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I) A I L V C OB R I K Rr _ —il-51, t * 4 K B K It, Keillor*iFrom the Democratic Rertew*John Hill, alias Curry;OR. THE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.a TdtfK vtrrcii or life i»“ Among the truest friend* of the people, of ill in the present Convention. m»y be named John Hill, ot r*? Kr«nciF. His euergy, eloquence, andcourage, fully entitle him t* the proud pbria hoholds, and, aw we trust* will long retain—that of leader of the Arkansas DuniocracyC1—[Littla Rock Gazette,, in the days of the Convention*Ri noov A rtfl.iT.-wA desperate ran conn ter (Htttffi ti last week it? St. Franc:*. Two tfiStitt*gimhtHl citizens wew kilM, anti three other#. angerou*ly wounded 1 lie chtfioitlty resulted in an attempt to arrant John Hill, a member of the last legi shit ore* and formerly of the Slate Convention, who* as it is ulledged, is the notoriousrobber. Nixon Curry* Out ranmmted such atrocities fiftieeu years M£u Sti the MounuxUi? of Carolina.*’— i Little Rock Gazette of May, lb4(KW* *.«?' given the p ravin©* t tii from rimoldest and in ©si m*peetib!e jam C Arkansas,in ohFt to satkfy ev-rv reader, that the followingnarrative, eztrnordinary m some of its iuciieutSmay appear, is no tissue of fiction. Indeed, while relating genuine events, and painting truescenes, we have been especially careful to avoidnil vivid colors. Should this short sketch, by any chance, reach the forests of Arkansan, the people there will deem it* descriptions tame incomparison with the deeds ef the matt. Thewriter, who has resided long on the frontier, hue no use fr»r fancy ft) portraying iu exciting life, i Simple memory will serve him very well.About fifty years ago there Jived In Iredellcounty, North Crrolina, a Presbyterian preacher, by the name of Curry JI# was a man in easy circumstances, of irreproachable character, and having a large? family of promising sons anddaughter* Among these, the favorite was Nixon,, distinguished when a boy for his fearless courage and the teudernesa of his heart alike.— He seems9 from several anecdotes of his ear far days, 10 have been a child of impulse and intense earnestness and passion. When only ulx years of age h’ A.i.: * combat at school with u bally of the phty-ground, nearly twice his own weight* and after sufie ring dreadfully, at last achieved victory, due almost entirely to the t-hoer power of his endurance.tFrom the time he was rnx years old, that is to say, from the first session he attended in thei nun try HcliooPhotise, bad Nixon Curry b*?cn In love. His idol was a little girl of the same age, an J under the tuition of I lie same master. Theattachment appears to have been mutual from t.e commem ement. Tln-y stood up In one elms, uiid always managed to tand together. Duringthe hours of rwess, when other juveniles were* II ' _ \ r . 4\ amaisag themselves with humtrou* -.torts, the[ pr* co' itucs lovers w ould wonder amidst leafygruv ?f or by the moasy margins of silver rill*.I orav-r, to * teruitjr, and wli never, the oft *pelf of first love comes, it bring* with it tho bright-o ir.i of poetry, sr;alterlug thick-starred dreamsujwj divine visions ©f bounty over all things.—Even then they exchanged pledges, and disco a reed iu mu-i t and m\U%-m wh^pera of their futurebridal.And thu© they grew up into one .leHcicuiB identity of fancy ond of feeling. Their biixsr far eachI ©I If-rV i*ty. u lub* f bib. ran, eau^n! no particn*1 Lir remark, r-uch at ton kinetite yra com mantlj** youth of rptruHieerxesizi ineaouatry, am;, ris ii-na!. t- rm matt? jibruptly, on arrival at inaturar y^ar*. I ^ iwh-renu ! oiraver, was the case With Ni .uii furry uua Lucy Gordon.— Their pSf^oti became so evident at fifteen, that ail further invrotiurae era* forbidden by her pa-reuth— rung the \. -■-aitli Fm -*ri tve racy of Carolina. Then fot-U-wed *tu ru meet tugs by star-[ ghl* firmer mw* a ad wilder love, which always iUi:raaries n proportion to its crosses, and, likethe tree of Lebanon, sends down its deepest roots into the tim heart, the more it Is shaken bystorms.Find] , at seventeen, when Lucy’s relative*were eu ieavortttg to force her Into the arm a of another, she fled with the lover of her childhood1 were pursued—overtaken; and Nixon Curry shot his rival and one of the proud Gordon* on the f?potrand then *s©aprd with his bride,although hotly chased by more men, sod foundan assy lum in the Aleghany Mountains. near li*m] sources of tb- Citawba. Here, tinder the ple^of nece^tity, he embraced th* profi-rnon of a robber, r*nd rendered his nnrne Amu ©its by the number and as topis hi tig boldue^ of his exploits*We may record it noi ss a m.itb-r of m-ril. pei-haps, but for the oi historical truth— thatthe youthful bandit never was known to perpetrate any deed of murder for the purpose of pki n-der, though he did feveral to avoid arrest Atlength tfc- rumor i i bin daring felonies ceased suddenly. «»da natw:Uisiaat:ing a reward of five tiiousaod dollars w as offered for his apprahensionby the Coreruor of the State, he was heard of no more in North Corulma.tq ax coyrnsciSK
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Madison Daily Courier
Madison, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 23, 1849
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