The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-30

IRON the Evansville Journal June rs
dangerous this they In ArkAnsas The
vincennes Gosas says; "a" hes been rumored that gang
generally has iu headquarters somewhere along
tho wabash bottom, In Crawford county, ILL IL IL said
and repr. Hsu.o, stealing whseSer they can get their
naoae upon-horsos and money they seem 70 have par
The r. gulators who cruelty murdered Bingham u Mon.
roe county. appears have maintained rule OF terror In
that county for long time, committing The most terrible
obuoxlous to these Williams was treated with the
most barbarous cruelty. Only -four out OF the hfty
courage warrant constable of their
members-have been iceuthei and arrested In
instances Of similar outrages by tue gang
upon fghy respectable citizens, tho barely escaped with
their lives EDWARDS of thirty persons have been cruelty
scourged some eight or pite OF them females Several
houses have bur ned In 500 that
had been laid up by very old woman Was stolen.
Last winter al Industrious respectable and inofepsve
old man, upwards OF 20 years Of age cripple with
age, taken from hs houEe naked, and dragged
the frozen ground fences into the woods ana lied No
tree, aud Kicked and struck him with their dsts
scourged HIM With rods until he sceraicd from head
TO foot He sunk TO the ground inseosicc For some
days the physician his fate uncertain At the
time they assaued aud beat all the members OF his
family the old lady and little boy aud girl rney took
the lad with them aud tied tree by where
his father was, and tcourged him also.
Mr.. Holland, respectable merchant, spending the
light with sick family in Smithville Tbs Regulators
percevpg him through the windo~ ned into the house,
tetzed and dragged him out about half mile with his
sop small boz, and tied them 10 trees about ten
twelve feet apart and stripped and scoirged them
ofuly Mr. Holland vas terribly cot from the too OF his
shoulders TO bis knees The scourgng about similar
10 that given 10 Mr. Bingham, would probably have
resulted In bis DEATH IL his constitution had not been able
10 bear suffering.
The details Of Bpgham's murder revolving aud
shokng II Ia hardly credible that tends
In Of, zed Safe, that they should be able 10 continue
their bsrbsrous ousees for weeks and finally
ali punishment through the meshes OF the Law and
by peIuries, sufficient TO destroy all confidence In the
protection OF Law and legal authorities
They took poor Bingham about quarter Of mile from
the ttuse and tied him 10 tree He had on nothne but
his shirt, Grave rs and socks when they took him.
They scourgcd him for time before his voice
cd 10 sink Mrs. heard them several times exclam,
60 On you, get up" He had sunk 10 the earth
der the torture. Mrs attempted to olos them, 10 her
noble devotion 10 her husband; they had whipped her
first and ID her. and ordered her not TO farther,
and finally not being able 10 deter her other wise, %
them nred q pistol apparently aiming at her They
at length bro.gh, Bingham back on horse, perfectly
naked except bis socks and throwing him or In the road
opposite the house, and calling for Mrs r. told her,
"There be 10, On him. you sant him come and take
him." She went TO him, found his bead hanging In q
wagon ru apparently dy ing; she raised his head up
TONS He told her he dying and unable TO 20 iuto
the house She wrapped him up In her dress and 70
two Of the neehborns houses for belp 10 take him and
put him the bed He spoke but few words before he
bresthed his last
The hopes Of the Holy See arrangement With
Portugal regarding tho bshoprcs In the East Indies
end, the lisbon Chambers refused 10 listen 10 the
proposition.