Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

Buy as cheap as you can, and screw
down to the lowest mill. Grind the
faces and the hearts of the unfortunate.
Brood over your misfortunes, your
lack of talent, and believe that at no
distant day you will come to want. Let
the work-house be ever in your mind,
with all the horrors of distress and pov-
erty.
Follow the receipts strictly, and you
viii be miserable to your hearts con-
tent-ifwe may so speak-sick at heart,
and at variance with the world. Nothing
will cheer or encourage you, nothing
will throw CLEAN of sunshine or ray
of warmth into your heart.
DESPERATE FIGHT WITH AN Our
LAw.-For more than two years William
Kimball had been hiding from the Off
GERS of justice on account Of murders in
which he had been concerned in Natchi-
toches and Winn parishes, in Louisiana.
He aud his brother Lawson, it is believ-
ed, murdered Lieut.. Butts, of the Freed
mems Bureau, in July, 1866. Gen.
Mclaughlin, commanding the post at
Red River, La, had several times sent
troops to arrest them, but without sue
cess. On the 23d of December Gen. M.
received information that the brothers
ut tleir hoaao in Winn. He took
an orderly with him and proceeded to
the Kimball residence, where he found
the father and mother of the two out
laws, who said they had gone to Texas.
After searching the house without find
ing them, Gen. Mclaughlin started on
his return; and on the way discovered
William Kimball, who ran out into the
road with revolver in hand, mounted
a horse, and fed to the woods, closely
pursued by Gen. Mclaughlin. The ac-
count continues:
"After pursuing him through thick
woods about mile, he came to a slough
about ten yards wide. As Kimball at
tempted to cross this place his horse
begged, the saddle girth broke, and him.
self and saddle together fell off. His
horse got out on the opposite side of the
slough, and Kimball screened himself
behind his horse as the General rode up.
He leveled his revolver at the General
and demanded his surrender. They
were about ten yards apart, and the Gen
eral replied that the same demand was
about to be made of him. As the Gen
eral was about to raise his gun, Kimball
fired at him, the ball passing through the
Generals horses neck from front to rear.
The General Immediately fred at him
with his gun loaded with No 5 small
shot, striking him in the forehead
Kimball fred a second shot, which was
returned by the other barrel of the shot
gun. Two more shots were exchanged,
when Kimball said he would surrender
He was told to throw down his pistol,
which he did. The General now dis
mounted on the opposite side of his horse.
The moment he did so Kimball caught
up his pistol, remounted his horse bare
back and fed The General Immediate
ly pursued, clearing the slough with lit
tie difficulty.
Before the chase had continued half a
mile the General was within ten yards of
him. He turned on his horse and fred
his fifth shot, which was again promptly
returned by General Mclaughlin. The
Generals horse now gained rapidly, and
as he ran to his left in front of him,
Kimball attempted to fire his sixth shot,
but missed fire. All this time his sur
render was constantly demanded. The
General now fired his sixth shot, which
killed him. He fell off his horse on his
left side. The General dismounted,
caught and tied his horse to mark the
spot, picked up his pistol and hat, load
ed his gun and returned towards Wheel
ing. He then found his orderly with
younger brother of Kimballs and sew
eral other men. He informed them that
he thonght he had killed Kimball, and
requested the men to 90 for a coroner.
They refused to do so, and were then re-
quested to so to the body, a request
which the General was compelled to in
force. They finally all went but two.