Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-06-08

5 the fearless face Of Bill Shelley al
I peared, as be shoutedin tones [
! thunder
If you come one foot nearer
vel blow you to h. ll!'
Quick as Lightning the ddor wa
shut, and fifty guns protrude,
through theport holes. An unae
countable panic seized the multitude
every man bat one, fled in utter epn
fusion and dismay, and many did no
pause till they were miles away il
the country Very different wa.
the conduct of the one single excep
tion. Albert Willis displayed the
daring Of a demon. He stood firm
-as rock; he tore open bis shirt bo-
som, and dared his foes to fire; be
bantered them-to come out, and he
would engage them all at once His
courage awoke one sentiment of
honorable feeling in hearts dead to
every other,
Fire upon him.! exclaimed Ball.
No, you shall not, said Biz Shell
ley, he is too brave to be shot down
like dog
For three months afterwards an
extraordinary state Of things pre-
vailed in the county of Washington.
and especially abon ut Fayetteynle.-
Albert Willis rode continually over
the country, sometimes, with ne,but
generally with d half dozen wild look
ing ruiiians by his side, All armed
to the teeth with double -barrelled
5hof-guns and revolving pistols !
Occasionally he was seen near the [
Indian line, at the head of hun [
lred Cherokee warriors. A thou
sand different rumors we're circulated.
Now it WAS said that he lay in wait (
)n the roads to assassinate his enc
Mess Again, the news came that he
vas marching with a thousand sava-
res to lay the county seat in ashes.
often, at the hour of midnight, the
.uiIty citizens OF the villages were
tarjled from their slumbers by the
brill blast of n solitary trumpet {
-om the centre of tn + public square,
t seemed as if their foe took mali
ous pleasure in pptting them to
ne agonies Of d slow torture; and all 5
ne while the conpaniens Of that I
iions clique ne ver left their grocery 5
rt
At length Willis entirely 'aisHp-
jared, and was not heard of for a (
sar. Bal, Sanders ana company /"
zen issued from the ir f:,stness. and
,ntnredput to breathe the fresh air. =
Twelve months rolled away, when :
. community was agitated by the a, a
currcnce of IA new cathstrophe.-- a. "
If Shelley was slain, when travel a.
g alone on Cane Hill; and, from u
cry sign, the deed had not been
ne till after a desperate contest. a. "
Both his pistols were found dis q :,
argea, and his knife was broken in - -
0. The next week John Coulter -
S killed near the same spot, aud - "
) rifle, too, lay empty with the u, -
)ck annihilated beside him. ~ 81
a fortnight followed, and Matthew ~ ~
cper WIS discovered dead in his 81
n vfIice, which stood in the su -, ~
rps Of the village, some two hun On
ed yards from any other house = GT
lis appears tue most singular Of all. 9 f.
e door was locked; but window y
,od open, through which the homi r. r.
e bad evidently made his escape,
tie prints of two bloody hands of
d been lett son the 3ilnus. lhere las
le also two words traced in blood
the floor %~The Avenger.
There had obviously been a vio- ac,
t combat. A strange LOCKING in
lie, with the point snapped off, lay me-
the table, while tie stiff fingers pa
the corpse grasped dagger pur- Co
with gore, wi
1t is impossible to paint the ter pa
5 Of the clique at this swift sue NE
sion Of disas ters- Ball and the PEI
, surviving Sbellels ran away to are
xas, never haliing till they reached Col
Trinity. An agent sold their OF
ms and grocery, and followed With ta'
ir numerous slaves. Soon after sta
IDS the fact transpired that Ball an
robbed the bank of which he Th
; cashier, 10 the amount Of a hun sol
d thousand dollars. as
Gen. Sanders set out on a trip to pr'