New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-06

Won ssv co." Baxter gave orders to release
him. much to McCovsny's discontinue.
There il some talkof moving his govern
ment to Arkadelphia and making that his
capital. .:, ,...o-
,sst evening from his father, saying: II sup
nose Won know Judge Scale ana l were
cantured at Argenta last night. We are
waIi treated and in no bodily danger. l
don't know when welwill be released" Tho
letter was received through General Blocher,
of Baxter's forces.
Baxter has again practically seized the
telegraph Office; there are guards posted
about one hundred yards away, and they
allow no one to enter
Raxter's Completely in the Abduction De.
monstrnted.
LITTLE ROCK, May 5.-Baxter denies
that he authorized the arrest of the judges,
hut when St. Johns College was searched
this morning by squad Of regulars, acting
as police, an unfinished report Of their ar.
rest, addressed to Baxter, was found on
the table, where it had been left in the
haste incident to departure, which effect
ualIy refutes his statement. Writs of ha-
beas corpus have been issued for the miss
ing judges, and Baxter, Newton, Churchill,
Bi0cher and Williams are reported to have
left town to avoid service.
Tho latest.
special to the Gazette says one OF the
largest meetings ever held IN Jefferson
county was convened at Pine Bluff last
night. Hon. William NJ. Harrison, who was
a candidate for associate justice OF the
Supreme Court on the Brooks ticket IN 1917,
and who claims he was elected, PRESIDED
over the meeting. Strong resolutions were
adopted condemning Brooks and approving
Of Baxter's course, also approving the wise
eourse of General H. King White.
in his management of affairs in the
interest of Baxter in that section. A
special to tho same paper from Helena
says that a large meeting was held
ct that place last night composed
principally of colored people. Hon. J. L
White, colored ex-State Senator and pres
ent commissioner OF puoiic WORKS, aa
dressed the meeting in the interest OF peace
and advised those present not to join the
forces of either side, but to let the Legisla.
ture determine the question. The United
States troops formed a line across Mark
ham street last night on three separate oc-
casiOns to prevent an advance OF the Bax-
ter forces.
Brooks received q reinforcement of one
company, nearly all colOred, from here and
this county this evening Chief Justice NC
Cluro to-day had q writ served on GeneI ais
Churchill and Blocker, commanding them
to produce the bodies of Messrs. Bennett
and Searle, the associate justices of the Su.
preme Court whose arrest was mentioned
yesterday. These officers replied by stat
ing that martial law prevailed in Pulaski
county at this time, and they knew of no
orders except those which GENE from their
superiors.
The Baxter side has advices from Wash.
ington that Senator Clayton applied to the
President for the use of. federal troops in
searching for the two judges. but the Pres
ident declined to let them be used for that
purpose. A few days ago the Baxter side
sent to st. Louis to have duplicate seal of
State made The seal was forwarded yes
terdsy by exprese. This morning, before
the express agent had time to deliver it,
squad Of BIZ Oks men entered his office and
captured the seal. Considerable activity pre-
walls on both sides. Tonight sentinels are
doubled around Bakers headquarters, and
u general military air pervades every thing.