Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-20

fee huutrr might endure. they would have
taken The hint 10 beware OF ehsfng the 81
Icnty ioamlng boar any louccr
THIS was an III st,dctday for Jack,
though from this time lroub,s began to
thic.cn about him The even lc,,v, = us
simple happy life was destroyed, aud ind.
nifty aud outrngs followed each Other fasi
iiinch never brgavc tie unlucky skill
which robbed him Of his pruudus, boasi
tina, Of being the bra mar kansn on the from
tier; * he swore, in base vlnd, c,iye butr, 10 dog
hun TO death or make hun leave the country.
Soon AFTER this, n valuable horse belonging
TO rich and powerful plnn,cr disnppes
lie was one Of those mco who had com.
promised with the regulators, paying so
much black mad for cycm plon, from their
deptcdations, and protection against Others
oithe same stamp aud he now applied to
/ llInch, for The recovery OF his horse. and
the punishment OF the thief This nlnch,
under their contract was bound to do, and
promised to accomplish forthwith lie
aud some Of hIs men went of 90 the trail
Of his missing horse md returned the next
day. announcing tina. they had followed It
with all their skill through n grca, many
wIndugs, evidently intending to throw off
pursuit, and had at last traced il to Jack
Longs picket f-ncc, and there could be no
doubt but tina, no was the thief The plan.
Z ter knew nothing OF Jack, but that he was
new conner, and d,inanded that he should
he forced to give up tho horse, and punish.
ell to he extremity oflhc frontier code.
But this was not Hiuch's policy vet n
while. Tie knew the proof, were not
strong enough 10 make the charge plausible,
even before a Lynch Court Of which he
hims, II was both the prosecutor, Indge, and
cxeculloncr. His objtc, was to frs, &c, up
n hue AMI cry against Long and under
cover OF Il gcneral excitement, accomplish
hrs devIlsh purposes without question or
mock trial even SO that, nher great deul
OF manuuvrIn. Tor eight or ton days ,Jufng
which time the charge against Long was
| indnstrlously lrcuialed by his mvrnidons,
50 rs to attract general attention and expec
ta,ion, rs to the result Of his inyestign.
tons he proclaimed far and wide, that he
hnl found the horse a, last hid in timber
bottom near Longs This Of con;,e,
seemed strong confirmation OF his 2ull,und
though the mob mos, OF them were horse
thieves, TO all intcn,s, vet II was AL unpardon.
able crime for any one 10 practice pro.
REASONABLY among themselves SO that Long
was loudly denounced, aud ,hrealn on
every side, and ordered 10 leave the Country
forthwith.
These proceedings Jack by no means
comprehensive, or ieit disposed TO be moved
by but gave them TO unders tand that he
meant 10 remain where he was, unul it
entirely suited his convenience to 90; md
that ifhi, time and heirs did no, happen to
agree, they might make the most of y,
And Jack was such nm unNrnmis.uy snIp.
gng looking somebody, and his reputation
which had now spread cvcrvwhere-o
possessing such consumma,e skill with tho
rife, tina, he ,hoachi it condcsccnsion to
shoot anywhere else bnl IN the eyes was
50 formidable, that no individual felt dlsp,.
Sod TO push the matter 10 personal COLI.
, SION. tie might sill therefore. have been
/. lrh in qlc but Illuch hal unfortunately
tnkon up the impression, from Jacks con.
duct in the shooting match affair, that he
, must be n coward AMI # this were true.
z then all his skill amounted to bit Iillle t;
| and Ike any other bloody woIfsh brute. b..
l followed him up the more eagerly for this
very rc1s N, hich wnnld have disarmed a
generous foe DcsiJcs, Jack hnd Igivrn
fresh and wciehtler mater of offence, in
p that he had refused 10 obey aud dcfied his
] authority ne Regulator The very bring
e ofthat authority seemed to require now
= TIM, wholesome example should be made
: OF him for the warning ofnlI refractory per.
sons hereafter The wretch, who wa.
, cunning ms ierocious and had sworn in his
p inmo,t heart to run and dIsgrnce Long,
from the moment ofthat triumph, now a.
vailed himself remorseIcssly of all his in
! Aucnce and knowledge Of the society n.
round him To accomplish 1t Several nor.
Sc, now dlsapp eared and robbcnes of other
, binds perperntc1 with singular dcxteri,y
followed 10 quick succession All these
! thogs he managed, through the ellmors oil
. his s,oundrclIy troops. To have lad dltucl.
p ly or indirectly, to Jacks door
But in he popular estimation lhcg coun.
ted ms no'a0g in fixing the ch1,re OF dan.
gerous malice r'o7 poor Long, IN compIr.
iSon with on o'hcr incident About the
, time, no, only Ilnch himself but every
p other person who h.I made himself con.
spicuons by insisting upon Jacks guilt and
the necessity Of punishing hun summarily,
) began ,oIosc, cveryiayo two valuable stock,
J which was wnniony sho, down sometimes
, in SIGH, other houses and it soon began
, - be- remarked tia! every nn,mll LOST IN
q m this way hut been shot IN III, eye THIS
| was Instantly assoc lated, Of course with
Jocks well known md cafions prediction
r for ihst mark in burning mi perfect
J Storm ofindien1iion followed 4 meeting
was at once convened at "the store" OIL
which The Pianier was the chairman; and
( ~ IT. by unanlfn vote. resolution wa,