The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-22
Mr.. Redfield writes Another Interest
",nr latter about the Arkansas Mud

+ The morning breaks clear and beautliul
over Little Kock. All faces except the
Brooks faces) are wreathed in smiles, and the
sound of rejoicing is heard on every street.
For the first time in thirty days the citizens
90 out after breakfast without fear OF
being shot at the~next corner. The MIL
itary rigor so long enforced, is relaxed.
The Federals have left their guns and lolter
about without danger of being suddenly
bounced upon and destroyed by e'the,
sarmy." The artillery horses are unh'tclic"
from the cannon, are ut this wrlt'n9 pence-
fully standing against picket fence eatllls
hay. The Baxter men are scat.eteu ouS
from the lines, and taking breakfast III lhe
eatinr-houses on neutral ground. NO BROOKS
gang Turk around the corners ana PACK al
leys to shoot them as they come out. ne
Brooks men are also ont OF thelr ioltlns :.,.
lions eating in the same dininS-roo'hs WIZ
their late enemies, and no piston shots anu
call 70 arms and assassination IS the result.
It is morning of peace, and every one ieeis
relieved that the long agony Is over.
Men under flags oil truce are passing pach
and forth between the two headquarters
arranging the preliminaries preparatory 10
disbanding the two forces. Last nlght many
of the Brooks negroes, not having ciear
idea of what was 10 follow the sarIehuel'
silently stepped out OF the State-houSe en-
closure and stole away. The rest are ID COL,
siderable fear, but perhaps needlessIy So, as all
thp Baxter commandant5 from baxter GOWN
say there shall be no violence oHcrea oreAceSs
committed Still, feeling runs hlgh; ana II
some OF the negroes serving unoer oioohs
are picked off one at time hereafter, II
need occasion no surprise. Inc negroes
DOOR dupes, always suffer in affairs ike tniS,
no matter which side they are on. Inc
whites can take care of themselves. out the
blacks are not yet equal to that task 10 Ar
kansas. They were great fools for gong 10
the support Of either side, as no good could
come to them however the case might DE de-
cided, but they rushed into bolh NOUS, cut,
ting Il big swell with their horse'plst0is ana
dolIble-barreled sbot-guns, without having
any clear idea of wha'lthcy were lighting Tor
BANTER.
This afternoon went up to see Governor
Baxter. He was in file humor, and all his
friends likewise Governor" said major
general Il forget which oDe), "we must fire
That old gun off rs salute" "Ies," said
the Governor, Sin few days"
The GUN referred to is the famous eX-rebel
siyty-four FOUNDER that the Butterflies have
dug out of the mud and prepared for ser
vice. The old thing looks savage, and after
all the toll and trouble to dig it out of the
mud. the boys want to hear it ego OIL" at
least one time. My unscientiic opinion Is
that The monster will burst whenever they
attempt TO fire it. 1t is old and rusty, ana
about played out. 1t is question II posi-
ton behind it would not be as dangerous as
one in front when the match Is applied. L
don't want to be anywhere IN Little KOCH
when that salute Is fired.
In conversation Governor Baxter Informed
me that negotiations were gong on between
the Generals" as to the settlement OF pre-
liminaries. The Governors position is that
the Brooks forces should be first dlsbanded
and furnished with transportation TO their
homes, when the Legislature Will dlsDand
his (Baxter') army. He also assured me
that there should be no excess OH the part OF
his forces, no maltreatment and abuse OF the
yanuuished enemy, ii he could possibly pre-
vent it.
The Governor has been overwhelmed
with congratulations from abroad, and bou-
duets from the ladies Of Little Rock. His
quarters look like cross between an arsenal
and horticultural hot-bed.
BROOKS.
then went over to the other ca mp 10 see
Brother Brooks. found his men pretty
well demoralized, although the sentinels and
guards were Mt their posts in full force. The
Object is probably as much to keep their own
men in as the enemy out.
| was admitted to the presence Of the
thirty-day Governor. Sorrow and sadness,
if not anger, were depicted in every Inca
ment OF his care-worn face. 1t seemed As ii
three years had rolled over his head instead
of three DAYS since last saw him. Although
not party to this fight, having no predilec-
tions or prejudice one way or the other,
confess to being sorry for old man Brooks.
Before the decision l heard his friends re-
mark that should he lose the case it would
nearly kill him. The heart, mind, and soul
of the man were in the fight. Ne believes
he is right as firmly as mortal man ever be.
lieved in anything. a Baxter general tod
me this morning that it would be just like
the old man to resolve to make martyr of
himself-to be carried out dead rather Than
leave his cherished post alive.
asked Mr.. Brooks if he had any plan of
action marked out for the future. "We
don't know yet" he said, sorrowfully,
" what we will do. This proclamation OF
the President is an unspcakable surprise to
L
warming up and clevating his voice. that 1
don't believe it. If it is true, Grant has
done me the most rank injustice man ever
committed against another, and Republican
government has received the greatest blow
it ever felt since the foundation OF the
world! / tell you I am to-day the legal anu
constituted Governor Of Arkansas If am
to be oyerthroWn in this way, what of1cer
i safep was fairly and squarely elected.
Nobody, not even Baxter, disputes that.
can't believe that the President issued that
proclamation as we gel it. / haven't heard
a word from Washington myself. That
proclamation, if it is true, is the
greatest outrage on the face Of the
earth. No despotism the world ever saw
would do such thing. If our courts are
to be knocked in end this way BY proclama.
ton from Washington, what is to become of
our country? Where shall wefly for safety?
There must be some mistake about that
proclamation. can't believe it. The world
never heard of such thing. Look at it. He
calls us 'insurgents,' turbulent PERSONS
disturbers of the peace and commands US
to diSperse in ten days, just as if We were
gang of horse-thieves or cut-throats a.! 1t is
inhuman ; it Is monstrous. Here. I am sus-
tanned by the courts and the legal militia of
the State which have called to my protec-
ton against an armed mob. And, then, for
US to be ordered to disperse,' like gang of
horse-thieyes, it is the most atrocious thing
that the world ever Witnessed"
Talking thus, and marshaling the wrongs
Of his enemies and the President before him,
Us it were, Mr.. Brooks became very much
excited. His manner was nervous, emphatic,
vehement. He acted like an innocent per-