BUSHRANGING.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 82, 18 August 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

BUSHRANGING.

(From the Sydney > Empire.) -Jl ' Bushrangfng has again: appear|l all its pristine vigor and aud|l Gardiner ia being eclipsed by lusifl youthfuL lieutenant, Gilbert,. whoS fair to obtain that great prize forJjjß all the bush natives, of this diatr^M vicing, namejy, " the blue the road/, which confers the tjjH "Prince of Bushrangers/' v - Onjfl day night, about 10 p.m., the st|9 the loiter part of the main.creeltjfl vicinity of Possum Flat, was. sttjjß by Gilbert, and, three others. . Tb|fl dents of this famed locality, wereijH retiring to rest) when, the quiet hight'was disturbed by a volley q|H arms, discharged by these four rtijH Now that " rolls ups" are no lonwfl amusement of our population, rei|H are rather scarce. Consequentl^H once great , feature of a miningiM ship--the continual reporiiOf fir^H • — creates surprise. Henry's ; sto|^B received the patronage of the'^H flans, from whom- they took; ,a IJ^J tea, and a lot of dress prints, n|^H for their fair Marians ; tlvey nei^B ceeded to O'JBrien's ; store, an|^B £37; next visited a ,Mrs.:M'C^B poor widow,, who .keeps a. srhal^H whom they robbed of her vreddinj^f and fifteen shillings. A man, itt^H in the store, had to "stump uj^H ounces sixteen pennyweights. o^M which be had on his person. j^| great event of the evening wa^^H liant affair, being nothing less ti^f bombardment of a galvanised *X<>!^| beloning to M. Connell and C^H taining a large stock, and ffoiO^H these systematic scoundrels exp|^H heavy haul. Having summoj^H two men who were asleep on tj^H mises to surrender and open tfc^H which they refused to do, tbejJ^H their artillery on the sleepingji^M these two unfortunates, literal^H diing it. No less than twei^^B shots having entered this room,l^M beseiged escaped death is a '' ; ji^^| | At leugth, fearing the miners wB^H ! on them, they broke open tj^^| struck a light, ransacked the sto^^H made up a select load of jroods^^^^B packhorses, took £15 which wei^^J till, and leisurely retired in gQ^^H unmolested, proceeding down i creek to Heffernan's publit^^H | where they had drinks,, taki^^f them a revolver, a silver, ivaj^^l ; seven bottles of brandy. X^^H visited Regan's Hotel, near station, singing the very app^^| song of " O'er the hills and far^^fl Such is a true and correct ac^^^B this raid, of which I was, as fa^^H Fiat was concerned, an eye-witn^^H camp being less than a mile JJ^^H scene of this Outrage, a body a^^H arrived about midnight, beinj^^H aa hour and a-haif after tj;e^^H had decamped (a strong proo|^^H alacrity and usefulness,) expresj^^H wonder at the bullet holes thr^^^H store, looked for footprints, asj^^^B of stupid questions, accompanj'^^^B with si sapient nod or a cunn^^^f but never attempted to nioye^^^H in pursuit of the ruffians. -s^^^H heaven's name are the people^^^f colony taxed heavily to suppo^^^H useless stupid lot of felloWj^^^^B Monday previous, Gilbert andfl^H informed you, stuck up two st^^^| one a quarter of a mile from : ||^^^| Well-made traps were bemg^^^J the various gangs which inie^^^^H trict; the police were gradj^^H surely hemming them in, an^^^| weeks would show what a dej^^^H Superintendent Zouch was. word " bushranger" was u;e^^^H presence of the police, it wa^^^J evoke an expiessive wink orl^^^| not. But this pitiful humbuj^^^J been rudely exposed, and th^^^H incompetency of the presei^^^H force to repress the species of c^^^H mitted by ibe gang of rufna^^^H the leadership of Johnny Gilb^H^^ parent. I tremble for thecon^^^H of aDother murder such as Cj^^^^| retribution will follow that I^^^^| terror in the heart of every ?J^^^^| has outraged law and sociej^^^^H last eighteen months with^^^^H The pent up indignation of a^^^^f population will rush forth |^^^^| stream as will carry before it^^^^H barrier now existing betw^^^H tuted authority and JudgC;^^^^H will say no more, but utte^^^^H warning to the Governntf^^^M warned in time to take p^op^^^^H for the repression of this tiii^^^^J ere it is too late. A very c^^^^H to capture Gardiner, Giiber^^^^H other less distinguished meifl^^^^H firm, was made by the gol|^^^^| cial, whose plethora of . pluj^^^^H to accompany that brave bot^^^^H who visited the scene of following is the offer verb^^^^H am a 72-inch native. If i^^^^H ment will give £1000, 1 w |^^^^| gold commissionership, a "^^^^H to hand Gardiner over to t^^^^H month, the others soon to A^^^^H recommend this cheap o^^^^^J earnest consideration of but I hope this native y^^^^^H be like a Pottinger, a Shadforth — great in word^^^^^H "lomptible in deeds. Ata^^^^H his energies appear misdi^^^^^H not transfer him to the P°l'j^^^^H tion at the Weddin Moun^^^^H him try his hand at thief-c^^^^^H