Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-04-03

but parts of the county; and the fact
that during this general tumult,a moth
ing more was seen or heard OF the
mysterious Rineman, encouraged them
with the belief that they had succeeded
in gettinglid of hilnthrough the intim
idation of his confederales.
They had now been for nearly a
fortnight in the saddle-had glutted
themselves with vengeance, and, as
they conceived, broken down this dan
gerous conspiracy against their power;
and if they had not succeeded in de-
tecting and Furnishing, had at least
frightened off their singular foe. They
now concluded they might safely dis
band That day after they separated,
one other number named Rees-a'-
most as bad antssayage man as Elnch
himself-was riding pasta thicket, in
sight Of bis Own house, when he was
shot from it. His negroes heard the
gun, and seeing his horse galloping up
to the house riderless and snorting
wildly, they ran down and found him
stretched in the road dead. He acas
shot in the eye, and the ball passed out
at the back Of the head.
When Hinch heard this, lie turned perfect
~ lyld, his knees smote together, and with a
horrible cath, he exclaimed, ''It's Jack Long,
or his ghost, BY Cd come back for ven
geance!" 1t was now perceived, for the first
time, that all the men lad been shot through
the eye, instead Of in the hack of the head,
where the hall had only passed out after enter
ing at the socket. The other heads had been
too unpleasantly mutilated for examination
aud this fact has not been before Observed
Ofcourse everybody was satisfied now, that
this terrible being was in one way or another
identified with Jack Long; for the notoriety Of
his favorite mark and his matchless skill in
stantly occurred to all, as accounting for much
that was unaccountable in these occurrences.
This produced great change in public feel
ing. The better sort began to conceive that
they understood the whole matter The lynch
ing Jack had received was fresh in their
memories, and they supposed that its severity
had shaken his mental Valance and made him
a monomaniac, and that the disease had endow-
ed him with the marvellous cunning-the
staunch, murderous hate-and the unnatural
appearance, which had created such sensation
They could not understand how being so
s.mPle-hearted and sluggish as he was reputed
to have been, could have been reused Or stung
to such deeds by the mere depth and power Of
his natural passions. But m0nonaniac or not.
such vengeance, and the daring conduct Of
the whole affair, were very imposing at their
associations and prepossessions, and they SYM
pathized heartily with him.
The class 70 which Jack had belonged. at
least those Of them who had managed to keep
footing during the relentless prescription Ct
the Regulators, now began to look up, and hin
ted that they had known of Jacks return from
the time of Stoner's murder, and he'd aided and
power; furnishing him with fresh horses when
the noble animal he rode back from the States
became fatigued; assisting his flights and con-
cealnents, and furnishing him with informa-
ton, as we'll as spreading the exaggerated sto-
ries about him. One blu1f old fellow remark
ed:
''You are fools who talk about Jacks being
crazy! He's as calm and cold as frosty
morning up in cid kentuck; and his heads as
clear as bell! He's just got his Indian fight
in and Tory-hatin' blood walked up in him by
them stripes! That's Blood you know that's
dangersomer than catamount when it cnce
gets riz!"
Jack was now frequently seen, but it was
known that his work was only half down, and
that he meant to finish it, and he was regar-
ded with great curiosity and awe. The five
wretched men were entirely unstrung and
panic-strcken TheSmade no attempt at re-
but all their hopes seemed to lie in
the effort 10 get cut Of his reach. That long.
heavy rife haunted them day and night
They saw lis dark muzzle bearing on them
from every brush, and through the chinks of
their own cablnsi
One Of ITEM, named White, who was an in
veterate topper, with all his terror could not re-
sist his inclinatian for liquor, and after con-
lnement in his house for nearly three weeks,
determined to risk all and 90 to the store and
ouy him barrel. He went in a covered wagon
lriven by a negro, while he lay stretched on
he bottom on straw. The barrel Of liquor was
he got into the wagon, Law down BY
he-sde of it, and started for home. All the
way he nevor raised his head until, near the |
mouth of his lane, log had been placed by the
side of the road which tilted up the wagon in
passing over it, 50 as to roll the barrel on him.
de forgot his caution, and sprang up with his
lead out of the cover to curse the boy for his
and at that moment a rifle was
discharged. lie fell back dead shot through
the syet The boy said that his master sud
denly cut short his oaths, and exclaimed, There
ne is = at the moment the gun fired. He saw
| tall man with beard hanging down on his !
'reast. and dressed in skins, walking off thro'
he brush with lifie on his shoulder
The next man, named Garnet, about two
weeks after this, got up one morning about sun
Use, and in his shirt sleeves stepped to his
loor and threw it open to breath the fresh air
He was rubbing his eyes, being about half a
sleep; and when he got them fairly open there
stood the gaunt avenger beside tree in the
fatal rife leveled, and waiting till
MS victim should see him distinctly. He did
see him, but it was with his last lolk The
bullet went crashing thro' his brain too! Long
S said to have told enc of his friends that he
never in single instance shot one of these
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