The Arkansas advocate., 1835-08-07

as hecome obnoxious Ill q manner Willctl Inc law cannot reach. II aa immediate. | lQ carried out under a guard, attended hy crowd of respectable citizens-tied to tree -ptii1ished with stripes tarred and tea- thered, and ordered to leave the city ln 4S Ebolrs. Tn inc meantime one of his com. Trades, the Lucifer of the gang, nad been endeavoring to rally and arm his cohlede- 1 rates for the purpose of rescaing hlaa---- which, however, lie failed to accomplish.
 Having thus aggravated the whole band. of these desperadoes and feeling no seeuf- Ity against their yengeance--the citizens met at night in the Court house, ID large humber, and there passed the following fe- solutions;
 Resolusd, That a notice be given to all i Professional Gamblers, that the citizens ot Vicksbprg are resoieed, to exclude them from this place aBd4its vicinity; and that twenry- hours notice be given them to leave the place.
 Resolred that all persons permitting faro dealing in their houses, be also notified that l they vii! be prosecuted therefor.
 ReSoiped, That one hundred copies of the foregoing resolutions be printed and stuck up at the corners of the streets-and that this publication be deemed notice.
 On Sunday morning, one of these noti- ces was posted at the corners of each =square of the city. During that day (the 5tb) a majority of the gang, terrified by the threats of the citizens, dispersed in dlfier- ent directions, without making any opposl- l ton. IL was sincerely hoped, that the re- maindeF would fieiioW their example and thus prevent a bloody termination of the strife which had commenced. On the morning of the 9th the military corps, fol- l lowed by file of several hundred citizens, marched 10 each suspected house and send- ing in an examining committee, dragged out every faro table, and other gambling ap. paratus that cQgld be found. At length ihey approached a house which was oecu- pied byone of the most proRigate ofthe gang whose name was North, and in which, 1t was understood that garrison of armed men had been stationed All hoped that these wfetches would be ntitnidated by the superior numbers of their assailants and sufender themselves at discretion, rather than attempt desperate defence. The House being surrounded, the back door was burst open, when four or five shots were fred from the interior, one ofwhich instant- ] ly killed Doctor Hugh s. Bodley,a citizen universally beloved and respected. ThA interior s@as So dark }ll4sst the villains could not be seen, but several of the citizens, guided by the fash of their guns, returned their fire. i yell, from ore =of'the party an npnnced that one of the shots had been sef. fectua, and by this time q crowd ofcitizens, their indignauon overcoming all otEer feel ings-burst open every door of the building and dragged into the light those who had Hnet been wounded.
 North. the riagleader, who had conrived ] this desperate plot. could not be found in tha building, but was appreheuded by a l citizen, while attempting in company with l another, to make his escape at place not far distant. Himself, with the rest of fhe H pisoners, were then conducted in silence to the scafola One of them not having been Ill the building before il was attacked, nor ] appearing to be concerned with the rest, except that he was the brother of one of them, was liberated. The remaining num- Der of i've, among whom was the individa- al who had been shot, but who stIll lived, were immediately executed in presence of the assembled multitude. Al sympathy for 1 the wretcles was completely merged in de- testation and horror of their crime. The whole procession then returned to the city, collected all the Faro Tables into a pile and burnt them. This being done, a troop Of horsemen- set out for neighboring house to the tesidenco of Ilord, the individual who had attempted to organize a force on. the first day of this disturbance, for the res cue of Cabler, and he had since been threat ening to fire the city. He had, however. made his escape on that day, and the next morning crossed the Big Black, at BaId- wins Ferry, in state of indescribable con stefpation. We lament his escape, for the whole course of his life, for tbe last three years has exhibited the most shameless pro- figacy, and been q continual series of trans gressions against the laws of God and man.
 The names ofthe individuals who perish cd, were as follows: North, Huams, Dntch Bill, Smith and Mccall.
 Their bodies were cut down on the moramg after their execution and buried in a ditch.
 itis not expected that this act will pass without censure from those who had not an opportunity of knowing and feeling the dire necessity out of which it originated. The laws, however severe in their provision, have never. been sufficient to correct d vice !