Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-07-14

| which shIVered across his mustivo features
I as these glblng voices rang upon his ears
in insult which no proud free hunter might
endure, they would have taken tho hint,
TO beware of cha6ng the silently foaming
boar any longer.
This was an i'll Starred day for Jack,
though from this time troubles began to
thcken about him. The even tenor of his
simple, happy life was destroyed, and in
dignity and outrage followed each other
fast. Hinch never forgave the unlucky
skill which had robbed him of his proudest
boast, that Of being the best marksman on
the frontier F; and he swore, in base vindic
tive hate, 10 dog him 10 death, or make
him leave tho country. Soon after this, q
valuable horse belonging to rich and pow
erful planter, disappeared. iIo was one Of
those men who had compromised with the
Regulators, paying so much HACK mail for
exemption from their depredations, aud
protection against others ofihe same stamp;
and he now applied 20 Hinch, for the ro-
covery Of his horse, and the punishment Of
the thief. This Hinch, under the contract,
was bound TO DO, and promised 10 accom-
piish forthwith. He aud some of his men
went off on the trail Of the missing horse,
and returning next day, announced that
they had followed il with all their skill
through great many windings, evidently
intended TO throw off pursuit, and had at
last traced il TO Jack Longs picket fence,
and there could be no doubt but ne was
the thief The planter knew nothing of
Jack, but that he was new conner, and
demanded that he should be forced 10 give
up the horse, aud be punished to the ex-
tremity of the frontier code. But this " as
not HIach's policy yet awhile. He knew
the proofs were not strong enough to make
the charge plausible, even before Lynch
Court, of which he himself was both the
prosecutor, Judge, and execuiioner. His
object was TO first get up hue and cry a.
gainst Long, and under cover of general
excitement, accomplish his deyilish pur-
poses without question or much trial even.
So that after great deal Of manGuvering
for eight or ten days, during which time
the charge against Long was industrousy
circulated by his myrmidons, so as to at.
tract general attention and expectation as
TO the result Of the Inveslgations-he pro.
claimed far and wide, that he had found
the horse al last, hid in q timber bottom
near Longs This, of course, seemed
strong confirmation Of his guilt, and though
the mob were most of them horse thieves,
10 oil lntents, yet it was an unpurdonable
crime for any one to practice professional
ly among themselves; SO that Long was
loudly denounced, and threatened on every
side. and ordered to leave the country forth
| with.
These proceedings Jack by no means
comprehended, or felt disposed TO be NOV
ed by; but gave them one and all 20 TN,
dersland that he meant to remain where he
was, until It entirely suited his convenience
10 20; and that if his time and theirs did
not happen TO agree, they might make the
most oi It. And Jack was such an unpron.
ising, sluggish looking somebody, and his
! reputation, which had now spread every
/ where, OF possessing such consummate skill
| with the rife, that he lLoueht il a conde.
gCenson 10 shoot game anywhere else but
IN the eyes--ss SO formidable, that no in
diydual felt disposed to push the matteE'lo
| n personal collision. lie might still, there
fore, have been left in quiet, but Hinch had
unfortunately taken up the impression,
| from Jacks conduct in the shooting match
affair, that Jack must be q coward, and if
this were true, then all his skill amounted
to but liitle ana like many other bloody
wolfsh brules, he followed him up the more
eagerly for ihis very reason, which would
have disarmed generous foe. Besides,
Jack had given fresh and weightier matter
to the offence, in that he had refused to
| obey, and defied his authority as Regulator.
| Tho very being Of that authority seemed to
require now that wholesome example
should be made of him for the awing Of al!
refractory persons hereafter. The wretch
who vas cunning, as ferocious, and had
sworn in his inmost heart 10 rum and dis
grace Long, from the moment of that tri-
umph, now avaled himself remorseiessly
Of all his influence, and knowledge Of the
society around him, TO accomplishi,. SeV-
eral horses now disappeared, and robber-
les Of other kinds, perpeWated with singu-
lar dexterity, followed in quick succession.
All these things, he managed through the
! clamors Of his scoundreIy troops, to have
laid, directly, or indirectly TO Jacks door.
But in the popular estimation they count
ed as nothing, in fixing the charges Of dan
gefous malice upon poor Long, III coiiPdt'
ison with one other incident. About this
time, not only llinch himself but every
other nerson who had made himself con-
spicuous, by insisting upon Jacks guilt, and
the necessity OF furnishing him sammarlly
began TO lose, every day or two, valuable
stock, which was wantonly shot down somo'
times in sight of their houses ; and 1t soon
began TO be remarked that every animal
lost in this way, had been shOttn the eye.
This was instantly associated, of course,
with Jacks we'll known and curious pre-
objection for that mark in hunting. A
meeting was at once convened at "the