Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-22
1NnoLE NO. i 81. s..

Hin 4 great measure Ignorant OF the Gnsles So
yiabie notoriety he was enjoying Ho
thad heard something OF tliel charges :
with which his character had been RsSail-
led, but attributed them all to the jealous
-enmity he had incurred at the shooting
.match He could understand perfectly,
how one man could hate another who had =
beat himyshooting. and though ghtiit natural ~
enough;s but he could not understand
Ehow that hatred might be meahly and d'e"
desperately yNindiotiSeg and 9thefefore, he +
| gave himselfno uneasiness about il, He Hl'
was only anxious that his vito shonld not ~
hear and; be annoyed by these things. and ''
preserved hiss usual cheePfulness Of deAaH.4
fnneAnor.nsS1t Oil 81 b8tS9ihai soue nsil siefa
Z He had Just returned from bunting e6hdd 20
tlaytnqg aside his 6eoutrements.2 pattoekt
I Of the sinfple1mealt hersne house wfferyd u
| had iprepared for shin them stret6hings,eb
Himself upon the buffalo robe on Iheli0or, siili
iroulp ped with his twotrOsy-e -ehe6ked boys =
who rolled over hislgreat body land gam -n3is
boiled and screamed in riotous JOY around -'i
him ); but mother wants some wateTtrotn haa
the branch, and the frolic must be given c'
over while Jack would go and bring t.--sla ?
So jumping up, he left the little folks -
pouting swilfally, as they looked after him91R
from the door and started. The stream Is
was only about ahundred yards from the!
house, and, the, path leading to It was q
through a dense thioket,a lwas against
Jack 8 religion ever to leave the house 2. >
without his gun; but his wifeIwhom losi ,
wed above all ,thei universe of sentiment hh
and anything else, was in hurry for tho 1l.
water, and the distance so shoFt4lso heuoi5
sprang gaily out with the4vessel in his Fg
! hand, leaving tho ride behind. The wa
ter had been dipped up, and he was return
ing along the narrow patti. closely bor- g.
dered by brush, when be atelt light tap si'5
on each shoulder and his career slightly9c
impeded. He had Just time to perceive bra
that lasso had been thrown over him, SZtl
| which would confne his arms, when ho
saw himself suddenly u surrounded andh
was rushed upon by alnumber ofmen.-%4I9.s
He Instantly recognized the voice of Sol
Hinch, shouting. Down with him l.-4g3 3u
1 Drag him down !' as the men who hadisus
hold Of the lasso about his body, jerking, Z,
atit yiolenlly,in the effort 70 throw him. Ei.il
ALI his tremendous strength Iwas,ppt forth hrn
in one conYulsiye effort, which wouldlgb
have freed him, but that the Internal moose %
had fallen true and bound his arms. As,sIa
lit was he dragged the siY S,snts. mon i
I who held 1t, after his frantic bounds noar- 81
| ly TO his own door, before he was prostrar
ted, and then il was by q heavy blow Z
dealt him over the head with tho butt Of
gun. The last objects which mot sbis' +
eyes as he sank down, were the horrible
faces of his two children and wife looking rh
out upon him. a.g,u 75,lia
The blow deprived him Of his senses
for some time, and when he recovered he ~,
found himself half stripped and lashed to 81,
tree short distance from the housR -7-sgy
llinch in front Of him, with knotted
rope in his hand, his wife on the ground,
wailing and clinging with piLcous entreR-l -.
ty round the monsters knees, his chill
dren weeping by her, end outside this
| group circle of men with guns in their
hands. This fearful awakening was a..
new birth to Jack Long. His eye took in
everything at one glance. a shudder,
like. that Of an oak rifting to its core, ,5j
sprang along his nerves and seemed 70 iIsB
pass out at his feet, and through bis fn- erg
| gers, leaving him as rigid as marble; and sr.
when the blows Of the hideous mocking ~
devil before him fell upon his white 9esb !, a,l
makingiE welt in purple ridges, or spout,
dull. black currents, BIC felt Them no
more than the dead Intel Of his door
would have done and tho agony Of that
poor wife shrillng franticTecho 10 eve
ry harsh sound, seemed TO have no more
effect upon bis ear than il had upon the !,
tree above them, which shook its green
| lcdFCS WIN INC SelI-bbnle CHueueB b0Cy
had held yesterday in the breeze. His -
wide open eyes were glaring calmly and,
scrutinizihgly into the faces Of the men
who stood atouhd those features ere ne! p"
YER to be forgotten l22f9t While Hineh lays I,
on the stfipeswth all Bis fafiodS Strength, s''ol
disappearing as tliey falf.S that glance failA ''i
no each face witha cold keen md search
| ing intensity, as fit marked them 70 DO
remembered revorj tfhe nar'8 airWaS s. q
awful--so concentrated --so still-nso eh4bpE2
Iduring l. He never spoke or groanedy or ~
Writhtd-=bat those intense eyes 6f bisl ~
the WFetches couldn't stand them, and s57s :
began to shuttle and get behind each;soGiiss b
er.I But 10 was too late he had them Alls
--ten men I! THET WE'RE ag6rsEERED : IiE si-i
Weiwill drop the curtain over thishor-
rible scene. Suffice It to say, that 'afteE
lashing him until he tainted. the Reguia- siia.
tors left him telling his wife, that ifthey 9ea
were not out OF the country in ten days be e
should be shot. He did go within the
specified time and it was said, returned
with his family to Arkansas, where bis
wife's father lived. The incident was
soon forgotten in Shelby county, amidSt
/ the constant recurrence Of similar scenes. @
tcOScLOsr.N MKT wEEk.) ~ a'faft q.
TURxErs.--A drove Of 1900 Lufkeys
are on their way from Smith county. Va. 1.
10 Charleston, s. c., travelling geycn miles
| day and eating seven busf1s Of corn,