The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-04-28

p"cncan of Monday last
by The passengers and officers of the Steam.
poht Otter we have the following par,icula lars n,
u serious affray, which occurred in Bellyiew
| last. "' y" wednesday
it mas long been known that there was mar.
y, "1sperahoes, horse thieves, couerfeiers
~ ~ ~ 'lat quarter. man by The name of w
! w: Drown, kepta tavern in Belly lew, and was
renewed 10 he the head of the gang, his house
! 'o',H,hg the half way house in their passnoe nm
,n' ho"n the river Some horses Ind been
'a,e'y stolen, and were traced to his possession
"p"n' upon demand he refused 10 give up or
aoe'"i'i Ior' on the LIST, Sheriff A. Warner at.
,c'hP'eo 10 arrest Brown, buthe had fortified his
mouse, and having party of some tbirtv mem
WIN h'n'' refused TO be taken. The sheriff
thercupon summoned posse of the citizens 10
attack the house. Upon the approach of the
sherifIs party, The party in The house fired up.
men, Killing one man. The sherff's party re.
turned the ire, and several fires ensued. in The
course OF which the following persons were
killed or wounded
vi the thieves, W. w. Brown, Thomas Far.
ley, both killed. An old man named Butty. II
man by the name of Welch, end several others.
were seriously wounded, some others were slight.
" wounded. man named Filler, and anoth
CT OF browns party, died before the Otter left.
r, VI the Sherlft7s party, there were killed, Mr.
H. n Palmer Mr. Maxwell, aud Mr. Vaughan. Mr.
f.. LAY ana Mr. Brnker, were MORALLY woun.
ueo' ana the latter was reported to be dead be-
lore me hont left, being shot through the body.
Nir elsh, Col Collins, Mr. Beatty, and Gen. J..
VI. Mci'ohaiu, ana several others were slightly
wounded.
Those defending tie house had the doors fas
tened, and defended it from the windows and
other npertures chiefly from the upper sto.
ry; each man having table before him, on
winch he hac four or five loaded rifles. The
assallanis forced open the doors. and succeeded
in capturing n number of the men in the
house. When the Otter left they had in custody
eight or ten prisoners, whom they intended TO
try and punish by lynch law, that evening The
ioiioWInS are the names of some of those arres.
ted. Trask, Fax, Coy, Slower, and Thomas
WEIGH. Between two and three thousand of
the surrounding country had collected on the
ground, very much excited.
Thomas Farley, noticed IN the above as one
OF those killed in Browns House, is supposed
not 10 nave been of the party, but n traveller,
soPpe &C he %o E hrfe agheES bad
the time OF assault.
Brown was very desperate character, and
his family are represented Of the same stamp.
Mrs Brown, his wife, herself fired several ii mes,
from n back wndow-Five or six of Browns
party fled, and had not been taken. The ar.
rangements on both sided has been pending
several days, aud several propositions have been
made Ivy the citizens to Brown, to leave the
town, which he refused, when the citizens COM
binetl for the purpose of taking him.
The scene inside OF Browns house, where
the dead and wounded men were yet lying on
floor, and the eXasperated crowd walking about
amongst them, the floor covered with blood, is
represented as being truly appalling
'Give your boys Trade, says the Maine Cul.
tvator. Ay, ay, say we; always give boys a
trade of some kind: Wheher'you intend them
for the ban, the pulpit, the counting room, or
any other profession, which does not involve
hard manual labor, still give them trade. We
do not mean by this thar they should serves7
years at making shoes or mending wheelharroWs
but that they should be made familiar with
some kind of handcrad, so that they may be
able to earn livelihood under the worst for.
tune that can betal them. Under our system of
Government, fortunes do not go down by en-.
tails and they have curious way ofuot remain
ing in single family through more than two
generations at most. The rich parent-and be
he Uery rich, the more likely is the picture 10
reverse-need not calculate to pcrpetuate his
fortune in his family, but fhe wishes to give it
the longest possible entaiIwhch.ls consistent with
the natural course of events, let him give his
boys trade and let his girls take turns i'm the
kite hen.
ldleness is the great destroyer, and parents
who accustom their children to it, response
BILE for the train Of unmitgated evils which al.
ways follow in its course.-.My mother learn
ed me to work. was the remark of one of our
Boston marons, who.had graced the first circle of
society, whose husband was reputed TO be rich,
but had, in common with many others OF his
class all the profits of years swept away. My
mother taught we to work her face
looked as happy and as cheerful in her cheap
lodgings, as ever it did when surrounded by the
paripherinalia OF luxury and pride. Such al
wife is a treasure-but what would she have
been, had not her mother taught her to work?
The reader can see, even with half an eye, the
principle we are driving at.-Boston Paper.
An extra from the Austin (Texas) Gazette re.
ceived at New Orleans, contains letter written
to the editor of the Gazette by an American in
Mexico, stating that he saw David Crockett
"alive and kicking" in mine in Mexico. The
circumstances detailed give an air OF plauslbity
to the statement, but we rather think old David
never went out of the Almo alive.
The New York Evening Post, the leading
Van Buren, paper in New York, admits, suhstan
TALLY, that it Gen. Harrison receives the eecio'
roI vote of the State of New York il insures his