Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-13

4 most uGSu. All aSitt bbaN ouSiuS We
at a stand.still, aud Thar a pTolong
a alton of the situation would work ruin
The negroes of course were LITERALLY dc
S moralized by it. All thought OF homes
, labor was banished for the chance Ut play
/ ing at soldiers or watching their brolhe
, negroes garrisonlDg the capitol. ln fact
|, considered as a moral lesson to a race JUS
/, entering on a civilized life, nothing coul'
seem more deplorable.
BAKERS quarters were 10 a hotel
which seemed TO be entirely given up t.
him and his followers. Two sentries, o
the type Of man with which either aetna
service in the field or the sight of robe
prisoners during the war made most PEG
pie at the North familiar, were at tb'
door. One was about six feet two, straight
as an arrow. who shouldered a rifle, aDc
paced up and down in blankets and SLOUGH
ed hat, from under which peered out .
pair of dauutless eyes. He looked every
inch a soldier, and made one feel that il
Baxter had many such followers Brook;
had to thank the president for not having
been already eaten without salt. But
the other was an old fellow Of 60, with a
cough and bent knees, who waved his
piece like a walking-stick, aud gazed with
opcn-mouth at the passers-by. The office
was filed with loungers Of various sizes.
black and white, and we were at once in
troduced 10 the commander.in-chief of
Baxter's forces. a. determined looking gen.
tleman in scejy clothes. who appeared as
If he had not addressed for a great many
nights, and who carried the stock of a re-
volvcr in the hollow of his hand, the bar
rel being thrust into his sleeve. The
staircase was not as well guarded as at
Brooks headquarters, and Mr.. Baxter's
own room, in which he granted audiences,
was a small bedchamber, which seemingly
had not been swept since the readmission
of Arkansas to the Union. The floor was
strewed with inuumerable bits Of paper.
Mr.. Baxter is a man of gigantic size, with
a massive face of the southern type, and a
pleasant eye, and the stiff, formal manner
with which southern men keep up their
dignity with strangers. He had the same
look of having long slept in his clothes as
had most of his followers, and, beyond a
diamond pin in his shirt-front, wore no
personal ornament, and, in fact, carried
his simplicity so far as to dispense with a
cravat. He was very much moro moaer.
ate in his tone than Brooks. relying main
ly on the fact that he had been recognized
by the Legislature, and repeatedly assur
ing us that if, when that body met again,
May II, it did not confirm him. he would
go quietly home, If it did SO, on the
other hand, and Gen. Grant would take
his hands off, he would carry on the war
From all we saw Of his fol-
| judge that he would make short
work of his enemy in case Of active oper-
Among the white people, and among
he more intelligent men of the community
'bout whose opinions | could learn any
hing, there appeared to be all but uuan-
nifty as to the greater honesty of Baxter
nd his surroundings, and a strong desire
hat he should succeed. On the other
and, | met with no denial that Brooks
al been legally elected, and no question
be was q corrupt rascal, and one Of
he chief members Of the ring by which
state has been dcfrauded and debauced
the war. Anything more mclan.
holy, however, or less creditable to our
,siitutions, than the spectacle of IA civil
zed community plunged and kept in dis
rder, week after week, while these two
adventures bite their thumbs at
'ch other, one does not often meet with. F,
TUE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES MEDIATION. ,
The efforts which have been making at ,
'ashington for a peaceable settlement of t
le dispute between the rival claimants {
r the governorship of Arkansas came to
focus, Saturday, and resulted in the .
of a compromise agreement pro- n
ding tor the settlement of the matter BY $
'e state Legislature. The consultation
gan in the office Of Attorney General =
and was kept up till late in the !,
t%ernoon, when an adjournment was ia. g
N. A subsequent session was held, late /
the evening, at the private residence of :,
r. Williams, where, after further dis :
!ssien, a plan of settlement was agreed l.
ION, and was telegraphed to Brooks and :
axter for their acceptance, substantially !,
follows: =
That on account of the conflicting claims "
the parties, and the division of scnti. o,
eut among the people Of Arkansas, the il
of the state shall be called by =;
e said Brooks and Baxter, to meet at \
ira session on May %, 1874 at l2 4,
NJ. at the usual place Of meeting
the state.house each to issue a sepa. 4;
tie call forthwith, and the Legislature II
called shall be permitted to meet with ,s
t molestation Or hindrance that they in
all receive and entertain a communica.
N from Mr, Brooks, setting forth spec &,
ly the ground for his claim to the office a
governor, as we'll as his reasons for con. !,
Baxter's rights thereto that they n
all investigate the facts and allegations W,
set forth by Brooks; that the Lesisla. ed
70 shall determine, in the manner pro. ur
lad by law, which of the contestants re. &c
we'd. at the November election, 1872, L.,
Jority Of tho legal votes. and declare r.,
result, and the parties shall abide that m,
ion. Brooks and Baxter shall each re. fl,
ve from duty, and send home, all their en-
ops, retaining only as many as each do
y think necessary as a body guard, at