The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-02-08

] his h0uSe-Hlnc In 'front.' OF MN, with
i a knotted rope in his hand his wife on
4 the ground, wailing and clinging with
piteous entreaty around the monsters
knees, his children weeping by her,
and, outside this group, circle of men
with gus in their hands. That fear
ful awakening was new birth to Jack
Long His eye took in everything at
one 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, leav-
! ing. him as rigid as marble; and when
/ the blows of the hideous mocking devil
before him fell upon his white flesh,
making it welt in purple ridges, or
spout dnll black currents, he felt them
no more than the dead Intel of his
door would have done and the agony
of that poor wife shrilling a frantic echo
to every harsh slashing sound seemed
tie have no more effect upon his ear
than it had upon the tree above them,
which shook its leaves to the self-Same
cadence they had held yesterday in the
breeze. His wide-open eyes were
glancing calmly and scrutinizingly into
the faces of the men who stood around
| those features are never to be for
gotten for while Hinch lays on the
stripes with all his furious strength,
disappearing as they fall, that glance
! dwells on each face with cold, keen,
searching intensity, as if it marked
them to be remembered in hell !! The
mans air was awful-so concentrated.
SO STILL SO enduring. He never spoke,
or groaned. or writhed-but those in
tense eyes of his the wretches could
not stand them, and began to shuttle
and get behind each other. BUTT was
too late; he had them all-ten men |!
They were, registered. G hat
We will drop the curtain over this
horrible scene. Suffice it to say that, /.
after lashing him until he tainted, the
Regulators left him, telling his wife
that if they were not out of the couu-
try in ten days he should be shot. He
did go 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 forgot
ten in. Shelby county amidst the con-
slant recurrence of similar scenes. 41
About four months after this affair,
in company with an adventurous friend,
was trayersing Western Texas.
Our objects we're to see the country,
| and amnse ourselves in hunting for
time over any district. we found well
adapted for particular sport for /
bear hunting, deer hunting, buffalo
hunting, &c. Either of these animals
is to be found in greater abundance,
and, of course, pursued to greater adj
vantage, in peculiar regions and as
we were anxious to make ourselves
familiar with all the modes Of life in the
country, we made it point, in passing
through, to stop wherever the promise
Of anything specially interesting offer
/ ed itself. Prairies, timber, and water
were better distributed in Shelby than
any county we had passed through
the timber predominating over the pra-
irie, though interlaid by it in every d.
rection. This diversity of surface at
tracted a greater variety and quantity
I of game, as well as afforded more per-
feet facilities to the sportsman In
deed, it struck US as a perfect hunters
! paradise; and, my friend happening
! to remember man of some wealth, who
had removed from his native county
and settled, as he had understood, in
Shelby, we inquired for him, and very
readily found him. .nN'h~a13 'ae
! Whatever else may be said or thought
Of the Texans, they are unquestionably
most generously hospitable. We were
frankly and kindly received, and hor-
ses, servants, guns, dogs, and whateV-
er elseawas necessary to ensure our en-
joyment Of the sports of the. country,
as well as the time of onr host himself,
were forthwith at our disposal, and we
were soon, to our hearts content, en-
! gagged in every character of exciting
chase. =-s ~.
One day we had all turned out for
deer drive. This hunt, in which dogs
are used for driving the game out of
OlmUOf, cCdeP0IS UuG UuuGoIS Wei HuCu
they are stationed at the different
Stands" which are sometimes miles
apart, to watch for the deer passing
out and for this reason, the party
seldom gets together again ntilnight.
We divided in the morning, aud skirt
ed up opposite sides of wide belt of
bottom timber, while the drivers
and dogs penetrated it to rouse the
deer, which ran out on either side by
the stands which were known to the
hunters. We were unusually success
full, and returned. to q late dinner at
hosts, the planters house. BY dusk
all had come in, except my friend,
whose name was Henry, and a man
nemed Stoner one of the neighbors,
tryIt0 ho n lain cd