Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-11-04

Horrid OuirGge.-Som0 Texas iiarati-
ders lately crossed over The line aud took
(orcible possession Of citizen in the pa
rish OF Catido. After they had carried him
into the territory Of Texas was proPo-
sed 10 bury him alive. With this inlcn-
lion, grave was then dug-the uniortu-
nate mad being witness TO their move
ments. He stood helpless, counting each
shovel full Of earth, as the quick ierrnina-
ton OF his life, surrounded by a gang of de-
speradocs. ready TO crush him beneath the
clod, and from whose sentence, escape was
death. Overpowcred with the frightlul
fate before him, he bounded from his keep
ers, and rushed into an adjacent thicket:
but before his steps had measured many
PAGES over the earth. heavy vullcy of
musketry brought him Io the ground, aud
there he lay lifc!ess corpse, Il victim Ia
Tic insecurity Of our border proIcctlon.-
His body, after hcine cUr up. was huns
upon the branches Of the ncighborins trees.
there TO meet the gaze al the traveller. and
tell him Of power lhat knows nothing oi
the bounds otlaw, ar ui human authority;
hut like the howling bea.Is of the wilder
ness, would snap the fragile cords OF life.
ifiu,erest once stirred up the fatal ire Of
their wrath upon him hose voice dare rise
against their iuiquiiics. The deceased
man, whose name was Boatrisht had thus
offended them, he had with other Of his lcl-
low citizens declared himself openly, 10 be
opposed Ia them, aud Us might have hcen
expected in cuuurry like ours, where from
the sparseuess frontier population, the
avenues 10 the wrath of handful are wide
open. the unfortunate mnn had TO forfeit
his life as n ransom Tor his alienation 10
their authority The citizens of our bor-
der country have witnessed these men. uh-
der The name Of Regulators and Modcra-
lors, committing in the territory Of Texas
some Of the most barbarouS cruellics Of the
18th century.
The country nu our border towards the
SD degree of latitude, is the principal
scene Of action, aud il is but Il Jew years
nso, lha, nn American, who had shipped
from New Orleans to one of their towns, "A
large. assortment Of groceries and dry goods.
was routed out, aud his goods iorcibly ia
ken of by The gang. Nothing was ever
done ahou, ii, aud The nc, is now ai,nost
forgotten. \ while ago ouc Of The cap
tains Of the Regulators. and man that
was with him, was ,ia, in u small village
ofIhc name Of Losan.por,. The captain
audihc pcr,un with him, hal not long been
gone from the Store where they had been
making purchase, when a discharge Of
muskels was heard by The storckccpcr,-
He rushed out, aud soon discovered The
two bodies lying on the Sroua'i; there was
10 one near, and he was Jeff 10 conjecture
the cause Of their dca,s. Exaninins
minutely The place around, i, was no, long
before he discovered IN the earth, beneath
TWO fallen trees. the impress Of five or six
meu; aud it thus appears that these TWO
men had been sho, down without quarrel
or 6gh,-wiihout iuIima'ion, and with the
most COO! determination. In view of their
enoruitiics we cannot wonder why Boat
right, or any other American citizen should
have expressed their dissatisfaction, But
we shall not seek arguments TO prove
what the bare facts cvince; and we call
upon the friends "f ,liis man and the ciii-
zens generally, 10 hiring this ncl before their
government, and lei il claim their attention.
The SUBJECTS one certainly lha, oush, 10
demand It's hichcs, consideration.-NQtch
i.oches Herald.