New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-23
ARK ANSAS.
Another Amnesty Agreed to Proposed
Terms Of Compromise.

LITTLE ROCK, April 22.-COIOnel Rose
comnandant OF the United States force:
says LIE had NO arms last evening when b
rode up to the head Of Colonel Kin,
Whites column, and consequently did no
attempt TO fire a shot at Colonel White
Matters are very quiet this morning. An
other truce of twenty-four hours was agreed
= upon. A company OF regulars has arrived
this morning from st. Louis to assist Colo
mel Rose in preserving the peace. Tive
Troops on both sides are very orderly.
Several arrests have been made by both
parties. Some Of our prominent citizens
are endeavoring to effect q compromise be-
tween the parties by getting them TO agree
to call on the Legislature to settle the ex.
isting difficulty.
Baxter's Proposition = The Presidents
Reply.
LITTLE Rock, April %, 1874.
Tothe President Of the United States Washington;
Ar can not move with my troops to as
sert my claims to the Office Of Governor Of
Arkansas without collision with the United
States troops, which / will not do under
any circumstances, propose to cali the
Legislature together at an early day to set
tie the question, as they alone have the
power, but to do this the members must
have assurances Of protection from you and
aguarantee that they may meet id safety.
This will be peaceable solution of the diff
hculty, and 4 will. readily abide by the de-
cision of the Legislature.
o ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor OF Arkansas.
EXECUTIVE MAysIes,}
Washington, April ~, 1874. 5
To Elisha Baxter, Little Rock:
heartily approve any adjustment, peace
ably, of the pending difficulties in Arkan-
sas by means of the legislative assembly,
the courts or otherwise.
Twill give all the assistance and protec-
ton can, unoer the constitution and laws
OF the United States, to such modes of ad-
justment.
! hope that the military on both sides
will be disbanded. U. 5. GRANT.
Lieutenant Cushman's Statement of the
Affair at Little Rock.
MEMPHIS, April -22-Lieutenant Cush-
man, Of the Sixteenth Infantry, stationed
1T Little Rock, arrived here this afternoon
u communicate with the President con-
corning the firing on Colonel Rose last
night, which he states, he could not do |
there, in consequence of the violent par
tisan feeling in the telegraph Office. Accord |
ing to his statement, Colonel Rose had Sc |
cured an armistce between the rival fac |
tons which was to continue until nine |
O'Clock this morning, but last night Colonel |
King, while with regiment of armed ne
grOes, marched down to the Anthony |
House, where he made q violent and in. /
hammatOry speech to them, calling on !
Baxter to allow him to 60 ahead and clean !
out Brooks, the teGerals or any other
damned troops.
Colonel Rose, hearing of the disturbance,
mounted spirited horse and rode down TO
inform White that he was not complying
with the terms of the truce in marching his
men to that point. Roee was unarmed, ex-
cept with sword, and was accompanied by |
an orderly armed with two holster pistols.
On reaching White Colonel Rose asked him
what he meant by breaking the truce. and
ordered him to dispense his mob White
made some reply, not heard, and fred his
pistol at Colonel Rose, and shouted to his
men to fire, which they did, generally in the
air. but several persons were wounded, as
already reported. Colonel Roses ORDERLY
attempted 10 draw. his pistol, but his horse
became unmanageable and ran with him
before he could draw it from the holster. I:
As soon as the firing commenced Colonel
Rose rode back to the enginehouse where
company Z, Sixteenth Infantry, was sta.
Toned, ordered the men to run out the hook |
and ladder truck and form a barricade,
which was, speedily done, and the men
placed behind it. During the excitement a
private accidentally fred off his gun, and
he cry was raised: The regulars are going
% shoot!' and in less than ten minutes the
treet was deserted.
Lieutenant Cushman states positiyeIv.l
hat, with the exception of the one above
tated, not single shot was fred by the
United States troops or by the Brooks gar
ison in the barbados. He states that
many ludicrous scenes occurred during the !
melee: among others, a Methodist preacher
as standing in front of the Anthony House !
,hen the firing began, and jumping through
he window he cut his hand and beloved: ,
I'm shot! I'm shot!' and il was with diff 4
ulty he was convinced that such was not
be case. f
Lieutenant Cushman SAYS Baxter has ]
Yearly three thousand men under arms, of !
: HON some eight or nine hundred are from !
'ope, johnson and Kline counties, who | =
erved in either the Confederate or federal !
rmies during the late war, and are armed
With superior weapons, and could be relied q
N in tight. The feeling toward Brooks t
action among this class is very bitter and :.
ally growing worse. As a general thing II
'axter's forces are poorly Offered, while
n the other side Brooks has some six hun n
red men behind barricades at the State
iouse, OF whom about two-thirds are
egroes, that are well commanded and have u
NO ancient six-pOunders in position. Bax- v
ers forces are engaged in resurrecting :
wenty FOUNDER siege piece left there dur il
ng the war. Colonel Rose, with his hand n
III OF soldiers. is master of the situation, Il
mt affairs are daily growing uglier. =
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