The Lincoln County herald., 1868-10-15
Tragedy 10 Arksasas by Radical
Desperadoee..

Tragedy 10 Arkansas By Radical
Desperadoas..
The Jacksonport Herald Of the Goth
the particulars ofa terrible trag.
edy enacted at Walnut Grove, Carroll
county, In the northwestern part of the
State on the 9th Of September. d.. D.
g. Hart, who furnishes tho information,
says:
It sppeaas that the origin Of the dih.
Guilty was politics; that Lamb, q Demo.
crat, and Long, . Radical, had . fight, in
which Long camc out second best, but
not being satisfied with the result Of the
6eht, swore that he would have revenge.
On Sunday, the 9th instant, Long and
his brother armed themselves and went
to church at Walnut Grove, with the in.
tcntion Of renewing tho difficulty with
Lamb. Lamb, II appears, suspected
something Of the kind. aud was, there.
fore, with his brother, armed and present
at church. The parties meeting, began
to quarrel, and at last drew their pistols
and cooked them, and stood thus for
about ten minutes talking to each other,
when the Long brothers Unexpectedly
aud simultaneously fired upon tho Lambs,
both shots taking effect, wounding one
Of them and killing the other. The
Longs then turned upon the crowd and
Cred upon q Mr.. Ferand, killing him in.
stan.ly. They then sought out and
killed Mr.. Thomas, a brother.in.law Of
theirs; then shot and wounded another
man by the nrme Of Womac, and fred at
Thomns Hart, son Of our informant, bare.
ly missing him. Having exhausted their
revolvers, they were pursued with stones
(thcrc being no arms ut handy to the
mountains by the people. They thus es.
capped the vengeance Of an outraged peo
pie by taking refuge at militia head.
quarters.
The excitement that prevailed for o
few days among the people was alarming
there being Eve or six hundred men un-
der arms, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that they could be restrained
from visiting summary punishment upor
tho whole militia gang, and would hav,
done SO had not some of tho leaders o
the Radical party pledged themselves
that the Long brothers should be turned
over I, the civil authorities to bo deal
with acco riding to law. And thus tn
matter stood when our informant left
two weeks after tho bloody ARRAY. Th'
two blood. thirsty villains are still a
flargc, enjoying the hospitality and pro
lection Of Gov. Clayton's law preserving
militia, of which another brother of thes,
human 6ends is captain. The local char
ac,er Of these Longs is bad 10 tho OK
treme. They are publicly accused o
being jay -hawkers, house burners, hors,
thieves and perfect desperadoes, and ar
a terror to the whole community in which
they reside.
The killed and wounded werc all good
citizens and members of the Democratic
party, and their slayers Of the Radica
party.
Things have como to pretty pass, in
deed. The militia that are being organ
ICED with the avowed purpose Of preserv
ing the peace and enforcing q duo OBJ
scrvance of the laws by the people, ar,
becoming the instigators and fosterers o.
oil manner Of crime, and actually harbo1
men whose hands are yet dripping with
: tho warm blood Of their victims. How
long, oh how long, can this state o
things exist ? The patience aud for
bearancc Of this people is almost exhaus
ted. We warn tho Radicals that there i,
u limit to all things, and they should b,
careful not to overstep the bounds of al
human forbearance. We call the attcn
tion Of his Exccllency to these facts.
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| A young mnn IN Dent county was en-
gagged to bo ma ried to handsome youn,
lady on Sunday last. Now it so hap
pened that Jack and the handsome younl