The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-09
Penn Yam.


PENN YAM, March 10, 1S43.
Burgiary--M iAerism-N ormonisn, Blackguard-
ism-Protraaed Meetings., &c. &c.
JAMES G.. BENNETT, ESQ.,
DEAR SIR =
Our community is not so far behind your own.
Two lads of16-Tue and Dingy-a few days since
broke into the jewellery shop of Charles Scott, and
took therefrom about one hundred dollars worth of
property, and on returning from peddlng tour
were arrested their course retraced and nearly all
the property recovered. On examination, Tuel,
ripe, shrewd lad, turned States evidence, and at
tempted to implicate with himself and Dlngy,
young man by the name of Barnes, against whom
he had sworn revenge for exposing the fact of his
having stolen the clothes of dead sister to give to
girl IN the employ of Barnes. His examination
exposed degree of maturity in crime, which at
that age is seldom found equaed in " old
Gotham" Larceny and burglary seem to be with
him but the trifing incidents OF lie.
A Merte recently preached a sermon at the
Baptist church at the Instance OF their offlclatlng
minister. He drew crowds from curiosity; yet few
were guey, and he was allowed TO withdraw, aad
the excitement made use OF to continue proracted
meeting
Mormon has also been holding one at Pratts-
town. sixteen miles from this, who has tor some
days been expected here, to commence series of
efforts a set.off TO those carried at the
arked in the pulpit that il sinner would 90 to
HE'LL railroad speed, he must get two Presbyterlans
for wheel horses, and two Epscopalans for leaders,
and that the Baptsts they came out OF the water,
were like hischicken whose shell he broke off when
it was first pecked, and giving one peep 1t died.
That the seeding poren OF the Methodist church
were backslidng hypocrtes, and had no more re-
gIon than the devil, and were like the abolltlOnists
Of the congress ationa church.
The temperance reformers are doing wholesale
business in this section The opposition manifested
by the use OF eggs, and herring, and crackers, mead,
ed by mercantile and a grocery FIRM dwindled
down TO a hired negro on box, lnsplrled by his
own exertlons in favor OF " good liquor" and the
attendance of FIVE boys his sneers at "cold
water;' and tor whom, when he had stopped, an
other negro apologzed by saying, that poor fell
lows skin is whittier than the heart of those who
hired him. The result of the exertons Of our cold
water boys is the reformation, with one or two ex-
ceptlOns, OF every drunkard IN town. Among them
are individual cases of great interest.
Our roads are, by recent storm, so filled with
snow, 10 compel the OF fields in their place to
a great extent. AT this time last year the naviga-
ton of our lake had opened but now the ice is fast
increasing in thickness. The ground by our Janu-
airy thaw was saturated with water; and sudden
thaw must produce flood, and the destruction OF
much property in this section OF the state
Aside from the principle involved, President
Tyler missed his figure by signing the repeal of the
Bankrupt law. A different course would have made
for him strong party here or those originally
opposed to it, many remark that the scoundrels
the first TO take the benefit of it, and
the time for the honest and really poor men. Your
publication Of Anthony Dey's schedule did much
good and gave the people here fair sample ofbigh
life below stairs OF shooting at an eagle and hit
ting poatoe holeof the shortDess of the step from
the sublime to the ridiculous, exhibited by his
management OF his pecuaiary affairs. The effect
was, doubtless still better your own city, where
the tendencies to similar course are SO strong 1t is
really amusing to the poor nav hounce. But the
more attention is drawn to it, the better for the
public. Yours, in haste,
YATES COUNTY.