Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-05-14
HE CIVIL VAR IN AEaaNsAs.

Brooks prepared inanda,nus against
the treasurer asking that he be com
PEELED to pay the money. To the man
damus the treasurer responds that. the
presiding officer of the Senate, to whom
the election returns were made, had
declared Baxter Governor of the State,
and submits that, Brooks has no anthori
ty to draw upon the fund. : To this a
replication was prepared setting up
the judgement Of the. Circuit Court in.
favor Of Brooks for the office of Gov
ernor aud his installation Into, office
Hereunder: :: TO: this ,. .tejiication =
demurrer was prepared to tire effect
! that the Circuit Court was: without
jurisdiction to render judgement. The
question presented shy, tire. pfeadings
! would necessarily have determined ho
is the. legal Governor. To prevent
this determination. by the court Judges
Bennett and Searie were arrested. Bax
ter denies that he Authorized the arrest
Of the judges, but when ST. Johns
College was searched this morning by
a squad of regulars acting as police an
unfinished report Of their arrest, adj
dressed to Baxter, was found on a ia
Bile where it had been left in the haste
incident to departure; which etfectually
refutes the statement.
Writes of habeas corpus have been
issued for the missing judges, and Bax
ter, Newton, Churchill. Blocher, and
Williams are reportedto have lett town
to avoid service.
THE CABINET AND THE ARKANSAS TRoU-
BILE.
WASHINGTON, May Sat the Cabi
net session to day there was some con
versation over the condition of affairs
in Arkansas, but the Executive has not
yet delivered its decision in the disput
ed case The Attorney General stated
that the attorneys for Brooks had not
completed their argument, and had ask
ed for day OF two to prepare it thor
oughly, and probably the much hoped
for decision Of the President will be an
nounced by Friday next, if not before
that date
A few kilograms have beer received
to day, but they contain no additional
information TO that conveyed in the
dispatch IS of yesterday and the regular
Epress reports. The cabinet session was
brief. The Departments were all re-
presented, Assistant Secretaries Sawyer
and Cowen being present from the
Treasurer and Interior Departments.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Senator Clay
ton received to day a dispatch to the
same purport as the press dispatch,
stating, that the two justices Of the
| Supreme Court of Arkansas who were
captured by the Baxter party had es
capped Senator Clayton and several
other parties from Arkansas represent
ing the Brooks interest had an inter
view with the President to dav. The
President has beeii' urgently besought
by friends of both parties III Arkansas
to interfere. but So far he states that he
sees no reason why he should take any
action in addition to his standing order
to the commandant of the Little Rock
arsenal to prevent SO far as possible
the shedding of blood. The Brooks
party here say that the escape of the
captured judges allows the Supreme
Court of the State to meet, and that
they are certain that its decision will
be adverse to Baxter. This decision,
they say, will settle the matter effec
tually.
The friends of Baxter are also in the
receipt to night ofnumerous kilograms.
They deny than any decision Of the
Supreme Court, which it is understood
met today, can be birding, as the con
stitution of the State requires the atten-
dance of all the members of the court
Representative Wiltshire received to-
night the following dispatch from Lit
tie Rock: 'Be prepared for Supreme
Court here. Any opinion given will
| be without competent court, any
court held will be III Brooks lines
where neither Baxter nor his attorneys
can attend. Gregg, one Of the Justices
is not moi will he be here.
ESCAPE OF RTE CAPTURED JUDGES
CINCINNATI, May 6.-The Times has
the following special dispatch from
Little Rock, Arkansas: Judges Searle
and Bennett, who were captured Sun
day night last at Argenta, made their
escape from the guard last night at
Benton, and arrived here early this
| morning. The writer has seen and con
versed with them ..
Sr. LOUIS, May s.-A special dis
patch from Little Rock to the Globe
says: -.
Both sides of the Gevernorship con
troversy will be heavSvc reinforced on
Saturday and Sunday, and "a collision
between the eontestants,may be expect
ed. Lieut.. Colonel Fowler, With 1865
stand of arms, taken from the lnduslri
al University on the lst instant, and
about 200 men, are expected to arrive
and reinforce Brooks to night. II is
quite probable that Baxter will convene
the Legislature next Monday, though
well informed persons say that not a
fourth ofthe members will be present
1t is also not imp obable that incidents
al to the confusion next week teIegra-
phic communication may be interrupted
or Baxter censorship established, un~
less the President recognizes Brooks.
Under the decision of the Supreme
Court prominent Baxter men admit that
Baxter has DO further right to press his
claim
THE CABINET AND THE CONTROVERSY.
WAsHINGToN, May 8.-The cabinet
was in session for nearly tive hours to.
day, during which the Arkansas CUES
ton was under consideration. 1t. was
expected that the general government
would have made some decision in
response to the many applications
therefor from representatives of the,