Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-02-19
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WARRENsBtRe, Missouri. J
January 80, 1859.

! January 81, 1899.
Mr.. Edior.-ln nearly all country
towns and villages Saturday afternoon ID
always The greatest time IN the week. Ii
,here is any thing of importance 10 be
done-any new scheme 10 be sci on
foot-any delinquent subscribers TO DO ,
dtnned-any startling developments or
disclosures 10 be made-Saturday alter
noon is surely SET Sparl for that purpose.
Yesterday was Saturday-Ihai important
day of the week. and day long TO be re-
membered by the cilizens OF this place
and the strangers within It's gates, for
Just as the radiating sun was slowly re-
ceding to his occidental home, painting
the armament around and above with ,ints
of indescribabe splendor-whlle oil na-
ture vas calm. still and serene, my al
tenlion was attracted from my cosy little
room 10 The street, by the most unsar'hly
Wells, groans and lamentations !ha, ever
ladened an evening zephyr.
| was surprised and startled al ihis sin-
gular and unaccouutsble noise, rushed, F,
TO the street and there found large
crowd Of men and boys, among whom
some of our best ciizens. having in GUS
todv man making a hideous noise and
crying most pitiluIly. The man thus car
ried along by the dense crowd was an
aboitionist, who had been tamperlng
with slaves-had been persuading them
10 run away-and who had been found
out and The people had taken him in
Hands, and were about 10 execute summa-
ry vengeance upon him-ihey were going
TO "duck' him.
The poor devil, when first arrested, did
not know what 10 make Of il: he was
Just as sure they were goirg 10 hang him
as ever a culpriI did that ever stood under
The gallows. He begged and prayed loud
and rapidly bui il was Of no avail the
lpeOpie were bound - carry OUT their IN
lenlons. and thJy took him down TO Post
Oak creek, and there immersed him IN
the cold, deep, muddy water as the pen
atty of his transgression.
The people managed The affair in dis
Greet and proper manner ; they knew that
it would not do 10 let the thing res, easy,
and let the !dW take lis iardy course SO
they held a meeting. sddueed all she facts
in the csse-proving beyond doubt that
Mr.. SpiCer had been lamperlpg with some
negroes, they appointed committee to
investigate the strength Of the evidence
and report what punishment the offender
should receive. The committee said no
should have 500 lashes, which report
was opposed, and they then, in accordance
to the amount Of testimony agreed TO
"duck" him which decree your correspon-
dent had The pleasure of seeing executed.
| think the punishment: was his just
due. 1t is just what all Of US shouh do
when we find these scoundrels lJrking
around Us. The example ibps set.
think will have good effect it Vi i'll
drive these fellows from Us. am pleas
ed that Johnson county has struck the
first bIow-showing her determination 10
do her duty and maintain her cherished
Institution. Johnson County knows aud
fully appreciates the position she occu-
| pies she knows. too. thai u she dor
repel these northern sggTesslons lhsl be-
fore many days The whelc county vi | 10
ovPrun with pro~ling Yankees. II ihe,e
d6OhHOniSfS come here and pot i1.cuiiing
up any fxIras use jusl intend 10 SUuSe
them oil In the cfeek.
There was but one person opposed io !,
Furnishing Spicer as ne did, because he
considered il desecraIion vi a sacred or
dinance-bopiisnl. a' "a
Our Legislature has amended the State
constitution, limiting the Indebtedness Of
the Stale 10 s30. .0o0, 900. A very wrong
act, for lis but stab 70 our internal ia- ir
provemenis. u.l-Tt
find the following in The Lexington
Express I'm MSkSall. Saline County"
on the 10Th JAAy, WMk HAssos. ia .
the 37lh year OF his age. The deceased !
was a naIiye4of Jefferson county, Virginia.
He'was committed to tie jailin Marshall
during the last sJnmer. Tor kIling sDan :
by the name OF Wilson, IN Broynsyille. q,
Yas tried at the November letm Of tho
Court, and was sentenced 10 thfee months :
and twenty days confinement 10 Tie
county Jail. 3 sii .N,l..a1 Ell