Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-10
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g me, and was thrilled by an indiscribabi,
i. sensation Of disgust and wonders. Aims.
u in the course of my lifeI .haye-seen tor
many cruelties, and undergone hardship.
+ almost beyond credehce. Retrospec,ion
with me, embruces as many wonders as the
r history :ot Si7bad the sailor.,9g ss1a7sss5 :
i After the meal was dispacbed, provok-
ing and irksome silence prevailed. Twas
Extremely desirous Of penetra rating to the bot.
] tom Of the my ysterious nature Of this matter,
| but could mot bring myself to the point.
I As often as ! opened my mouth toask what
Ethey were doing there, so often shut ii
7 without uttefiag rord.a The. weasel sell
dom, removed his eyesfrom Jim or myself.
4 The party began to break upsand move a.
: way in couples, hutthe remained fixture.
! At last he was left alone with thatis,
his companions, although in sight, were in
capable Of hearing our conversation, if lit
were carried on in a low tone. 2r7ass asayIsl:
/ We sendeavored to appear at ease to be
resting from our fatigue--and 10 care n =
thing about what was going on,5f a7v. asg.s
I Finally the little mansgayei signs ofbeing
weary ofginspeeting us. 8! He drew closer
towaI as. sAtleugtha lie spoke:7el E,ass
eiYou don'tlask any questions?rg1 .. esss
4sNo, " said we, we have none to ask. . n'e5s
ssDon't you, W onder rawlat sdse're doing
here29sh INTERCEPTED with an airoof sur
fprise. Fis.a. & ssaezzs bsE xssF ees.;s
s[didait. answered. / carelesslyss..s9 .
/ sNor i" said Jim, following suits1gf lbs
sBut,'' Iresumed with a. well dissem-
bled look ssaows that you speak of it, what
are ayoua doing sl,ere?yY,a a sas .gygle,,} ~
>sHere onbusiness!kS owas the curt; res
ponse.a9fdN aasak4.s4 tc1 BIB sJ-~g.lci sii
II thought you didn't iire here; ,ss4sis g,
asLiye here. strangergs cried the anatomy
*whys my and lis fifty miles1from here y o.
pretiieri elearingscan't be found on the Mis-
tsouri.3s sga SE5cc l. g27elfl 81: iaaa.ssa
"Glad tozhear you're so luckys'nssaid dr.
and continued eaay, clearing is hundreds of
miles ffom here, land wishI was on it.jn1i
aSOne does like to-be atLome, c!!.in,ed,in
our friend,tt; 81 a. zea ga Hssl7 bssA sssssaa.
ssYes,o growleda Im,GsI always make
home the place where l am.' .i1aira7asgs
Another long pause, suceeeded5 this ,ran,-
bling chat. The little man broke it as be-
fore. He said;o 5asl6l ST 3g s7a aisgsaa s..e,i
SITS a'mosttime for US to do our business :
/ wasabogt to exclainn, testify, Swell,
why don't you do it, but my .betterx genius
prevented, aud / enquHed il. We We're it the
| way. sazzuz gzoal 80 Fa arFst aeo4 e,ga9
sThal depends on circumstances" an
swered the Lampedo. fs#i7t4 1g g. -~
"Ohp' grunted Jim, emphatically, as he
shuffied from his old position into new
one. gHaeesslss 89Jis 9af7{ s. ia acli-staz
drew a long breath and asked wha.
those circumstances might be. 5,,-.s en-,
aThey ,naought be. e'enamost nything :"
answered the little man, with grin over
what he considered bis wit; "but they re
peculiar. You'll, understand 'em presently. .
The men had beeen earnestly talking a.
mong themselves all this while, and had
seen that Jim and / formed no inconsidera-
bic portion Of their topics. They appeared
to be debating a bout some question, in which
itawas plain enough we were mixed up
some way or another. In a short time they
seemed to have amica bly, settled whatever
difficulty bad existed One Of them came
up to the little man, and saying-a"All right
tell 'em!! !!'"'---returned to his comrades. -.a
The little man nodded his head compla.
Gently, and then cendescending to unclose
bis parchment covered jaw, he addressed
Us again. ,4e SIT ..=ges4 be.,.s.ss -.,
! 7s'WL'RE LYNcHERs."' ss.la = ;.---sS ..
| Had he said 'WE'RE RoBBERs' instead,
/ could not have. experienced, a more un-
pleasant shock than that which, suddenly
ran through, my nervous system. Those
who have never visited the regions Of which
am writing, know nothing of the lynch
ers orltheir works. Time and time again
1 have beheld their transactions. In the
majority of cases the DEGREES of the }lynch-
ers were Just and unavoidable. In some
some casesthey were 6endish, unmerited ,and
wicked in the extreme. Lynch law in new
settlements lin the West and Southwest
is not the lynch law of the Nortb--of
cities. . .=p- ssif4l Id. ara .l.s.;-. r...,,
The lynchers are the oldest and most res
spectacle Of the inhabitants. They are as
Systematically organized and convened as
the Senate of the. United States. They are
governed bysrules as fixed as the statutes
Of the Medes and Persians, have consti-
tuition and laws, written out to guide them.
and conduct their proceedings with every
sort Of judicial importance. There is no in
sanity Of the mob discoverable in their move.
ments. They trie, condemn and punish a
culprit, with as much preparation and as
coolly as any court in the. United States
In arresting person unfortunate enough
to come under their notice, they 60 to all
lengths. They will track hi1, hundreds Of
miles from State to State, territory TO ter.
ritory. II he delivers himself quietly uE
he will get ALI benefit Of such trial as
they award If not, he must trust to the
speedy settlement Of his affairs after they
have secured him. The lynchers supply
the case Of the authorities of the country.
Whele they are organized one Of Uncle
Sans ofic ais is rarely if ever seen. Some.
times Judge or two will stray along once
in year, and hold hurried session which
will amount to nothing excepting a farce.
: In the meantime the desperaaoes who may
} have committed their various crimes to the