The Van Buren press., 1874-05-19
Sinking Of the Steamer. Halle by the
Brookstes.
Brooks Sueing for Compromise at
Washington.
Correspondence Between Baxter and tht
President.
Little Rock Gazette, tuesday Isth.l

Little Rock Gazette. Tuesday Isth.l
On Saturday night Cel Rose gave the
State House party notice that they must
turn over the steamer Halle to the own
ers by Z o'clock Sunday morning. Prior
to that time Brooks mob went on board
and rined the boat of her contents, and
scuttled her. This dastardly outrage is
in keeping with the Pagan Brooks bum
mers.
WASHINGTON, May H.
Hon. ELISHA BANTER
recommend that the members of the
General Assembly, now at Little Rock,
adjourn for reasonable time, say foi
ten days, to enable Brooks to call into
the body his supposed adherents, SO that
there may be a full Legislature. Any
hasty action by part OF the Assembly
will not be satisfactory to the people.
Brooks friends here agree that if this
course is pursued no opposition will be
made to the meeting of the Assembly in
the StateHouse as usual and that he
will at once dismiss his forces ifyou will
do the same. 1 urgently request that all
armed forces on both sides be disbanded,
so that the General Assembly may act
free from any military pressure or indu-
ence. The United States will give all
necessary protection to the Legislature.
and prevent as far as practicable all yio-
lence and disturbances of the public
peace. Answer L 5. GRANT
Gov. Baxter promptly replied as fol-
lows:
TO u. 5. GRANT, President:
There is almost quorum Of both
Houses of the Legislature present, and
they have power, under the Constitution,
to adjourn from day to day until they
have a quorum, and they can adjourn no
longer until they have quorum. When
they get a quorum am in favor Of their
adourning as long rs they please, until
every supposed Brooks adherent is pres
ent
With this understanding, will disband
my troops in proportion as Brooks dis
bands his. But for the meeting of the
Legislature at the usual place, Mr. Brooks
must quit the State House and get as far
from it West as | am East, and deposit
the State arms in the State Armory and
let the State House ard public buildings
be turned over at once to j. NJ. Johnson,
the Secretary of State, 10 whom under
the law they belong.
ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor of Arkansas.
MEETING or THE LEGISLATURE CALLED BY
Mr.. Brooks this eve2ing issued a call
convening an extraordinary session of
the Legislature on the gath:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May IL.
FnKTHER CORRESPONDENTS.
The following kilograms were sent to
night:
WASHINGTON, May IL.
To Hon JosEPH BRooKs, Little Rock;
Hon Elisha Baxter has telcgraphed
the President that the General Assembly
must adjourn from day to day until a
quorum is present and that he is in favor
Of its adourning until every one of your
supposed adherents is present, with the
understanding that he will disband his
troops in proportion as yon disband
yours, that you will get away as far West
as he is East Of the State House and al
low ii to be turned over to the Secretary
of State, who is lis legal custodian, and
that you will deposit the State arms in
the State Armory The members Of the
Legislature in Little Rock heartily ap.
prove Of this proposition, and am di-
rectcd by the President to say that he
this fair and reasonable, and
that your interests require its immediate
Answer.
[Signed GEO. II. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.
WASHINGTON, May H.
To Hon. ELISHA BAXTER, Little Rock:
am directed by the President to say
that he considers your proposition fair
and reasonable and / have asked Mr..
Brooks for its immediate acceptance by
him
Signed GEo. II WILLIAMS,
Attorney al
y