South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-08-01
NOTICE.

NO AiOVS OuR OattiS 40 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 distinct
neighborhoods.
Ourselves, our Cattle, our Horses
we rode too--it appears were all mis-
took for traspassers; for it seems by
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
rayenous 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 had the ap.
pearance of Cattle, save the missing, a.
mong whom was the Squire, he having
exhausted his horse (tho' a 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, or quaint
quack this they post at place of pub.
lie resort, and have inserted in the
South Branch Intelligencer, is signed
by twelve mighties, some of them own
eIs Of land, two Of them Magistrates
and one Of the Magistrates 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 herewith but see their
publication, it speaks all about the af-
fair they also agree upon indubitable
evidence, that Mr.. Joseph Doran, one
of the trespassers, has acted very i'm
proper-trespassers of course act so,
and by their law, we suppose, it ap.
pears quite clear, that he is 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
Iy bound to obey the laws of that
good Dominion. Further, the said
Joseph Doran hath been assailed both
in person and property by ruf1ians,
men and even dogs, aud we agree u.
unanimously, upon indubitabIe evidence,
that proper action would have riddled
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, g. whether all Short Arse Noun
tain is in the Squire's neighborhood or
not ? We actually wish these mighties
to fully define the limits of their neigh
boshood, lest we should trespass again.
1t appears very novel to us, tha, Caleb
Evans & Jacob Hamm ock, are neigh
bors-and the said Hammock & Do
ran owners of adjoining lands are not.
1t seems to as there must be a town.
ship law existing; we really fear some
foreigner hath lodged a, the Squares
& made an exchange of law books with
him, & 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 it 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
,haitract the night the foreigner lodg-
ed with hiGi.
Cornelius Baker, Jesse Baker,
William Doran, Joseph DOran, John
Baker, Henry Pepper, Jonathan Hiett,
James H. Hiett, Samuel Log, James
Baker, Evan Hiett, George Emmart.
Hamp, co. July IL, 1S35.-3t.