Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-04-24

tne Telegraph ONCE. Inc fresiuenJ hAu re-
piled TO the demand Of Gov. Baxter, asking
for the support of the Government, that his cal
was not made in conformity with the Constitu
ton and laws of the United States, aud that hC
could give no aid under the circumstances
To Mr.. Brooks, who made a similar demand
he made reply declining TO comply with his
request, ON the ground that his right to holt
the office had not been fully and finally de
cided by the courts Of Arkansas. The com
manding officer at Little Rock had been in
structed to take no steps whatever to interfere
in the pending troubles, except to preserve the
public peace.
SATURDAY, April 19.-Gov. Washburn
Of Massachusetts,, has been elected to succeed
the late Senator Sumner In the United States
Senate. This result was reached by the State
Legislature on the thirty-third ballot, which
was as follows: Whole number of votes
cast, 267; necessary to choice, 1874. Will
lam B. Washburn received 15l; Curtis,
Ga; Dawes, 20; Adams, Is; Loring,
4; Banks, 4; Wendell Phillips, 8. N.
Clifford and j. @. Whittier, l each. "A pri-
vate dispatch received at Raleigh, N c., re-
ports severe and heavy rumblings in Bald and
Stone Mountains on the 10th. The trembling
of the earth was felt more than 100 miles
from the mountains. The shocks were more
severe than before, and II is firmly be-
lleved by scientists that an eruption is
imminent. "A Little Rock dispatch of the
18th reports little change in the situation in
Arkansas. Both Governors were surrounded
by bodies Of men armed to the teeth, and the
Federal troops had been ordered to watch
events, taking sides with neither, but ready TO
prevent bloodshed. The Postmaster had de-
clined to deliver mail matter TO either, but had
telegraphed TO Washington for instructions.
Judge Whylock, of the Circuit Court, had
overruled the motion to set aside the judg-
ment in the Brooks Baxter case, and sustained
a motion to correct the record so as to show
that the demurrer was submitted without the
knowledge Of Baxter or his attorneys. The
bar held meeting on the 18th
and passed severe resolutions against
Whipple, Brooks attorney, for his
non-professional conduct and also against the
court for its action in the absence Of the Gov
ernor's counsel. The citizens of Little Rock
had issued a proclamation reclting recent
events and calling upon the citizens Of
the State to sustain Gov. Baxter. Late
in the evening the Postmaster General in
structed the Postmaster at Little Rock that
letters addressed to "Governor Baxter or
"Baxter, Governor Of Arkansas" should be
delivered to Baxter; letters addressed to
Governor Brooks" or to Brooks, Gov
ernor Of Arkansas" should be delivered to
Brooks. He was instructed to retain all COM
munications addressed to "the Governor Of
Arkansas" until further orders
MONDAY, April 20.-The funeral of DR..
Livingstone occurred in Westminster Abbey
on the 18th, and was attended by large crowd
Of notables, including full representation
from the Royal Geographical Society. "A
Madrid dispatch says that active operations
have been resumed before Bilboa. A
Washington telegram of the 18th SAYS
Mayor Kramer, of Little Rock, has tele.
graphed Attorney General Williams for aid In
preserving the peace Of that city in view of
the extraordinary condition of affairs, and has
been answered that the officer commanding
the United States transport Little Rock had
been instructed to prevent bloodshed. The
Attorney General, in his reply, asks il the peo-
pie of Arkansas have not patriotism enough
to allow the question as to who shall hold the
State office to be settled peaceably and lawfully
and not bring upon their State the disgrace
and ruin Of civil war. The Industrial Con-
gress closed its session at Rochester, n. Y,
on the 18th. A resolution was adopted
inviting all the officers of the several in
ternational and national trades, labor and
industrial unions to use their influence
to organize the industrial classes under
the Industrial Congress of the United States.
indianapolis was selected as the place in
which the next session of the Congress will
be held. The Mayor of New Orleans has tel
egraphed to all the large cities of the United
States asking for aid for the poor people in
New Orleans drowned out by the Mississippi
overflow. .. The situation In Arkansas on the
18th remained substantially as previously
reported. Brooks had Issued another
proclamation in which he admonished
Baxter's troops to go home to their
families. The Federal troops had taken
up their position between the opposing forces,
so as TO prevent bloodshed. On the 10th the
commander of the United States troops took
possession of the telegraph Office and re-
lieved Gov. Baxter's guards. Gov. Baxter
thereupon telegraphed to the President asking
that the United States troops be removed. To
this dispatch no answer had been received at
midnight Of the 10th. The situation was
essentially unchanged.
TUESDAY, April 21.-The Tichborne
claimant has been denied new trial. "A Mad
rid dispatch says that fresh supplies of provis-
ions have been thrown into Bilboa sufficient
to last until the middle of May. The Carlsts
in the North of Spain have organized gov
ernment with a regular Cabinet, in which
Gen. Elio is Minister of War; Admiral Vina-
net, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Senior
Penal Minister Of Finance and the Interior.
A bill has been introduced in the New
York General Assembly to Incorporate an In
cremation Society for burning the dead, with
a capital of $4,000. -. The Ohio Legislature
adjourned sine die ON the 20th, having been in
session LOG days, and passed 125 general laws,
sixty-four local laws aud thirty-eight joint
resolutions. "A very destructive fire occurred
at Ishpeming, Mich, on the night Of the 10Th,
by which thirty families were rendered
homeless. Thirty-fve stores and dwell
ings, over half of the business portion Of the
place, were destroyed. A fire also
occurred about the same time at Negaunee,
two miles from Ishpeming, which destroyed
five stores and few other buildings on the
main street All the work of iucendiaries,
two Of whom were arrested. IA great part Of
the State of Louisiana is overfiowed from the
crevasses on the Mississippi and the freshets
on other streams. 1t is represented as the
worst flood that region has had since 1S47.
Thousands Of people had been flooded out of
house and home. The inundation ex-
tends all along the Mississippi River,
nearly as far north as Cairo. -. An Associated