Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-06-01

and witnessed fhe unaccountabl,
! fear and stupeiafiion Of the multi
: tuae, his thin lips writhed into {
strange smile. lie approached thC
, Ian gest group knotted around tht
cotpses, end began 10 lecture then
, in Il sort Of conversational speech
and more extraordinary still, the bur
den of his remarks was a justiGca-
ton Of the murderers.
lam astonished, my friends :
such was the substance Of bis address
q d m truly astonisbed at ycur 81
Ience on an occasion so glorious as
the present. Your leaders, the ex-
cellent chiefs and political fathers Of
your buntry--men elevatedto high
office BY your votes, aud enriched by
your ttxes, have mercilully seen fit
to Kill only three men, when they
had the power and right to kill you
all And yet YOU do not thank
them You peal no loud huzzas;
you ID not even follow them to the
grocery, although the rum is TO run
free fof Il whole week! Are you lost
to gratitude and all sense Of shame,
or do on dare to think they have
done wrong? Can YOU be such idiots
as TO deem it crime to slay poor
men? Did they not have sufficient
reascn-to do it? A common hunter,
dressd q in leather, had the presump-
ton to chastise one Of those rich
robed gentlemen for insulting his af
lilnced bride! What right had 4
hunter to such a beautiful girl2 All
beautiful women ought to be mis-
treSses for Your officers aud politi-
cians \ BID then YOU forget the
honor accruing to your Country, by
the preparation of such brave deeds
The public papers will circulate the
story over The civilized world, and
thus it viii read:
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AT FAYErTEylLIEl
One lovely Sabbath i'll July, whIle
they were worshipping God in thdir
church, their bank-oliicers, their
peaoe-oliicers, and their district
Judge, shot down with pistols, add
hewed to pieces with knives, three of
their brethren; and they, the alore-
said citizens, viewed the act in ST.
ience + they did not move to arrest
their gallant leaders-they wer too
grateful for the exemption of their
own precious lives
The voice of the speaker was in
imitable low, but musical, aud
piercing as a trumpet; and had he
exhausted Imagination for means to
arouse the deep Indignation of
the popular soul and heart, he could
not have conceived any better fitted
to the end than that feigned Justlfi
cation. AT its close there swelled
up hoa?se, half-suPpresSed murmur,
like the commingled growl from the
of wild beasts. Let it
burn on in smothered secrecy, the (
,onf;lgraiien will blaze another day! /;
As for the student, be picked up his {
)ot;inical specimens, turned coolly on
lis heel, and pursued his course
Early next morning the coroners
inquest sat over the dead bodies, and {
he rumor having flown on the wings {
# the wind, a thousand were in at |
endanco on the examination. liy a q
'ractice prevalent in Arkansas, at 4
orneys were allowed to appear on t
ithel side. An even dozen were C
ngaged for the assassips. The gold S
f the clique had already bought up h
Il but one; and that one was too in- a
lgalhcant Tor thought C
In the pride of their wealth and IL
over, they forgot the small Office, P
be sign board, and the lustreless .
anne Of the student, Albert Willis; a
nd yet he WAS present. He sat 4
ear the head of the corpse that had b.
eon John Curry, with a face rs pal7 &
d dSthe clay beside him, while a r(
ocular smile writhed like q serpent q
4 bis marble lips. q
He did not speak or move once
lring the e examination of witnesses;
ut when Gen. Sanders arose, big in
ith boisterous appeals to the jury, ei
flllis fixed bis piercing glance on e,
le coantenance Of the rulIian law W
er, as if he would look him through. CO
our others in succession thundered OF
leir anathemas over the victims, II
hile Bill Shelley stood near, nod cl
ag his appreciation Of their bitter g
oquonce, ly