, 1874-05-29
From Our O,en Correspondent.

and ambitious there.
Az to Butlor .he has fully recovered from lats 4
H}nuning illness, and will stand for Governor at
WGoestor no1t year, with advanced prospects Of
th' nomination. His friends claim TINT tho gen.
cM domoralization Of the country has raised
hm to the position Of man no worso, and only
nore cursed, than the rost-
Grant 10 still
TIE POLITICAL SPHINX.
Ho appears 1t this moment to be cultivatng re-
lationB with the Confederate elemontB, aB Kom-
por, Smith, Gordon, Moaby, md Ba1ter; and to
have revoked on Clayton, Davis, OF Texas, Moses,
of South Carolina, and such other violont nd
venturers. Il looks to mo as II tho State hu-
thonIos In tho late Confedoracy wero prepared
alrendy to abandon the Democratic party, having
lonrnod mora than4h Northern Democrats, ua
In Connecticut, who Bond such seedlings Of CAL
houn es Eaton to the seuato Of tho United
States. There ia no agreemont amongst tho
Democratic leaders, and I have hoard Allen
Thurman bitterly denounced by Democratic
congressman from his own State az migrate, SOL
Ash, aud running mere family y-machino ut tho
expcnso Of tho party. Hendricks is afraid to
speak out on the currency question, though
oggod on by Morton's organs to do 1t; md tho
old contest between Pcndloton and Hendricks
sticks yet. Beck, Of Kentucky. will 60 out OF
Congress- uo1t yoar Of his own volition, and Fer
nando Wood by compulsion. Tho Democrats
who keep the highest rank are more NAo Nib
lack, o usoful and old Congressman, but without
National reputation. Nesmith, OF Oregon, has
ruined himself this winter, socially and political
", by mean attaoks on Mrs. Williams lonk after
she Ind retired. and because she would not abot
private schomo Of his own. Besides, he WAS
caught ohcating Of tho gambllng-tab1s, and has
lost tho fellowship even OF his peers. What
outlook ia thcro for tho Democratic party!
THERE IL NONE.
If tho no1t Congress should bo Opposition, it
will not be Democratic If it is Democratic, it
will overthrow that party. by its perversity.
Independent movements, or IL tho Republican
party, lie tho candidate and tho control OF tho
country succeeding tho Centennial year. Tho
currency debate can be made the instrumentality
to nssinlilato and reviyo the Union again, il tho
resentful In1ationista will koop on with thoir
work and autagonize tho President on such OK
cessos Of carpot-bagging as we have seen IN Ar
kansas, South Carolina, and Texas. This seems
to be the disposition seward Arkansas, State
whereof l know by inquiry, visit aud long In
Guest, and Which has boon, undnr Clayton, Nc
Qlure at al., o Paraguay with confusion nddod.
DORSEY.
The person thought host to send to the Senate
nv tie CLAYTON faction to sit beside the rcdoubt-
ablo illibustoro himself, will shortly appear on
tic platform for resignation or expulsion, unless
tho fucts arc awry. Albert Tike, counael for
GOV. Baxter at Washington, has checks used cor,
prtyate transactions aro shown to be no loss dis
houornhle To DO explicit:
Dorsey was a sllrowd, unscrupulous. incon-
siderable money y-n,nker nro,1nd bandusky, u,
oberlin, took control Of q tool~companys shops,
aud was generally unpopular and mistruBtod
until James E. drogg, rai1road-nsn OF Sun
dusky, who had obtained solnc profitable con-
Al. H.. H. nofr fe7fr h{yy,
to tho State Of Arkansas, fow months prior to
his election to tho United States sonate:.
Gregg required cool manipulation, and anoryy
ludociouH figure head, like Dorsey, to manipu-
islaturo and State Government and bo faithful
to himself; for Gregg took the subordinate ofico
Of superintendent, while 8. ". Dorsey w1s IT,
boled preaidont. The Arkansas Central Rail-
distance Of 100 miles, s,ieet gauge -, g. 600 900
capital-stook, and 3 subsidy Of $4,000 . mile:
besidos $5O0,000 in loyoe-bonds, and 200 COO
] aereB Of land. This subsidy, ,negotla-
bio in tho East or Europe, would hayo
been worth tho full capital-stock. Dorney, how
over, proceedcd to manipulate tho road out Of the
hands OF Gregg, to whom he owes at this time
$4,000, and to realize Oh tho bonded subsidy
wherever he could. Ho went to Europe, and be-
leyed that ha had sold s450,o0o In bonds, but
Elisha .Da1tor. tho present Governor Of the
State, being consulted on the subject by tho
British Consul at Now Orleans, replied that tue
bonds were worthlesH rs the State waa bankrupt,
and that Dorsey was . man wholly destitute OF
honor or responsibility. This ho repeated but
yesterday in > tolegraphlo dispatch which hayo
lend and further said that Dorsey had deposit
ed $500, GOO Of these honda in atoldarus bank &t
Little Rock, to bribo tho Legislature.
DORSEY GAME TO THE SENATE
of tho United Btatos by virtue Of this railroad
whose bonds ho had gobbled up, and tor no 9TH
Or rcason under tho sun. He Is dark, swarthy,
s1 nbs an sdH saa 70 sss'a e. dy III
years Of ago, though he is hsayy aud laEge:
Here Gfogg, through Con. Halbert Pslne, Of
Wisconsin, attorney, instituted quit against
Dorsey for ting money dno BIN. an onN mor.
, that even bis furniture was mortgaged. Ho said
,he would get $500 from jerome p Ohenee. tht
'Dolegatc from Colorado; md he did send Gregg
0haffee. Why was Il eiven3 Perhaps chaffet
paid his poker due-bllls more promptly thar
Dorsey, whose deferred coupons are az common
In this city AZ hia 1ailroad-bonta in Arkansas
Perhaps Dozaey had work to do in obat1oe's in
te1oas at some future desperate instant.
However, Mr. Dorsey bought s30, 600 house
erected 4 stable, kept faHt teams and pairs o
horses; threw open his mansion, anl bought from
Do Graft = Taylor, Of New York City, quantt,
ct elegant furniture. giving therefor . draft OF
Europe. Tho draft waa forwarded through Mr.
Do Crafts bank, and 1t came back proteHted
Tho furnlture-lnen reHortod to an execution
but tho laws Of Washington City arc in tho i'll
tereats of Congressman, and make this place ,
sanctuary for all such and, at the last ACCOUNT
DoGraff was merely denouncing Dorsey as IN in
tomous ccouutireI.
THE FOLLOWING LETTEb
explains tho transaction;
NdwER1 NATIONAL BANx,>
NH4 Yonx, May ~, 1B74
-, RaQ.-DKAn 9ln, Your received IN
contbhts noted. In sntwpr, would say may Inv
stated that o. W. Dorsey WIZ dHhonoraLlo man. /
did 30 state believed II to ba true, However, ths
e matter on.ircy bekHesn Hlr. Dorsey anl myself
will state herein businoss transaction bstwee
Mr Dorsey snd shs Arm nf De- urat 4 Taylor {
which AMI the Bonior partner.
gotuo four month"; since, Atr. Dotaey purchase
ftnn p o1AH TR5'oT HauAs ~ tes smount Of ~ 10
lH Va3aA h wa n ~ aaa'talza esas, apa w bA