The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-13
From the Boston Patriot.

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From the Boston Patriot
AN ACCOMPLISHED THIEF.--The
! following circumstances have peei narrated
to MS as having occurred N toWnln " Or
cester county. They present skill ana
holiness IN the way cftticyirg, which might
do credit to the most accomplished graduates
of the European prisons md q .elius wor-
thy of the most noted OF the liSht fingered
gentry in this country. \ man OF horse
back, in the dress e farmer overtaok up
on the road, Il lad driving yoke o' oXeo,
/ with whom Ne entered into conversation:
in the course Of which he learned OF thn lad
that he was driving the cattle TO distant
pasture, aud tha. hisiathpr was back upon
the road, hut wls to meet hm IT ccrtain
tavern. The man when thcv came near
to tho appointed tavern, told the boy to go
forward to the hour -. Ia direct the bar
keeper - maze him mug q punch ana ne
would Immediately on vita &c cattle; but
rs soon Is the boy was aht q 5ight, which
was but short timc, fiji his generous and
unsrspcCing nstarc prompted nm to q
rfeat alacrtv III IL" discharge ri lis conf
mission - o3iiec his qdantiaE cou.banion,
hs turned of WITH tha cs,tle into btaroad
4tNl tI'tNf iilEhl SNHlt HtSStAl4k = ltts-t
bcvand the tavetn 10 the Mcan time the
mug Of pancA was made, and tle 2e. and
saan tir Aer we're both anNioIsly waiting
the coming Il the man with ne oxen; sut
after nearlv e:;hlistiHg their stock Il pa
thence u waiting, aai thcn wearylng them
selves il IN unsuccessful search after them,
! they set Of f1r their homes. The GLOW
ing slay the mtn ,lrave the cattle back to
! 81, hu h ~ uj.tI.
yoke OF oxen, bat they did not drive well
AVID hs tloii',te. whether they would answer
hi, purpose, ana remarked that he had been
induced to bay tNen because they had been
offered cheap, bgt Is they dill not exactly
suit him, he would sell them at a small ad,
vance On the cost. Ehc landlord, who had
never before seen either the driver Or the
eatt,., 1d had not Therefore the least ground
for dot3tas The correctness nf the story
told III, i, finally boush thcn, and the man
spent tie night ut tic i.auae. 1t hal not
escaped the whatchfii eve of orr cler,
that the landlord had vriv ha;;'.sone horse
in the pasture iato which lis horse had been
pat; he, therefore, in thc morning, with a
view to an eNchapge, tcnk his saddle on his
arm telling the landlord be would save him
the tr,lbe Of hrlngnf; up his horse to the
door, BY taking him from the pasture as he
passed along. a. othrr. ave done before
him, however, he mistook his horse, and
sad He'd and hlidicd the landlords with
which he rode off towards the scaboard,
wheHc he sold him a . very high price.--ln
the course of the day the owner oi the oxen
cane to the tavern to inquire if any thing
had been heard OF .his stray cattle. and was
not littlc pleased to find them in the land
lords POSSESSION. Bnt tho chagrin Of tho
latter was qaite equal u the satisfaction Gf
the FORMER Oh lindiAg that he had purchased
unwittingly the cattle stolen from the far
mer the day before. In snch u case how
ever, there is no appeal, antl thc"iight own
or dove ca' his cattle. Vita the moacy he
had received for the horse, our traveller
transformed himself into a 7veW dyrssed gi3t-
tlcma&, and 10 ljis disguise, retracing tie
road he had ti,4sii'!, ea!iei II thp tavern
where he ha1 b"f'slr st@ppea and while
very carel. ,,iy ioDkiNr >una She bar room,
/ discovered, among OILERS til tahdiorll's ad-
vcrtscnent fan Ills hprs., uif ing a reward
of s,l00 far the return 81 the identical horse
which he had stolen. After Questioning the
! l9alopd ;s t9 tae t0riec tntsS Of the descrip-
I ton given of TIE hot,., and severely tax,
ing his own recollection, onr gentleman in
/ disguise cremcmbercdthlt he had seen such a
horse some where in his travels; and upon
! being assured bv the landlord that the Offer
ed reward should be pail on the herse being
returned to him, immediately set ont for the
Sea board, contrivca to steal the horse from
the person To whom he had sold him, and
returned to the tavern Keeper, who paid
him the reward; but the landlords snspi-
cions being awakened, inquiry was institut-
ed and in the assumed garb Of the gentle
! man, was first discoved the farmer the sox
thief the driver, the shorse thief and IL
nally the gentleman in disguise.
We find the following paragraph in tile
last Charleston Courier in relation to a pi-
rate named John Thomas, or Tomise, who
was under sentence Of death in Charleston
but was pardoned by the Governor of South
Carolina, on condition of his being removed
hy the Spanish Consul from the United
States, never to return.
"IIe sailed hence on the 25th Aug. in the
schr Caduceus, for Matanzas, in charge ol
Mr.. Morris Goldsmith, the accredited agen,
of the Consul, and we are informed that or
the passage he attempted to excite mutny
on board the schooner; but the decisive con.
duct of Capt. Heartte prevented any evi
consequences from his yillainous tricks
Mr.. Goldsmith also had narrow escape