Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-17

was he dragged the six stout men who held
it after his frantic bounds nearly to lis own
door, before he was prostrated, and then it
was by heavy blow dealt him over the head
with the butt of gun. The last objects
which met his eye as he sank down, were
the Mortified faces of his two children and
wife looking out upon him!
The blow deprived him of his senses for
sometime, and when he recovered he found
himself half stripped, and lashed to tree q
short distance from his house,-IIinch in
front of him with knotted rope in hand,
his wife on the ground, wailing and clinging
with piteous entrcaty round the monsters
knees, his children weeping by her, and out
side this group circle of men with guns in
their hands. That fearful awakening was a
new birth to Jack Long! His eye took in
everything at glance. A shudder like that
Of an oak rifting to its core, sprang along his
nerves, and seemed to pass out at his feet
and through his fingers, leaving him as rigid
as marble; and when the blows Of the hid
eous mocking devil before him fell upon his
white flesh, making it welt in purple ridges,
or spout dull black currents, he felt them no
more than the dead Intel of his door would
have done, and the agony Of that poor wife
<mieking frantic echo to every harsh slash
ing sound seemed to have no more effect up
on his car than it had upon the tree above
them, which shook its green leaves to the
sclf:same cadence they had held yesterday in
the breeze. His wide-open eyes were CLAN
cling calmly and scrutinizingly into the faces
of the men who stood around-those features
are never to be forgotten for while IIinch
lays on the stripes with all his furious strength
blasphcming as they fall, that glance dwells
on each face with a cold, keen, searching in
tensity, as if it marked them to be rcmem-
bcrcd in hell The mans air was awful
so concentrated-so still-so enduring lie
never spoke, or groaned, or writhed-but
those intense eyes of his the wrctches
could not stand them, and began to shuttle
and get behind each other. But it was too
late he had them all-ten men! THEY
mcre registered
We will drop the curtain over this horri-
bic scene. Suffice it to say, that after lash
ing him until he tainted, the Regulators left
him telling his wife that if they We're not
out of the country in ten days he should be
shot. He did 60 within the specified time !;
and, as it was said, returned with his family
to Arkansas, where his wife's father lived.
The incident was soon forgotten in Shelby
county amidst the constant recurrence of
similar scenes.
About four months after this affair, in COM
pany with an adventurous friend, was ira
vcrsing western Texas. Our objects were to
sec the country, and amuse ourselves in
hunting for time over any district we found
well adapted for particular sport--as for
bear-hunting, deer-hunting, butfalo-hunting,
&c. Either of these animals, is to be found
in greater abundance, and of course pursued
to greater advantage in peculiar regions
and as We were anxious to make ourselves
familiar with all the modes of life in the
country, we made APPOINT in passingthrough
to stop wherever the promise of anything
specially interesting offered itself.
Prairies, timber, and water were better dis
tributed in Shelby than any county We had
passed through-the timber predominating
over the prairie, though interlaid by it in
every direction This diversity of surface
attracted greater variety and quantity of
game, as we'll as afforded more perfect facill-
ties to the sportsman. Indeed it struck us
as perfect hunters Paradise and my friend
happening to remember man of some wealth
who had removed from his native country,
and settled, as he had understood, in Shelby,
We inquired for him and very readily found
him.
Whatever else may be said or thought Of
the Texans, they are unqucstionably most
generously hospitable. We were frankly
and kindly received, and horses, servants,
guns, dogs, and whatever else was necessary
to ensure our enjoyment of the sports Of the
country, as we'll as the time Of our host him
self, were forthwith at our disposal, and we
were soon, to our hearts content, engaged
in every character of exciting chase.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.