Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-08-16

has strip Of the same kind round his wrists
They approach the herd by degrees. raiS,no.
their legs very slowly, but setting them down
somewhat suddenly, after the manner Of =
deer, and always taking care 10 hit tbeir
right or lea feet simultaneously. Ii any az
the herd leave oil feeding. TO gaze on thia
extraordinary phenomenon, IL instantly stops.
and the heal begins 10 play its part by hex
ing its shoulders, and performing other ne
cessary movements. Ia this way the hunters
attain the very centre OF the herd without ex-
citing suspicion, and have leisure 10 single
out the latest. Tho hindmost man then
pushes forward his comrades gun, the head
IS dropt. and they both fire at nearly The
same instant The herd scampers Oh. the
hunters troi after them, in a short time the.
poor animals halt TO ascertain the cause OF
their terror; their foes stop at the same in,
slant, and having loaded as they ran, greet:
the grazers with the second fatal discharge.
Tue CONSERVATION OF the deer increases. they
run TO and fro in the utmost confusion, and
sometimes great part OF the herd is destroy
ed within the space of a Few hundred yardss
THE NOTORIOUS STEVENS.
Among the prisoners who have been Cdr
ried of by the Cholera in the State Prison az
Sing Sing, New York, is the notorious John
Stevens, who with his associates few years
ago coRmitted some OF the most extensive,
and daring iorgcrles that were ever heard OF
in this country. Stevens was an Enclishman
by birth, well educated, and believed to h,,
an irregular descendant from one Of the no
BILE families of the kingdom His career OF
crime had been IN successful operation for
many years in London, the West Indies, and
elsewhere, before the hand Of Justice ares
ted him lie resided in this city few months
previous 20 his apprehension in New York.
and was concerned with Reed in despoiIne
Mr.. II. w Dana Of about ten thousand doll.
lars, by passing forged post note TO him for
that amount on one OF the New York Banks.
His depredations upon the merchants and the,
Banks IN New York, excited most unpre-.
ccdented alatm-in that city. and il was ma
ny weeks before the eagle eye and vigilance,
Ut that renowned villain catcher, Jacobliaycs
could put period to his progress. After his,
arrest. he was induced TO make full and
frank disclosure Of the means used by him 10.
carry bis plans into successful execution. in
order to-quiet the public mind, and satisfy
the banks tliatmany OF the checks passed Il,
them were actually forgeiIes. In one or two
instances, the signatures of mercantile hous.
eswefe SO closely initiated that the Banks
denied them TO be forgefics, aud we're unwil-
ling TO submit TO the loss until the question
was settled beyond doubt ty the informa-
ton given by Stevens. in one instance when
the gang had drawn about nine thousand
dollars from the Union Bank nv a forged
check. the forgery. being discovered in about
an hour afterwards, one Of the tellers repair
ed hastily 10 the other banks 10 ascertain iF
any large notes oithat bank had been chang
cd by any OF them in the course of The day.
the money drawn being ia notes Of that des-
cfiption. When the teller catered the Frank
In Bark, one OF the clerks was then coun
ting out tc Stevens the change for a note OF
the Union Bank OF one thousand dollars, but
his appearance, has self possession, and the
cumstanco, completely protected him from
their suspicion. He was sentenced TO be i'm
prisoned in the State Prison for a period of
fourteen years for bis crimes, and two Of his
aecompEces, Ho!dgate and Sutton. for the
term of their natural lives.
Reed was apprehended in New York for
the forgery committed upon MIR. Dana, and
being demanded by the Executive OF this
Z commonwealth from that state for punish
meni. was transported hlher, tried convic
ted and sentenced TO the State p.;son at
Charlestown.
The personal appearance, manners and e.
ducaion Of Stevens, gave him currency and
consideration ~ almost every circle where he
was able TO gain admission. 10 the interior
of Pennsylvania, he represented himself to
be an English nobieman OF fortune, travel.
ing in this country for his own pleasure and
qualification and so we'll did he sustain his
assumed character that in many places sor
ciety was eagerly courted by the most distin-
gushed Of the inhabitants. He succeeded ia
winning the affections ola young lady OF res
pectahihty, 10 that state, whom he married
without shadow OF suspicion on her part
that he was acting perGdiousiy, and that she
was ultimately TO become the wife OF a ten
ant OF the State Prisoa Her fidelity and at
tachnent to INN were not TO be shaken,
however, though she found herself in that
painful situation, abandoned by her friends.
an ontcast almost from society, aud the pale
victim OF despair. She Immediately opeacd
a small millinary establishment in New York.
and maintained herself respectfully and com
fortably by. her own industry.
When Justice Valentine, ore ofthe Police
Magistrates in that city, was inpcached for
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