The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-08-01
/ Letter u, 4; nom Wayne, County.

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res poets. re will not be 70 regalarlyso,
time Is the horse. carrying on laud ;sbut
w ." shall get mail uattor every day
Now, last Thursday the Journal for the
three weeks previous came to Ceredo.
together. Knowing that in all we'll:
regulated printing otices, like yours, tho
papers arc forwarded on the day Of pub:
LEGATION, 1 mn curious to know whore
those three papers have been lying du.
ring ne that three weeks. Last evening
came Wednesdays JOURNAL, only three
days .,:i o.. the vay--quickor BY seven days
tho it was ever known to come before.
The wheat and oats crops have boon
harvested il this section, md are pretty
fair crops-bcttcr than was expected six
week. ogo. The corn crop is looking
very finely, and potatoes nre doing we'll
There will DO no fumiuc 10 thcsc'parts
this year. r Il.i.' ~
Three murdcrcrs were lynched near
Louisa, KY, last Tuesday. They vent
in the night Of the 9th Of April last TO
q store at the mouth Of Bear Creek, 90
tho Big Sandy, in Kentucky, called up
Geo. p. Archer, who slcpti in the store
pretending that they wanted some to-
bucco, and deliberately murdered him
by two pistolshots to secure tho money
no wns supposed to have in his posses.
sion. The people Of the height
never relaxed their exertions to trace
on. the murdcrcrs, and wcrc successful
10 capturing the last ono few days ago
They wcro lolgcl in jill ut Louisa. On
Tueslny last, about ono hundred men
went TO Louisa with sidc arms. but 9TH
crwi.o in such: orderly md solemn Ipan'
ncr that they might have bscn taken for
Il body ofImcn attending the fnoeraI oil
respected friend. They went directly &c
tho jailor md demanded the keys Of the
juiI, saying they had come to l'ons th'
r,urdercrs of Archer; that they were
determined. upon it. and nothing should
prcyentit. Mr.. J. Ferguson, formerly o.
this county, earnestly pleaded, for the
law to take its course, and for the crowc
no, to violate law by executing their
purpose. They quietly listened TO him
but would not he turned from. their pur
poso. They got tho murdcrcrs out ofj:'''
gave them half IN hour TO prepare, ant
then hung them until they were dead
An eyewitness tells ME that no exreu
ton undor tho luw could be conducto'
. with more qIhiiietncss, order, aud decorun
than that uiEair WIS. .
Tho murdercrs we're two brothers, Joh'
, and Jumcs Jyous, and VIM. Wright. The.
onresscI tllrir guilt, und Wright, it I;
said, boaslcd that he had killed fourteen
men since the war commenccd-or "scn
r,"rt""n.a TO- hell, It. secps that ib
citizens who were engaged in tho hans
ing were satisfied that the evideuc
ngainst,thc criminals being entirely cir
cumstantial, would not convict them. and
except their lives were taken, the live
Of all who assisted in the arrest Of any 0
them were in danger, whether the MUIR
derers we're dischargedaor not The ter
riblc drama thus cnuctcd, il was believed
would prevent any thought Of rcycng
on tho pnrt Of tho friends Of tho guilt.
parties, Of whom there nru quito mum
bcr Of very desperate characters. Iii
ccrtain that the people in TINT ncighbOr
hood now facl relieved. ...... ..t
Tho Republicans Of tho county mr.
). preparing for an active campaign thi
fall, and will hold their meetings Us re
commended by tho State Central Com
uit,ce. l suppose Col. Carroll will b
tic nominee for the House Of Delegates
unless he is mining. for o scat 10 tho Sen
ute. e..
We havo had 40 immense quantity o
rain during tho last three days ant
nights. You're, {, Z.
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