Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Council. III New I 0Tk on saturday;
q motion was made and referred to
the Committee on Doctrine, that
the name be changed to the Reform
ed Protestant Episcopal Church I
Objection ives made 20 the making
VI the sign Of the cross in the b%p
tis,nal services for inilutS, aud the
rutric was changed o leave It op
tional with the minister. In the
form OF ordainir& Prcsbyters, the
words "by the imposition OF hands
was stricken cut cit was voted shat
a note be appended to the Office of
eonfrmali=n, explaining that It Is
confined IL the Bishop, net as a d.
vine right, but rs very ancient
and desirable usage.
The Washington correspondent /
of the New York Herald, Intimates 4
that when the Civil Rights bill aud /
Clayton's Arkansas resolutions Gene 7
up, sgaaiiy times may be expected, /
especially as TO the first, inasmuch 4
as the Southern Senators are very /
irritable about the bill, and cannot |
tolerate IL for a moment. Besides, I
many Republicans are unsettled
about the advisability of urging 1t
at this time In private conyersa-
ton with his friends il is said that
the President stated that he did not
think any great good could come
from the forcing of the measure in
the South. II would destroy the
schools in Tennessee at once, as the
whites who had charge of the school
system, which was voluntarily sup
ported by them nov at their own
expense, would rescind the local
legislation aud cease the levying of
poll taxes, which now give healthy
support and successful management
to il.
The Arkansas Legislature has
passed law calling convention
to meet July II. Elections viii be
held juno so. A bill was also pass
ed suspending the sale of delinquent
lands and personal property till
1878. The House thanked Con
gresham Wiltshire for his manly
stand in behalf of Governor Bax-
ter. The Senate has n proposition
of inquiry before it whether any
of its members have been in armed
rebellion. The House vacated all
its offices and elected Hon J. b.
Berry speaker and Col. c. c. Reed
clerk. Lee Thompson, a brigadier
in Brooks camp, took his seat in
the House Saturday night, and 9th
or members are expected to return
tomorrow. The Brooks forces
surrendered Saturday last, and their
transportation to their homes was
at once begun. Secretary of State
Johnson took possession of his Of
fee, and the keys Of the Legislative
chambers were handed to the prop
er officers.
Cyrene Elliott of McNairy coun-
ty, tennessee, was murdered and
robbed of several hundred dollars
in Shreveport, La on the l4.h inst.
His brother. J. c. Elliott of Bowie
county, Texas, was also attaked
and robbed of large sum, but not
seriously injured. Among the par
ties arrested for the murder of the
young Tennesseean. were G. L.
Jones and Oliver Hill, the former
the proprietor Of the saloon where
the murder occurred, the latter a
gambler present ut the time. On
Thursday night Jones was taken
from the Jail by mob, but at the
intereession of numerous citizens he
was returned to tho authorities TO
undergo a preliminary examination.
The trial began on Friday; and from
the facts elected i. was evident that
the Elliott brothers had been en-
tieed into the Jones' place for the
purpose of robbery, by means of
whisky and cards. The examina-
ton was resumed Saturday, when it
was discovered that tho brother of
the murdered man and the princi-
pal witness for the State was miss
ing. 1t was supposed that he had
been put out Of the way by the
friends of the prisoners, and that
the prosecution would fail. At u
o'clock at night, party of mask
ed and armed men attacked the Jail,
removed Jones and Hill, and hang
ed them to trees in the court house
yard.
Capt. Rose telegraphs from
Little Rock, Arkansas, that every
thing is quiet, and that both parties
have signed an agreement for dis
banding their troops. Capt. Rose
had been telegraphed from head
quarters of the Department of the
Gulf to recognize Baxter as the
Governor and TO deliver the State
arms in possession of the United
States TO him In the Senate on
the 18th bill was passed chang
ing the name of Clayton county TO
that of Wiltshire. 10 the House a
bill was introduced to change the
name of Clayton county to that of
Anthony The House passed a
resolution and appointed a special
commissioner to investigate as 10
whether any officers of the State
have been engaged in armed insur-
rection against the State Govern
ment A similar committee was
appointed in the Senate. A joint
resolution passed the Senate for
adjournment sine die on the 2Sth.
A bill passed the Same bpdy chang
ing the time for holding the Su-
preme Court to May and Novem-
Der. The next term is to begin in
November. The Governor issued
a Proclamation, the substance of
which is as follows: whereas, the
armed insurreetionists are now dis
persing and many persons are at
large who are notoriously guilty of
treason against the State of Arkan-
sas, and it is not desirable to pro-
coed against them by military law;
now therefore I, Elisha Baxter,
Governor of Arkansas. do hereby
further revoke my proclamation of
martial law SO far as 20 permit the
arrest and detention by criminal
process from the civil magistrates
of all persons charged with treason
against the State in the late insur-
rectiOn.'
Dyersburg Progress: Zone of the
best indications Of the strength and
popularity of Gen. A. w. Campbell,
the next Governor of Tennessee, Is the |
unfair opposition he is receiving at |
the hands of the Radical newspapers |
of fba Sfata Tho HunfTDn1an Re-