, 1872-10-15
ARKANSAS.
The Disturbance There--.A
Visit to Pope County.
Episodes of the Rey0lt--The CARPET
Bag and the Bowie-Knife.
Descriptions of the State
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From, Our O,e7a Correspondent.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, September, 1877.
You are aware that in Pope County, Ark sew
eral lives have been taken within the past three
months by the carpet-bag crew, and the rowing
demons Of this wild country
THE TRIP THERE.
In a visit to Arkansas, from which have lust
returned, I noted the disturbances in this coun-
IT, and took the list Of fatalities arising from the
unlaid ghost Of the war, during the career OF
the Military and Provisional Governments.
also sketchcd the personages who came to the
surface in Pope County. on the adoption Of the
Reconstruction Constitution Of 1868, and aecer-
tanned that they were in soluble quantities in q
wild, mountainous community; that, between
their cold, coarse: phlegmatic natures, their en-
trenched Kind Of politics, and tho spirit of an
arms-bearlng people, there must arise ilrconcila-
Bile hatred and probable bloodshed
Even admitting some native vices in the
people, formed the opinion-which adlere
to sti1l-that both the Northernized State Coy
ernment, and the genius of its plans of recon-
strucdon, were dishonest, unphilosophic, and
unrepublican.
WHAT IT SIGNIFIES.
You have not the space or patience to follow
The career Of the county officials amongst the
unwilling, but submissive, eight thousand IN
digenous people of Pope, through nearly the
whole four years Of those u1dnly long terms of
Office. For three years of that time, no violence
was offered and no force employed. The County
Clerk Hickox, by superior will and ability. had
become the head Of the party and the Chief OF
the county officers. His Sheriff, Dodson. the
Deputy Sheriff, Williams, and the Superinter-
dent Of Instructions, stualt, all men of some
physical and mental force.-drcw close together
and steadily further away from the people,
HaK-allen ut first, this county administration
sought to conciliate no enemies and make no
friends. It was without social influence; and
get 1t threatened to perpetuato it's rule for yet
tour years by audacity, and the tricks of the re-
g16try and the franchise; and, when rupture
occurred in its own ranks, it laid hopes Of con-
tinuance upon an appeal !.
MARITAL LAW.
Martial law in Arkansas, with C1aytons State
militia, means that the counties invaded foot the
bills of the war; that the househo1der's fields
and the merchants store give forage, and stock.
and coffee for the tender OF deprecated county
scrip; that blood flows; and that the party which
raised the militia force the election. He who
asks for martial law, therefore. becomes the in
7ader Of his neighborhood, and the common en-
emy. Meantime, the native vices OF the people
we're little restrained; life was cheap, and mur-
der went unpun1Hhed; and. finally, the County
Clerk and the Sheriffs Deputy claimed to have
been fired upon. At the last insolence, the four
rulers Of Pope County make an exhibition OF
their power. They gather q large posse, seize
four citizens on suspicion, hurry them toward
the boundary Of another county, and, when the
night overtakes the cava1cade, firing begins from
the woods, and but two Of the four prisoners live
to tell the tale, while none OF the official posse is
wounded At this startling tragedy, Pope County
rises in arms. The officials, terrified at the con-
sequences, fly to Little Rock, and appeal to the
Governor for military interference. Loose and
unauthorized bands Of motley Union militia ope-
rate in one region, and defiant and maudlin reb-
els guard the county-eeat.
- RIVAL APPEALS TO TIE GOVERNOR.
We may follow, in fancy, the flight of Hickox
By Captain Scott, merchant and good citizen
of Dover, and BY Pareon Nickerson.
OF course, Scott and Hickox were waylaid by
the Brindle editors first, and the Democratic ed
itors considerably later; and Mr.. Hickox, look
ing like sorre1 buffalo, severe and grim, proba-
bly, dropped in at fuckers Bank, at Little Rock,
and drew some of his savings.
Then they took their way to the State House.
aaae5s TIE S1ATE ,,on aoosb E,ne ;,,s+ ahouo
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n @ n.aossiniI3oa e1 i3 70 ILLS nocAa nanu.
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1ng 81 naEMness E1L oI onooay; y,
ins state House & Is classlca nn1ldlns, com
posed OF centte, wien coiunns ana curtains on
DON slaes, conhecilng WIN "lnss. II Is Ioomy
ana sumclent 1or tne etaIe purposes, altAough
o. 6allt e. 81 tne or1g1n OF tne otate government
Inc osate on1clals say t1at II Is no1 What ls re-
qn1fed, ana that Eometnlng new muss ne put
up; put thought tnat they had better complete
a otate be1ore 1ney maze anotnef otate douse.
iaeI aLtenpts u tne former uHect1o4 uhee peen
very unsuccessful up 20 ts 1me ana sa5 re con- con-
mencement = OF q new oteto aoase "oono pioo-
ably H. marx as thg beginning o. @ zoo: hotox :.
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