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ES hereby given, that the “arcziit .‘.‘.r.r.;t':1e:§cns,” lately advertised to be seen “]3rrs/.-sitle!
the Bridge,” it hold attempt to deceive the piihlic,—tlie ‘:C'1‘en1Al/rr;clr’nn”remains as usltizl
V5r“353""-i‘3'15€3 “W3 535'5€'3§§c: where crowds both from town and county daily resort,and express"
‘gratification at the bargains freely extended to them. It is well known that ii e ulwat 5 keep the_
richest goods, and i"/Leap. ' r '
This day receivetl, '3 new assortment ofheauiiful dress goods, and all other kinds of goods dc-‘
sired h_v Ladies or gentlerzten, which we shall he more than pleased to offer to the inspection of
bur friends. "Old Bridge Store,’’——(.‘.. I. GIIULVIA N, Proprietor.
"t?t‘e;'22as; of the G::'.~.c:a:.
POETRY,,
if lhigc 5.tbsct'il)ci'sbycat'rit=i'——peryear. -. (ll
ltlztil do in zidvztiicc do do. 2 fit’
.i~;e Stibscribers, or tliosc living out of the
C:ii‘i‘ic't"s;Jistt'ict, and who call for their pa-
i_)i:~;._-t at the oiiice. _ . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 50
Contprmies oft’) or more rccci‘.'iaig their pu-
~pers by ltlitll, ifpztid in a<lvance-. - .. - . 1 s.'>tl_,
§'?»:11(E§ of Asiveiva isitisg. _
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Coinznis.-;ioitei"s notices . . . _ . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . l 255
(.il1i.ll'Lll1tll, Divorce, arid other notices _ . _ . . . . 1 Of?
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payztblc qttui‘tei'l_y'. The privilege of yearly ad-
vertisers is liznitccl to their own itnntetliute busi-
tress.
(}:is'.i.tl a:lvei°ti.<cnicttt.s .-tent to this Office, iiros'r rm
ACCO\It‘.~\~.\'U-JD in’ THE CASE! 'ro ixsciti: l.\'SEl{'l‘l()i\'.
J08 PRlNTli\iG,
on ALL KINDS
Exccaatatd as the Gazette 652%:-c.
- “'52?” as :2»
-5.-\3..i --', %s2a7 .:.—.‘?a =:§‘§s
Cuticry, Grains, E:-0.2:, 51¢-05, V‘.‘%’§i:rir"ior.'a'
G3:-ass, It-":tisz:t.s‘ czirad 6&3;-4.
\VtlOLl£SALE &. l?;E'l‘:‘.ilL,
O.-ipisillc H.2yl’s Lroitrli/ig, No/‘tea//.7.
T 1113 serhscribersarc now receiving‘direet
t'r.i~ir the in-inulacturcrs an extensive as-
lic is iatited to the large and elegantassort-
merit of l'I:1l’t!€S.‘.'(‘E‘-, Saddles, Bridles, Whips.
Truitlts, &c. to be found at the csiablislzineitt of
the subscriber. It is believed to be no exagcra-
tioii that this place, ttor any otherin the vicinity
has been able to produce so rich a variety, par-
ticularly in the llarness line. They are ready
made and complete at a incment’s notice. \Vlio-
ever will take the trouble to examine, will find
that the workmanship of these articles cannot be
surpassed. Among the lot are several sets of
double l‘i:‘tl‘lt€‘S5.'€.~T, Wlticli are worthy the atten-
tion oftliose fitting otit pleasure equipages.4—
There are also several vc-ry light and airy single
harnesses, designed for ncatness but mautil'actur-
cd ofthc-. best materi-als,and embracing the double
merit of security and tastcfulness. Every article
needed iii the line, may be fotir.d here, of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. Be-
earlntentolifircign and (lUl1‘lCSll(‘l.'1liJt(l\\t)l"tf.(SCC.
which iliC_Y riff-r.eiIltcr wholesale or retail. on‘
as i'uvoi-alile terms as can be purchaser! in New
York. I),-.-.il.~rs and other purcliisszrs are
req 135165! to cxa-ittnc-. our zissinrtttti-ritt and
prices bcfire pirrcltasiinz elscwnere. Among
the assortment may be founil.
A m.,,-',,_--,,,,, an} English ritit. iinob,upt‘igltt.antl
in mice l4‘)t':l{i. Will} mineral, glass,porcelain
E1il:ll)f'il5$ liitoks.
P5,], uhizsl, draw, desk, box, trunk. till and
Lnfllia‘.
iii-_rltl
A :ier'rcnu, mgilablc, long, squarcunil
t\'ut‘l'.iiix,'
eS:',‘l1l(:!l(3Ul'l Laiclies.
I’-urlizimeiit, broad, narrow, t_ahlc, loose and
bras: Butts.
',V,,,,,i 3.,,r¢,y,~,, 3:5:-r_t9:l from 5;-to 3 lttt'l‘.¢:S2
Fiat, my-4], _.5rt)il!1ll. tnill, l.'i,')i’-’ft)tlLl round l‘ iles
llorse. \Vi)’):l aiirl Slime lint.-ipsz
Ati:;~‘rs as-5 tried from {,1 to 2.1, iuvltfifii ‘
Etiglisli an-l Afité-lrltfiltl Shovels &. Spit-Jes;
Cast steel, c'\', plztteil lltttf-‘Ti
I_i-"tug 5.’. sh irt ll‘-lvl-lllfiil .\l:ititire Forks;
}‘li)lI-gills arid Pliritgli Uaslittglsi .
3L, ,1” -ant {'1_l['];l‘.3,S, plaie iliiigcs, blind Fasis:
Mill, >4 :-.it, w:b'u lt-and, l)‘:l<.'l{, whip and key
li ile, so’-Vs;
iroal and nztrrow A\'f‘-S3
Carpeiitcrs and Uvmpsrs Atlas: _
Bratre and liiills; bcrich and in-mlilinc Planes;
plvpgg [[',;;]_~,, Steel and [NH] S'q'13rP5i
A full assartinant of Iron f"lttll't\V Wit"?!
’ Brass !{-xttles, Frvltttg P-1'15. Fl” D ‘85~ W33‘
got) and cart litixcsz .
A ‘game :1g;;)_rnv,]-}i]| of '1‘-_ib‘.r>. and Pocket (,uilt=.r_y
' . 0 V
Riggil em‘) and wire l\Vlsl, double barrel Lions:
Iinitattun do do (lo;
Fine :tn.l low priced sitrglc do ‘ fl”?
English}, A,\.,neri(:;]u .‘3\\i'<:eil$ dc 521lJl(3 lt'Ol'l.
assorted sizes: _ _
C,,_,,_ p;,_.,._,i;,.h |,|i.jf,(Ir.(‘:¥f’l'l.i17'lfl. Americas, and
b'.trir:_'J. .\‘tccl.=t:v‘~‘0t'l<" “"'/-“*2”
A,,,..,,-i,_-;.,., am] Fmnr-li \Vindow Glass assorted
0 I ‘ T‘ n
from (MS to l<S\'.2l:
Pljre. Exgr-,1 ;‘ij;iN;) 1 \‘\‘7l1l'(l.‘.l1f’.Z.](l.',‘ I.
I‘}'igliSli Red. YellowQchre.l’&tt'|<-l‘-"2-1413"‘!
fltirnrne G rcr*n.V 'F'l“2"l5- 3”‘! L"‘"l’ !’l‘“°l‘i
Gwen and Cabinet V=trtti~'lt'. ‘lit '~tl'|_t‘§
S.,..._.,,, an-l R.-=.l'iiie.:l Lump Oil. Ltt!<t‘t‘tl an-‘l
‘ - ~ - . "u- ~01 ' V
\v,,,,i,, Q,i_ &,.-_ Eu». .:~flU-21.1 oz. (J1‘l“P
N-irwalk, Maren :35 l‘_*‘.~l-‘)-
T ‘Toys
l’»l§NC'tl. German and l<‘.:tQlisli Titus, with
El nreat varietv ot'otht'r f»ttt'3\' 7H”'lt?l‘-**-"till
a ,,,..,(.,,;l '1;<')l'itDF‘I|l of Fruit and Nuts. suclt as
" ' ii I ' _' . ‘ 5.
Al-in )%’l"l'.‘. Maderia Nuts. l’erir:ut.s.l*‘illn~ri.~. (,ii
rmt, t\lacc. Currants. Figs. l’rtii'i:=s. \,toves,Or
,m1,e,-,a,,,i Ligmonsy, Soda Biscuit and a gencrai
assortment ot'CmifectitmitT.V~ ht’ 53!‘? by
Gico. W. .It_£.\'i\'l3\‘GS-
Ni)rt\'all{, April 1, 1845'
REES}! 'i‘cas.——-Ten Chests Superior
Green Teas, for sale low, by
T L 85 I R Ptzcrr.
PLO%WS zzmd Cas-
!iiit:gS.—Coueh uoil San-
furds No.1. anil2 D Plows
:, i\'l uyhcr‘s double and sin-
. _ . =-gle l\'loiil(l l5tJ:"l|"l [‘_]f’T59
Plmvs. Castings for iheahove and Land bltl€S
and P tints t'or Castings for [lall s and War
rings Plows, on hant.l and for sale by.
S'rnr:r:'r 6: CA_1tIf_-__
Svtiittitiaitr. o.ooais.—;iusr received at the
Branch Store,a large assortment of Summer
Goods, for Men’s and Boys’ wear, which will be
sow cheap, '1‘ L (3: J P. PIZCK.
May 12, 1845
CRIB for Saic —A handsome mahog-
any crih,suf'ficiently large for a child four or
five years old, for sale cheap. _
WATERBURY 8: QUINTARD.
00'l‘S and Shoes, Ba! Silills-—
150 pair Meus Calfand Kip Boots
200 pair Mens Shoes
150 pair Ladies Buskins
100 pair Boys Boots and Shoes
150 pair Childreus Shoes
For sale cheap for cash. T L 8: I R PECK.
1 Gross Qlarks Friction Matches at Fac-
- WW prrces,,for sale at
BISSEL LS.
pairing as usual. Witt B »\.’\v.tiN.
Norw-.tlk, April 29, 1845. 18
@009 R‘¢t?\‘..'S. -Ladies l C-“ll now e.li()\\
La _ ~_ . . .
you the largest 2l.~.~t)fll3!t"lll of very tier:
CllPi'][)iIt)tl fasiiiottuhle Dress (;‘:rorl-‘ \ou eve:
hail the plea~ni'o ol'exaniii.~iiig in tl..i.scouniy or
state. consisting of
.75 piPf:€S Dress Silk all kinds
5*) " Miiiisliir do Laries
ll.) ” Organily Stripe-s
30 " f“I(:‘ff2l',’f’S, very rich, all wool
20 ” Girigiiattis ' '
30 " Priiitett Mouslins
.-’*.ll'of which ttill be sold very rlvrrp at.
C .l tinuararvs
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ass
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.%'E‘€E}!!§3s. The subscriber has now
on hand :1 large assortment of gold and
silver ‘\Vaiches at very low prices, also, some
good second hand silver watches (‘XlI't.‘titi'l\'
cheap. \V-arches of all kinds carefully l’L'}‘i‘il1(il
and warranted. Work and jobs of all kinds,
ih-:-.nlifully received and done at sltortnoiice.
(1 E Drsnitow.
-"'é7’t'RET'E‘li§_—\ 7e’ve a lot ofgood Britannia
A Teapots, the cheapest ever offered in this
marl-zet, try us. and see ifthis is not trtic. Table
l\‘l-arts. for preserving Tables and table covers, a
useful article, at Dtsmtows.
Li1I‘_'2'(’.l<)l0fGl)l(l Spectacles this day fin-
f ished, also Silver, of every styleoff_rlass,at
wholesale or retail, do. Silver Spoons as good as
can be made. Looking Glasses, Clocks, and
Tea ‘Naiters in abundance, all at Dtsnitows.
ALI. at C_E Dishrows, for allsorts‘ofComhs
Tooili, l\ail, Cloth and Hair Brushes, all
, sorts Shaving Tools, Faticy Soaps, perfutncry,
Penknivcs, Scissors the best kind, Jewelry of all
soris——every thing usually kept in :1 Furnishing
store.
‘‘ EiH.A‘b‘é’E.s.—Justreceived a splendid assort-
kz mentof Shawls adapted totlic season,-such
as Baretze and Muslin do Lairts, plain and satin
striped borders. Embroidered and Damask do.
at the Branch Store of T L & J R. PECK.
SlYII’.H.‘El’S
Ii-‘a§l:§o2_2::bie Hair’ Earessing Saioon.
HIS cstzilfislimortt has lieeri removed from
Thoma-’ Bnililinc. to the Rauirt on the
ez-tstend of l}urrull’=' Block, where the proprie-
tor will give every attention to his customersin
the line of Sliainpoonina, Hair Cutting, and
Curlin,q. Ladies curls done up in the most
tasteful ritanncr.
A large qri:iritit_y of perfumery and Children's
Toys have been aihled in the stock at‘ the sub
scriber which will be sold on the most reasona-
ble terms.
Norvva'k. April ‘IS-J5. IG
SUN Shades, Parasols, paragon Parasolettes,
Umbrellas, etc. Ladies call at Gnuaritxs,
and examine. '
VEILS.—(}rcen Gauze Veils, a very pretty
articlt=.,just received at Gruman’s.
FE LK. MODE for Ladies’ Hats at
E) Gruman’s.
' ADIES in want of fashionable dresses, will
L please take a look at Grum-.in’s plaid cali-
Bridge Store.
coes, at the
ENTS. White and black silk Gloves, cheap-
er than ever at Gruman’s.
UMMER STUEFS, for men and boy’s wear
k. now opening, at Grunian’s.
Cofiiin Plates !
Ol‘l~‘lN Plates of the very neatest kind
will be handsomely engraved to order at
DISBROWS
From the American Review.
0 L D.
rv REV. R.-H.PXI riov'r.
By the wayside, on a mossy stone
Sat a hoary pilgrim sadly musing;
Oft l marked him sitting there alone,
All the landsrsape like a page perusing;
Poor, unknown,—-
By the wayside, on a mossy stone.
Buckled knee and shoe, and broad-rimmed hat.
Coat. as ancient as the form ’t\i/as folding,
Silver buttons, queue, and crirnped cravat,
' O-alien staff, his feeble hand upholding,
" There he sat!
Buckled knee and shoe, and broad-rimmed hat.
Seemed it pitiful he should sit there,
No one syrnpathisina, no one heeding,
None to love him for his thin grey hair,
And the furrows all so mu cly pleading,
‘ Age, and care:
Seemed it pitiful he should sit there.
It was summer, and we went to school,
Dapper country lads, and little rnaiderts,
Taught the motto of ilie “l)unce’s Stool,"—
Its grave import still my fancy |adens,—
‘:11c'/'c’s (1 Foo] .'”
It was summer, and we went to school.
\Vlten the stranger seemed to mark our play.
Some of us \\‘eie_jn\'ous, some sad—hearied,
I reineinbcr well,-—too well !—that day,—~
Ultcnttmes the tears unbiddeii started,-
\Vould not stay!
\Vhen the stranger seemed to mark our play.
One sweet spirit broke the silent spell—-
.Ah! to me her name was always heaven!
She hcsought him all his griefio tell,——
(I was then thirteen, and she cleven,)
ISABEL!
One sweet spirit broke the silent spell.
Angel, said be, sadly, I am old!
Earthly hope no longer bath a morrow,
Yet. why sit I here thou shalt be told,—.
Then his eye betrayed a_ pearl of sorrow,-
- Down it rolled !—
Angel, said be, sadly, I am old!
I have iotterr-d here to look once more!
On the pleasant scene where I delighted
In the careless, happy days ofyorc,
Ere the garden of my heart was blighted:
To the core!
I have tottered here to look once more!
All the picture now to me how dear!
E‘:-n this grey old rock where i am scared,
Is ajewel worth my journeyinz here;
Alt, that such a scene must be completed
\Viih a tear!
All the picture now to me how dear!
Old stone School House! —it still the same!
'I‘herc’s the very step so of: I mounted;
There’s the window creaking in its frame,
For the game;
Old stone School House !-—it is still the same!
In the coi_t_:.gc. yonder, I was born;
Long my happy hoirie,that liutnbledtvelling.
There the fields of clover, wheat, and corn,
The spring, with lirnpid nectar swelling;
Ali, Forlorn !—
In the cottage, yonder I was born.
Those two gateway sycarriorcs you see,
Then were planted, just so far asunder
Thatlong well-pole from the path to free,
And the wagon to pass safely under;
If-i/rely I/ire: .’
Those two gate-way sycatnores you see !
'l‘here’s the orchard where we used to climb
W hen tny mates and l were boys together,
Tliinking nothing oftr.e flight of time,
l’eariirg nougiit but work and rainy weather,
Past its prime!
Tlrere’s the orchard where we used to climb!
There, the rude three cornered chestnut rails,
Round the pasture where the cows were
gsazing,
\Vhere, so sly, I used to watch for quail-‘
In the crops of buckwheat we were raising,
Traps and trails,—-
There the rude three cornered chestnut rails.
’l'here’s the mill thatgrouud ouryellow grain
Pond, and river still serenely l.-owing;
Cot, there nestling in the shaded lane,
Where the lill_v ofmy heart was blowing.
J‘).-.-ARY JANE!
There’s the mill that ground our yellow grain.
There's the gate on which I used to swing,
Brook,-turd bridge,and haru,aud old red stable
Btit alas! no more the rnoru shall brine?
I 1 ' 1 O '
lhat dear group around my fathers table:
Talten wing!
There’s the ate on which 1 used to swing!
3
I am fleeing !——all I loved are fled;
You green me-‘dow was our place for playi'g
That old tree can tell ofsweet things said,
when around it Jane and l were straying:
She is dead !
lam fleeing !—all I loved are fled !
Yon white spire—-a pencil on the sky,”
Tracing silently life’s changeful story—-
So familiar to my dim old eye,
Points are to seven that are now in glory
There on high! '
Yon white spire, a pencil on the sky!
Oft the aisle ofihat old church we trod,
Guided thither by an angel mother ;
Now she sleeps beneath its sacred sod,-
Sire and sisters, and my little brother
Gone to God !
Uft the aisle of that old church we trod!
There my Mary blest tne with her hand,
W hen our souls drunk in the nuptial blessing
Ere we wandered to that distant land-
Now, alas! her gentle bosom pressing;
There 1 stand!
There my Mary blest me with her hand !
Angel, said be sadly, I am old!
Eartlrly hope no longer ltatb a morrow;
Now, why sit Ihere thou hast been told:
In his eye another pearl ol'sorrow,—
Dowu _it rolled !
Angel, said be, sadly, 1 ant old!
By the wayside, on a mossy stone,
'Sat the hoary pilgrim, sadly musing;
Still I marked him, sitting there alone,
All the landscape, like a page, perusing:
Poor, unknown,
By the wayside, on a mossy stone !
EPIGRAMATIC EPITAPH.
Beneath this stone my wife doth lie;
She is at rest—and so am I.
NoRwALK;iM:‘wEDNEsDAY,JULY 3a nus
I From the .‘\ritei‘§§5tii! Review.
JACK LONG:
05. LYNCH L.-\¥V AND VENGE-KNCR.
In the following relation of real occur-
rences there are several incidental matters
it would be well to have understood. So
much of exaggerated rotnattce is to be ob-
served pervading the narrative spirit oftlie
times, that, with a due respect for the
good nature of our readers, it has become
indispensable that the story teller should
l):'sui'e of his ground—that is—sufficient-
iy so, to feel that he can establish a sym-
patheti—.: confidence between his readers
and ltitnsclf, that he is not attempting to
impose upon their credulity by sheer and
-egregious fabrications of his own, when
he untlertiikes to tell what is called a “hard
lstory.” To define in words what the pro-
'cess of cstablislting this sympathy consist
in, is a difficiilt matter. The most that
can be said of it is, that it forms itself.——
Mere assertions will not alwa_\js answer.
Where it is required that they alone should
be taken, they must be accompanied by it
nameless and inexpressiblc air, not ofcan-
sneh as personal familistrity with the irtci
dents narrated cati only give. lt is easy
enough to romance upon the ground work
of a general knowledge of cliaracteristics,
but to the cool search of an accurate e;, e,
there is a want of filling in, an absccrice
oftliose f'vl’l€l' touches which are letter
felt. than described.‘ A very unsatisfactory
impression of doubt is the consequence,
and the writer who establishes himself on
so unfortunate terms with the reader. must
altogether‘ fall of producing the effect he
aims at. Neither the careless use of round
assertions, nor reiterations of onc’s own
special claims to immaculacy in trutlt-tell-
ing will bring about that pleasant state of
trustfullncss so desirable in the mind ofthe
bearer. There is another extreme—that
of too much pretension to a bluff, straiglit
forward “I am not eloquent as Brutus is "’
kind of manner! But the world is getting
too old for this game. There isyet a trio-
tlium which strikes me as the only trite
one. lllulie no protestations at all, one
way or the other. lf there is a story to
tell, tell it. Be carefully minute, and ask
no fav)rs:—the hard eyed ptiblic will rate
what is said properly. A sensitive irrita-
bility at the idea ofdistrust is not a whit
lmore persuasite than a narrative bullyistn;
._men like neither to be whined or bluffed
}out of tlrsirjiidgentcnts. .
And the notches that I cut and counted ‘ Bqfore p"°°(‘-edl11§.’, it would not be amiss
lto give a more definite idea, than has
"generally obtained, of the social condition
‘of the peculiar region in which these
strange scenes were enacted. Everybody
knows that Texas has been the peculiar
and favorite resort of restless, and alverr-
tnrous men, and not those of this sarrtp
simply, btit as well as the vicious and im-
principlcd, of nearly all nations. A knowl-
edge of this fact alone would naturally
lead one to expect, that the commingling
of so many passionate and opposite ex-
tremes would lead to many extravasanees
in the action of their antagonism—that ex-
cesses of all finds, the iiriliesitating ex-
pression ofurrbridled impulses, would be
ordinary incidents of life here—-—that the
quicx wrath and bloody band should he
often simultaneous, where the most for-
midable weapons were openly worn, law
and its restraints little regarded, and gene-
ral sentiment favored a resort to them on
trivial occasions. Though this tnucb of a
vague knowledge of the state of things
there, might prepare the anticipation foria
good deal——even though a visit to the prin-
ciple cities of the country should still far-
ther prepare it for :1 realization of what
may properly come within the scope of
such forces, still it would be difficult to
understand how the monstrous exhibitions
of frontier life, which with those who
ltave lived amidst it are familiar, can pos-
sibly be credible. One must see with his
own eyes and bear with his own ears, be-
fore he can really conceive that many
things occurring there could be looked
upon as matters of course. Yet outrages
the most terrible succeed each other rap-
idly ;-—~mcn are lynched and stabbed and
shot with as little compunction as“ you
would feel" in spitting a goose! 'l he law
of bloody force is alone recognized; there
is no medium between the insult and the
desperate retaliation. There is no inter-
osition. of either general sentiment or
civil orgarrization, between the savagcry of
the stricken victim.
exterminatingly in this very county of Shel-
by, which is the scene of our story; and
the answer given by President Hous-
ton to the first application which was
made for hisinterposition with the civil
forces under his command to pitta stop
to them, is entirely characteristic of the
man and the country :—-"Fight it out
among yourselves! The sooner you kill
each other ofl the better!”
It was the period of the first organiza-
tion of the Regulators to which our story
refers. Shelby, in the latter part of ——39,
was a frontier county and bordering upon
that region known as the Red Lands, was
the recepticle of all the vilest: men who
had been driven across our borders, for
crimes of every degree! Horse-tbi9VeS
and villains congregated there in such
numbers, that the open and barefaced ef-
fort had been made to convert it into a sort
of ‘Alsrttia’ oftlte W'est-—a place of refuge
for all outlaws, who understood universal-
ly that it was only nece.-tsary to the most
perfect immunity in crime, that they
Sllmllcl Succeed in effectinrr an escape ti)
this neighborhood, where cthev would be
publicly protected and pursuitidefied. The
extent to which this thing was carried
may be conjectured when it is known,
that bands of men disguised as Indians
Would sally forth into the neighboring dis-
triers, with the view to visiting some ob
noxious person with their vengeance——ei-
ther irt the Slt-tpe of robbery or murder.-
Rcturning with great speed, and driving
the valuable stock before them, till they
were among their friends again, they
would i‘ebr.md the horses and mules, re-
sume their usual appearance, and laugh at
retaliation. Evert sirtotle men woulgl, in
the face of day, commit the most daring
crimes, trusting to an escape here for pro-
tectton. They seemed determined at any
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JAMES REED, at Two‘ Dollars Per Annuin in Advance. Office on lloyvs Dock, lvest Side of the Bridge.
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He kept himself so much to himself,
that for along time little was thought or
said of him. His passion for hunting
seemed to be absorbing. He did nothing
else but followup the game from ntoi°ning
till night, and it was so abundant that he.
had. full opportunity for indulgence to his
entire content. Beyond this he seemed
to have no ealttltly pleasure but in that soli-
tary hut, which, however rude, held dear
associations enough to fill that big heart,-
and quicken all those sluggish veins of his
ungainly body. Sometimes one of the
rangers would come across him alone wizh
his long rrfle,.amidst the timber Islands of
the plain, or in the deep -woods; and he
always appeared to have been so success-'
ful, that the rumor gradually got abroad
that he was a splendid shot. This attrac-
t‘ed attention "somewhat more to his appar-
ently unsocial and solitary habits. They
had the curiosity to watch him, and when‘
they saw how devoted he appeared to his
dor only, but of minute and piquant detail,-
iron nerve and skill in the use ofweapons, ,and stopped there, just as he would ltav _
are the traits most calculated for insuring stopped at the foot of the Rocky moun-‘aflmlmble Shot» 133
respect, and commanding power. Hort-";tains, had it been necesssry to go ‘ _
recklessly these are displayed may belwithout troublingiliimself or caring to that H1-'b0¢lY dared tr)’ W31‘? llafd 30 bait
appreciated by remembering the late noto- , know who his neighbors were.
iriety of the Regulator wars, that raged sofnever thought it at all
ileave of any government
risk to hold the county good against the
encroacliments of all honest citizens; and
it came to be notorious, that no,man
could move among them with any citizen-
like and proper motives, but at the ex-
pense of h s personal safety or his con-
sctettce—fO1‘ the crime of refusing to take
part with them was in itself sufficient to
sub_]ect‘all new comers to a series of per- fellow, who could be run over with impu.
secntions whi-.h soon b i t tl ' to nit . The ' ' - .- ,
terms or resulted in tlilciiigdixterirftiiriatiildn butyJacl' loiftlteicimliililnled mm with Tums’
We do not wish to b i -I i i it it 7 1 t '3 t be I 9 Such ta f°""'dabl°
who‘? 1. ; f <12 tint er. oot tia re _cpslot*nt r _o e taken ltold of, that no one
edly I.l§lC‘)S]:3llt«l’Al.|Ofl o t idccotutrpy wtere ;'Ho\\.'- 0 &le'tnkf(glt.(.llSp0Sc?(l to push him too far
tieves an on iron s. tere an ris emrr ma e individual! the sub-
was one class of wealthy planters, anotli- ljcect of a digplay of the rrreary strength
. . ,- - . _ _ _ r: .
Erlt[J1ft'€:he olp stfamtp]o(f1' iiestleps, ltfilg1‘i1l.lpg,lfIIl(.l.Cil1ed in thy; SlZr(’- of his body and limbs,
l s, w 10 trs 9 tie tire 0 popn a-{ e was upvvat" s o six feet (‘om in heirrht
' , - r ) p - _ . ’ o
3l.()f:r(t:Ci‘ the Allpgliaiiies and are now lca- ‘ with shoiildorslil,c the bgm-csms ofa tow-
.,.!,":é h:l:I‘(r;ssdt te Rocky m.ountatns.———.er, and proportions developed in fine sync’
‘ns t :1 c . , -4 .-, . - - :‘:"—
ward deco--um ‘t g((1)r-n°_l"'f3tPnSlOns to Ontd i "deity indeed! b“! ll” 3 Sllgl” ‘"'-‘limi-
.1s« restminits U, . it till} various it advs actp] .tifon to corpulcncy, and that sluggishness
i\'l1lle tliese laspton ‘tie tl“0rSL ‘5_l’°si3 '““‘”‘°” “'9 l““'e SP0!“-‘n Of. which made
I ‘ I i I ' l ' ' i r . -
.;ncc of rcctrai ti ‘‘'l ']l Ht “fiber mlwdell: lfnnf belemlwlo Lufly mm to undelmlie me
a-aaxr“rr”t“v:nrrraarrrm“v°vc
' *‘“.V “gen CV5‘ 9'9"m”le fiie 3 U do u ytte hornsamidsthis
hp) stipitiit tp) prescnpe \yli1Cll slioulddin . bellowittg peers, and bring him to the
’ _t-~ ay re u .e or ent arrass their_dee s. iground wrtlt‘ all his shaggy bulk, '1-‘ind.’
Vlost. ofthcse bad men were a kind of,in9'. they could not tempt him to a per
‘ - 3 v I i ‘T . -.- ' ' ' ' .
small! land holders who. only cultivatedsonal fray, tl.cy_changed the note, and by
pate iestilof ground d]()ll.ln_9:' the sygrcesibe-{pg-'91-yr sortlofkifliziijinlleyy endeavo,-ed to eniign
ween re arger pntntations; ut trey, c remar {:1 .e piysical enerir d 191‘
_ y an Ski i
, , , o C .
kept tery_fine horses, and depettdcd moreihe was cotijecturc-d to possess, in the ser-
plpon their spec-d‘for friclqtrii-trig plftindgr,,Eic;aJoftltcir.schierr;ps of brutal vio]cnce_
ran on any capacity 0 ticir own or .a-I ti ac-< waive it sort of partici '
. i _ _ I patron
' t l . . ,
prrr. . fl’iey‘\t eie finally wroiignt up to the ; in them with a smiltngaml um.-ai-_ymg good
.ist p‘l:(:.lr()l restlessnpiss by this Clfglsltig§gUI{)Ot',¥£Vl1lCll, though it enraged the baf-
2tt'uun( o unmanageai c persons. an or-' et ru 1 ans, gave them no possible excuse
ganized themselves into a band of Rcgtila- ifor provocation. They wbuld ‘not have
t)c:r(')s,’as thleyl tpt;pied tltemlselpes. '1-‘l(yeyi'|lt'(3tg:i‘tl’Clf:ll thhis,.but there was St”, less in“,
c mine 1 V i; - ' . -
i)urific'ttion lid ii?-.i°‘§i3.§’,-‘Vr.ii"iiI. ..'i3§i.—°.; .3.i°§‘oi§iei..§‘.i.r§rmli.““ft”"i°'i 3” ‘fie’
.' * ‘ ' ~_ r0 er eyra an une-
i“l’°°‘",llY Sallie‘! (110 tfllf-‘ ‘“0I‘l-'.-I /‘-C0°“dl‘P8"lfillltiélscnsp that the farm‘ was not “at him’-
unter re ‘a 0 am‘ v ‘as - se rt - ' .- _
Sy(’3H“1bmMl t ' ‘any t[(f{'\\.l: tllln,,h 1,] cps terpltpase gtes in the \\ est ‘that.
* 4d mt-""3 9}» Yhmlt-‘I -title 1, tbiyy - e a frktlot yet cert roused to a conscious-
comnvnce operations. it t is pu ic-:ness 0 IS own energies and capabilities.
:l[;)lI'l‘.e(l and prai(s1ewoi-tliy un‘derta trig, tlhcy were, without acknowllpdging it,
ey soonptanage to reduce t.te cot.pty,a itt e averse to walking hint. lhey final-
tp the sub_iectio.n.of fear, if not to an aflcc- , ly gave him tip, therefore, and Jack might
tionsite recognition of the pret:ogatr.'es,after all, have been left in peace to‘ love’
they] arrogated to themselves. 'l he l'lC.i}.- ' M10lly(pnd the children as hard as he pleas-'
2r ;inlcl"t!C (-0 ll dto . 7. l—. 3 ‘er. an ' d l ‘r ' -
B‘ p! . i y . tppe ‘c I‘ pp} '1. le']\y, ‘, III] it go his passion fpr marksman
.a'c.<-mat. tent, in cc-stmp L. o _a right to I stip on y at the expense of me dumb, wild
en_}oy their own property and lives, in h;tltings around him, but that he was acci-
thebfarthcr tindorstanding that they \x'ereT(l¢t}tly' lcd‘to mztkc an unfortunate display
to e protected in ‘these immunities f1‘0n]‘()f.lt. A few log huts near the centre con.
all dangers from without ofa siniilztr kind. , stttutcd the county town. llere has tlir;
wife——thc gibe became general, that Lg
was a “hen peeked husband. under peiti.
coat governtnent,” and other like gratify-.'
ing expressions. This, taken in conneic.
tion with his lolltng, akvakard gait and rath-
er excessive expression of simplicity and
easy temper, disposed those harsh, rude
men very. greatly to sneer at him as a soft
any deeds, whose coloring might other- 1 which alone powder and lead and ',vh‘iskey
wise chance to be offensive to eyes polite. l were lobe obtained for many miles around.
The other class—a class of simplehe.-1,-. l,-lack happened to get oil’ 'of amunition
ted, sturdy men-—were goarled and tortur-laud came lmolllls l"‘l“‘_.' 3.0”! f’f35h SUPP!)/'*.
ed by the most aggravateil annoyances, Am"‘°!9d by ll‘? -'!!S!"e.V.~ “H5 W33 “W
until, driven in despair to some act of re- l‘°“d q‘,-"“'!9"5 '-- ‘he Regullllofsi am! ‘heY
taliation. they furnished their tyrants with ‘V""'°_“_l! '3"‘!°c!"d for 3_€“"“! 5ll°°tl“8'
the Spade“, of excuse, which even they 7 In3"J'll, and of course getting drunk fast as
felt to be necessary, and were then either P°5s‘l’!e,l" Stead)’ me” “°‘""eS- Wile“
lynched and tvarndd to leave the "...«l1'lt:,' in he!“ ‘“"“"‘-',_d» he lmmd !!{°._m Siillllem‘-1 "1 94:
,so many (lays, or else shot if they pcrsEs- g”’”l’ "llder 3 clusle" C’! “"305: 5°"€m!
lted in remaining! So relentless and iiii._l”!“dl"3d )’'*“_d5 M?!“ the h°U5€- It had
,dicativedid these wretelies show tliem- been some “me Smce there ,1"!!! been if”?
iscivos in h,,nt;,,,_,, dmw, e,.e,.Y one “.,,O;altcrcatton between any of tnem_ancl him,-,
ldared oppose himself to them in any way, 5.9!“ and ‘ho!-18!‘ _l‘° Sul’l’°,5"-d ll-_ }‘'a5_ 9!!
;that very soon their ascendancy in the , f‘_3!'3°!!9‘lv_ Xetille lelt some 1“!-le dlfmclma‘
llconnty was almost without any dispute. - “O” !°_ J“””"3 ‘hem’ and had !'°5°f"‘3d 9.9?
‘Indeed, there were very few left who from _ !° ‘!_° ll‘ But as °“°e» and 3831”: and
any cause ,,,.eS,_,m,,d to do it Among :igain,that sharp report he loved so well
,them was one ofthis last class of wander- ‘O heal’ would “"5 Out» f0ll0W€(l by the
ling hunters, known as Jack Long. Jack clamofsa °X“'l“m“l.!°“5 and eager grouping
ihad come of a ‘wild-turkey breed,’ as the'_ 0f ‘be me“ ‘“'°““d the target to critically
lphrase is in the west for a family remai":-‘ examine ‘[19 1'95"!‘ of each Shot: his Pas‘
fable for its wandering propensities. I
‘had already pushed a-head of the settle-iolhefs Shot: °"e"°‘?m° 3 half defined feel‘
;ment of two States and one Territory, and ill? ‘ha? he “'35 gomg to do “Tat: ff” M0!‘
,following the game still further towards
tinreclaimed blood wreaking its worst and i the south, had been pleased with the prom- _
Personal prowcss,lise of art abundance of it itt Shelbycounty , ll-8 Um'l"3l‘-‘d hem 0! Such 0005190355 for
Hé sion for the sport,and curiosity to see how
ly’s sake, was an imprudent thing. Hinch,
the Regulator Captain, had always been
' ‘apart from the fact tltathe was really on
was known to be so
as fa;-,;fierce, blustering and vindictive abully,
He had hint, since he would be’ certain to'make a
essentiai to as]; personal affair of it with who ever presum-
as ,0 how 0;-',ed to be so lucky or.so skillful. Now,
where he should make himself at hon1e,or;8"€1'3f b0<lY in ‘he COUMY _“'35 "fell 8“'31'0
even to inquire what particular nation put Of this but flack: and he Cllllel‘ “'35
in its claim to any region he found suited 3\‘aT9_a 01' dld 11°‘, care for ‘he matter» If
to his purposes. Ilis heritage had been he dlfil lm0W 't- H9 lm9“’s though,
the young Earth, with its s‘ ies, its waters fhat Hlflch W35‘ 3- fam°_“5 5h°t5 and “OW?
and its winds, its huge primeval forests mg_ that he was preparing to shoot, started
and ptains rm-owing om;i1,eir broad breasts to _]0lIl them, dctermnted to ‘see for himself
to the sun—with all the sights and sounds What they called good shooting. He came
and living things that moved and were at'- Swinging himself carelessly among them,
“curate beneath (,'od‘s eye _ and what car. with long, heavy strides, as they wereall
ed i,e.f0,. the authority Ofmen! The first vociferating in half drunken ruptures over
indeed that was known or heard of Jack, the.gl0ri0uS Sh‘)! Just "Ride by H1n°l1—"
was when he had already built him‘ a snug‘ and he, in his customary manner, was
log-cabin, on the outskirts of the county, S\_\'eal'mg and raving at every. one arotind
near the bank ofa small stream,stow’d away him,-‘ taunting them with their bungling,
his fair-faced young wife and two children {ind defying the‘? to "Y “gin!” 0b5e’V'
cosily into it, (for ‘Dan Cupid’ had found mg J.-ack he jerked the target 3}W{Y»
Jack out, with all his rough shyness, several and With a loud grating laugh. ‘must 1‘ 1"‘
years before) and he was busily engaged in sultingly close to his face :—‘Hah! Jack
slaying the deer and bear, right and left.
The Planters in return were to wink upon lgrocery, or store, as it was dignified gm’
Long-legs! They say you can shoot !--
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