The Van Buren press., 1875-03-02
A GRAND EXODUS.
The Carpet Bag Ring of Arkansas Pre-
pairing to Move IN Body.
lSt. I.ouss Disgatch !

lSt. Louss Disgateh.l
Hon. Thos NJ. Bowen, formerly terri
torial governor of Idaho, but more re
Gently an asprant for the United Statc'
senate from Arkansas, arrived in the city
from Washington Yesterday. and ha'
rooms ut The Southern. Mr.. Bowen, al
though he was not present, and took n'
active part in the late iiasco in that state
between the contesting governors, wa.
always looked upon rs IN sympathy wit!
Parson Brooks, and a member of thi
Clayton Mcclure combination, and i:
supposed, and doubtless With good rea
son, to have supplied much Of the brain;
to forward their schemes.
In the senatorial election of 1873, he
was defeated by the money Of A. w
Dorsey, present senator, but has always
been looked up to as one of the sachems
of the combination, aad the peer of Nc
Clure and Clayton, although, it is in jus
tice stated, that higher sense of man
hood prevented him from being one OF
the active participants in the abor,ive at
tempt of the radicals /. to unseat Bax.el
and hold the state.
THE HUNGRY HORDE
of radical politicians from Arkansas
which is now in Washington. and which
numbers about one hundred m Of dcs
perate political, as well as pecuniarv for.
tunes, whose sole occupation in the dcs
pcrate straits to which their uncontrolla
ble cupdity has reduced them, is tc
haunt the corridors and lobbies Of the
national capitol aud shadow any repubi
can member of congress, who they may
have reason to believe is friendly t. their
projects With these men, now in Wash
ingtOn, it is. as it were, hoping against
hope Ruined and shattered in fortune,
politically damned by the majority of the
nation, socially ostraciscd where they are
best known, they present
THE MOST PITIABLE SIGHT
to he met with in or around Washington
to day. Senator Clayton, whose record
in Arkansas since the dark days Of 1868,
when his hired .minionS and negro mill
tiamcn butchcrcd some Of the best white
men in the state, is nothing more than q
sCkening series Of maladmiuistration,
usurpation of Office, prescription and
confiscatiou, sees, with haggard looks,
the time ia,t approaching when he must
step down and out, grasps at the taintest
OF hopes to prop up the crumhlng plat.
form beneath his feet, but all in vain
His own political friends have given him
to understand that his days are numbered
and it is with the ghastliness Of despair
he sees the hand writing on the wall,
SENATOR DORSEY,
who delights in being the youngest mem.
Der of the senate, is simply a gonentty
Foisted in his present position through
the influence Of the railroad ring of Ar
kansas, and the lavish expenditure OF
bonds illegally voted by amerceuary leg
islaturc to projected roads. he has beer
ever the tool Of his master in intelIcc,
and diplomacy, Clay ton, and is of bu'
little use either "a his friends or his par
~ lu his laurel days his magnificent,
furnished house in Washington was tn,
rendezvous for the ring The late turl
in Arkansas affairs has ohscd the doors
of his palatial matte still we'd the mol
must look clscw .ppcrs ano
! sumptuous repaln a sirss1.-e pl5
,rntried to find
whom Clayton madt5' Il, III - Sros r,o,ss,icc as re
ward for his fealty, and 10 is the hcac
and front of this offending" stalk:
gloomilv around Washington, stroke
his flowing beard, reaching nearly to hii
waist, smokes contcmplatively his cigar
and appears Ike a modern Caus Marius
gazing sadly upon the ruin and desoa
ton by which he is surrounded; ruiz
brought on by his own ruthless hand an,
lust for power lie who might have
been the noblcst Roman Of them all, i,
10y far the sadaest. Maddened and dis
appointed at seeing his deep laid plans
crumbie to the dust, rendered desperate
at the lost Of fortune and reputation, h,
has become silent, sad and morose, anC
looks like man that was thorough,
Disguised with his own course and tina
of his party. He is no longer the liol
he was when he bearded Attorney. Gen
eral Williams in his den and endeavoret
to dictate course of policy to the presi
dent. He is another one whose abscnc,
will soon be known in Washington.
W OLIVER,
ex sheriff of Little Rock, is another o
the greater lights who fit around Wash
ington. His day is over, and he may b,
put down among the refugees. Yonley
eX attorney general, has gone back to hi
state to make preparations to leave, so i
is understood.
The hundred other lesser lights wht
are now there are in no better condition
How most of them exist is q mystery Il,
it is well known that they have no means
A few days ago caucus Of these mel
all hope for restoration Of
THEIR DETEsrED RULE
in Arkansas had fed, that republican
members Of both houses had given then
to understand that nothing enuld .bc.don'
for them in that state. itis said thatth'
president has intimated his willingness tt
bolster up their sinking fortunes if the,
go west, but not in Arkansas. That wa,
out of the question. A second edition
Of Louisiana would not do. The CREATE
portion of them have made up thcil
minds to follow Horace Greeey's advice
1t is understood that many Of them viii
emigrate to New Mexico, where the,
hope in the course of years to rcsurrec
thelr fallen nowpr Rut tho most or thc,r