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From Arkansas.
REMOVAL Or OFFICERS OPPOSED TO BAXTER
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS DrsREGARDED.

REMOVAL or OFFICERS OPPOSED TO BAXTER
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS DIsREGARDED.
Especial to The Washington ChronIc'e.l
LITTLE Rock, June 2.-Lieutenant AL.
Fife. of King Whites command, at Pine
Bluff, assisted by q squad Of soldiers from
the State House, have arrested Rice and
Prigmore. The arrest was made on the
street in front of the Metropolitan, on aiwar-
rant issued by Nordmann, of Pine Bluff.
Every prominent Republican Of Jefferson
county is in jail or fled the country. Threats
are made that Brooks and other prominent
men here will be arrested tonight. Baxter
refused to sign the amnesty acts, and lhey
therefore fail to become law.
LITTLE ROCK, June 2-Writs OF hd6eds
corpus, issued by Warwick, were served on
the parties having in custody Prigmore and
Rice, commanding them to bring their bodies
before Warwick Mt o'clock. Up to this
writing 1O:30) they have not put IN an ap-
pearance, and it is supposed that the writ
will be disregarded and the parties taken to
Pine Bluff.
Five cases of guns were shipped to Helena
tonight.
LITTLE Rock, June 2.-The following APP
pointments have been made by Governor
Baxter: f. II. English, Chief Justice, vtce
John Mcclure, impeached and suspended;
w. NJ. Fl. Greipon, Associate Justice, otce
w. L. Stephenson, resigned; John I. Rear
don and +. Nj. Compton, Associate Justices
vice Searle and Bennett, impeached and sus-
pended John j. Cleyden, Circuit Judge,
vice John WhyIock, resigned; >. q. DaVls'
Circuit Judge, cice w. II. S. CLAYTON re-
signed; Robert l.. Fuller, Circuit Judge
r,ce George A. Kingston, resigned; ana ..
n. Smithe, Commissioner OF Immigration
and State Lands, cice w. ii. Gray, I'M
nnanhed and suspended.
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ACCIDENT TO A WELL-kNoWN DENTIST
EXPLOSION OF L VCLCANIzER.-A very pain.
full accident, and one that created consider
able excitement in the household, occurred
yesterday morning at about II O'Clock to
Dr.. Thomas Stewart, dentist. The Doctor,
who is about sixty years ofage, was at work
in his laboratory testing q yulcanizer, a small
steam-boiler with double jacket, made of
copper with an iron receiver, by the agency
of which vulcanite rubber, for setting arti6-
cial teeth, is made, when suddenly an explo-
sion occurred, which shattered the window.
panes and produced the greatest confusion
in the workshop. DR.. Stewart was seated
near an open window, about ten feet of,
watching the thermometer, by which the
degree of heat $50 degrees necessary to
vulcaDize is ascertained. The vulcaniZer
is ordinarily calculated to stand a
pressure of about ninety pounds to
the square inch, and holds from half to one
pint of water, which becomes superheated
steam. DR.. Stewart has not used the appa-
ratus for some time. When the explosion
occurred one of the large fragments was sent
with great force through the window,
striking bis left arm and decorating it below
the elbow and cutting him in the stomach as
with knife. While his wounds are not
considered dangerous they are painful. The
arm is badly torn, and the flesh wound in
the stomach is about three inches in length.
Drs. Houck, Uhler, and Others were sum-
moned, and the patients wounds were
speedily dressed and he was soon doing well.
1t was at first reported that amputation
would be necessary, but there are no fears
whatever of such result. DIR. Stewart
made narrow escape.-Baltimore Sun, Sd.
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CIVIL Rights IN TENSEssEE.-Ehe Nash
vile (Tenn.) Union and american OF fri
day says:
IA negro barber OF this city presented
himself at Captain Fl. Robinson's railroad
ticket Office yesterday and expressed wish
to purchase a sleeping-ear ticket, which was
refused by the Captain, of course. The
knight of the razor and powder-puff there
upon flew into rage, and went off swear.
ing that he knew what his 'rightS were,
and that he was bound TO have them. The
wife of another colored barber Of Nashville,
in returning home from Memphis, on
Wednesday, ria the Northwestern road,
endeavored to obtain a seat in the ladies'
car, from Conductor Davis, who, in pursu-
ance Of orders, refused her that privilege,
and requested her to 20 into the comfortable
car which had been provided for persons Of
her color. She refused to obey, and was so
obstreperous and noisy that Davis was COM
PEELED to call upon two of his brakemen to
assist him in conducting the woman to the
car she should have entered at first, she strug-
Cling and kicking vigorously meanwhile, and
Swearing at such rate as to establish her
unfitness to occupy seat in ladies' car re-
CARELESS Of her color. She says she is going
to sue the railroad company. In the morn.
ing train which arrived here yesterday from
Louisville were five colored women snugly
slowed away between the snow-white sheets
of the Pullman sleeper"
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,,om down it would Undue the y"nth1oi
mind with clear perception Of the eqns'"v
Of orr Government. This was pure nom
sense. The youthful mind would th'hk
nothing of the Government, but woo'o NV
ura,ly acouicsce in the social equality OF me
races. This would secure the degradation
Of the superior race by this eNpedleht sup
nor,ed hr the men who boldly declare that
thew do not assail that superiority OF race
they acknowledge TO exist.
This IS neither more nor less than down.
right fraud-downrigh hypocrisy.
Yet, why should boutwell, and MS so'-
lowers desire to degrade their race? Ihey
do not. They only miscalculatc the power
OF the negro. They think he is more power
ful than he is. There are only three States
of the South in which he predominates. The
other States will be controlled by the whites
on all questions such rs that raised by Mr.
BorrwELL. But for this mlscalculation
| boutwell, and his followers could never
| hsz.rd their chances by fighting under the
|
| negro equality with himself. he never has
negroes to dinner-hc has no brother.in'law
n ucg,o-he has no Son.in-law neSro-he
has no colleague negro-hc has no heart'
warm guest negro. Oh. no; he only
wishes us of the South to have the negro IN
all his glory at our tables, at our schools, al
our hotels. &c. He is very clear of even the
suspicion OF nearing to be with him and Of
him at home.
Then, Mr.. Boutwell, is neither states
man. 3 philanthropist, nor an honest man
He is only a charatap, hypocrite, and
fraud. That is all. He is nothing more. Ii
is good thing that such a man cannot live
ALWAYS. He must die, and instead OF that
cancer Of ambition which is ever gnawIne
his yi,als and inducing him to offer up hcca.
tombs of bis white fellow.citiZens OF the
| South TO crafty his own sordid ambition, he
| will be mere victim OF those means of de-
cav and annihiatinu with which nature ac-
compIishcS her work. Poor Boutwell, can
not bone on his death-6cd that even his the
cries will survive him. They are the mere
| expedieuts suggested by bis ambition to pre-
long his ephemeral political fame. He is
even too small man for SUMMERS helmet.
BE will be crushed by its weight, and prob
| ably before his natural death he will pass TO
| oblivion. ouly to be remembered as the de-
| ceitfu friend of the negro, the charlatan
statesman, and hypocritcal Humanitarian.
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Political QuackeTy.

There is much trouble in Congress cor
corning the District. To determine the kind
OF government which is best for it is mat
ter uI great difficulty. TO leave the people
to themsclyes-to allow what is now the con-
situent body to govern thcmselves-is not
deemed proper, and how The administrators
OF public affairs shall be appointed, and how
to pu: urcn them tie restraints that may Sc
cure honesty and propric,y of expenditure,
are questions Of great perp!eXity.
And Why is all this: It is Welt TO Keep the
public cyeto the n"ri.nt of the answer, which
is: Because ne negroes have been promoted
10 tnt condition Of voters. Out oil that nave
Come the evils in the District rs cut of 1t have
come the evils Of the States where the num-
bers Of negroes have been sufficient 10 exert
any effect upon The character OF the repre-
sentative body in the government.
In Washington, the R,pubhcan party ,n
Congress found it impossible 10 ESTABLISH
toleruble government as long rs the negroes
rredominated at the ballot-box, and they
cupninyly devised the present Tcrrltora
Government for the District. But they lei
the States to their fates. The fact is discre
Jitable to the Government. But, neverthe
less, they find the District still u troublesome
pet. The negro still bothers them. They SET
that the adulteration Of the constituent body
inevitably aduterates the representative
body-that Government whose popuia
branch is corrupted by both ignorance ant
dishonesty must be corrupt mall its depart
ments, and that there is no true remedy but
in that conservatism which would purify the
source otrepresentative authority-of power
The Congress must cut loose from SUM
nersm and Howardism and folly generally
in the regulation of Government. There
Can be no peace in the country as longaS gov
eminent rests upon the destructive theories
of enthusiasts. There must be the principle
OF conservatism incorporated in some eiiec-
tive manner with it, or there can be no
safety, no rest, for the people who live I'M
der it,
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PresDyterian General Asst mDiy, 4
Mari In cru. ,'-

"A NOENhcEns
ST.. LOUIS. June AT last evenings ses-
sion of the General Assembly the report OF
The Committee on the Office of Ruling Elders
was presented, and, after amendment, ADOPT
ed. 1t provides that any church, by vote OF
lhe members in full communication, may
elect ruling elders for limited time. pro-
vided that the time be not less than three
wears, and the session be made to consist OF
three classes. one of which only shall be
elected every year, and provided that the
elders once ordained shall not be Invested oil
office, though they are not elected. 1t also
provides that ruling elders cannot sit and
vote with acting elders in cases OF actual
process judicialIy.
In the case of complaint presented by Dr.
Vermilee, of New York, against the Central
presbyterv, OF Philadelphia, for receiving
the Third Reformed church, of that city,
which separated from the pastor thereof, and
uniting it with the Western Presbyterian
church, the special committee to whom the
report was referred reported through DR..
Nelson, chairman, exonerating the Presby.
tery, and suggesting that the. question Of
property interests involved In the case be
| left to civil tribunal.
The Assembly has decided to adjourn
Wednesday evening, when about one hun
dred members of the body will start on an
excursion to Colorado. Special trains have
been rendered them.
In the PRESBYTERIAN General Assembly to-
day resolution was adopted expressing re.
yret for the great evil of intemperance, ana
| urging unity of action against IT, but not
pretending to be the expression OF Inc opin-
ion of the Assembly.
| The "woman question" then came up as
the special order of business.
| DR.. Richardson presented the report OF
the spccial committee to which the matter
IVES referred. which declares that literal
Interpretation of the previous deliverance
OF the General Assembly on the suhJect ae,
MED the right Of women to preach, pray, ana
exhort in public or promiScuous assemDiaSes.
Each assembly, however, had the rlSht 10
order its own proceedings, and lsht, mere
| tore, decide in reference to this suHJect
| whether it would or would not permit
deviation from the action OF former assem-
| bics on this question.
DR.. Robert Aikman offered as a substitute
| resolution that the Assembly expresses no
opinion rs 10 the Scriptural view OF woman :
right to speak or pray in social prayer-meet-
ipgS. and commits the whole subject to the
discretion OF pastors and elders OIL Tue
churches.
Tie previous question was called, and q
motion 10 recOmmit was lost by large ma
lori'y.
DR.. Aikman'S substitute was then adopted
BY 4 vote OF I'll to 81.
In the afternoon session Of the Presbyte-
rian Assembly, DR.. William L. Breckinridge,
Of the committee appointed to consider the
cxpcdicDcy of committee from this Assem-
bly comforting with the Southern Assembly,
reported that owing to the action of that
Assembly nothing remained to be done. The
committee vas discharged.
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DR.. HorsoN's FAREwELL.-Dr. HopSon de-
livered his farewell address at the Christian
church, corner Of Fourth and Walnut, yes
terday morning, and was listened to with
solemn interest by u very large audience.
DR.. HopSon explained that when he offered
his resignation be intended to become an
evangelist at large, but that within very
few days after his resignation he was ten
dered-as soon indeed as the intelligence
reached St. Louis-the Seventeenth and
Olivc-street church Of that city rendered him
4 call to be its pastor. That he had been
pastor of that church more than thirty years
ago; that during the illness of their pastors
he had on two occasions preached for them
six months; that the church had repeatedly
called him back to his old charge, once from
Richmond, Va, and twice before from this
city. The present call being so urgent, and
he being solicited by many Of the preachers
of Missouri to accept it, he felt that he could
not we'll decline. He accepts, however, with
the condition that he shall have until the LIST
of October in which to visit some of his old
churches in the interior Of Missouri.-LouiS
UiNe Courier.
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THE WILL OF J. EDGAR TnoNPsoN.-Phila-
delphia, June 2.-The will Of John Edgar
Thompson, late president of the Pennsylvania
railroad, will be admitted to probate in the
course Of few days. 1t is generally under
stood that the instrument contains a pro-
vision that after the death of Mrs. Thompson
the estate is to be disposed Of for the pur
pose of erecting and maintaining an institu'
ton in which children of employees of the
Pennsylvania railroad, killed in the discharge
of their duty, may have home. 1t is ru
mored that the board Of directors Of the
company will meet tomorrow to name MIR
Thompson's successor. ...... s.. .
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
NJ FOOD AND DIGESTION.

In dyspepsia the gastric juice which should DIS
solve the food Is only formed In sn1sIl quantities
and whatever may be the feeling OF emptiness and
weakness In such cases, the dyspeptic should ea'
very sparlngly. To remedy the evil, The mucous
membrane of the stomach. which secretes and emiti
the gastric fluid, should be stimulated aud toned
and the best, In fact the only sure preparation for
this purpose is HOsTETTER'S sTOMAcH~BfT'
TIERS. Not only does this admirable stomach,c pro
mote sufficient and steady supply OF the soiYent
which converts the food to the purposes OF IRE ou'
It also regulates the flow Of bile, controls the oo"
els, and has most invigoratiDg effect upon the
nerves The glow which the very first dose alnoses
through the system is IN earnest OF The more per
manent vitalizIng effects when are produced oy
persistent use. 1t improves the appetite, cieers
the spirits, and renders the body hardy ana strohs
lie 4-eOd&w1w
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PrS-ASD.IHK Stretch OF REV. w. )
pLrMER, D. D.-[From the Columbus Inder.
Upon the right Of the platform, in an easy
chair against the wall, is to be seen regularly
and steadily the majestic form of this father
in Israel With his hoary head, Il crown OF
glory, and his great flowing beard of snowy
white far down upon his bosom unmarried
bv single thread, with majestic voice sup
ported by impressive mien-all backed by
his reputAiun in the church of longest
Standing, for pulpit and platform eloquence
and goodness, and theological learnlng-he
is the marked man Of the Assembly.
DR.. Pumcr is seycnty-one years old, yet
in bodily rigor, and in the fullneSS Of his
intellectual strength. He is the leading
Professor in the Theological Seminary ut
columbia: is theological author Of diStinc-
ton was moderator of the Huntsville AS
semLly, and is the only man, living or dead,
who has had the honor of presiding over the
assemblies of our Church and of the old un-
divided Church. He has been professor, be-
side at Columbia, in Allegheny Seminary !;
has been pastor during his long life in the
cities of Petersburg, Richmond, and Batti-
more. While In the former city he founded
the Central Presbyterian, which lives to
bless him to-day under the control of Dr..
William Brown, the placid and benignant
permanent clerk of the Assembly. 1t was
first called the Waterman Of the South.
The special characteristics of bis eloquence
is earnestness and solemnity. He speaks
like Elijah upon Carmel. And as he lifts
himself up before the gathered people, and
in the name of the Lord and with his own
awful emphasis says, ''How long will We
halt between two opinions? if the Lord be
God follow Him, but if Baal, then follow
him." it is not hard to believe the days Of
the prophets are restored.
Without di>paragement to any, DR..
Plumer may be pronounced the most nota-
BILE and distinguished member Of the Assem-
blv
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The UTAH B1LL.-The House discussed
and passed the bill to-day in relation to pro-
ceedngs in the courts of Utah. The bill, in
effect, deprives the Mormons of much of the
power they have heretofore exercised, anC
gives the Gentiles more authority upoI
juries and other matters affecting trials ir
the courts. MIR. Cannon, the Utah delegate
opposed the bill in very able speech, bu
the arguments of bis opponents were
stronger, and when the vote was final!
taken there were but ffty-four negative votes
1t is believed that this bill will prove to b.
the first effective blow that has been aimed
at Mormonism.- Washington teleTam-Bal
timOre Sun.
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THE PETERSBURG (VA) INDEX
Il APPEAL FOR SALE ~ ..

Owing 10 the intention of one of the members to
engage In other business the proprietors OF the
INDEX-APPEAL (daily and weekly have deter
mined 10 offer that paper for sale. Up to Monday,
the 18th instant, It can be purchased at pr vate
sale; but If not disposed of by that time 1t will be
sold on that day ut 2 N. ut public auction. The
good will, subscription lists, and material OF both
Editions daily and weekly. will be sold and raVora-
ole terms of sale will be offered to the purchaser.
The INDEX was established in 1865, and was
consolidated with the APPEAL in 1878. has
for many Yeas been known to the people OF this
section of Virginia and Eastern North Carolina,
and has indeed acquired reputation extending
considerably beyond those States. 1t has regularly
Increasing subscription list, larger than that of any
paper published In Virginia outside OF Richmond.
Every leading business house of the section adver-
and confidence OF the community for the variety of
i,s local news the accuracy OF It's market reports,
the Independence OF Its editorial conduct, and the
range and Interest OF its correspondence.
located mt the junction of the great lines leading
between the North and South and East and West,
ir draws from all directions valuable patronage,
apart fl ON the local support always SO generously
afforded It, 1t is also located centrally, on the cor
ner of Sycamore street and Courthouse avenue
convenient TO The principal business OF the city
aud in one OF the best known Offices In the State
We have lease on this office TIL 1S75, which VIII
be transferred with the rest of the property.
No better investment was ever onereu lor ensa2
ing In u newspaper enterprise, especially In view
OF the recent great victory of the Conservative
marty in this city, and the greatly improved pros
pects OF business activity and prosperity
Those desiring TO purchase can apply personals.
GREGORY PATTERSON.
I Proprtetors l1ldtr-Appeut,
ye49&13 Petersburg, Va.
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We have heretofore called attention to the
fact that the weather predictions for Viz
yinia are more correct as published in the
Baltimore papers than as published here.
"Old Probabilities" seemed to miss it yestcr-
day according to our telegram; but accord
ing to the one in the Baltimore papers, he
guessed correctly. We quote the latter:
For the southern portion Of the Middle
Suites, continued cool and cloudy weather,
and possibly rain in southern Virginia.
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An Hour Of Terror.
FIRsT-CLAss INCIDENT FOR A SENSATION DRAMA.
rErnm the Detroit Free Press, May 30

FIRST CLASS INCIDENT FOR A SENSATION DRAMA.
from the Detroit Free Press, May 30.J
There arrived in the city Friday morning
over the Grand Trunk railway man named
Patrick Macarthur, who met with thrilling
adventure about six miles east of the juno
lion Thursday night. He is a laborlng man,
and started to walk down on the railroad
track. while crossing where a sWitca leads
down alongside the main track be got has sooi
caught fast IN Il "lrog," and his efforts to ex-
tricate it were of no avail. He had on a
stout boot, and it fitted so closely over the
instcp that he could not draw his foot out.
He pulled this way and that, wrenchcd and
twisted, but the "freg" held the foot like
vice.
at length he found that he must either be
run over by the next passing train or make
some one understand bis situation. lie
shouted himself hoarSe, but no one came.
The nearest house was half mile away.
After the man bad been prisoner for up
wards of an hour he heard the whistle OF a
down freight train. He had matchbox IN
his pocket, papers in his bundle. He rolled
them into heap, and for fear that the flame
would die out too suddenly he added two
flannel shirts from the bundle. Then he
waited until the headlight of the locomotive
should appear up the track.
1t finally greeted his vision, looking like
bright white star. The rumble of the train
grew louder, the star grew larger and
brighter. He struck his match. Up the
track he could hear the thunder Of heavy
wheels, and the light of the locomotive
glared at him like the fiery eye of some wild
beast. An instant of fear and doubt, and
then the paper blazed up and curled over
and around the bundle and Swayed right and
left with the night wind. He waved the
signal of fire back and forth, and just when
he was ready to believe that death under the
wheels was certain he heard the whistle for
brakes.
He could hear the wheels grinding and
grooming, the hiss of steam rs the engineer
threw back his lever, and then the heavy
train came to stop with the great light
shining down upon him, paling his dying
signal. He was saved, but the engine had
only thirty feet more to 90 to crush him.
The fireman came forward, got crowbar,
aud released him, and he was taken back to
the caboose. The train men were very kind
to him, and yesterday he found acqualnt-
ances here who arranged for his board until
he will be able to work. His foot is badly
swelled, and it will be several days before
he will be able to walk.
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The Pittsburgh Post, a leading Democratic
organ Of Western Pennsylvania, says, pithi.
ly: The only colored people In attendance
al Nellie's wedding were those who acted In
the capacity of waiters---a gross insult to the
colored population Of the United States.
Why not have the Constitution SO amended
as to compel Grant to open the White House
to citizens Of race and colQr2"