The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1872, Page 7

y “AREANSAS’ ILIAD. rap ede aes two WHW YORK ‘Henkup, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1872-QUADRUPLE SHEBT. friends?’ Recapitulation of the History Pettey ae adel eatjcts for F decison. Nothing “of the Disorders. WALKS THROUGH THE BLOODY: CHASM. Pen. Pictures of a Free State Made Mad. TALKS WITH STATE OFFICIALS. Demoralization and Ruin Follow ‘neo CH SHOOTING AND T00 LITTLE WORK. ‘ Lire Roox, Sept. 25, 1872, qui) T®_ reports eretofore given of affairs in Pope (eoumty, Arkansas, have been necessarily cut down fm order to accommodate matters more pertinent ‘“@@'@he great political campsign. To close up the _gabject, however, without giving the opinions of feading men of the State upen.the wild and barbaric oo | phenomenon would be premature. The fol- Tucker and Hale, accused of way- murdered by the Sherif and under arre visits the .. Barly month pencea) 4. ernor’s env reports agai law, after making atour of Pope nguist, 1872, In the latter part of this month ageisi occupy thele omees in Dover use. ‘the County Clerk, Hickox, shot he ets of Dover. between armed 1679; ry Mt Contests ‘and thlitia, "The General ‘of the militia ‘Dover-to prevent civit-war. Ina rencontre hostile parties Deputy Sheriff Williams “between FeebMeay markedly wounde » captured by the Buch is the’ stateof Pope county at present. “Beven Oficiais have been shot there since the close ofthe war and about.twenty assassinations ac- complished, THE. GOVERNOW’S OPINION. | Governor Hadley thinks'that Pope county is the » abode of lawless young men, chiefly relics of the. © Mate:rebe) army, and that they are the sole disturb- ‘$Mg clement. ‘He says Hickox was a good oMicer and Dodson .is a faithful Sheriff. 11e has no doubt but ‘that Dodson’s posse was fired on and the prisoners “Billed in the confusion and darkness, OHIZF JUSTICE M’CLURE. The Ohief Justiceof Arkansas says that the re- ,Mellious connty ought to be overrun with fire and * gword. He does not think Governor Hadley pro- _-@eeded with sumMcient decision, and thinks General Bishop, when he reported against martial law in Pope, erred on the side of good nature, SENATOR POWELL CLAYTON. The Senate at one time expressed the doubt. that Deputy Sheriff Williams had been firea at, gud thought three bullet holes and no blood on his garments was “too thin.” Hesays he is no gdvocate of martial law and has not influenced the Governor in the premises. SENATOR B. F. RICE, ‘This Senator, the head of the Clayton Brindle- Tail party, says that Governor Hadley set up the job of arresting and murdering people of Pope county in order to compel resistance, invade the county and intimidate registration. He says the people of Pope are as good as any in the State and that Hickox was aramMan and Dodson a guerilla. ole says, furthermore, that Hadley could not raise ®@ regiment in the State to make war on Pope e@ounty. My next conversation was with General Bishop, ‘who has made the tour of the whole of Pope county as the government envoy. TALK WITH GENERAL ALBERT W. BISHOP. Among the officials of Arkansas there is none so generally popular and respected as the federal Register in Bankruptcy, General Bishop. He is a fay Of Erie gounty, New York, and is known the city of Buffalo. He was Lieutenant Colonei of the First Arkansas cavalry, raised in the north- ‘western part of the State, and succeeded to this rank after service as an officer in the artillery and cavalry of the East. The Murphy State govern- ment, which was native and benignant, and headed Ai in" jee by a fine old mountain Unionist of Madi- son county, made Colonel Bishop Adjutant General of the State, and his report upon the Arkansas military contribution to the Union service being refused admission to the printing records by the rebel Legislature of 1866, it was printed by the United States, and exists as one of She few pee Introductions to the future litera- tare of Arl angas, In this work appears the follow- ing record :— Elisha W. Dodson, Captain of Company A, Third Arkansas Cavairy Volunteers; appointed from prj- vate to tah cuvengnt October 13, 1863; made captain of samé dimpany, with rank from Novem: ber 29, 1963; dismissed Febraary 13, 1394,» ~ ‘This is the notorious Shorif Dudson, the alleged aasassin of Tucker and. Hale in Pope county, General Bishop was sent to Pope by Governor Hadley directly after tne deaths of Hale and Tucker, and as a Commissioner of Peace he was ob. jected to by Clerk of the County Hickox, whose name had appeared in his report, thus:— Wallace H. Hickox, second lieutenant of Com- pany Fourth Arkansas cavalry volunteers. Ap- SS from quartermaster’s sergeant of Fifteenth Hinois cavalry, vice Lieutenant Andrews, promoted. Mustered out at Little Rock, October 5, 1464, General Bishop, being a man of unusually good address, warded off hostilities in Pope county by his pacificatory and diplomatic address, and haa nearly Made the truce secure but for the murder of Hickox by the wild young villagers of Dover. He is a man of forty years of age, and was the natural choice of the republicans for Governor, “General,” said |, ‘I wish to know if Hickerson’s story is true, that Hickox desired to bar the Court House at Dover to you when you were to address the exasperated villagers there?’ “J suppose that is so. Hickox desired to have Martial law. He had no faith in the security of the €ivil oficers in Pope county.” “Why dia you report to the contrary?’ “J had no reason to do otherwise. The Governor sent me to that district as a commissioner of peace and to discover the actual state of feeling. I was bound to believe the testimony presented to me, and that was demonstratively for peace, I put the question in Dover Court House as to whether Dodson and the county officials could come back there and administer their offices, and there seemed to be a perfectly unanimous ‘Yes.’ “Did any person object “Well, curiously enough, John F. Haile rose up and asked respeccfully that [ put the negative, and to the negative noboay said a word.” “This was the Haile who assassinated 'Squire Brown ?”’ “The same. He had a good address and apparent education, The same was the case with Reese Hogan.” “What did you infer of Dodson and Hickox from their appearance ‘” “Hickox was a man of pronounced ability within the limits of his experience and occupation; a good and faithful Clerk, a man Of reticence and nat- Gral control over others, and brave and discreet. he lackea anywhere it was in the social clement. been shot at, and held that the civil law could not made —_opera- tive in that county. It is @ subject Of some melancholy to me that he said, while I was fa the county, “Those fellows will kill me!’ J thought differently, and his premonitions came true, Dodson is a man of the border stamp: affable enough for one of that type, and intelligent in a lesser Gaares, He relied upon Hickox, and it was somewhat touching that the strong will and the master spirit leaned in the instant of death upon the breast of his #sabordipate, covered Dodsoy's ric et. : conaty mide of July, achis te, although fe fe strange that de should through his hat and sleeve, dala id sleeve, Weare eae ae tal x: se tobe s next to the de: qr sete the point of the late jague; the courts there will seek to sift it. “advise you,” said General Bishop, “to hear ali conclude for yor you things yareels. may be able to assist us to a conclusion.” bint, WITH otc vm oF ogi OF ARKANSAS, @ conve! at the of of the Secretar, of State with the eee who had very nearly to the Senate, {mean James. Je rhe of Hi ts a jo! D. ant ville, Madison county. He was a Unionist at the of the war and went promptly into the ral service as fleld officer ‘ofa regiment. He mout the State, bur for bau the di ving 01 Cy rr Login a sympathixing rein She ‘plans of company, it) was de d to him ‘take the succession, he was Lieutenant Governor and had command the fortunes of the State, ..Clayton, therelore, re fused to accept his seat inthe Senate until terms ina@ doen with Oponss, Johngon,.. After & ES al Of managing the cient ‘Lieutenant Governorship into the vacant Sec- retary of State's office, and Hadley was elected Fcbsaoa cen Governor by the Senate took Olay- This matter has done Colonel Johnson injury, a8 is acceptance of the minor honor Jed to the that money had been. used, _ Such ia not my opin- fe - has. inferior eH fr a ie i man, Pia element, but. many spects is @ more inte! nt Cy honest man, Boat obtained from hima yet severe account ot habite of the people of the Pope county re- To look Mr, Johnson is Sait nan and with a cles whitish gray eye, like a. Ry one. lowish brown beard and lack, Southern hair. He.is a little skittish at-first, but is agreeably communicative after a short time, and is one of the best types that.] found in Arkansas of what should be the representative Stav “Have you formed ant: Fespo! of the precise: Hira right and ke Wi to that county he i ey and come from. home in Maison Court ye live within thirty Tahtes of the battle id. of Pea » and the, roads to Little Rock come down through Dover or Russellville, just as I choose to take them, en of THE HABIT OF BE. ‘which is universal in that tion to. t for all arms on ordinary prove gree for the ‘thin Some time ago Il remember my Hea ae reget Ce the firing of al une, rides place across the street where li quired alters time what all it shooting. was about ana fo! that the young men, were, fring ins off under the bellies and over the heads of nee opps: inorder to) accustom .them to . ey _ were Poo the horses to that way du a explosion of arma, andy as @ time, of | p Everybody throug! Pope and the adjoining counties carries ww: andthere 1s an paw sition to bring cases to trial when men are killed in Tencounters; and in too many cases, I fear, the authorities themselves grow intimidated: and’ dis- miss aman for homicide upon very shallow testi- mony as to cause or alibi, or some such defence.” “Mr. Dy however,” said the corresponden| “the Sheriff of the county, seems to be a man jus' luke the reat, and to have been @ Confederate de- serter and a federal rahger?”? “I believe Dodson did desert right here at Little ck, and they tell hard things upon him. He is not @ ver propossossing man in appearance. You would take him to be a good type of the Western brigand. | He 1s over the medium size, athletic, with heavy jaws, bro: chin and broad, expending head, with ious ears and ® very lange eye and gray mustache, _He looks down and not always straight at you. He ts sai: however, to have been a good officer, resolute ant efficient until this late assassination.” “Is it possible that he could have assassinated these prisoners ?”’ “I do not know what to think on that head. The people there seem to be fully persuaded that the men were shot by the posse, while on the other hand Dodson and Hickox swear tothe firing from the roadside, aud I can hardly conceive why they should want to kill people of the country, while they, as officers, would still be at the peril of living among them.”? “Might they not have shot the prisoners to spread consternation, several of the county officers having been killed and fired upon during their time?” “All that,” said Mr. Johnson, “is a matter of mystery. Politics have got into the thing and there is nd effort to implicate the whole State govern- ment. “Mr, Hickox did want martial law and labored to get it. Both he and Dodson, as I understand, came to our State convention to work against Psat Hadley for not consenting to grant it. 10 not well see how, by murdering prisoners, they could have got martial law to work tn tneir interest; but aman like Dodson isco have shot prisoners for attempting to escape. It 1s a maddie all round. In these exciting times of the Presidential year the fruth cannot Probably be discovered,’? TAre hot pea Be thd oa rte Of insulte and to ily to ING ARMS mn; and the ‘oye lon count in some ‘which you. will find. stopping at Dover, on I was much annoyed revolvers at & jor wag sold. I he Sion F ’ PEOPLE IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS, or Boston Mountains, as they are called, rougher than any other parts of the State f” “The habit of carrying arms is not confined to any portion of Arkansas, and I may say that there is too much shooting in every part of the State, There is a broken line of communication between that Pope county region and Texas back by way of the hills, and I have understood that some of the Ku Klux who were frightened out of North Caro- lina by the vigorous measures of the government about one year ago came overiand through East Tennessee and out to our country to settle in Texas. These may have mixed with the Pope county people and done some of the shooting in that region, being insubordinate and fugitives and having no interests in the country.”” “The Pope county bouts are good horsemen and hunters, It is a sad thing for the respectable peo- ple in their fountry to see the sfeaclaion things aré bringihg upon — them, ol cares to go into that county and liye now, and, besides being unfortunate in itd finances, it will be burdened yi th the expense of he militia, nteriatfi the opinion,” said Mr. folnsdn, “thet the citizens will find it best to let the law take its Course, and that these young fel- lows accused of tue murder of Hickox and Blown Will not give tiemselves up, but in extremity will Jeave the country and go to Texas, Dodson's term soon expires as: Sheriif, and he will probably feel the hopelessness of making arrests or seeking to continue in office during the excitement in that re- gion. Young Williams is a different sort of boy. He is he youch to look at, but he has that native mountain grit, and I do not understand that there is much feeling against him. “After a while,” said Mr. Johnson, cheerfully, “fhe Fort Smitn Railroad will have extended through that country, and we look to the railroad system of Arkansas to make us more homogeneous and destroy some of the provincial habits which have grown upin a@ country which has hitherto been almost solitary in the Union as without com- munications. It looks Giscoursaing. to a stranger, I suppose, to go through our State, but we who live here see some changes for the better. At Fayette- ville, in the next county to my Own, we have es- tablished an Industrial University, with a normal department, and it has pupils already from many parts of tho State—among others, from Pope county. It is endowed witha land grant by Con- er of 150,000 acres, and the Legisiature has given t $50,000. Washington county, besides, has pro- posed to give it $30,000, Such institutions will, in time, have thelr effect upon general morais.”” TALK WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE STATE MILITIA, T held a very interesting interview with the dis- tinguished commander of the militia of Arkansas, General D. P. Upham. He is a black-vearded, gray-eyed, discreet and firm-looking man, of the nature and address to in- spire both respect and apprehension. He 1s about forty years of age, and, under the conditions of gov- ernment in Arkansas, is pronent one of the most necessary men that could have been found to in- spire awe and execute stringent orders. In 1868 there was an outbreak in Northeastern Arkansas, about the time that Cullen Baker and other desperadoes required the attention of Gen- eral Robert F, Catterson, on the Red River border. Upham brought his part of the country to terms in a very short period, although he had only about three hundred men. During that year there were four columns of militia put to vigorous use in various parts of Arkansas, Upham and Cat- terson commanding in the northeast and south, General 8. U. Mallory in the southeast, and others in Phillips county. Among these disorders were some in Conway county, between Little Rock and Pope, and at that time the Governor reported that nobody dared testity in the premises for fear of being shot. Upham uniformly seized the ammuni- tion at the country stores, and in the villages took quartermaster’s stores and clothing accomlin, the needs of his troops, and his bold and confident bearing and quick shriit with Ku Kiux accom. plished all the purposes of pacification, although the opposition papers Spatge that some of his men committed atrocious murders, The General took host 8 when he got in (ight places, and made the most influential citizens. feel that they and their estates would be a8 prompt to suffer as the poorest negro in the county. Duri ng 1868 the Clayton gov- ernment put quite an arm; ito the fleld, and since that time there has been little molestation on auy comprehensive scale. After Catterson and Upham made their campaigns @ vote of thanks was sub- mitted in the House of Representatives, and the debate upon this measure makes a pamphict, in the course of which Catterson described some of the atrocities he had to redress, and called nese ody u the representatives of the counties where he had been in service to deny any fact which be gave. It is remarkanle raised by him. beat no L_4 heard bsg id was be Ase oo t strangely enough happens present tung these bWo Gintingubed Multia gaptalng have gone off on te sides. Catterson was turned Out of his and tie # and Rice lidate _ fo) Is hb See eee PROS? BOTS FOR “General Upham,” i dent, mee ee the plane ar peace 1 Pope county “Ht wit ire the presence of Megat Site sort until ‘istmas certainly, probably through the Winter. 1 have about forty men with me, whom I took up from Little Rony and we stand between the contending nds of Dodson and the Dover fey aa? hay ait ea See. "Pan yo met other. I won’t ie Enh crowa come oa hapten and meantine the Dover people their young people shal xeep offin another direction. We have not martial from readyag the papers Out | am opdarca there oy ut I am order ere Governor Hedley foassist the Sheriff in executing civil and criminal law. Dodson is attempting ‘rest nobody, and the warrants which he hel the murderers of Hickox are in my hands.” “Do you-find the Pope cosnae shooting people to worse or better than in other portions of the 81 ‘where you have had previous service?" “There is very, little difference, Up in that coun- ‘try a series of snoormas on from year to * ave been so from time immemo' Scott, at Dover, admit hat there been twenty men killed Pope county since the war, and yet not one has been hung er-paid a dno norbeen sent to the Peniten- tiary. Occasionally two or three fellows will way: Jay &® man right in and sheot him down, and sien 'e themselves up, swear that they were in fear and be |. Some individuals there aro of a datory and manslanghienng nature. and they come to town and quietly in' mate that they have twoor three men to kill, and the next thing you hear one of the said men is shot, ‘Then there are‘one or two more men to kill, and so ‘the thing runs on, attracting very little attention.” “Do you look upon Dodson as a desperate fellow, 88 some of those you mention ?” “and st to appears rivis Prcaptaln “No, If you speak to Dodson, a8 you will have an 0) unity, you will find that he is not without ini He is nota mam of edu- nee nor 7 cation; but he is a resolute officer, and 80 far from threatening to burn Dover or prove himself a butcher, he is fully aware that, his life is in danger every day and minute, and that if he would stroll evar pee ste militia camp perhaps half a mile, “om, doc nse Son ta” low does ut, then “Oh, Dodson Seno without ent but he never thinks of pling On. the, roads, (He winds about in d and cow tracks, and looks in at his house Much that is said against the man is merely done out of the excitement or malice of the hour. 1. saw it related that he had threat- ened to kill a new yr reporter at Perry’s Sta- tion last week for asking some questions for publi- cation. The reporter invented two-thirds of the stor Rand as far as1can learn, Dodson was very lv! ‘im.?? THE MAIN QUESTION. “Well, General, the Opinion is universal, is it not, that the prisoners, Tucker and Haile, were assas- pnatad and not killed by accident, near Shiloh #Among the people of Pope who are up to the old order of things this is the conviction, at any rate the assertion.. Ihave not adopted that theory. It was @ dark night and the road was full of men, and whoever shot knows it himself only. Ido not see how inve: on is to develop much one way or the other; but the positions of the prisoners that night towards Hickox and Dodson Would in- dicate that if the militiashot them from behind the two officers were as much exposed as the rest, for they were directly ahead of the prisoners. DODSON 18 MADE THE BUGBEAR through all that country, and they say they will Tot obey the law because they must give them- selves up to Dodson, who Kills his prisoners, Now, Dodson has his resignation ready to give at any time when we can find the Sheriff. The Governor here and myself have made selections, but we CANNOT GET ANYBODY TO SERVE. ‘The fact is, that in Pope county the law is what is hated and not Dodson more than the representa- tive of it. You can see that these fellows, Poynter, Haile, Hogan, Perry (alias Kinch), West, an such others hold all the old people and those who have property at their peril. veral of such des- Peradoes banded together have all the force of neighborhood sentiment. It is a very hard thing in that country to find the truth about anybody con- cerned, and I have been two weeks ascertainin; that landlord, Kirchoff, with whom I board at Dover, been sleeping out in the woods and hid- ing his ssions, like all the rest of the neigh- bors, ie old man told me when I got there that he had stayed in the house all the time, because all he had was there, and if he was to be killed he would be killed right in the house. After a fort- night, however, he told me one day he guessed he would get in his feather beds, and I found that he had had the feather beds taken out into the woods, and had gone off every night and slept in that way. Untill came to town with my few men it may be said that nobody slept there at all, except a few women, Youcan see where the staid and stable people put their confidence from the fact that since I have occupied the town the men are coming in; the place is again inhab- ited, and we ne to hold court there in about two week; and I presume that, under the protec- tion of what force we have, some processes will be served, but Ihave no idea that these fellows will come in and stand i and if they do I do not know who would hav. THE COURAGE TO APPEAR AGAINST THEM." alt was Poynter, undoubtedly, who shot Hickox, Wei RD YI, es; but there were other persons. with him in the shop, and it is tolerably certain that one other man was Reese Hogan. He is said to be an intelli gent, tall fellow of good address.” “But it was Haile, I suppose, without a doubt, who killed Brown?’ “Yes; that appéars to have been done py signal, the whole vipat pat in.” “Did Williams and Hickox fire upon Poynter in the shop before he returned the fire?” “Nobody can tell that, They all say they saw Wil- liams throw out his arm, and saw somethiug flash, but say nothing avout hearing reports until they heard loud reports of guns from the carpenter shop; but the story has been changed two or three times. ITexamined the entire gable of the shop and there is no bullet mark or shotgun mark in it. Dodson and Williams both avow that they were not only fired at from this shop, but at points along the road, and they aver that they saw people strolling down this road, and on either side, before they started out. Dodson also Le that as he passed Johnson and McM ray’s store, where all the young fellows were sit- ting with their guns and pistols, he looked along the side of it to where a door opened leading to a stairway which goes up over the store, and he saw standing there Sanders and Andrew Morgan, with their pistols already out,” ~~ s+ “| Wich SIDE BEGAN IT, “General Upham, have these killings in rope county since the war been mainly confined to the Confederate pier If “Weill. sit, Tasked the citizens that without mak- ing myself too ofictous, and repeated the in- quiry until they admitted that at the close of the war, when the Federal soldiery came home with thelr arms retained, and the Confederates came back poor and disarmed, for some time there was not a man Killed in Pope county. The first inquiry of the Confederates when they recovered their equanimity was to say to the Northern troops, ‘What are you going to do with us?’ intimating that they deserved some punishment. However, after a little while, when the rebels made a crop, they began to get now pistol and now a fowling piece, and the next inquiry to be heard was, ‘What are we going to do with them fellows” and the al began about that time. Before Hickox was kille: they concentrated their hate on him, as he was superior to his associates in office and was the ruling intellect. Dodson, being an inferior man mentally, fell back on Stewart aiter Hickox was killed, and now, as if sharing the same apprehen- sion that Stewart is the ablest man remaining, the people up there have transferred to him all the antipathy whjch they had against Hickox.’ “COULD 1 SBE WILLIAMS, where he lies at his farm above Dover ?” “No. If you were to go and see Williams and had a talk with him Williams’ life would not be worth a dollar. He sends us word to keep away trom him, for he is in the hands of his enemies, and they are all around there; Cox, Sib West, Perry West and Rich- ardson are in the immediate neighborhood. Williams is attended by a well meaning doctor of Dover named Scott, and he is anxior © bring the little fellow up 8o that he can get him away. ey atop the doctor on the road and ask questions from above and below, and in fact these armed lads are the masters of the county except those parts which we hold. Infor- mation to be derived there is partial and unsatisiac- tory, but I think asa general rule that one can travel about the county now without more danger than results from a great many idle men with arms | in their hands and perhaps some liquor.” “Do you look upon the militia which Dodson has with him as great rascals? The people there scem to fear them very much.” THE MILITIA GREASERS, “J do not know what you might think of them coming from the East. They represent the average Arkansas Aydin on omy small planter, laborer, &c. There are probably some inferior or rough fellows among them, and almost ye of this kind are in danger of death if they tumble in with the oppost- tion party. For, as I said before, we keep the peace with our little guard between the two fac- tions. You have heard a great deal of a fellow named Bart. Clonnager. He was dismissed from the command, and after wandering around fora day or two he has come back and enlisted as a private.” “Gene Upham, do not the ordinary com- mercial passions and modes of discipline prevoll among the Pope county people? For instance, they must pay for the whistle during the militia occupation. ‘ould it not be better for them to deliver up the murderers of Hickox and Brown and let quiet times again prevail and the county be rid of such fellows 1? “I donot know. The ugly passions of the ayer- age people there they set more store on than the average prosperity. I have @ notion that the people who killed Hickox and shot at Williams are the POPULAR HEROES OF THE COUNTY." “Hickerson and the other people from Pope iy, General, that if Dodson attempts to make arrests there ana the militia support him, that Ben Young’s company will swell toa regiment and they will - neral war “age le Gey td an give man. Could you get peor to {much a movement av this?” “It would hardly be well,” said General Upham, that, bof abe Unionists what have cen war ser- a wi a Newton, Sarey andthe mountain coun- down upon them before get in their own homes—yes, a whole uick as the news could go around. the people of Pope county want no war; but there are a very few of them that want any govern- ment.” INTERVIEW WITH NAT HILL, BOURBON. Nat Bill is the familiar bag gg) hee , nervousness and memory, who undertook to repre- sent arkantad in the Uutavie apres was arrested, there on change Louisville patent icine vender out medicines which he paper sepired duriag tke arrangements; the medi per expt jurin, cines were “commuted” with @ Little Rock sta- tioner and Mr. Hill was ungeneronsly arrested while at Louisville inthe imterests of his country and Senator Morton. He ia. now engaged in making the papers take backwater. He 8p} to be a wel messing, Well-infoi men, viotl temperament and copious in good information. “Mr. Hill,” said 1, “what are the prospects for urning the Clayton-Hadicy party out of Office this ti Falwell air, the coall ig of to “Well, tion is of no good ht-out demo- , the brindle the democratic party, and a ai cratic ticket with Garand or onah i at the head of it will beat both Baxter aud Broo! You see there are ACS white vovers actually in Arkan- gas black voters. There aré 10,000 dis- franchised voters. Of the whites 10,000 are repub- licans, and nearly all the blacks. ‘The mi 1 party in Arkansas is made HA Of 25,000 blacks and 600 whites; the brindle Ry of only about 2,600 Whites and doo blacks.” Mey’ give. us, theretre, only 6,000 help on, our State ticket, Jose ui 16,000 of our Own voters. Our people won't vo for Joe Brooks; that’s the and short Of it. Mos! of them will vote for Greeley. “Who are the negro leaders 7" “Tabbe. G) of Little Rock, is the leading brin- die and W. H. Gray, of Phillipa county, the chief negro minstrel.” “You think it impossible for either minstrels or brindles to hold the State very long ?” “Neither can do go. . They are nearly equally cor- Tupt, and they have made little or po impression upon Pabiic sentiment. Some have become identi- fied with the Btate by property and marriage; sev- eral of them are men of audacity and fearlessness, ‘Pho are im ne danger here, but Ido, not belleve “You used the natie of ‘Kansas Ring,’ Mr. Hill. Who make up the Kansas Ring ??? 7 “It is ee of Clayton, McDonald, Bowen and Sarber. ey have created, several new.coun- tles here and named one after this Sarber, abso- lately carpet-bagging their names into our geog- “WHO I8 ROWEN 9” “Bowen is Clayton’s choice for hig colleague in the United States Senate to.succeed Rice, He pro- fesses to be neutral between Bowen and Hadie: 4 but Bowen is the man. Bowen 1s the ringleader in the Mississippi, Ougchita and Red ace steal. That was the minstrel party’s best hold.” “How much did they get? f “About $500,000, ey gobbled up the State aid and laid down rails twice,; tiking them up after the first subsidy was vaid and relaying them in another place to ‘get more. Bowen and James M. Lewis were the chiefs of that steal,. The road in question forks from Chicot City, on the Mississippl, Ba ipa eiude and Little Rock’and to,Camden and “Are several of those carpet-bag magnates Inter- married in the State?” bpd 3 “Yes, Clayton married at Helena, Bowen at Van Buren and Oliver in: Missouri. : Clayton has a plan- tation on the Arkansas River through his wile.’ “Is Clayton rich 9 ‘No. He is relatively poor. He hag careless hab- its, picked up from the Southerners, plays poker and drinks all night; never gets drunk, but has hurt his health,” “Who are the richest fellows in the crowd 9!” “Weill, J. L. Hodges faingie) and Bowen (minstrel, Bowen ta worth about $200,000, Hodges came here from the North, took a Penitentiary contract, or ratner leased the Penitentiary, filched his bond from the Secretary of State's office and then vio- lated his contract with impunity. He 1s the most cunning fejlow of all the set. He built the improve- ment on Rogue Hill, and was a leading character in the Fulton and Cairo steal,’ “How about that?” “It was the greatest of all steals in the State, because it is to be the great road of the State, and will be opened from Little Rock to St. Louis before Christmas, B, F, Rice worked out an extension of its land grant in the Senate, while meantime his brother, Milton Rice, kicked out Bramuin, President, and then the Confederates swindled Governor Had- ley and others out of their part and sold the whole charter to Allen and Marquand, the former of St. Louis, the latter of New York, for $750,000," “what was the division?” “The three Rices—Ben, Milt and A, G,—got 45,000 aptece ; Aleck McDonald, $45,000; General R. ', Catherson, isap0 ranma Coates, $5,000; iL. Hodges, $45,000; M. W. Benjamin, $45,000; Joe ickes, $45,000; an H. Roo 000; Judge Whytock, $12,500. ‘Then $45,000 were ‘Assessed upon the coalition for olitical purposes to fight Clayton with. Part of that money was used to pay peta oy in the struggle against Clayton last Win- ter Washington city. Rice assesseq Aleck McDonald money to beat his own faction with,” “Then, Mr. Hill, I am to understand that the brindles got the fh single steal in the State?’ “Incomparably. 2 minstrels had more of The Fort Smith and Little Fock R roa steal is also a big thing, e vee at neal of. $3,000,000 and the Holford bond steal were an even thing between Brindle and Minstrel.” qynat was oe qeliord tear au “Tt happene coutse of a dexterons re- pat | lone oft the fice bond aid to the Real Estate Bank, of Little Rock, in the year 1834, The Real Estate Bank lent money to planters and took mort- es Of their lands, The State gave the bank bonded ald to the amount of $500,000, The fiscal agent of the State hypothecated those bonds with Corcoron and Riggs, of Washington city, for $125,000. Concoron and Riggs gave them as se- curity to Holford & Co., English bankers, Interest failed to be paid upon them for hag ears, A dexterous speculator named Deckle. of New York, who has just put up a fine iron-front block in little Rock, went to England and bought the bonds for $60,000 and halfinterest. Then he made a ring here, spent a large sum in the Legislature, and had the whole of the original bonds refunded, and bonds reissued for $500,000 principal 240 ~=6per «cent back interest. Denckla $300,000 by the transaction meantime the land mortgages were all released or the State reissuing the bonds. Joe Brooks mainly put this through, the Methodist preacher who once just escaped being a bishop.” “What is the best office In the State, Mr. Hill?” “Sherif of Pulaski (Little Rock) county; it is Worth $25,000 a year; its holder is W. 8, Oliver, who will be re-elected. He is @ minstrel and a plucky, popular, affable man.” ow opposes him?? “Cather'son, the piesent Mayor,a brindle anda damned scoundrel. He was elected, but he has run down his party here. He had a personal difficulty with me and tried to kill me with militia, Iran off to Memphis to evade both him and the other militia butcher, Upham, who was ripping open men’s bodies in Woodruff county. At Memphis I saw Gor- don Granger, United States officer, and told him onr diiemma, Said he:—‘Mr. Hill, that is not possible. The sentiment of the United States will swallow up the rufians if what you say be true.’ ‘Ah, General,’ I replied, ‘you are powerless as I am. Suppose we resisted those assassins and you were ordered with your regiment to move upon us, what would you do with us whom you might capture?’ ‘I should have to deliver you over to the civil authorities of Arkansas, I suppose,’ said Granger. ‘Certainly, and that would be Catherson, who would assas- sinate men.’”” “In conclusion,” said Mr. Hill, “the war in Pope county is the effect of a feud between two factions, the one abetted by the county officers, the other by the brindle-tail republicans. It is bloody and terribie, and we are likely to have more of it 80 long as we are ruled by rapacious and un- pond te strangers under our uprepublican con- stitution.” OPENING OF THE EVENING HIGH SCHOOL. The evening schools of the different districts of this city opened for the admission of pupils last evening at seven o'clock. Among the most im- portant of all is the New York Evening High School, which was also opened in a very formal manner. It is the High Schoo) of the city, and in a great measure approaches the proficiency and standing of the Normal College. Nineteen teachers, including the Principal, Mr. Jarvis 8S. Bab- cock, were present at an early hour, A large mumber of pupiis—most of them oe healthy young men, crowded in about seven o'clock, and very soon filled almost all the vacant seats in the hall. As many as 1,264 names have already been registered, while about two thousand are expected to be in attendance, This is the seventh annual opening of the Evening High School. It will remain open each evening for twenty-four weeks ensuing. Some few members of the Board of Education were present last tk mg Mr. William Wood, Chairman of the Commissioners of Public Instruction, made some appropriate re- marks; also Commissioners Duryea, Gross, wi and Holland, Recitations from some of the favorite authors were given by several of the teachers, and some musical pieces pres upon the piano, The programme of instruction will consist in the age of the German, French and Latin lan- guages and the physical and politi science! with geometry, algebra, reading, declamation ap bookkeeping. The princi jal of the school, Mr. Babcock, attends duri he first week, and the general assistant, Mr, Jacob T. Boyle, during the remainder of the term, The Sepenue oe ume table are so arranged as to facilitate the opportuni- ties and combined action of the pupils, The edu- cation ig free, bat no pupils are: admitted except ‘those whose avocations or ages prevent them from attending the day schools, apd they must be repre- sented to the principal by some responsible Ror. son. The classification of pupils will take place this evening. STREET CAR CASUALTY. Atthree o'clock yesterday afternoon Becky Bro- phy, aged twenty-one months, daughter of OMmcer Brophy, of the Central Ofice, Brooklyn, residing in Sixteenth street, near Fiith avenue, was run over and mastantly Killed by 4 Fifth avenue car, Thomas Vevoy, the “river. Was arrested, and -FLEETWOOD PARK. Last Day of the Autumn Meeting. TWO TROTTING CONTESTS. Joe Brown the Winner of the First and Ameri- can Girl the Second. ‘The'weather at noon yesterday was doubtful. ‘The sun shone out bright and hot at Intervals, but there were clouda flying ali over the horizon that seemed to admonish all who wore valuable clothes that the threatened shower would disfigure them and it were better to remain in the city. The con- sequence was thatthe attendance on what was supposed to be the great day of the meeting was not larger than on the previous days. There were two trots announced, the first being for horses that had never beaten 2:32 previous to their en- trance for this purse; the second event being 4 purse, free forall, of $8,600, with rooriet aan Of $2,000 Jor any horse that would beat 2:17% In the 2:31 purse there were fourteen entries, out of whtch eight came to’ the post, after a com- Promise had been made with Joseph Harker, the owner of the bay mare Gazelle, that he would take the first: premium ana not trot his mare, as the drivers of, the other horses were unwilling to start unlesa an arrangement of this kind could be made, ad they all were afraid of being distanced by Gazelle, in which case they would have their work for nothing. Mr. Harker, after a great deal of per- suasion, consented to take the $1,060, all that he could possibly get, and leave the other money to bo distributed among those that could win it, This arrangement between Mr. Harker and the manage- ment of Fleetwood Park may have been very satia- factory to themselves, but we assure thom that the.public, who contribute all the money that the owners of fast horses pocket and tnat build all the fine tracks and clubhouses with, and who provide all the nicé dinners and wine, were not satisfed. A large number of them ‘had read in the papers about Mr.'Harker’a mare trotting a mile over a bad track in 2:22, and seeing her name entered. for the contest yesterday, they attended and paid their entrance money to witness an exhibition of her speed, inthe same way that the thousands all over the conntry ‘pay their money to see Gbidsmith maid and Lucy beat Dexter's time, Probably after all it suited some to have Mr.. Harker’s mare Gazelle out, of tha.gen teat, ag it. le the race;more equal betwer 6 other forges, and the regular betters ltadia better'chance to ite than tiey would mare ad om Mr. Harker sted on start- The horses that came to tl st Were Dan ins’ gray stallic Jog Bi 5 M 's bi mare Mary A, a et Baie ey welding ah ney, J, J. Bowe! bey geldin; Comee, James McKee's tity maye Young Thorn, J. H ge hipa: chestnut mare. Fanny Fern, M. W. Olcott’s black gelding Contraband, Edwin Thorn’s bay mare Enigma, Young Thorn was the favorite, Joe Brown being the second choice, Comee third, ‘The race was won by Joe Brown, Mary A. Whituey taking third money, Comee the fourth prize. Joe Brown had favors shown him by the judges in let- ting him off with the lead ahead of the others; par- tcularly in the third heat, when they gaye him, the start on the inside three lengths in front of any of the others, These advantages undoubtedly won him the race. The second event was between William Lovells bay mare American Girl, Henry N. Smitn’s bay mare Rosalind and Erastus Corning’s brown geld- ing George Palmer, American Girl wag) the favor- ite over the field at long odds previous to feprcing, Hifi fo Starke Sor ny atk and George or. on American Girl won the easiest race she was ever engaged in, the time being remarkably slow throughout. Bo fastest heat was 2:26. George Palmer, just bofore the start, while scoring, cuffed his knee and cut it badly, necessitating the encasing of the joint In a heavy leather boot. is, of course, aid not i him in therace. Of Rosalind little can be said, further than if she cannot trot better at Prospect Park Fair Grounds next week than she trotted yesterday at Fleetwood Park she will come ey near being the last horse in the race, ie following are the details of the trotting as it progressed :— The First Trot, First Heat.—Mary A. Whitney won the’ pole, Young Thorn second place, Joe Brown third, Con- Frabedd fourth, Aglgma, ath Come: AAR, Fanny ern seventh. Maty A. Whitney took thé lead, Young Thorn being second, Comee third, who broke up soon afterwards ; gee Fern fourth, Joe Brown fifth, Contraband sixth and Enigma seventh. The latter broke up on the turn and Borst, her driver, pulled her up and returned. At the quarter pole Mary A. ‘hitney led three Jengths in thirty-eight seconds, Joe Brown second, Contraband third, Fanny Fern fourth, Young |, Thorn filth, Comee sixth. At the half-mile pole Mary A. Whitney was a length and a half in front, Joe Brown second, Young Thorn third, Panny Fern fourth, Contraband-fifth, Comee sixth, Time, 1: There was no change of position up the bac! stretch, but coming home ary A. Whitney won by a neck, Joe Brown second, Young Thorn third, Comee fourth, Fanny Fern fifth, Contraband sixth, Enigma distanced. ‘Time, 2:30. Second Heat,—Young Thorn had the best of the send off, Comee second, Mary A. Whitney third, Joe Brown fourth, Fanny Fern filth, Contraband sixth. Going around the turn Whitney broke up, then Young Thorn left her feet, and Fanny Fern was taken up a number of times. At the quarter pole Mary A. Whitney led, Joe Brown second, Fanny Fern third, Comee fourth, Contraband fifth and Young Thorn sixth. The time was forty seconds. At the haif-mile pole Mary led one length, Joe Brown second, two lengths in front of Comee, who was several lengths ahead of Young Thorn, Fanny Fern fifth, Contraband out of the race. Going up the homestretch Joe Brown took sides with Whitney, and they passed tho three- uarter pole side and side, two lengths ahead of jomee, who was eight lengths ahead of Young Thorn, the latter being eight lengths in advance of Fanny Fern. As the horses came into the home- stretch Comee came with a rash, and the struggle up the homestretch was most exciting. Comee took the inside, Joe Brown the outside, with Whit- ney in the middie. As they came on towards the stand the winner could not be decided until they passed under the wire, when, to all on the poco side of the track, Comee appeared to win it by his head ; but the judges, on the other side of the track, decided that Joe Brown won the heat, Comee sec- ond, Mary A. Whitney close up; Young Thorn fourth, nny Fern fijth, Contraband distanced. 2:32. Time, 5 Third Heat,—Joe Brown had three lengths the best of the send-off, Young Thorn second, Mary A. Whit- ney third, Comee fourth, Fanny Fern fifth. Comee trotted finely around the turn and down to the quarter pole, where Joe Brown led him one length in thirty-six seconds, Mary A. Whitney third, Young Thorn fourth, Fanny Fern fifth, Dan Jenkins then flourished his ep in the face of Comee and the bay gelding would not face it, which compelled Bowen to pull him back and abide his time to take the lead. He lay alength and a half behind Joe Brown up the backstretch until he began to turn at the three-quarter pole, when Comee, being ur to nine a te ag whip, left his feet and staid up tntif all the horbes had passed him. He dropped in just inside the distance flag. Bowen appealed to the judges about Jenkins’ manner of flourishing his whip during the heat, but they took no notice of his complaint. Mary A. Whitney came in second, Young Thorn third, Comee fourth, Fanny Fern fifth. Time of the heat, 2:8344. - Fourth Heat.—The horses were started this time on very fair terms, and as they passed around the turn Joe Brown led, Comee second, Young Thorn third, Mary A. Whitney fourth, Fanny Fern fitth. They passed the quarter pole in this order tn thirty. eigtt seconds, Joe Brown was three lengths in front of Comee at the half-mile pole in 1:14, Mary A. Whitney third, Young Thorn fourth, Fanny Fern fifth, Joe Brown came on ahead of Comee, who was the only horse in the race that now seemed to have any chance with him, and won the heat by a length in 2:31. Comee was six lengths ahead of Mary A. Whitney, Young Thorn fourth, Fanny Fern ith, The following is a SUMMARY. FLEETWOOD PARK ASSOCIATION, Oct. 7.—Tnot- TING.—Purse $2,000, for horses that have never beaten 2:31; $1,050 to the first, $450 to the second, $300 to the third and $200 to the fourth horse; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, . Jenkins’ g. 8. Joe Browne..... P. Manee’s b. m. Mary A. Whitney. J. J. Bowen's b. g, Comee.... J. McKee’s b. m. Young Thorn J, H, Phillips’ ch. m, Fanny Fern M. W, Olcott's bix, g. Contraband. J, ansas Chief. M, Roden’s g. 'W. Wellington’ BY) J, N. Woodwar m. Belle Brandon (formerly Belle of Attleboro) . H. Newland’s br. 8. Wm. Turnbull. M, Carroli’s br. 8, bi ee a earner The Second Trot First Heat.—American Girl went off first, Rosa- lind second, George Palmer third. Rosalind trotted fast around the turn, and at the Use af res was a length in front of American Giri m= thirty-five seconds, George Palmer four lengths behind, Going Sround the ower turn Rosalind broke badly, ‘and American Girl passed the half-mile pole iu 1:10, tha In front of George Palmer, who was five a ‘advance of Rosalind, Going up the back- stretch George Palmer cuffed his leg broke up, falling in the rear, American Girl passed the three- quarter pole ten lenathe in front of Rosalind, and. J won the heat by woud hovaling one length ahead o| Rosalind had half a length the dest ge Fulmer. America Gir trotfed Palmer, American troti a from the others and passed the quarter pole’ in yaye seconds two lengths ahead of Rosa- |, who was lind, neck infront of George Palmer.! Rosalind then broke » At the half-mile along on Sea Second Heat, of the. ahead of Gi stilt tea ole American Girt wo lengths, Geoi second, eight lengths in front of Rosalimas, Time, 1:10. Going up the hill to the three-quarter) le American Girl jogged I along: two! lengths in front of Palmer. At this time Rosalin® was trotiing fast, and she overtook George Palme: on the homestretch and came in second bya mq American Girl the heat by three lengths. Time, 2:26.) Third Heat.— was @ very heat: for such horses. George Palmer had two lengths th best of the start, American Girl and Rosalind he: and head. Rosalind soon broke air pete} ae uarter yaw one length, in by ree eorge Palmer second, eight le ahead of Roraifua, ‘From there ¢o ‘the ena ther was no change; American Girt home tw da phe dn 8 nee oF cates falter who wi ead of Ro: . € 2:27. fre following is es = me eee Same Day—Purse Food. Tre: for : yo. OO, J 4 AER A Be aisenal to any horse peptin rs ie second, $450 to the tl the aren horse, mile heats, best thee. i harness, B. Mace’s b. m. American Girl. W. H, Rosalind’s b. m, Rosalind D. Mace’s br. g. George er. ‘ TM First heat... vee 8S Second heat. vee 86 Third heat... see OT JEROME PARK RACES, Third Day of the Fall Meeting—The’ Events and t! ‘robable Starters—Fook Selling Last Night. This the third day of the Fall meeting of thi American Jockey Club at Jerome Park promises be full of interest and genuine amusement, The are five events on the cards, the first being the! Annual Sweepstakes, for three-year-olds, of each, $100 forfeit, with $1,000 added, two miles., This closed with thirty-five nominations, but the! Probabie starters are reduced to McDaniel, &! Co.'s, Hubbard and Joe Daniels, and Major Bacon's! chestnut colt by Jack Malone, dam Sea Breeze. The second race is for a pursé Of $500, for tWo-! year-olds; entrance money to second horse; beaten! maidens allowed seven pounds; three-quarters of amile, In this there will be as starters, string-' fleld’s Merodoc; Pennock’s colt by Planet, dam‘Rte-' becca T. Price; Mary Constant, Littell’s Wizard’ and Fellowcraft;'the Nurse; Jerome’s | Ly colt; Sandford’s. Milton; Morris’ bay ty Helinee, ay Withers’ imp. b. c, by Marsyas,. « ‘archioness. " ; ‘Tho third event istho: Gratid .NationaWH@ndicap’ Sweepstakes of $100 each, half forfeit, and_onl: $20 if declared by the 20th of September, with $1, added, of which $200'goes to the secon $1 two miles and ‘a quarter. This from ten nomnina-. tions will bring. to.the pole. Preakness, 118 Ibs. 5 Tubman, We Ibs; Defender, 107 lbs. ; ohn Merry- ! mi 98 é : Bt 5 arth race 1s for a purse of $600, one mile’ and three-quarrers; entrance money to second! horse, the winner to be claimed for $1,500; if en-! tered, not to be claimed, to carry seven pounds) extra. _In this are Wine Sap, John Merryman, Sua Ryder and Hampton, four years old, by Censor,! dam Julia. i } The fifth and last event is a purse of $500, dash ot one mile;* etitrance monty to second horse maidens allowed, if three years old, four pounds; if four, seven pounds; if five and upwards, twelv pounds. For this there will come to the post rand field, consisting of Fanchon, 105 yunds. Kastern Star 8 pounds: Manitoba, ounds Frank Hampton, 114 pounds; Henrietta, 88 pounds Ortolan, 114 pounds; Jennie Patterson, 88 pounds,! and Bisie, by Leamington, 105 pounds, J Poolg were sold on these events last night by Un- derwood & McGowan at the Jockey Club rooms,| Twenty-seventh street and Madison avenue. The) following. figures will give an idea of the feeling, ‘among tne buyers as to the winners :— Se LaNGieenDAci Mist Bibel bette LT en lubbard and Joo Daniels), $50; Majo! Bacon's sr Breeze colt, $10, r i o } Das OF THREE-QUARTERS OP A MILE.—Littell’ entry (Wizard and Fellowcraft), $10; Morris’ ton, $15 Eclipse colt, $30; Merodoc, $20; Withers’ imp. colt, $15; The Nurse, $10; Mar: panstens 984 Pennock’s colt, $5; Jerome’s Lex-' igton Col . GRAND NaTIONAL HANDICAP SWEEPSTARRS—Twa MILES AND A QUARTER.—Tubman, $200; Preakness,’ $75; John Merryman, $50; Defender, $31. DASH OF ONE MILE AND THREE-QUARTERS.—Sue Ryder, $65; Wine Sap, $35; Hampton, $16; Joh eat ae PU Py $355 ipton, $16; Jol DASH OF ONE MILE, 25 . 25 Jennie Patterson. 20) 3 Henrietta .. 10; & Manitoba......000l..0 + MY) The first race will come of punctually at half ast one o'clock P.M. The course can be reaches by the New York and Harlem Railroad to Fordham.) Extra trains willleave the Grand Central Depot noon and hali-past twelve P, M. reached by carriage through Central Pai comb's Dam, Central avenue, by Blooming: to King’s Bridge, and by Southern Boulevard, vit Third avenue Bridge; also by Third avenue an Fordham horse cars. GOBHEN PARK RACES, First Day of the Fall Meeting—The Purses and the Entrte: To-day is the first of the Fall Meeting of thi Goshen Park Association at their well-appointe: and dehghtiully-situated track near Goshen, N. Y4 The track is a half mile only, but one of the best arranged in the vicinity of this city, and located, near the Erie Railroad depot, where all trains will stop during the meeting. The programme provide: is an excellent. one, to-day’s amusement belt urse of $1,000 for horses that have never trotted etter than three minutes; purse of $500 for run. ning horses, mile heats, and purse of $1,000, for horses that never trotted better than,2:40, In the first event there are twelve entries, fn- cluding J. E. Tomlinson’s black gelding Billy Daws, T. E, Broadway, Jr.'s bay mare Stanlight Nell, Samuel Sniffen's gray mare Lady Brown, Dan Mace’s sorrel’ mare Venus, W. C, Trimble’s gray mare Cornelia, Charles Backman’s brown mare Racola, M. Roden’ bay gelding Penobscot, John Minchin’s brown colt Small Hopes, George EB. King’s black gelding Ex-! pert, John Murphy's gray gelding Victor. Harry Jill's sorrel gelding Curtosity and George Hedden’s dun mare Belle of Easton. In the running contest there are entered Fanchon, the winner of the Man- hattan Handicap at Jerome Park the present meet-| ing, but she will probably not start; Tom Boston,/ Gerald, Dan, Poor Girl and Tom Jones’ chestna elding. In the 2:40 race are Oram Mald, Lad, Banker, Young Wilkes, Commodore, Racolo, Cen- tral Bay, Lumberman and Brown Prince. Those desiring to leave New York to attend thes Traces can take either 7:45, 8:45 or the 10:45 A. M. trains from the foot of Chambers street, reachin; Goshen in time to see all the races and return hom: the same evening, arriving here by half#past te! BASE BALL MATTERS. The Great Tournament. The thousands of admirers of the game of basa ball will this week be afforded @ rare treat in t way of an exhibition of skill in batting an fielding, euch a3 they have not seen, per4 haps, at any revious time durt th season. The proprietor of the Union Grounds, Wil- Hamsburg. has gotten aps Fane tournament, last six days, and has offere agen amounting $4,000, Tne contesting clubs will be the Mutuals,/ the Bostons and the Philadelphia Athletics—th three RS ee in the championshi; arena, The Mutuals and Bostons will “open th ball’ to-day, playing for the first prize—$1,! mn if those who are so fortunate as to be present da not witness a rare exhibition of the beauties of the) sport it wili be @ little surprising. Play will ba called at three o'clock sharp. DE, BOSENZWEIG AGAIN, In the Supreme Court, Chambers, before Judge Ingraham, a writ of error was obtained yesterday morning by counsel of Dr. Jacob Rosenzweig, now serving out a term of imprisonment in Auburm State Prison, to have the general term of thé Su- preme Court listen to argument at an early day o exceptions taken by Rosenzwelg’s coui to por-; tions of the proceedings In the Court of Gener: Sessions resulting in the conviction and tenc of Rosenzweig, on the indictment chazging bit with causing the death of Alice Bowisby by ‘aboi tion. It will be remembered that Miss Bowlsby’ remains were found ina trunk ata railroad si tion, it being proved on the trial that the trun! was brought Jrom Rosenzweig’s house, THE CENTRAL PARK HIGHWAYMEN. - Death of Mr. Hayes. James Hayes, the man formerly of Waterto' Jerferson county, this State, who was assaulted Central Park by unknown highwaymen, and, aftet being robbed of a large it of money as heretofor through the hand by one of the fully published in the Hema ye moro! in St. Luke’s Hospital effects: his injuries, The police are now [4 ing for the parpeyretors, of the 3 but seem to have little or no clew to Coroner Youn; tives of Mr. Of his death, and are expected on to the remains has the case in chi Nive layes have been notified by x "the take Caste af