The New York herald., 1872-10-05

and the strength OF their forces suppressed inter-
ference, and when the first man put In his objection
Dodson arrested him. This was a certain l. L..
West-Isham Liberty West, commonly called Lib
Dover, Dover and follows blacksmithing, II anything.
Both Governor Hadley and General Upham aver
that this mans brother, Perry West, is none other
than celebrated Texas desperate known as Kinch
West on whose head, brought with or without his
shoulders, reward is standing Said Lib VEST
band well and not take him further than Dover.
she says he Is old ana can't stand it to ride further
than twelve miles tonight. He can give bail and
be ready when you want him. You've got no busi-
ness, anyway. TO take man out OF the county.
There's no law for it,
"Well," said Dodson, 81 suppose you've come
spying down here for something. As you're SO
smart in the law I'll take you along to teach u.s."
As they Stood all mounted In the warm Summer
Court House corner others dropping In from the
.doggeries," where they had been stimulating and
filing TASKS, their mules and nags unkempt and
wan and warm, the Sherlfrs column presented a
picture thoroughly wild and southwestern In the
open square of this little county seat. The woods
drew close to the village and in its streets were
some oak and catalpa trees; the women peeped out
OF the houses and the men were grouped about
the dozen or 80 shops and In the corners of the
square.
shoe and a boot; many wore straw hats tattcred
and ragged; one had hat without cover to the
top, out Of which his long hair stood up Indian
fashion, and the only collars in the entire outdt
and black hats, low-crowned; linen coats, home
spun breeches and army blue and one suspender
or two, or none Whatever, were Items In
and men bore family resemblance,
equally weary, suen, furtlve, lean and unprepos.
sessing. A few men retained some OF the alertness
OF an intelligence derived from army discipline and
experience, but the majority were subservient to
Dodson, II to anybody and looked like camp fol-
lowers demoralized by peace In which they had
yet adopted little or no settled employment. The
few negroes in the posse completed its mottled ap
pearance; but upon those Indifferent faces was
seated one general expression which gave touch
Of unity TO the group-namely dislike OF the rebel
element OF Dover and the sense OF many an old
grudge and score not yet paid OIL, where the blood
OF Pope county .mountain Fed" had been shed,
or his roolstone threatened, or his live stock and
crops depleted.
from the midst Of that posse, as 1t left the town
OF Dover without m0estatiOn, Joe Tucker looked
upon his wife for the last time and young William
Hale drew closer to his father, he knew not why. A
violent death for both these young men lay In the
destinles OF the evening, and the morning light was
10 break upon Dover amid the weeping, bereayed
people and their raging friends and partisans
AT OLD SHILOH CHURCH.
1t was nearly dusk when the SheriGs posse
reached the Old Shiloh camp ground, and horses
and men being thoroughly weary, and with five
miles yet between them and Dardanelle and the
Arkansas River flowing between, aud small pros
pect OF ferrage over IL that night the whole posse
halted, hungry and worn m ont, and Dodson. Hlckox
announced that If forage could be obtained they
would put the prisoners In camp at the meeting
house for the night.
OAK frees, near an uniailing spring ofwater, small
crude Wooden structure, controlled by The Cumber.
camp meetings Of Pope county were Geld IN thig
Since Since the the war: war. There were but two
houses In the nelghborhood, one of which,
Wrghts, stood close by the church, and the other,
Biadey's, near at hand. The little clearing neces.
ih TIC midst OF the forest seem more lonely, and
very soon The tired prisoners were dismounted and