Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-29

was contended, that as thS money. had
 been found on board of the Steamer, it
 ought of right to be deliveHpd up to the
 Captain, and that in the event of its not be-
 ing called for, it should go to the benefit
 of the stockholders of the, Steam Ship
 Company! The assumption was urged
 with considerable warmth and pertinacity ] by one or two stockholders who happened to be present; but as the lad would not accede to it's justice, warm feelings, ard infammatory language, was issued on both sides. On the part of the lad, it was con- tended, that public Steam packet was as much thoroughfare, as the cOmmon turn- pike road 1; that whatever property be found on the decks ofthe ship,ifit was not called for, was in law species of treasure trove, and that the captain of the steam boat stood to him, in the sasne relation that keeper of turnpike gate would un- der similar circumstances and, he there fore avowed, that he could not surrender the money to Capt. Bunker or to any one else, unless the Legitimacy of the loss was 1 fully established and the money identified by the loser. Tho lad was undoubtedly right, ill equity and law; but, it was de- creed. that he should not leave the boat, unless the money was surrendered to the Captain. Hard words and ungentlemanly epithets were applied to him by some of the passengers and in the end ,his integrity and his motives were impugned. This was too much for him :; and he fell into fits of laughter,-weeping and wailing. His honor was assailed ;-hc weptbitterly and loud and in the midst of a paroxysm of anger threw the money on the Captains desk, and said that it was the most unfortu- nate incident in his life that he should have found the money. He was sailor lad his personal appearance was interesting and imposing, and if we are capable of judging, we should say that more up- right or more noble minded ycnth never existed. On our feelings he made favor able impression, and we could not but pity the sorrows he endured, from the con- sciousness that he had been wrongfully and unprovokedly accused of the. commits sion of crime, at a moment when his every act proved the purity ofhis motives. Al- though we cannot admire the conduct of the passengers, who. SO unnecessarily and unjustly assailed the pride and the ssn-1 abilities of the youth, itis due kO Captain Bunker to say, that he treated the lad with every kindness, and was evidently not dis- posed pO glve unneCossaTy pam at any uus- easiness.' The money remains in the hands of Captain Bunker, and if no one should call for it-and it is no ways prob able it ever will be demand ded-it will, at a proper time, be delivered to the lad, who it was evident, was very anxious that it should be delivered to to its legal owner.
 In the whole affair, from th6 finding tho money to its surrender to Captain Banker, there was an air of mystery surrounding the transaction which may yet be removed, and lead to the exposure of some iniquitous deed, which the finding of the money, was well calculated to expose. The money must have belonged to some one on board the boat; every one was notified of its be- ing found, and yet no one came forward to make claim. By many 1t was suppo- sed that the money had been purposely thrown away, by some guilty one, who was fearful that the retaining of it would lead to the detection of crime, but this to us appears improbable; for, if any had been disposed to rid bimself of wealth, which he IldO CTIHllHaIIy OuthsuCus lHStSdu Ot ttfOW" ing it on the deck, he probably would have cast it into the sea, where its fate never could have been known, and where it could not have revealed the perpetration of crime. Be this however, as it may, the money is in the hands of Capt. Robert s. Bunk CT, and if any one will claim it. and satisfy that gentleman of the validity of his loss, and will identify the property, he can obtain it, without trouble or aexpense. 1.-the loser be an honest man we may hope he will come forward, obtain his money, and thus unravel the mystery, which sur rounds the whole transaction.
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 .4l .ss MOURNING APPAREL.
 There are several important considera- tions which induce me to approve of the decision ofthose who have trampled on the neck of the tyrant fashion, and determined to abandon the custom of wearing mour- ming apparel. 4-e4
 l.. As general practice. it is no real expression of grief for the loss of our friends, nor is it so considered. 1t Is a. dopted by all classes by the covetous heir whose heart beats with joy at an e. 1 vent which puts him in possession of his idol, as well as by those who are affected 1 with the purest emotions of genuine sor-i row. An English writer has remarked