The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-05-13
THEIRK4NS4S MIDDLE

Bdrter, arho Orders his Release
TAX Of Mouing the State Capital
r, toEArkadelphia. -
NEW YORK, May 5.-A Little
Rock speciaf says That after the ar
rest ofyudgesT Bennett and FSearie'
by the Baxterites they were taken
-across the river in q cskif4 and, then
to ST. Johns College, in the out
skirts of the city. they spent the
night there. and yesteFday morning
they we're put on horses, and in
charge Il of "a band eoffscayalrymen
were taken into the country where
theyoBill probably be kept in the
woods oaIroa eli CO asagys7sr al -.
ri On the heels Of this event, at 5
O'Clock yesterday morning State
9Anditor Wheeler was awakened by
IA knocking at the doors Of his resi-
.dences eHe jumped Fout of bed and
went down o stairs where he saw a
hack at the door, The driver said.
that General McC eFany wanted to
see him. Wheeler. not thinking Of
an arrest asked 8 him to come in.
Met orany answered back for him to
come otit.FzHe went ont, when, some
men who were stationed with guns
on the otheFathree sides of the house
rushed up and put him by force into
the, carriage. He was driven down
to The Anthony House. They then
r look him to- Baxters room. and woke
Baxter up. aMeGorany said :sdf'I beg
your pardon for acting without or
ders, but thought it my duty TO
capture Wheeler, bring him, to you
and make him acknowledge you as
Governors i will do the same with
Treasurer Page and Brooks if you
say So" Baxter gave orders to re-
lease him mach to McCorany's dis
There is some talk of moving his
government to- sArkadelphia and
making it his capital. af i 4qH
A son of Judge Bennett received
a letter last evening from his father
saying, :. Esuppose you know Judge
'Searle and | were captured at Ar
genta; last might. We are well treat
ed and in no bodily danger. Don't
know when we Will be released. :"
The letter was received through
General Blocher, of Baxter's forces.
Baxter has again practically seiz-
ed the telegraph office. There are
guards posted about 100 yards away
and they allow no one to enter. a
Writs Of Habeas Corpus For the
-21 esq Missing Judges. ''ten 10
LITTLE Rock, May 5.-Baxter
denies that lie authorized the arrest
Of the Judges, but when ST. john s
College was searched this morning
by. a squad Of regulars, acting as
police, an unfinished report of their
arrest addressed to Baxter was
found EN- a table where it had been
left in the haste incident to depart
ure, which effectualiy refutes the
statement that writs of lIabeas cor
pus had been issued for the missing
Judges, and Baxter, Newton,
Churchill, Blocker and Williams are
reported to have left town TO avoid
services.
Pickets Firing at Each Other across
the RiUer.
LITTLE Rock. May 8.-Both
courts are active. The Supreme
Court issued mandumus ordering
the Treasurer to pay Brooks requi-
sition. This is regarded as more
full recognition of Brooks. 1t is APP
pretended that the members of the
Legislature will be detained by yari-
Gus devices, so as to defeat aquorum.
A special dispatch from Little
Rock says that a colored man belong
ing to .Savage.s- command at New
GascOny, stated here yesterday that
Whitehead declared he would take
no more Brooks men prisoners, but
would slaughter them wherever he
found them assembling. RS
f7 Gen. Edgerton, Special Agent of
the Postoff1ce Department, WAS ar
rested last might, while. driving out,
by Blocher, Baxter's military govern
mem. He was confined in the guard
house for short times -sis-az
A Baxter man stationed on the
bank Of the river, about o'clock
this Inorning fred at one Of Brooks
picEOets standing opposite, mar the
State House. The ball lodged just
above his head in tree.
o Subsequently the Baxter men
commenced firing on Brooks pickets
who were posted on the river side,
which continued all day. The form
er would rush out from an old stable
on the bank inside of their lines.
fire and run back to reload. Brooks
I-pickets are not allowed to return
the fire, as tho "re9ulars" are sta
toned between the contending forces.
At the State. House earthworks are
being thrown up so as to strengthen
| the barricades. Notifications are
under way across the streets from
the State House, and in the vacant
lots and pickets are now posted
on the opposite side of the walk
Men are being drilled, in defence of
the barricades, in loading and firing
EaAll the windows in the State House
are barricaded and loop@!oled. ion &
Collision Expected. ~ -l.'.l
ST.. LOUIS, May 8.-The Globes
special from Little Rock says :
Both sides of the Governorship con-
troversy will be heavily reinforced
on Saturday and Sunday, and col
Iision between contestants may be
expected. Lieut.. Col. Fowler with
100 stand Of arms, taken from the
Industrial University on the 1st inst
and about 200 men are expected to
arrive to reinforce Brooks tonight.
It is quite probable that Baxter
viii claim the Legislature Monday,
though we'll informed persons say
4bo4 ut o,,n fourth Of file innmhars