The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-07
The Arkansas Imbrog1io.

WASHINGTON, April =. The following
WAS received to-day;
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April IS.
L : Grant, President.
ON the 19th of this month. As the Governor of
this State | teegraphed you that there was an
armed in>urrection against the legal govern
mcnt Of this State. and made requisition upon
you fer aid TO tho sufferers and to prevent
domestic violence.
have just now been advised that you never
received the requisition. | now take occasion
to say that an armed inSurrection exists i'll this
state against the lawfully constituted authority
thereof, and as the LEGISLATURE cannot meet I'M
til the llth of May | call upon you for aid TO
protect the state against domestic violence.
Nignod L. BANTER.
Governor of Arkansas.
\ similar call had previously been re-
ceived from Mr. Brooks claiming to be
Governor. and two attorneys in his behalf
reached here yesterday to urge compliance
with the call. Two attorneys dispatched
by Baxter viii soon arrive on a like errand
in his interest The question as to who the
actual Governor is will be presented to
the President tor decision unless some
other mode Of settlement shall intervene
before the matter is formally taken up for
Executive consideration.
A TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSIONIN SCOT
LAND. The Liverpool Mercury gives the
particulars OF q boiler explosion which
occurred on the evening OF the 9th inst. at
one of the pits belonging to the Hamilton
Coal Company of Scotland. We condense
the following particulars:
Within about 20 yards of some large
boilers used for driving necessary ma
chinerv stands a neat row of miners
! dwellings,, and a little further off a school
room at the time of the explosion b prayer
meeting was in progress, number OF
persons being present \ hymn had just
been sung, and the Bible was being read
when the crash of the explosion was heard
and ere any one could move one-half o.
one Of the boilers came crashing through
the roof On its way it was subsequently
found it had unrooted four or five of the
| houses. while the other half driven in the
/ opposite direction, caused serious damage
to the railroad. In the school-house the
greatest CONSERVATION prevailed. Three
children were killed outright, and num-
Der of persons, including the missionary
were injured more or less The heat OF
| the boiler added to the agony of thos,
who were injured, and it was Il long tmt
before they could be relieved, as tn,
weight of the boiler upon the debris wa
immense A singular circumstance of thu
accident was that two boys who Were
playing quite near the boiler at the time
escaped without injury The boiler APP
pears to have broken fairly in two at the
centre.
BOYS, READ TINS. Fred Douglass ha
said some things to his colored brethren il
Louisville Ky, good for people of an,
color IN any climate. in any community
Here is a sample;
"When | ran away and came North
worked for nine dollars month and save
money For twenty-five years or nearl
SO, worked for $500 per wear, and save
money, and every man in this country VIII
is a man can save money if he will, Blu
he VIII not save it by walking the street
and smoking segars lie will not save
by PLAYING billiards in one OF Your bacl
street, dislike a miser, yet a miser i
more respectable than q spendthritt 1t
not necessary that every black man shoul
be rich man, but he must have respec
tive class at any rate. There must be a
actual number Of respectives of intelligen
and wealthy men.
Save a dollar a week, put ii at interes
Let it grow, and with ordinary good lucl
YOU cannot fail OF acquiring a competency
But don wait till YOU can make ten dollar
a Wpek-the time may never come