Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-04-24

claimed war to the Rnlle, 10 the Wn0le class;
and during the next week several outragcs,
SC revolving that Twill not detail them, were
pcrpctratcd upon these men in different parts
of the country; and the fact that, during this
general tumult, nothing more was seen OF
heard of the mysterious Raeman, encouraged
them with the belief that they had succeed
ed in getting rid of him through the init
midation of his confcderatcs.
They had now been nearly fortnight in
the saddlc-had gluttcd themselves with
vengeance, and, as they concci"ed, broken
down this dangerous conspiracy against their
power; and if they had not succeeded in de-
tccting and furnishing, had at least frishtch-
cd off their singular foe. They now coll
cluded they might safely disband. That
day, after they separated, one of their num-
ber, named Recs-almost as bad and savage
a man as Hinch himsclf-was riding past a
thickct, 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 and snorting wildly, they
ran down, and found him stretched in the
road dead. lie aeas shot IN the rye, and the
ball passed out at the back of his head.
When Hinch heard this, he seemed per-
fcctly livid, his knees smotc together, and
with horrible oath, he exclaimed
dts Jack Long, or his ghost, como back
for vengeance
1t was now perceived, for the first time,
that all the men had been shot through the
eye, instead of in the back of the head,
where the ball had only passed cut after en-
tering the socket The other heads had been
too unpleasantly mutilatcl for examination,
and this fact had not been before observed
OF course everybody was satisfied, now, that
this terrible being was in one way or another
identical with Jack Long; for the notoriety
of his favorite mark, and his matchlcss skill
instantly occurred to all, as accounting for
much that was unaccountabc in these occur
rences. This produced great change in
public feeling. The better sort began to
conceive that they understood the whole
matter. The lynching Jack had received
was fresh in their memories, and they sup
posed that its severity had shaken his
mental balance and made him monomoni-
ac, and that the disease had endowed him
with the marvellous cunning-the staunch,
murlerous hate-and the unnatural appear
ance, which had created such scnsation.-
They could not understand how being so
supplemented and sluggish as he was repu-
ted to have been, could have been reused or
stung to such deeds by the mere depth and
power of his natural passions. But a mon-
amonac or not, such vengeance, and the
daring conduct of the whole affair, were vc-
ry imposing to their associations and prepos-
sessions, and they sympathzcd heartily with
him. 1t was only while the general unccr-
tainty left every man in doubt whether his
own person might not be next the object of
this murderous aim that the public were dis
posed to back the Rangers in whatever vio-
lent measures they might choose to resort to,
to drag the secret to light, and the actor to
punishment; but now that it was apparent
his whole hate was lcvelled against the Ran
gers, and all that uncertainty was confined
to them, be he devil, ghost, mailman, or
Jack Long, the public had no intention of
interfering again. 1t was personal issue
between him and thcm-they might settle
it between themselves Indeed, mon felt
in their inmost hearts that every man of the
ten engaged in the lynching of Jack Long
deserved dozen times to be shot; and now
they looked on coolly, rather enjoying the
thing, and earnestly hoping that Jack might
have the best of it.
And of this there seemed to be strong
probability; for the Regulators made only
one more attemptto get together; but anoth-
er ofthcir number being killed on his way
to the rendezvous, his body bearing that
well-known and fearful signature of skill,
the remaining five perfectly unnerved and
overwhelmed with terror, retreated to their
houses, and scarcely dared for several weeks
to put their heads outside their own doors.
The class to which Jack had belonged,
at least those of them who had managed to
keep footing during the relentless proscrip-
tion of the Regulators, how began to look
up, and limited that they had known of Jacks
return from the time of Stoncr's murder,
and had aided and abcttcd his purposes in
every way in their power; furnishing him
with fresh horses when the noble animal he
rode back from the States became fatigued
assisting his flights and concealments, and
furnishing him with information, as we'll as
spreading the exaggerated stories about him.
One bluff old fellow remarked
you are fools who talk about Jacks be-
ing crazy! He's as calm and cold as frosty
morning up in old Kcntuck and his heads
as clear as bell He's just got his Indian
fighting and Toryhatin' blood walked up in
him by them stripes! That's a blood you
know that's dangersomcr than catamount
when it once gets riz'
Jack was now frequently seen, but it was
known that his work was only half done,
and that he meant to finish it, and he was
regarded with great curiosity and awe. The
five wrctchcd men were entirely unstrung
and panic-stricken. They made no attempt
at retaliation, but all their hope seemed to
lie in the effort to get out of his reach. That
long, heavy rife haunted them day and
night. They saw its dark muzzlc bearing
on them from every bush, and through the
| chinks of their own cabins