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Mir. PLEASANT, CARROLL Co.,, ARK,
 April llth, 1861. {

Mir. PLEASANT, CARROLL Co.,, ARK,
 April llth, 1861.
 MEssRs. EDIToRs-We have before us true edition of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which was very cruel, yet there was crime or assassina- tion committed by the citizens of Concord, Hardin county, Texas, that was more attrocious than that of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, for the for mer was committed by the wild Indians of the nsNest, and the latter by our enlightened American
 Dble, which is this: About the last of Oct. 1860, there was a man by the name of John M. Wilburn, with three of his sons, who were citizens of Nacog doches county, Texas, went from Nacogdoches to Concord, Hardin county, to buy provisions, and when they had loaded their wagon and started for home, man by the name of Barton Mooney com menced an assault upon Felix T. Wilburn, the eldest son of John M Wilburn, and made an at tempt to shoot him with gun and J. M Wilburn interposed and prevented him-then Mir. Mooney drew pistol from his belt and shot J. NJ. Wiburn in the left hand and fired again and shot him in the right hand, he snatched the pistol to prevent Mooney from shooting his son, and in the mean time F. T. Wiburn shot Mooney in the side, which 1 he was ustifable under the laws of the United l States in so doing, and Mir. Mooney died in the | span of six hours. So J. w. Wilburn started to- ward his wagon, where his two young sons was, and the men of that place cried out shoot him and Mir. Long shot him in the right shoulder with a rife ball and Mir. Sanders shot him in the left l buckshot and he fell though not dead at the time, his three sons came to him and they were all sur rounded and talk en and chained together and guard ed until night and in the meanwhile doctor dress ed the old mans wounds. While the mob was holding their council, an old gentleman and q widow woman seeing that the mob were bent on hanging old man Wiburn and his three sons, plead for them, saying do not hang them, give them a trial at law and centered their plea upon the in- nocence of the two little boys, who never raised violent hand, but their intercession did not do any good, for they kicked the old man out of the crowd While this was going on the two youngest boys being hungry for food and water begged for water but there was none given them, and asked the crowd why they had taken them and what for, and they said never mind you must keep your 1 father company, and Mir. Green Wamack ask ed | them if they wished to hear the Bible read, which show ed that he was swift witness against them. | On the night of tho 5th Of February, l660 theday l in which they were taken, sometime in the night | the mob took them out about two miles from Con. l cord and without law or gospel hanged them, the old man on limb which projected over creek, and the three boys on one tree, and they continued to hang there three days and nights, and by order 1 of the magistrate Mr. Chance, they were taken down, and they digged pit and dragged teem to it and threw them all into it, and they made distri- button of the boys coats antb hats among them selves, but the old mans coat and vest have got which is filled with shot holes.
 The mob retained the wagon and team for ter or twelve days and then sent them home by MT Swezev and he took for his pay about eight dollars Mrs. Wilburn hearing of the cruel treatment which 1 her husband and sons received, was stricken with much grief and pain, which finally produced death She died on the 9th of Feb, 1861, leaving foul little boys, three of them under ten years of age.
 John M. Wilburn was born and raised in Mad son county, Alabama; he was born in the veal 1874. and emigrated to the State of Arkansas ir the year ls32. and he emigrated to Texas in thu year 1853. Nancy Wilburn, formerly Nancy liar ria. was born in the year 1916, and was raised ir tbe State of Arkansas, Marion county.
 Mir. Wm H. Handcock, of Nacogdoches, Texas ;n his paper called the Chronicle, seems to justify the conduct of the midnight assassins of Concord | Texas. in the treatment of J. M. Wilburn and hit | sons, and if Mir. Handbook would justify such a that, he would justify Brigham Young and his fol lowers at the Mountain Meadows Massacre O. John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Va, and it appear that Concord has made league with hell and as socates with the devil, and has made Mir. Hand cock their editor.
 The New Orleans Delta and New York Da, Book will please copy and forward their bills t l me at Carrolton for payment.
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