Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-29

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ei6ud over the prairjes. OF bspeath qthe
gloom of forests, always yhaggard aud
lgan, dressed in Skin, with half onis and
that long, heavy, rific on his should der. - p
l noticed that :here was only one class Of
men who yentured to assert that they had
actually seen with their own eyes these
wonderful sights, and that was constitu-
ted Of those who had either suffered, or
from their character or pursuits We're
most likely to suffer persecution from the
RepuIatofsLthe class of hunter emf!
grants These men were most industry
Gus in embellishingl all circumstances OF
character, feats aud relentless hatred to
the Regulators, as highly as the excited
credulity Of the public would tbeaf.-
They never saw him, except In the vicini-
ty1of the homes of some of these dreaded
tyrants. In their version, this being was
forever lowering around them, waiting
some favorable moment to strike, when
they we're alone aud far from any help,
They carried it so far as to attract at
teution to it, and arouse in the cunning
mind of Hinch' the same suspicion which
had occurred to Henry and myself, name
ly, that all this was the result ofprofound-
" acute and thoroughly organized scheme
of this class, headed By some man ofpe-
culiar personalities and consummate
Skill, with the object of discriminating or
driving off the regulators. II seemed i'm
possible, that without collusion with many
others, the murderer should have been
able 10 battle all pursuit. Hinch and his
band had been thoroughly cowed and
awed; but the moment this idea occurred
to them, the reaction of thetr base fears
was savage exulIation. 1"74 ed" a9si S4
Here was something 'tangible-their
open and united force could easily exter.
inmate an enemy who had acknowledged
their weakness ia Fesorttng to secret com.
binatiou and assassination FROM the 'bush.'
They forthwith proclaimed" war to the
knife with the whole class, and during
the next week several 'outrages so revolt
ing that I will not detail them were per.
pe.rated uponthese men in diferentparts
of the county; and the fact that during
this general tumult. nothing more was
seen or heard ofthis mysterious RiAeman.
encouraged them in the belief that they
had succeeded in getting gnrid OF him
through the intimidation Of his confede'
rates. 1"tDoo Gs'.- IL -- ]hj ~
They had now been for nearly fort
night in the saddle-had glutted them
selves with vengeance, and, as they con.
ceived, broken down this dangerous con.
spiracy against their power, and If they
had not succeeded in detecting and pun
ishing, had at least frightened off their
singular foe. They now concluded they
mi ght safely disband. 1o That day after
they had separated. one of their number
named 1Rees-atmost as bad and. savage
a man as Hinch himself--was riding past
a thicket, in sight of his own house, when
he was shot from it. His negroes heard
the gun, and seeing his horse galloping
up to the house riderless. shouting Wild
ly, they ran down and found him stretch
ed in the road, dead. He was shot in the
eye, and the ball passed out at the back
part of his head. sa
When Hinch heard this, he turned per-
fectly livid, smote his knees together. and
with a horrible oath, he exclaimed, i" LIS
Jack Long, or his ghost, by G--dl come
back for vengeance !" 1t was nOwiper.
ceived, for the first time that all the
men had been shot through the eye, in
stead of the back part of the head, whore
the ball had passed out, after entering
the socket. Tho other heads had been
too unpleasantly mutilated for examina-l
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before Ofcourse, every body was saLis-
fed now, that this terrible being. in one
way or another was identified with Jack
Long; for this notoriety of his favorite
mark and matchless skillinstantly occur
red to all, as unaccountable in these pIo-
ceedings. This produced great change
in public feeling. The better sort began
to conceive that they understood the
whole matter. The lyncbing Jack had
received was fresh i'll their memories, and
they supposed that its severity had sha.
ken his mental balance and made him a
monomaniac, and that the disease had en-
dowed him with the marvellous cunning
the staunch, murderous hate-and the
unnatural appearance, which had created
such a sensation. They could not under
stand how being SO simple hearted and
sluggish as he was reputed to have been.
could have been reused or strung TO
such deeds by mere depth and power Of
his natural passions. But monomaniae
or not. such a vengeance, and the con-
duct of the whole affairwss very impo-
sing 10 their associations aud prepossos
siOHs, and they sympaIhized heartily with
him. 1t was only while the general un-
certainty left every mau in doubt whether
his own person might not be the next OBJ
iect of this murderous aim, that the pub
lie were disposed to back the rangers in
whatever violent measures they might
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