From The Seat Of War

The railroaJ nar ncar Bowel] l ruke out afresh on tbe 6th Innt wh-u Ihe D. L. it N., í svyoie outwurjsii?' ior Üic rrct of f Stip. Asliley of tlie Toledo i% Ann Arborroad, aua four of )iis principal men. The :ir ; ranta wa serytfd by the sheriff of Livingston ' countT. The sheriff look tiis men to Brigbton ! where they were followed by a mimbcr ol : business men ol llowell who are strong eyupathlzeis of Ashley. Bal) In thesum of $1 juco each rtu'lily si eured y the prisoners umi they were le'.eaied. Warrnnts trerealso Issned toril inore n: Aslilcy's men. Ttie Toleco ifc Ann Arbor men bad learned tliat the 1). L. v M. tnen had sevcral ear loods of stone on the nav down witli whlcb thej inténdedtoflU iip the cut. The Toledo uieu went to the Pi. . iy N. track and tore up a Ion strip on i ach siile of the crossing. Asldc irom the warrant sirorn out aealnst Ashlev for obsbructlnu the l nited States DWi, John Ii. Mulliken Bworn oul a warrant chargliu; Ashley witli on'awfnlly and mallcloasly destroying the telegraplí üin-s and tearine op the track oí the i. i. k N-j toad, BcrJously InlerferlnK uith ptlbllC business and reiuiering the road impassable. Ashley is also cbargcd In tuis afüilnvit wlth organlzing an armed mobóf peoplc, and tbreatenlns violeuee to the Lauslng ipanj should that eoiniianv attempl to restore ts property or use the saine. .Mulliken lixes the damaees at$.riU,OUO. The Work oUluyine rails on the Toledo, Ann Arlor iV: Northern Miehigan was eomplete I late on the evenlng ol January 6 and llowell has direct eonnection j-ill all r.oints between Toledo and as far nortü as the (ïratiot countv termbaus of the Toledo & Ann Arbor. The last spike was drlven amid the boom or anviland the wild c heers of the friends of the Ann arbor road. Tuis makes Ashley's pasition stronger still, as men and provisiöns eau get to the interseetion moreeaslly. It is thous;ht now that he will hold the right of way without any tronble.