He was chiei in command during the siege and at the capture of Detht, in 185% In this service he re- ceived the thanks of Parliament and @ pension Persons Gut every Bag a. pees — are ruptured: ‘Kot would weal mang tgeepate RG, alter once weing the Lassie TRUSS. ir ay. Batchelor’s Hair Dye is Splendia.— Established 37 years, Sold aud} poise’ arouRLOWs Wig Factory, Wi.goma nee See Marshall’s Catholl- son UNHESITATIN PRONOUNCED THK MO‘'¢r BUC~ QRESPUL, MBVICINE BYE KNOWN BY wala COMPLAIN(S. GRAEFENBERG COMPA'&Y, READK STREET. “Metrapole and sole Le Chem; eae onl y BURY & 17 Barclay street and 22 P ark place. Notice.—Fhe Domestic breagrgr bes <r COMPANY will pay on presentation at © —- 0 square, their notes which ae oO OMARLES on, rer. ‘Naw Yorx, May 8, 1874 73% Openin, ‘Wm. H. Reag of Ne. S Beskman seer wil ‘open his Bt ASO RSTABLISH- MENT, junction Wall, Beaver ‘Coarl atrects, Er. ho will be happy t rece dye and is, (iain hes Simp oe ager N sor, Publisher and Im ‘Oo! ey, nas removed #0 390 May 1't0 No, Cy ety | Harmless and ¢ Kime Mae re IVORY PBARL Dentrifrice is THURS’ POwoele ipticinnminnnaraiate ee anenaenel EW VERSION OF “B. from the East India Com; 5 was commis an @ Lieutenant General ta the Ragiigh army 6 IN TI WOOD,” Frotpeant, 460 we wiles new Story Roars tie ame NEW TORK VIRRGIDE COMPANLON - phat Inee bk