Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-09

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mos. We never read of any Lynch Law
ouiTaVes exhibiting any thing like the atrOc-
ity OF this.
HORRORS OF THE LYNCH LAW.
We barely noticed in our last the summa- |
nv Justice pronounced against q counterfeit
..rs on board fiat boat, moored near island
50, twenty three miles below TINS place.
We are nained to record that nearly the
whole number were executed on the spot by
the excited volunteers who were so success |
FIJI rs to ferret out and detect the villains
Report also says that six more OF this gang
IF deDraved but unfortunate individuals, |
were pursued four miles into the woods, and
there hung! This is no doubt the case-as
the pursuing party were determined al all
hazards, to exterminate the gang IT they
could be found. For more than year past, |
our hardy population for hundreds OF miles
I'D and down the river have been preyed up
on by these vagabonds; and although 1t Is
circumstance to be regretted, that stern ne |
cessitv required the sacrifice OF their lives
without the formality of a trial, we have the
satisfaction of knowing that this terrible ex-
annie will keep the neigoborhood clear OF
such villains for at least year to come.
Major Freedom, who was opposed to the
execlition of all the criminals, has furnished
MS win the following thrilling PARTICULARS
The proceedings of the party were to moo:
at ali the landings and trade with every one
who offered, promiscuously. If any suspi-
cious person came on board, ne was instant
ly seized and searched-therc beng armed
men concealed aboard each boat for that
purpose. If bogus, specie, or counterfeit
notes were found upon him, he was bound
md slowed away, unless he could give sat
isfactorv accoun: how he came by 1t. Two
boats were engaged in the enterprise, and
after a thorough search at all the places
enumerated by u.s. thirty three persons were
de,ained. Six of these were subsequently
set on shore, when the party proceeded 10
try the others by acclamation-lt requiring
two.thirds to say whether each man tried
should suffer.
nine were bound, after conviction. and thrown
into the river. The self constituted Court
then relented-moored their boat further out
into the stream, and committed the punish
ment of the remainder to walk plank.
Major Freeborn states that this seemed even
more terrible to some of the poor wretches
than the first arrangement. 1t was thought,
however, three or four Of them escaped on
the opposite shore by swimming.
One ugly looking Englishmon (who said
his name was Bootes, and that ne mad been
in the country but about Year, was very
refractory during his trial, and when oom-
mitted to the river seemed to enjoy himself
rarely in swimming. It was certain, there
fore, that he would reach the shore opposite,
and, after short consultation, ne was
thought too dangerous character to be so
nernoitted. DR.. Dowerton (by permission)
shot him through the head with rifle
Boo,es, alias Harrod, had been very extern
sively engaged in the horse stealing business
as he himself confessed.
Another poor devil "a Yankee from Provl-
dence, r. |. named John EtlicotD chung to
the boat after being forced Oft, for ha't an
hour, and Major Freeborn interceded tor ms
iff ht peaipritXsv was AGAINST him. ana ne
son to all rogues and vagabonds from the
the hardy pioneers of the Mississippi valley
arc not to be triled with or imposed upon.
Destructive Hail Stoym.-Sunday afternoon
we had heavy dash of rain, and little
sprinkling of hail in the west part of the city,
and were not aware that any damage had
been sustained when our paper went to press
Monday morning. But soon after daylight
we began to hear of the ravages of hail and
wind east and north of tho city, such as we
have never before known in this vicinity.
A vein of hail, it seems, passed over Mt.
Hope, in the direction Of Alexander's tavern,
and as far northeast as we have heard, tear.
ing every thing of the vegetable kind in
pieces, half a mile or more in width, and
breaking nearly every pane of window glass
in its course. The hail stones were so large
that birds and even geese were killed by
then1-and even slaughtered cattle in the
open fields lwhen butchered in the evening"
bore marks of the bruises in their flesh as
though they had been pounded with large
hammer. The damage the farmers espe-
cially have sustained is unestimable. We
dread to hear the consequences Of this terri
bic isitation.-ROcheSter Dem.
The HaH-The keeper Of the Poor House |
says $50 lights of glass were broken out of
that establishment by the hail ON Sunday. |
Every light was broken out of Ellwanger 4
Barry's Green House, and we regret to add
their plants and young trees were much in
jjured. The front windows Of VIM. B. Alex.
ander's tavern were completely ridGled.-
Mr.. Schenck lost most of his peaches and
apples, worth probably $1,000. A gardener
near Capt Goodman's lost all his fruit, and
his vegetables were much injured say $500. |
We rode out to view the ruins yesterday |
morning, eighteen hours after the storm, and
the hail then lay in several gullies beside the !
road in cart loads, and many of the stones
were as large as the largest hickory nuts
Many trees were torn up by the roots, and
rallied fences levelled with the earth.-I6.
The Ancient Elm.-The New Haven Her.
aid states that the ancient Elm near the cor
ner of Elm and Temple streets in that city, !
was cut down on Tuesday last in conse- |
quence of its having been so decayed near
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