St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-04-24
Later. Fighting Begun.

iSSA' a - hSlLAS ocS UA.
Affairs suddenly took warlike turn
at Little Rock. Tuesday, and the result
was Il lively skirmish. though of brief
duration, and the woundiug of Il num-
Der of persons. some of them fatally.
Affairs have been tolerahly quiet. all
day, with bur little change in the >itua-
ton beyond the arrival of several COM
panieS of reintorcements for each of
the rival governors. About ) o'clock.
the colored troops under Col. King
(white). paraded the streets preceded
by brass band. After marching
through several streets they were halted
in front of the Metropolitan hotel. the
band played Il lively air and the troops
fronted the hotel and yelled for Gov.
Baxter. who appeared on the balcony
and made ii speech amidst the widest
cheers. He said an inSurrcctiom had
broken out and the archives of the GOV
ernmcut We're in the hands of the in
surgents that they mad been called to-
gether for the purpose of vindicating
the rights of the people of Arkansas.
not the rights of Elisha Baxter. He
WAS making preparations for and in
tended to assert his rights as governor
of the state. He counSeled them to he
patient and quiet, and conduct them
selves orderly, and in due time the
proper order would he given them to
assert the rights of the people. At the
close of his speech. the band played
The Red, White and Blue" BY this
time Main street above the head ot
Col. Whites column at the intersection
of Main and Markham streets was filled
with men. principally BrookS's >ympa-
thizels. who were looking on. The
sidewalks were also crowded. and the
upper stories of I'LL the buildings around
either had armed men i'll them. or citi-
zcns. When the band ceased. three
cheers were given for Col. White. and
he made short speech. Addressing
the governor, he said the colored men
had come there to see that Baxter WAS
reinstated i'll the state house, and. let
it take one day or one year. they would
stand by him. All they prayed for WAS
orders to take the state house There
was again the widest cheering. aud the
band commenced playing. just then
Col. Rose rode up to Col. White and
said something to him about making il
hostile demonstration. when some one
III one OF the upper windows of Il build
ing fired Il shot into the Baxter crowd.
which was rapidly followed by others
from the direction of the crowd stand
ing in the street near the Metropolitan
hotel. The Baxter men returned the
fire. which for few minutes was lively
enough. while the coored troops re-
treated. and the Baxter men were run
ming up street. and the others giving
way. About 300 shots in all were fired.
and several of the Baxter men were
wounded. Maj. ID. f. Thrall, who wis
ut the Anthony house. received wounds
in the head from which he is not cX-
pected to recover. Gen. w. \. Craw-
the head though not fatal, and one or
two others were Slightly hurt. In the
midst of the excitement the United
States troops at the federal court room
and two pieces of artillery were re
moved to the corner of Second and
Louisiana streets, and prepared for
action. Gen. Newton mounted IL horse
and got all his men out on the various
streets ready to repel any attack. but
there was no further movement and
soon after dark the men were marched
back to their quarters and the excite
ment gradually subsidized.
ALMOST CENTENAkIAN.-Ont the Sth
inst. the oldest citizen of Orwell. Mr..
Rufus Whitmore. died at the advanced
age of % years 10 months and ID days.
He was born at the foot of Mount
Monadnock, in the town of Jaffrey. y.
H. In 1892. at the age of II. he came