The New York herald., 1872-10-07

AT
killing ot these prisoners in Pope county has
arouses all Arkansas, and republicans would night
ior Iem a. wen as sac, democrats; ,S crate,
the amiaSe Governor Haglsy in position q ancom.
M rom % the Pope district which Was also the Gistrlct
Of Little Rock, lived opposite Norrst0wn at Daria-
a ~as than
ted Thomas Boies, who contested Edwards seat
saccessfally the perjured Clayton having certified
Edwards into the once against the testimony OF
party party in Congress set the almost
threw the carpet Dagger Edwards out This act OF
Congress had the effect OF statesmanship upon the
whole Congressional district and mch treatment
party respected, even In Arkansas. The people
went over 70 Dardanelle to get advice from Boles,
Quito DO them justice upon BodsOn and Hickox,
and commit theIntO Jail That weak old counterfeit
o. ss he would sec sooSs" % Like almost
Judge May was without backbone, and he could
not issue his bench warrant till be should hear
The people Of Pope, therefore, comiorted from the
outer world, felt all the dignity and assumed all the
satmorlsy o. Are reyontion @ They srGanized n, little
THY the mild name Of police iores A large part
Of 1t was mounted; the whole Of 1t was armed, and
part d the country. This iorcs WAS SEQ Commanded by
w. y. Young, commonly called Ben Young, and his
neutenants were Reese =. Hogan End John i Halle.
THR DOVER ARMY.
hereafter. He was tolerably thriving and had been
brown % SeaFd ss D man q more sso sssisy 1Ss BY
PIE sn 81 Hora sSsG 20
farmer, really hard nut, bold, desperate and vim
dicAve. He Is presumed to have been one Of the
sSn Has q wss the the store of w.
: 0snpsny ne vas not : Isissvs q @ the HaIss IS
name differently. He h sleIvief snd wears heavy
beard and has dark, expressive eyes. He has M.
Dover having some nun Sunor T and strong % Character
IN which the daredevil ID coaSptcu0us He belongs TO
Al On
the Peace, In cold blood and b tie most cewardiy
These fellows had about o hundred and fifty men
almost daily recruited from the surrounding coun-
House . barrack, and took the roads and eminences
in consideration strategcally. It Is wonderful what
any ne peope oy IN
matter. And,Dover, underits ewn militia, had q
government ten times more efrcactous than Hickox,
Pope county could maintain even under the color
and seal OF law. No better proof Is needed that
that government by inoculauon up by authorities
at distance possess no real lsrpower. Carpet
baggtng ie the last product OF the meddling theory
OF government, the last bastard OF federalism, and
1t is doomed in every state efshe South unless 1t
comes fraterpay and seeks 10 iearn as well as TO
teach.
Thus, In complete readiUess for tight, and
rather soliciting 1t, the young men and boys Of the
and Il Is Noticeable tnas ssy did ares. some OUT
laws and birds OF passage, ana in one case delivered
murderer, who had hidden among them, to the
When Governor Hadies came to Russell.
willie nearly two weeks after this little army was
drawn up IN tactical line Of battle, nearly every
man having fourteen shots upon him ready TO- tire.
nifty which had attacked Dodson's posse There
must have been in every mind there belief that
their citizens had been ioully assassinated. And
yet, could any jury outside Of Pope county have
convicted DodsOn OF this murterY
The emu Of % al the % SOLICITATION Of martial al law was
that IT was not allowed, and the county authori-
ties-Hickox, Dodson, Wiiliams and company-had
turn to Dover. They did SO in the last week o
August, after an expairation OF about five or six
and In Little Rock. At the latter place FRANK
Hckox got the bad opinion OF Governor Hadley, &c
u er Waace H
Wallace Hickox drew his pistol upon man and
showed that his old hard unyieiding disposition
The Dover army waa now nominally dsbaDded
and the young men lestered around the teopened
@ tered BY Hadiey's proclamation Ordering them S dc
SO under penalty of martial Law. Under the cover
Of this proclamation the officials rode into Dover
and the
PROCLAMATION
afiixed,to the brick Court House said this:-
The authority of civil officers must and shall be
The mere facts that ,nme Of em are sharged
bound over to answer such charges do not establish
their guilt nor do these facts under the law prevent
oe fSS before s the OF their
have no power sE authority to remove or suspend
These Officers. help it any than
fSs time hsweyer, lar distant when yoa
as Se y es
Two shers Of Pope county AMI one clerk have already
been made 90 advised, bring the mnraerers
in Pope county to prevent the your
ent county officers and look to to
upon you.
The list Of slain officers was speedily to mount to
six, and the minutes of Hickoxs life were counted
HICKOx AND DODSON AFRAID.
IIickox nrst stayed in Dover day and night
and then left town. Another time he and Dodson
slipped in together. The offices In the court house
were opened and a little business was transacted
by Hickox In his COOL straightforward, unsynpa-
thetic way. DOdson tried to speak TO few peo-
pie. INT lclt that the whole popuace hated him and
called him murderer, and Mrs. Orrell and Squire
Allan Brown, republican, and one or two others,
told Hickox lie was threatened every minute in the
day.
Hickox had never abandoned his old intention of
S9mpenS martial aw ana SStn tn danger ana ann
around him he could defy assassins ana accomplish
reelection. He hated Bishop and Hickerson and
otherwise, and his chaled spirit, irregular habits,
the exposure of the wild militia camps on the
Carbon Grow Mountain and on the Illinois Bayou,
and general wear and tear Of mind and body had
made him very SICK His temper was bad and
sill with nd0mitable will he persisted In packing
sentiment in favor Of martial law, although he
knew that the sentiment OF the State was against
him. and that half the newspapers o the Union
were calling him monster,
THE POLITICAL PARSoN.
He began by seeking to bring Parson Hickerson,
his deputy over to his opinion and asked him II he
thought II was safe TO stay in Dover.
Yes" said Hickerson; "they don't like you,
Wallace but think you are safe.n
~ don't believe it, said HckoX; there are
fifty men In town who would shoot me like dog.
They are Id incurabc set OF traitors and assas-
SINS II were you l wouldn't stay here They
hate you as badly as me, although they use you to
get intelligence. Don't you hazard your life among
them. That Court House Is not safe place for you
OF me, day or night.u
Hickex then said that he should want to remove
some papers to make a settlement with the State
Auditor. and then he Thought he shQulu close The