The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-02
FrOa, the Democratic Review. JOHyHILL, alias NII0N CURRY.
~,ur sKrrcH oF LIYE Ix ARKANsAs.

TRUE SKETCH OF LtEE IN AhAANsAS.
 .AmOsa the truest friends of the people, of all In the present convention, may be named John Hil, of St. Francis. His energy, eloquence, and csur- aga fuIly en,i,le him 10 the proud place he holds. and as we srust will long retain-thst of leader Of the Arkansas democracy '-l Ltttle Rock Oazette, Ia the days of the conveniion.J
 RIoopY AFrRAY--A desperate rcncountre oc- carred last week in St. Francis. Two distinguish cd etIxens were killed and three others daagerons lv wounded The difficulty resulted in an attempt to arrnss John Hill, member of the last Legisa- tare aud formerly of the State Convention. who, as s is alleged, is the notorious robbeT, Nixon Car ". thmt committed such atrocities fifteen years ago. in the mountain of Carolina. "-l Lltte Rock Ga sette, of May, is4O.
 We have given the previous extracts from the des, and most respectable journal of Arkansas, in srder to satisfy every reader. that the following naErstive, extraordinary some of its incidents may secm Is no tissue Of fiction. Indeed, while re- I..iaa genuine events and painting the scenes, we have bee especially careful to avoid all vivid colors Shosld this short sketch, by any chance reach the forests of Arkansss the FeopIe there will deem It's description tame In comparison with the deeds of the man. The writer, who has resided long on the frontier, has use for fancy in portraying it's ex- citing life. Simple memory will serve him very well.
 About fifteen years ago there lived in Iredell CO., North Carolina, Presbyterian preacher by the name 
 irreproachable character and having large family of promising sons and daughters. Among these, the favorite was Nixon, distinguished when boy for hts fearless courage and the tenderness of his heart slike.--He seems, from several anecdotes of his early days, to have been child of impulse and earnestness and passion. When only six years of age he had combat at school with a bully of the playground, nearly twice his own weight, and af- ter suffering most dreadfuy he at length achieved the victory due almost entirely to the sheer power of his endurance.
 From the time he six years old, that Is to say, from the first session he attended in the country school house. had Nixon Curry been in love. His idol little girl of the age, and under the taiton of the same master. The attachment ap- pears to have been mutual from the commencement. They stood up in one class and always managed to stand together. During the hours of recess. when other juveniles were amusing themselves with bois- treas sports, the precocous lovers would wander amidst leafy groves, or by the messy margins of silver ris. Forever, to eternity and wherever the soft spell of love comes, always brings with il the bright spirit of poetry scattering thick starred dreams and divine visions of beauty over all things Even then they exchanged pledges, and discours- ct n syeet aud sinless whispers of their future br- dal day.
 And thus they grew up in one delicious identity of fancy and feeling. Their bias for each others society while children, caused particular remark Such attractions are common between the youth of opposite in the country, and, as usual, termi nate abruptly arrival at maturer years. Far diff ferent, however, was the with Nixon Curry and Lucy Gordon. Their passion became evi- dent at fifteen, that all further intercourse for bidden by her parents--ambng the wealtheist aris- tOcracy of Carolina Then followed stolen meet iags by starlight, rmer VOWS wilder love, which always increase in proportion to its crosses, and like the tree of Lebanon, sends down it's deepest roots into the tender heart, the more it is shaken by storms.
 Finally, at seventeen, while Lucy's relatives were endeavorng to force her into the Of another, she 6ed with the lover of her childhood. They were pursued-overtaken; and Nixon Curry shot his rival and of the proud Gordons dead on the spot, and then escaped with his bride, although het- ly chased by more men, and found an asylum in the Almighty Mountains, near the sources of the Catawba. Here. under the plea of necessity, he embraced the profession of robber, and rendered his name famous by the number and astonishing boldness of his exploits. We may record it not as matter of merit perhaps, but for the sake of his- toricai truth-thaI the youthful bandit never was known to perpetrate any deed ot murder for the purpose of punder, though he did several 10 avoid arrrst.-At length the rumor of his daring telones ceased suddenly; and, notw ithstandiag reward o five thousand dollars offered for his apprehen siOn by the Governor of the State, he was heard o no more in North Carolina.
 At the first settlement of the fertile delta, bord ering on the St Francis, there came emigran who called himself Jonn Hill, and who sue ceeded in acquiring universal popularity. Although of moderate means, he was sober, industrious. gen erous and hospitable; and such continued to be hi character, in the new country of his adoption. fo twelve successive years During all that long pc riod he never had personal difficulty or quarre with any human being; and yet every body wa satisfied that such peaceful ife--singulr for tha Iatltude-was not owing to want of courage, O. deficiency of power to perform good service in any sort of battle eId Tor of all bear hunters that pierced the jungle of cane in "the great swamp, or descended by torch-ght into the dark caves o the Ozark mountaHs, he was celebrated as the mos fearless.
 He was repeatedly elected to the Territorial Le. gsiaturer where he distinguished himself by ( strong, impassoned eloqueuce, . chief leader in the democratic ranks lie was next, us we have already sesa, member f the convention; and was elected again the ensuing year to represent his coun ty in the Senate of Arkansas.
 At this period commenced his second series oi misiortanes. Hills nearest neighbors were the Strongs; four brothers of considerable wealth, ambition, and, ii we may borrow the phrase of the country, "famous fighters" Notwithstanding their character was so dssimiiar from that of the pacific "oeaf hunter, close and cordial intimacy grew HP between them and Hill, in an unguarded mo- mens, made the eldest brother, George a confdaut as to the seerect of his history. 1t happened that this same George conceived violent desire for po- litical disnetion, and requested Hill resign his seal In the Senate iu the iibera friends favor Hill refused, and the StFongs conspred for terrible re. senge Writing back to Carolina they procured a copy of the reward offered for the arrest o: Nixon Curry, the far famed robber; and then collecting party of dozen desperate men, they attempted to capture Hi II in his own house The latter had al- ways gone armed, with his enormous double bar. relied shot gun, two long rifle pistols, and knife so heavy that few hands besides his own could wied 1t. The assault of tho strongs proved terrible to themselves. Hill killed two of the brothers, and dangerously wounded i've of their friends, escaping himself unhart, although twenty rounds of ball aud buck shot were aimed at his breast.
 The excitement resulting from this affair was boundless. A reqaisiton caRle from the Executive Of Carolina, demanding Iie surrender of Nixon Carry. The Governor of Arkansas published an additional reward for the arrest of John Hill; and ihas, beiwixt the two fires, the victims chance seemed hoDeIess