The New York herald., 1872-10-08


knees. With So blood, ana while the horses were
GO aSs md ans sns nrns dropped nm
>tions 90 TO whether williams was really shot and
whether Dodsons prisoners were massacred by the
They are diiicult subjects for decision Nothing
IN williams character should seem 20 make him
M his es ss soSs
he should get balls through his hat and sleeve, and
sgsins. his pslsDnckls S. and bs bodily unnIred
ought not to be political issue, but should be ex-
amined Iudicialy. The real victims in any case,
n ae ss wsrs sSGns C the me
e Ss as Il
10 the point OF divergence In the whole OF the late
the Sou1ss sao T seek 70 M #
things and conclude for yourself. Perhaps you
may be able to assist US TO cOnclusion.n
had conversation At the ONCE OF the Secretary
Of State with the gentleman who had very nearly
TO the senate. mean James N. johnson. OF Hunts
vile, Madison county. He was Unionist at the
srSc q ae " war e6 and went promptly into the
Throughout ugh the state but not having the driving
@ unsafe % to let him take the = succession, a when
the fortunes Of the State. Clayton, therefore, re-
fused TO accept his seat in the Senate untii terms
had bad been cen, made ~ with c9Ions Johnson: After
the Lieutenant G0vernorship into the vacant Sec
retary Of States ofice, and M Hadley was elected
L,ensenaHt governor oy the senate and took Clay
This matter has done Colonel Johnson injury, as
ion from survey OF the man. He has inferior
spects is more intelligent and honest man. ana
obtained ffom him clear and yet severe account
Of the habits Of the people Of the Pope county re-
TO look at, Mr.. johnson IL tall, lean and bony
with sort OF whitish gray eye, like a birds, vel
hair. He is little skittish at first but is agreeAbly
communicative after short time, and Is one Of the
be the representative state ofiiciaL
"Have you formed any opinion. General Johnson,
S es %RScS Pope
l"Well, Sir, have to pass through that county
go and sS'n my ts esGn
come down through Dover or Russellviile, just as
..-'r- ~ THE HABIT OF BEARING ARMS
which is universal in that region, and the dsposi-
arms on ordinary provocatlon account In some de
gree for the rough things which you will find.
a Spaqs
by the firing Of shot guns rifles and revolvers at Q
place across s the sire street where liquor was Sold
guns or under the bellies and over the heads OF
f rng - essr training the
stand that way during the explosion OF
Pope and the
counties carries weapons, and there is an tndsp0
siton to bring cases to trial when men killed in
rencounterB; and IN too many cases, fear, the
authorities themselves grow intmidated- and dis
miss man for homicide upon very shallow testi
.Mr Dodson, however," said the correspondent
1.-THE Sheriff OF the county, seems to be man just
serter oe
II believe Dodson did desert right here at Little
Rock, and they tell hard things upon him. He Is
You would take him to be good type Of the
Western origand, He Is over the medium
and broad, expanding head, with copious ears and
Q very large eye and gray mustache. He looks
however, to have been good officer, resolute and
efficient until this late assassination.n
us it possible. that he could have assassinated
II do not know what to think on that head. The
people there seem TO be fully persuaded that the
hand Dodson and Hickox swear to the firing from
the roadside, and can hardly conceive why they
they. as officers, would st be at the peril OF living
might they not have shot the prisoners to spread
CONSERVATION, several OF the county officers having
been killed and fired upon during their timer"
"All that, said Mr.. Johnson, "s a matter of
mystery Politics have got into the thing and there
s an effort to implicate the whole State govern
ment.n
get 1t. Both he and DOdSOn, as understand came
TO our State convention to work against Governor
Hadley for not consenting to grant 1t. do not
have got martial law to work IN taer interest es but
man like Dodson might have shot prisoners for
these excg Of The al yssr ,he
srHtln Hl,s cannot Ha, probably be discovered"
PEOPLE IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS,
or Boston MOuntails. they called. rOuQher
than any other parts OF the State :"
"rhe habit OF carrying arms is not confined to
any portion OF Arkansas, and may say that there
is too much shooting In every part OF the State.
There is a broken line Of communication between
that Pope county region and Texas back by way OF
the hills. and have understood that some OF the
Ku Klux who were frightened out OF North Caro-.
y oyr "a
Tennessee and out to our country to settle In
Texas. These may have mixed with the Pope
county people and done some Of the shooting In
that region being insubordinate and fugitives and
having no interests in the country
"The Pope county youths are good h0rsemen and
hunters 1t is a sad thing for the respectable peo-
tsIngs are are STingISe UPON them. Nobody
now. and besides being unfortunate in its
f5 snGss It VIII be sGraensa yh the Of
the law take It's course, and that these young el-
lows accused Of the murder OF Hickox and Bi0wn
leave the country and go to Texas. Dodson's term
expires as Sheriff, and he Will probably feel
tile hopelessness OF making arrests or seeking to
continue in Office during the excitement In that re-
glon. Young Williams is different sort OF boy. He
is not much to look at but he has that native
mountain grit, and do not understand that there
is much feeling against him.
sAfter a whilen said Mr.. Johnson, cheerfuly,
"rhe Fort Smith Railroad win have extended
through that country, and we look to the railroad
system OF Arkansas TO make us more homogeneous
and destroy some OF the provincial habits which
have grown up in q country which has hitherto
been almost solitary in the Union as without COM
municatons. 1t looks discouraging.tO stranger,
suppose, to go through our State, but we who live
here see some changes for the better. At Fayette-
vile, in the next county to my Own we have es-
tablished an Industrial University, with normal
department, and II has pupils already from many
parts of tho State-among Others from Pope
county. II Is endowed with land grant by Con-
gress OF 10000 acres and the Legislature has given
II $50 600. Washington county, besides, has pro-