Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-07
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From the N. Y. epeesalOV.l
 THs Delalpure Afwndersss.--We published a few days since, from the Delaware paper, an account Of the finding of human skeleton in Sussex cWunly, Delaware. and the slIspi. cions, in consequence, tilat murders had been many years agO committed hy Patty Can. non and fellow by the nanle of JOhnsOn.-- The Wilmington Gazette Ofthe l7th furnish ps the following details tn addition.
 The excitement nrOduced hy this discOve- ", us may naturally be supposed, was very great in the nrighhOrhOOd, and on the 2d inst. one of JOhnsOn's gang named Cyrus James, who has resided in Maryland, was caught in thus state, and brought bef0re justice of the peace at SCaiOrd, and on examination stated that JOseph Johnson, Ebenezer F. Johnson, and old Patty CannOn had shot the man while at supper in her house, and that she saw them all engaged in carrying him in the chest and burying him; and stated, moreover. that many others had also been killed, and tllat he could show where they had been bu- ried. The officers and citizens accordingly accompanied him to the places which he pointed out, and made the necessary search. in one place in garden they dug And found the homes of young child, the mother of which. he stated, was a negro woman belong in to Patty Cannon, which, hring a mulattO, sue had killed for the ieasOn that she suppO. sed its father to be one of her own family.- Another place, a few feet distant. was then pointed out, when upon digging few feet, two oak bOxrs were found. each of which contained human homes. Those tn one Of them had been those or a person about seven years of age, which James said he saw pat ty Cannon knock in the head, with billet of wood, and the other contained those of one whom he said they considered had pro- perty; by which, it is supposed was meant, that he was free. As there was at the time much stir about the children. and there was no convenient opportunity to send them a. way, they were murdered to prevent discOv- cry. On examining the scull bone of the lar gest child, it was discovered to have been bro- ken as described by James.
 This fellow, James, was raised by Patty Cannon, having been bound to her at the age of seven years, and is said to have done much mischief in his time for her and Johnson.
 Another witness by the name of Butler has already been secured and it is thought that some others will be brought forward who are acquainted with the bloody deeds of Patty and Joe. This woman is now between 60 and 70 years of age, and looks more like man than woman but old as she is, she IS believed to be as needless and heartless as the most abandoned wretch that breathes.
 As stated by us on Friday last, Patty Can non had been lodged in the Jail in George town. James and Butler were also placed there at the same time; and ii is higly prob able that ere thls the trial has taken place, and the result of it will soon be known.
 James stated that he had not shown all the places where murdered bodies had been bu- ried. and at the lime of writing. our corres-5 rondeut infsfrnss us the peorAe were stiif diE-a EiuE. ' - Joe Johnson, who is said to be residing at this time in Alabama, is stated to have been seen in this state in December or January last;, and the probability is that his business here was to do something at his old business of kidnapping. He was convicted of this crime some years since at Georgetown, and suffered the punishment of the lash and the pilIery on account of it.. He is a man of some celebrity, having. for many years, carried on the traffic of stealing and selling negroes, in which he was aided and instructed by the old bag, Patty Cannon, whose daughter he mar ried, after she had lost former husband on the gallows. He continued to reside near his tutoress until within few years, when re- ward of $500 was offered by Mr. Watson, Mayor of Philadelphia, when having obtained information of the fact befnre any others in his neighborhood, he suddenly decamped, and has since been very cautious in suffering himself to be seen in that part of the coun- try.
 The former husband of JOe's wife was hung for the murder of negro trader, the plan for which is said to have been arranged at her mothers house.
 From the circumstances which have al-. ready taken place, it would appear probable that such developments may be expected tO to take place as will present the wretched ac- tors in the scenes of blood which have taken place on the border of our state in Sussex county, as successful rivals in depravity of the infamous Burke, whose bloody deeds and recent execution in Scotland, have occupied so large a'portion of the public prints.
 SALISBURY. (N. C.) March Si.
 COld.-It is but recently that machinery has, to any considerable extent. been put into successful operation in this state. We under stand that at the mine in Mecklenhnrg, work ed by Caldwell & Co. (commonly called the Company the operation of pulver- izing the rocks, and washing out the gol.l. is performed by machinery. driven by horse power. From ffteen to twenty hands are employed. and the product of their labour Is about $500 worth-of gold weekly.
 At Bissell's (or Charleston c0mpany's)