Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-04-25

ten f0cten tAe Madison fdctioH, ana
the Als,aeos faction. An fhe kdding
pa,tisaas sfthe di6 erent factions expect
IN case d success, Seer taryships, dr.
bassadorships, Csnsractsrships, Coiiec-
torships, and all ths gkisssriag objects 81,
pure demscratic worship. M. BidsUeH
Is to b secretary Estate, Or D tAe trea.
SWry, skonld Madison succeed3 NJ. RAM
doihh is to Be Iphat he pieases, should
Menrse succeed should DE- VIA CLINTON
swcceed. the dspii an4aH willie brosao-
TED MIarsr is expected hoss shert!y
to make his kids. CWash. Fed ~
The following melancholy article Il co.
pied from the Pennss lyania Corres.
r. pouden., printed at Doylestown, in
" Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
News Of murders and robbeTies, &c.
nerally excites greater degree Of int.
rest, than information of any other kind.
Intelligence 10 circulating in this neigh
bourhood, of which the following is the
substance. Its authenticity 10 not sworn
to, hpt should It prove to have been q
rnelateholy reality, the public shall hear
more about il. .. -.----. -,
"a nan living on or near the Dry
Lands, ~ho had 70 pay the sum Of sool.
about the 6rst Of April, called on his
neighbour who kept public house, infor-
med him OF the payment he had 70 make,
and observed, he had the whole amount
AZ his own house, except Isl which he
wished to borrow for few weeks the
landlord very cheerlully agreed 70 lend
the sum required, stating that he had Il
not in possession, but expected TO 90 ..
broad the next dayto collect the money,
and would return in the evening when
his neighbour might call and receive the
sum wanted. With the joy which an.
honest man derives from the expectation
ofbeing able to fulfil his contracts did the
neighbor call at the time appointed; the
landlord had not returned he therefore
waited eontentedly, every moment. ex-
pecting him to come in i; 1t the request
Of the 1andl:dy, he concluded TO retire
to bed. and if asleep =. the return Of her
husband, he was To be called up Il be-
Ing late he sooA fell asleep; but had not
: slept long before his slumbers were dis
turbed by terrific dreams =; he awoke bic
bed. fellow, e pedler who had taken his
lodgings there for that night only and
informed he had dreamed bis house was
on ERE, and his wife and children inye.
loped in the flames. -..
The psdlar intreated him to lie down
! and quiet HIS approximations; but expos.
tulations are uuavailing TO q man whose
: imagination il disordered from the idea
. that his family are In eminent DANGER
He would 60 home, md the pediar feel
. ing Interested in the Interpretation Of
j.. the dream, agreed to accompany him ;
i. taking along a pair Of excellent pistols
! which the Peslar had with him well load
ed. The night was. dark, and o. they
approached The house, a bright light ex.
cited new and strong suspicious. Each
taking pistol they cautiously approach-
ed the lighted window, where with as
constituent they beheld three men with
blaeksned faces, counting money u Z Ia
Die each Of the SPECTATOR singled out
his man, and two Of the midnight plum
: derers fen lifeless on the Roor the third
was met ct the door, but conscious guilt
had .unneryed his arm, he was soon dis
patched. Reader. =. il you have tears
prepare to shed them now" The agi-
lated husband went into his bedeham-
her, where tke wife Of his bosom and
three young children were weltering in
blood. and closing their eyes in death,
having been inhumauely butchered In
.he |" unsuspecting moments Of Sleep
BY the three persons before mentioned.
Ny Informant could not give the names
of the parties. but states, that o. wash
ing the blaekened faees Of the deceased
robbers, they proved 70 be near neigh
bours Of thekowner Of. the house, and
wsrs iatiRate family eonpections.
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