The New York herald., 1872-10-08


esi Quick V as the s" news could 60 around think
se s9e e few e te% that
ment.n HAa IN f Qtt
INTERVIEW WITH NAT HILL, BOURBON.
Nat Hin is the familiar abbrcviation OF broad
headed, capacious-brained, febrile, 1.-THE man, all
nervousness ana memory, who undertook 70 repre-,
was arrested there on the charge OF beguiiing
Louisville patent medicine vender out OF some
medicines which he took tnpay for advertising the
s paper e expired % during Tie arransements the medi-
cines were .commutedn with Little Rock sta
wSie at Iouisve IN the interests Of his country
and Senator Morton. He Ia now engaged In making
the papers take backwater He appeared to be Q
temperament and copious In good information.
"Mr. Hr,n said I, 'what are the prospects for
turning the Cayton-Hadcy party out Of ofice this
'Well. SIR the brindie coalition IL OF no good to
the demScratS mo, party ana stEa,ghtoIt demo; emo
OF 1t viii beat both Baxter and Brooks. You see
there are Y, 600 white voters actually IN Arkan-
franchised voters or the whites 10000 are repub-
party IN Arkansas s made up Of $4,000 blacks and
whites and 800 blacks. They give US, therefore,
only 5000 help on our State ticket. and lose US
for Joe Brooks that's the long and short Of it. Most
OF them will vote for Greeley .t.e..
np who are % the negro Leaders eS ~ . .,o
s die and W. 4; Gray Of Phillips county, the chief
yon thtnI y nossn,e for either m,nsfre,s .,
brtndles to hold the state very l0ngf" ls
Neither can DO so. They are nearly equally cor
rupt and % they have made little or no impression
ded with the State BY property and marriage; sew
eral OF them are men OF audacity and fearessness.
They are In no danger here, but DO not believe
"You used the name Of Kansas Ring Mr.. Hill.
Who make up the Kansas Ring ~ -.,i-aea
NJ uutn mn nnvyo
and sarber. They have created several new cOun-
ties here and named one after this Sarber, abso-
intely carpetbagging their names into our geog-
.wH0 Is BOWEN ~ =. ~
"Bowen is Clayton's choice for his colleague in
the United States Senate to succeed Rice. He pro-
fesses to be neutral between Bowen and Hadley,
but Bowen is the man. Bowen is the ringleader IN
was the minstrel party's best hold.'A 1 ~
How much did they get ~ $3.50. 80. s..i Z
90, About ,D $500 COO They goebled up the state aid
after the first subsidy was paid and reayine them
In another place to get more. Bowen and James
question forks from Chicot CITY, on the Mississippi,
to % Pine Bluff and Little Rock and to Camden and
'Are several Of those carpet-bag magnates inter-
married In the State ~ 80 80 ..Er
"Yes. Clayton married at Helena, Bowen at Van
tation on the Arkansas River through his wife,"
rs Clayton rich ~ 3 s1l oelt fN
"No. lie is relatively poor He has careless nab-
and drinks ar all night; never gets drunk, but has
"who Io are airsi the richest Fellows in the crovdw
''Well, J. L. Hodges (brindle) and Bowen minstrel
Bowen Is worth about 5000 600. Hodges came here
from the North, took q PenitentIary contract or
rather leased the Penitentiary flched his bond
from the Secretary Of States office and then vio-
lated his contract with impunity. He is the most
ment on Rogue Hill, and was leading character
In the Fulton and Cairo STEAL"
"HOw about that?"
wa tha axoct ~ on In <bo cta
because II Is to be the great road OF the State and
win be opened from Little Rock TO st. Louis before
its land grant in the the senate While - meantime his
brother Milton Rice, kicked out Bramin President,
and then the Confederates swindled Governor Had
charter to Allen and Marquand the former OF ST.
Louis, the latter o. New York, for s75O,oOO."
'What was the dvisionfn
"The three Rces-Ben. Milt and A. G.-got
$45 900 apiece; Aeck Mcdonald, S46 600; Generals r.
F. Catherson, sl2.too; James Coates, $1,000; J. L.
Brooks $22, 500; Mason Bramin, $4,000; George r.
Wickes, $4,000 Logan II. Roots, $4,000; Judge
Wnyt4Ss 9 sl2oo 81, Then $4,000 were assessed
Clayton with. Part OF that money was used to pay
witnesses in the struggle against Clayton last Win
Mcdonald money to beat his own faction wlth.n '0~
Then, Mr.. Hill, i am to understand that the
brindles got the richest single steal in the state
them The Fort Fort smith and Little Rock IG Railroad d
81 sies sso pg 1H Maor hs s ss
even thing between Brindle and Minstrel
What was the Holiord stealr'
appss Ss The sSS s as s5 6 q. Ess Estate re-
Bank, Of Little Rock, in the year 1885, The Real
Estate Bank lent money to planters and took mort
cages OF their lands The state gave the bank
agent Of the State hypothecated those bonds with
Corcoron and Riggs, Of Washington city, for
curty to Holford 4 Co., English bankers. Interest
failed to be paid upon them for thirtyfour years.
dexterous speculator named Deckle OF New
in little Rock, went to England and bought the
bonds for $4,000 and half interest. Then he made
Ins % %eas ne We Of se e
and a 40 per s cent back assfssi Interest paSsla Deneeia
meantime the land mortgages were all
released by the state tate. reissuing the bonds Joe
put s s 51e
"What is the best Office in the State, Mr.. HiilY,
''sheriT Of Pulaski Little Rock county; it is
who will be reelected. He Is minstrel and o
plnS%kSy, !% Il PSpslar, onnosss Sims' Si1ass man."
'Catherson, the present Mayor, a brindle and
damned scoundrel. He was elected, but he has run
down his party here. He had personal difficulty
Win me and tried to XIII me S with mta nil iran 90
bodies in Woodruff county. At Memphis saw Cor
dilemma. Said he Mr.. Hill, that is not possible.
The sentiment OF the United States will swallow up
the ruhIans il what you say be true.' Ah, General'
i replied, you are poweress as am. Suppose we
resisted those assassns and you were ordered with
your regiment TO move upon us, what would you do
with us whom you might capture should
have TO deliver you over to the civil authorities
OF Arkansas, suppose said Granger. Certainly,
and that would be Catherson, who would assas-
snate menu
"In conclusion,n said Mr.. Hill, 1.-THE war in Pope
county Is the effect OF feud between two factions,
the one abetted by the county officers, the
other by the brindle-ta republicans. II is
bloody and terrible, and we are likely to have more
OF 1t so long as we are ruled by rapacous and un-
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