Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-07-31


E tween the hours of nine and ten O'Clock
4 P. M. during the temporary absence of th
clerk, and property stolen to the amour
of FL 800, consisting of cash and banl
notes. The entrance in all probabilt,
was effected by creeping under the stool
Il of the building, and getting over par
tition into the cellar, communicating will
h the office. The villains then opened ;
bureau in which was the key of the irol
chest, and by that means got ready acccs
to the money of the bank. Having strip
|. ped the iron chest of all but about f5(
of silver, they locked it again, and re
y placed the key in the bureau, which they
also locked; so careful were they to dis
turb nothing in the building calculated tt
excite the suspicious Of the clerk, that i
was not till ten o'clock next morning, tina
the robbery was discovered.
\ Dragon Horses.-Quarter Master J
b. Brant is authorised by the War De.
Partment to purchase seventy-five horses
Immediately, and about three hundred
/ on the first of September next, for the
use of the U. S. Dragons; the purcha-
ses TO be made at st. Louis. We have
received a copy of the regulations which
will govern the agents of the Quartz
Master in purchasing horses-an extract
from which may be of service to such
persons as have horses to dispose of:
l.. AS to AGE: Not less than four
years, nor over seven, unless there should
be an extraordinary combination of all
other good points and qualities, and
then not to exceed eight years. The
ages to be counted as the horse will be
in the spring of 1884.
2. HEIGHT: From fifteen to fifteen
and half hands high; but slight de-
Walton will be admitted in favor of a
: horse pre-eminently suitable in all other
respects.
3. Color: The dark to be preferred;
such as bays, brown, black, chestnut,
roam, dark grey.
4. NAME and TAIL: Long, full and
flowing.
EARS: Unmutilated.
Mares, stations and PAGERS excluded.
In making selection the agent will
view and examine the horse under five
several aspects,--namely:
First: His general appearance, and
that standing, walking, trotting, gallop-
ing and leaping.
Secondly: His particular formation,
and that at all the points which indicate
the character, stamina and power of the
animal.
Thirdly: His present constitution, in
Guiding his past and present health, and
mode of raising.
, Fourthly: His sight and spirit.
Filthy: His acknowledgements
YANKEE Us. YANKEE.-In the good old
times, when the "Plymouth colony" was
truly the Gland of steady habits,' there
occasionally sprung up volatile, fun
loving character, whose habits and dis
position formed striking contrast with
the upright and conscientious bearings
of the cold and formal puritans. An
anecdote of two farmers of this class,
living near each other, will afford an apt
illustration of the teXt:-One was pos
sessed of some dozen fine sheep, who
having decided antipathy to confne,
ment, would sometimse trespass on the
enclosures of their neighbor. He hay
ing caught them in one of these overt
acts determined to inhict summary VEN
geance on them and their owner. With
this intention he proceeded to catch
them, and running his knife through
one of their hind legs, between the ten
don and the bone Immediately above the
knee joint, put the other leg through the
hole. In this condition the woolly flock
decamped, leaving one quarterless tracks
than when they came.
The feeder of the sheep kept his own
council, and soon after, his neighbours
hogs having broken or dug into his en-
closure, he took advantage of this op-
portunity for retaliation, by cutting their
mouths from ear to ear. In this way,
the four footed grunters, rather chap
fallen, as may be supposed, made their
way to their own quarters. The owner
of the swine made his appearance in a
great rage, declaring that his hogs were
ruined, and that he would have redress.
His neighbor made answer, that he was
not the cause,-"for," said he, "the fact