South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-07-25
NOTICE.

v v us drove our Cattle as we
thought, into the common
range of our neighborhood, unaware
that the line between the lands of 10.
seph Doran and Jacob Hammock, con.
slituted the line between two distinc.
neighborhoods,
Ourselves, our Cattle, our Horses
we rode too--it appears we're all mis-.
took for trespassers; for it seems by a
late advertisement trespassing was
done, in divers ways consequently
the mighties rose, net to trespass, we
suppose to help the Magistrates ex-
ecute their laws. They were truly
a set Of men, in sleeps clothing, more
ravenous than wolves, having goodly
number Of dogs as allies, they mount
their Horses and set out TO assail the
Cattle of their trespassing neighbors-
they did wonders, were victorious, they
drove all before them that bad the ap-
pearance OF Cattle, save the missing, a.
mopg whom was the Squire, he having
exhausted his horse Ono noble ami.
mal) in the pursuit; but this is not
strange, for the Squire is corpulent
parsonage, and his beast had the extra
weight of the knowledge bag. A cir.
cular is next got on foot, perhaps, writ.
ten by some learned Doctor, OF quaint
quack this they pos, at place of pub.
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South Branch Intelligencer, is signed
by twelve mighlies, some of them own
ers of land, Two of them Magistrates
and one Of the Magistrates a worthy
divine they unanimously agree that
trespassing hath been done-.that Cattle
from down North River hath crossed
Doran's and Hammock's line on the
range parallel Without see their
publication, it speaks all about the af-
fair they also agree upon indubitabe
evidence, that Mr.. Joseph Doran, one
of the trespassers, has acted very i'm
proper-tEespassers of course act so,
and by their law, we suppose, it ap.
pears quite clear, that he is a tres.
passer, therefore, we unanimously a.
gree, he must have violated some act
of their Code; but we know he was
raised in Virginia and we view him on
ly bound to obey the laws of tina,
good Dominion. Further, the said
Joseph Doran hath been assailed both
in person and property by ruAians,
men and even dogs, and we agree u.
unanimously, upon indubitable evidence,
that proper action would have riddled
a number Of the hides worn by these
different species. We further would
like to know which ofthe gentlemen
owned the land our Cattle were drove
off of, & whether all Short Arse Noun
tain is in the Squirrels ne;ghborhood or
not 7 We actually wish these mighties
to fully define the limits of their neigh
borhood, lest we should trespass again.
|, appears very novel TO US, that Caleb
Evans & Jacob Hammock, are neigh
bors--and the said Hammock g. Do
ran owners of adjoining lands are not.
1
Ii seems 10 as there must be town
ship law existing; we really fear some
foreigner hath lodged at the Squares
g. made an exchange of law books with
ham, & the Squire having been in fret
at the trespassers, may not have made
the discovery of the error. We de.
sire the Squire TO publish the bounda.
ry of his neighborhood, for il appears
he knows the exact lines, though he
has given US but one of them. Should
one Of the mighties have owned the
land our Cattle were drove of of, he
surely will be rouser in the new
Township. Perhaps the Squire bought
tina, tract the night the foreigner lodg-
ed with him.
Cornelius Baker, Jesse Baker,
Wiliam Doran, Joseph Doraa, John
Baker, Henry Pepper, Jonathan Hiett,
James II. Hiett, Samuel Log, James
Baker, EUan Hiett, George Emmart.
Hamp. CO. July IL, 1866.