The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-04-10
TanmnLE sorNEs IN NV MrxIco..

AtFOcihes-Mejo Bartlett. com
Of The boundary commission, ar.
lately Ut New Orleans. and com.
municated to the Picayune the following
narratives;
major BIS party, when about 22l
miles his side of FL Pasu, discovered "A
smoke at some distance. They sen, oul
a party 10. recnnnuitre, and discovered a
negro man aud woman in the act of cook
ing food, aud, on further search. tie head
of a negro was found in the Ii e. They
said they had been compelled To kill one
ut their companions for fuod.-They had
been nine days 00t. their guns had buIst,
aud they were in a state of starvation.
The account they gave Of themselves was
this: they were all slaves Of a man named
Owens, near Holly Springs. Mississippi;
aud had run away together las: corn,
planting. making for Mexico. The boy
killed was about nineteen years of age
named Arthur; the ulher is u black, aged
from twenty-seven To thirty. calling him
sell Henry; the girl bright nulatto, a
bout twenty one, named Malinda.
These last two were taken to Sal
Antonio, and left in custody of one Auto
Mo Navano.
"Major Bartlett brings accounts nfsomt
horrible scenes of disorder. riot, murder
and execution. which took place at So
cnrro about the closing days of January
1t seems that bands 0l armed rufIians-
discharged transfers and soldiers, ant
frontier desparadnes-had been 0veraw
ing the quiet inhabitants Of Socnrro, b!
parading the streets armed. aud commit
ting all manner Of luwless acts. The,
robbed and killed openly, without any
p~rUvucatlnn or remuIse. Instances ar
gwen oftheir seizing an unoifending man
taking away his gun, and killing him wit
II, without the shadow Of a cause, ant
5%rutally beating the women Through
the 2Sth and 29th ofJanuary they rang
ed like wild beasts, committing all sort,
ut crimes, when a party of the citizen
sent an express to the United State
troops at 5 u EIezario, about six mile
otf, asking tor protection, which was de
clined. and the applicants referred to Tn,
civil power
"On the night oflhe Goth a most auda
ciOus outrage was committed. The rob
Der band. seeking a man named Clarke
e. G. Clarke, said To he the son nf j. W
Clarke, United States Senator from
Rhode Island, went to a fandango .
dancing party where no was aud NAL
treated the whole party of males aud fe
males. They placed senlinels at the ell
trance fired of pistols at the candles, ant
otherwise terrified the women threaten
ing death To man ur women who SHOULD
stir; aud finally the leader, one Alexsndr
Young, assisted by three others job
Wade; Marcus Butler and vii lam Graf.
fell upon Clarke and gave him nine u
ten mortal wounds. Another man, name,
Charles Gates. was badly snot. Mex
morning some members o the boundur
commission who were present in tow
resolved to arrest the murdererS al d
h azards, and sent an express to the mai
body of the commission at San ElrZari
for help. In three hours Il large party Il
Americans aud Mexicans arrived, in sue
force as to he enabled To search for an
stiz" eight or ten of the worst. including
Wade. Butler and Craig. Yousg, III,
ringleade', escaped.
These men were brought hefor
Judge BerllIold on the 80 h January, ex
ahmed. aud committed; and the mex
day they were trled by jury, sentenced
TO he hung within one hour; and, nntwith
standing tho threats and preparations Z,
their association. the seHtence was en-
forced, and they were hung up to TN
branches ct a tree on FRIDAY morning
The bodies of the murderels were buried
aud at 2,p. NJ. that Of the murderer
Clarke was also buried.
"A large reward $4,000 was offered 70
the arrest Of Ynung He was arresle,
on the l0th-brought to Socorro on IL,
llth. He made full confession of hi
crime, but was nevertheless put on tria
on the 18th. His own written COME ssior
which he repeated aud signed, was al
ded To the other testimony, He was fou,
guilty, condemned, and executed IN III,
the same tree where his companions ha,
been hung.
"Major Bartlett repeated that sine,
these examples Socorro has been per
fectly quiet and orderly"
TOM HYER's CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Ii is stated that Guodnsun, the powerfl
fellow who noticed Flyers card a few
days since, has formally accepted his pu
giIislic challenge, The prelimena,s wer,
Ia De entered into last evening. and III,
first deposits made by the friends of tn,
respective CHI mpious. Hyer wants t,
have a six months training, but Goodu
son wants it as II condition that neithe
party shulI train more than three months
As 500 as this point shall have been set
He'd The nnDera will hn siuua1 and av