Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-11

I green leaves to the self same cadenc
they had held yesterI day in th,
breeze. His wide-opeh eyes wer
glancing calmly and fcrutinizingly
into the faces of the men who stoo(
around-t hose features are never Il
be forgott4nl-for while Hinch lay
on the stripes with all bis furiou.
str ength, blaspheming as they fall
that glance dwells on each face with ;
cold, keen, searching intensity, as i
it marked them to be remembered ii
Ihell! The mans air was awful-sC
lconcentrated-so still--so enduring
He never spoke, or groan led, orwrithed
but tho Sc intense eyes of hisl-
the wretches couldn't stand them,
and began to shuttle an q get behind
each other. But it was too late;
he had then all-ten men! They
rre registered
We will drop the curtain over this
horrible sd enc. Suffice it to say,
that after lashing him until he tainted,
the Regulators left him; telling his
wife, that if they were not out of the
country in ten days he should be
shot. He did go within the speci-
fed time; and, as it was said, returned
with his family to Arkansas, where
his wife's father lived. The incident
was soon forgotten in helby county
amidst the constant recurrence Of
similar scenes.
About four months after this affair,
in company with an adventurous
friend, I was traversing Western
Texas. Our objects wer e to see the
country, and amuse ourselves in
hunting for a time over any district
We found well adapted for a particular
sport-as for bear-hunting, deer
hunting, bufalo-hunting, Sc Eli
ther Of these animals is to be found
in greater abundance, and Of course
pursued to greater advantage in pc
culiar regions; and as we were anxious
to make ourselves familiar with all
the modes Of life in the country, We
made it point in passing through to
stop whereversthe promise Of any
thing specially interesting ofe red it
self. Prairies, timber and water
we're better distributed in Shelby
han any county we had passed thro'
the timber predominating over
-he prairie, though interlaid by it in |
every direction, This diversity of
surface attracted a greater variety |
If game, as well as afforded more peril
iect facilities to the sportsman. In-I
Iced it struck US as a perfect Hun
-er's Paradise, and my friend happen
ng to remember a man of some
who had moved from his ma
i've county, and settled, as he had
understood, in Shelby, We inquired +
or him, and very readily found him.
Whatever else may be said or
of the Texans, they are un-
luestionably most gen nerously hospi-
able. We were frankly and kindly
eceived, and horses, servants, guns,
logs, and whatever else was necessa- / /
y to ensure our enjoyments Of the
ports of the country, as well as the
ime Of our host himself, were forth
gith at our disposal, and we were
oon, to our hearts content, engaged
n every character Of exciting chase.
One day we had all turned out for
deer-drive. This hunt, in which
logs arc used for driving the game
ut of the timber, scatters the hun
ers very much; they are stationed
t the different Islands" which are
ometimes miles apart, to watch for
he deer passing out; for this reason
he party seldom gets together again
ntil night. We divided in the morn
ng, and slirted up opposite sides of
wide belt of bottom timber, while
he drivers and dogs penetrated it,
O rouse the deer, which ran out eli
her side by the stands, which were
,noWn to the hunters. We were un-
sually successful, and returned to a
ate dinner at our hosts, the planters
ouse. BY dusk all had come in ex-,
ept my friend, whose name was
Ienry, and a man named Stoner,
ne OF the neighbors, who had Joined I
ur hunt. Dinner was ready, and
Ie sat down to it, supposing they
rould be in, in few moments. The
neal was nearly over, when II enry,
tho was a gay, voluble felloY, came |
into the room, and, with a
lightly flurried manner, addressed p
ur host:-'Squire, this is strange ]
Ountry of yours! Do you let crazy !