Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-08-09

serves Tue highest praise.
Nt'o Bedford Mercury.
RoJ6ery.-On Monday morning last
our town was thrown into confusion. by
the news ofa robbery having been perpe
lraed. The iron chcs, ofWm. =. Wehh,
Register in Chancery, had heeu unlocked
and about four thousand dollars taken out
QUO thousand in specie, The balance n
Alabama money. This foul deed was
done by Laurence Johnson. young man
who had been employed 10 write IN the
Office.
On Saturday evening last, Mr.. Webb
left the office, cauliouius Johnson 10 be
careful III closing the windnws. Johnson
knew that Mr.. Webb left the key Of il in
Il desk, which he locked and carried the
key himself. Johnson, with the AID of a
hntcher. broke the hinges of the desk, gol
The chest key. look The money. locked the
door ofthc Office, hired horse al the live
ry stable. aG,i left here abour nine o'clock
Saturday nigh. SO soon as /, was asccr
iained that the money had been stolen.
FIVE men started after Johnson, three Of
whom have returned. They heard thai
Johnson had his horse fed in Gainesville,
and took uup himself. lie left there
abou' three O'Clock Sunday morning, and
has mol been heard Of since. He is n
pretty sbrcwd fellow. aud has travelled
considerably both in this country aud Tex
as. To WHIST parts he has made, i, lcli
entirely TO conjecture.
We will give The following extract from
the handful advertisement. describing
Johu-on, which is generally correct, but
we. think he Is some ,hree or four iuchc.
taller than represented; we hope that our
brethren Of The press will take notice of
this robbery, and copy The descriptions, in
order that the thief may be detected. aud
MIR. Webb recover his money. Here it is ::
"Johuson is a small young man. about
five feet high. abou! Is or 10 years Of age.
c3mpac,ly formed, handsome youth, Of
fair complexion, light eyes and hair. dressed
neatly. He LEFT on u clay bank horse hired
from the livery stable at ,Eutaw. with a
pair oi saddle bags containing the specie,
as they were OF such extraordinary weight
as TO attract the attention Of the livery
man."
A reward OF FIVE hundred dollars has
been efieTed.-Euta'r (4la.) Whig, 22d
inst.
An lEeidsa!.-Sherif' Brayton, while
on bis way to Auburn. having in custody
some four or five prisoners sentenced 10
the State prison. joined company at Syra-
cuse with the sheriff Of Oneida county.
who also had number Of convc,s under
bis care. On The meeting 10 the cars of
the prisoners from the two counties. two
oil Them Instantly recognized each other as
old friends aud associates. They were
both at the same lime class mates a, Dart
mouth College {; Que. Delaney, wns ex-
PEELED. The other, Nichols, abscondcd, each
pursued the bent Of his iucliraious each
attempted 10 prey upon community. aud
each entered Tho State prison NJ one and
The same time, toexpia'e their crimes, and
to learn that talents aud opportunity per.
verted inevitably lead 10 wre,chc,lncss and
disgrace.
Would that this mos; impressive lesson
would induce such as are pursuing a simi.
lar course TO pnusc. rclrace their steps, and
become every inch" meu before il be LOO
late. Wa.e-ioirn Jeff.
Glad he's gone.-The belmont (Md.)
Repository narrales The history of a mi
ser. uamed Mi hacl Baird who honged
iamsclf AT his farm near York, beenuse
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