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Newsletter
Hy6c Parh, st., April %, 1874.
The Arkansas War.


duration. and the wounding of a nunbt
Of persons, some of them fatally. Affair
had been tolerably quiet, oil day, wit
but little change in the situation beyon
the arrival of several companies of rein
iorcements for each ofthe rival governor,
About 5 o'clock, the coIored troops unde
Col. King Whitley, paraded the street
preceded BY a brass baud. After march
ing through several streets they wer
halted IN front Of the Metropolitan hotel
the band played a lively air and the troop
fronted the hotel aud yelled for Gov
Baxter, who appeared on the balloon,
and made a speech amidst the wildes
cheers. He said an insurrection had bro
ken out aud the archives of the govern,
ment we're in the hands Of the insurgents
that they had been called together for the
purpose Of indicating the rights Of the
people of Arkansas, not the rights Of
Elisha Baxter. Flo was making prepare
tions for and intended to assert his rights
as governor of the state. He counseled
them to be patient aud quiet, and con-
duct themselves orderly, and in due time
the proper order would be given them to
assert the rights Of the people. At the
close of his speech, the band played"The
Red, White and Blue" BY this time
Main street above the head ofCol. Whites
column at the intersection of Main and
Markham streets was filled with men.
principally Brooks sympatbizels, who
we're looking on. The sidewalks were al
so crow led, and the upper stories Of all
the buildings around either lad armed
men in them, Or citizens. Col. Rose Of
the United States forces was sitting Oh
his horse in the center Of the street.
When the baud ceased, three cheers were
given for Col. White, ard he made a
short speech. Addressing the governor,
lie said the colored men had conc there
to see tina! Baxter was rcinstated
in the state house, and, let it take
one day or one year, they would stand by
him. All they prayed for was orders to
take tho state house. There was
as ain the widest cheering, and the band
commenced playing. Just then. Col. Rose
rode up to Col. White aud said something
to him about making a hostile demostra-
ton, when some one in one of the upper
wind ows of a building fired u shot into
the Baxter crowd, which was rapidly fol.
lowed by others from the direction of the
crowd standing in the street near the
Metropolitan hotel. The Baxter men re.
turned the fire, which for a few minutes
was lively enough, while the colored
troops retreated, and the Baxter men
were running up street, and The others
giving way. Amidst this, Col. Rose rode
rapidly to the city hall, calling out his
company, barricadcd the street, temper.
ally, with a hook and ladder trnck, and
formed his men behind it acr oss the street
IN solid column, to prevent an ad vance by
the Baxter men. About 200 shots in all
were fired, and several of the Baxter men
were wounded. Maj. d. Il. TRIAL, who
was at tho Anthony house, received
wounds in the head from which he is not
expected TO recover. Gen. W. A. Craw.
ford also received a painful wound in the
head though not fatal, and one or two
were slightly hurt. In the midst
IT the excitement the UnitedStates troops |
1t the federal court. room and two pieces {
artillery were removed 70 the corner s
If Second and Louisiana streets, and pre-. {
Jared for action. Gen. Newton mounted {
| horse and got all his men out on the Va.
streets ready to rcpcl any attack,
there was no further movement and {
Don after dark the men were march.
ID back TO their quarters and the OK.
itemcnt gradually subsidized. During the a
a colored woman jumped out $
II a second story window Of the Metro. c
hotel, and broke her leg. 0
Lieutenant Cushman Of the 81 xtcepth |
stationed at Little Rock. arrived e
t Memphis, April % to communicate h
nth the President concerning the firing d
n Col Rose Tuesday night, which he a
iys be could not do there in consequence b
7 the violent partisan feeling in the telo. f
raph office. According to the statement v
,olonelRose had secured an armistice be. q
ween the rival factions, which was to con.
niue until nine o'clock Wednesday morn. q
'g, bat that Tuesday night Col. King
White with q regiment of armed negroes, 8
down to the Anthony House, ),
there he made a violent and inAamatory !
calling OH Baxter 10 allow him to n
0 ahead and "clean out Brooks, the us. o
AH.II -
rper, or any other damned troops" Col.
hearing the disturbance, mounted fl
spirited horse, and rode down to inform "
White that he was not complying with 81
nc terms Of tho truce in marching his q