Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-20

His men Their rushed on to the recover,
OF his body, which they effected. ant
fled precipita:cly.
a most Fearful History.-It is mos
painful TO be obliged 10 chronicle tai,
OF such disastrous character as the fol
flowing which we gather from a Louisi
ma paper. 1t would really seem as if
the tide OF civilization was retrcatimg Il
the dark and blood stained shores OF the
earlier ages, when Might made Right
aud the strong arm in its oppression Of
the weak had its plea in the exercise oil
the brute power. FORCE. That such &C.
currences should ensue in our day, in
our own land, furnish but sad common.
taries on the intelligence OF the times,
but that the strong hand Of Law remains
untitled, proves too truly that in some
portions OF the republic Justice is but
name, and barbaric usages reign uncon. .
tro!led. The case now before us is not
alone. We daily see paragraphs of the
same import, in which details are given
which would outvie in atrocity the
deeds OF the savages, " hose acts we al.
Iect TO hold In contempt and loathing -
There must be stop put to all this, or
we cannot hope TO flourish as u people.
Custom sanctions even crime, and il
wrong thus goes. unpublished, and com
munilies suffer their privileges to be
outraged without rebuking the perpe-
traitors; the time will arrive " ben even
the church will not shelter the victim
from the kniie Of the assassin, or the TO-
rum o! Justice be sacred from the open
threat of the bravo. Would to God
That our countrymen saw this state of
things in the same light as W.. do, for
then we should not fear that the safety
and honor OF our own proud land would
be much longer insulted. and her exis-
tence endangered by robbers and mur>
deters basely claiming to be citizens
! he occurrtn nee 10 which we alIude in
'"'S particular InstaHc~i tool f,l.-- -
upper part Of Louisiana. We would
that it were altogether false, but the
channel through " hich we receive il is
SO dirrct, aud the authority SO RESPONSE
Bile, that we can find no possible reason
for believing but that it is painfully true.
Is there anything on the page OF Europe,
OF the world. more grossly sickening !:
About fifteen years since, a man by
the Dame of Hagerty, near Harrison
burg, was, as said. by the malevolence
of one Humble charged with larceny
1t appeared upon the trial that the wit.
ness was suborned. aud Hagerty was
honorably acquitted. From that time
forward, continued and burning hos!il-
ity existed between the parties, pros
ducing ofcourse many scenes of outrage
and disorder, the spirit of which was
most naturally and readily imbibed by
the young men Of both parties. Some
years after the charge OF larceny, Rag-
erty was murdered by one Of his slaves,
who at the execution declared that she
was hired 10 kill his master by u man in
the neighborhood.' The young Hager-
tvs believed it was one OF the Humbles,
who had instigated the assassination
The war was continued with great spirit
and various success, though the Hager-
tvs were generally oppressed. their
whole force being but young man and
little boy but sixteen years old. A
bout the first of September, Humble,
with his two associates, Bass and Davis,
/ caught the boy, ducked him. and striped
him, aud then whipped him in the most
unmeTcifui manner. The parties met.
/ Humble, Bass aud Davis armed with RI
fes Young Hagerty with stick, and
his little brother with double Darrell
ed gun. Young HageIty told Humble
that his little brother had been abused
by their men, and be wished TO know
whether either Of them had spirit e.
nough to fight him Humble raised bis
rifle TO shoot him. and HageIty sprang
behind tree. Humble told Bass to go
round the tree with his rifle End shoot
him, if he did not come out The boy
handed his brother the double barrelled
gun, who instantly stepped out with his
gun at an order, and told Humble he
should have fair chance if he wanted
to Kill him Humble then took deib.
crate aim and shot him-tben turned 10
the door TO get his pistol, advanced with
it cooked and raised 10 an aim wher
he received the whole contents Of one
barrel from the hands Of the little boy
aud fell dead.
The little fellow had just time to turf
, upon Bass, who was advancing upor
bin from behind with his rifle of deaf
aim. But he did turn without flincbing
and poured the whole contents Of thu
second barrel into the bosom Of Bass
I who fell dead at his feet. The boy wa
2 shot in the right breast--reeled and fell
S just in time TO avoid the pistol fire o
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