Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-06

ted from this place on Monday the 9th inst, Tor
the purpose Of serving declaration on Abraham
HaEginstua and Jacob n. Harrington, Of Worcester.
in favor If hurry 4 Ogden, on con:ract-they hav-
ing refused or neglected to pay the demand then
due The contract was q fair business transaction.
Sheriff Whitaker having served deelaratiCn on
Abraham Harrington. Left for the purpose of serving
the remaining one on J. H Harrington,t he old man.
Afier arriving At his house. nearly half mil !.
distant from the house Of his son, he disco- cred
himself followed by the young man Abraham. Mr..
Whitaker was there infoFmed that .Ae had gone
from home, and w0nad probably b. found at the
house Of his snn-in-law. residirl in Summit, Scho-
harie county. about two mi. Is distant. ltl15
MIR. Whitaker thins.s it was preconccrted But
ehe demand being nowise connected with "anti-
rent, ne dld cot suppose that he would be resisted
IN me sef.,ce Of papers-and wishing e get per.
sonal services betook himself thther; but had not
r.:ached his place of destination when be was en-
countered BY aparty Of men disguiseda s lndians,
to the number of twenty-fye or thirtys-who having
stopped his horse, proceeded fasseaeeh for papers,
which Mr.. Whitaker refused to give up.e In the
mean time, discovering the old manshe attempted
to serve his papers, bat was hndered by their
focking around him, stopping the service demand
ing papers, sc. Young Harrington repeatedly
presented himself to the Sheriff, with the declare
ton that it had been previously served on him, re-
ques:ing that the Sheriff should receive il again -
but being repulsed, threatened coat of tar and
feathers. The Indians seeing that they were effect
ing naisiag, became enraged, and presenting pis-
toi ut ehe head IF Mr. Whitaker. threatened his
life should he refuse to accommodate himself to.
their doings-at the same time saying that " dead
men told no tales" tsa saas a~tse4 IA. *.
Mr.. Whitaker, determining todo his duty as be-
came his station, was, after being provoked and i'm
suited to the last degree rode on rail, his head
tarred, and his boots filled and drawn on, and final
iy sent away with the injunction that he must new
or again appear within 'their dominions," under
pain of death. i v ~ ssfr' j gsae4 ft4
The above circumstances are substantially true.
II Yours, &C. y *ss sd BAD efia7 .. By,
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4 Disturbance in CottaEGatgsss County. The Sher-
i of Cattarraugls County was taken into custody,
by mob, on Saturday last. at EhieottEile, while
attempting to serve writ of ejectment against an
individual residing on land formerly belonging ito
the Holland Land Company. The mob was maxi
ing demonstrations to tear down the JAIL, to release
some friends confined there, and burn the land Of
fee. Col. Cooke, Of Springvile, was called upon
ON Saturday night between 10 and IL, by several
citizens of Cattaraugus County, who requested his
cooperation in suppressing the disturbances. Col
C. Immediately warned several Of his regiment
who collected at Springville on Sunday morning.
and started for Ellicoitville. 7e
The rasti. Rent WA IN CGtarnngus.
letters from Tfcottyfle, dated Jan. &c and II, we
place, was an attemp by the deputies Of the Sher-
III to arrestthe ring attacked and rough-
" handled the Sheriff and his Deputies, in June
last Some or 10 were indicted at the June Court
far the offence, bat attempt was made to arrest
III EN- until Friday night last.
The officers succeeded in bringing back one pris-
orer, after desperate encounter. Col. Eldridge;
with party of 8 men, went through the settlement
short time AFTER and found large collection at the
school .house and being ordered to halt which Or
ders he iisoheyed, was fred upon with rifles
He returned the FIRE, and came home. Whether
any were injured weiaEe unable TO say. On Monday
evening there were snsne SOC people in the village,
300 or 400 with arms, ready to act undor the Sher
III; at IL O'Clock about $50, under the command
Of General Hansly, proceeded with the Sherito the
scene OF disturbance, leaving about 300s with three
pieces Of cannon, to protect the Ja and and-ofil-
ces. The report Of a cannon was heard this NOR
ming at 8, in the direction Of Dutch Hill, probably
one the Anti Renters have obtained from CUBA
They are strongiin numbers. The opinion ID that
Che Sheriff will march through without any diff
Guilty, and that he will find the men among the
missing when he gets there. A large Flag has
been erected in front Of the Court House bearing
the followinginscription THE LAWS MUST
AND SHALL BE ENFORCED"
Miss Webster The Louisville journal con-
tains what appears tobea full summary Of the testi
mony taken upon the trial'of Miss Della Webster,
for negro stealing, at Lexington, Ky Difficult as
it IS to come to harsh conclusionln case inwhich
delicate and educated female is concerned, and as
much as we had hoped to see this young woman ex-
onerate herself from the soorst part of charges
against her. it is impossible to pursue the evidence
in the case without coming at once to the conclu-
sion that the Jury could have found other YER
dict than that Of guilty. Kthe witnesses swore
truly, as thare is nothinghefore 'nstte raise sus
picion that they did not, Miss Webster was not on
ly undoubtedly guilty of the crime charged in the
indictment, but Of the grosscst improprietie7 Of
different nature. II appears by the testimony that
she joined Fairbanks in stealing and carrying off the
slaves by previous concert-that~she went of with
him in carriage hired for the puspose-that she
spent along time with him night andday and por-
ton OF it IN so equivoca aposition as tollead,the
landlord Of the house where they stoppedto sup
pose that they were couple Of runaway lovers,
which they neither denied nor admitted. No evil
dence Of any consequence was adduced by the pris-
oner's counsel and the jury, after hearing able ar
guments on both sidesEetred at night and next NOR
ming brought in their verdict Of guilty. Miss w.
had moved to be separated from Fairbanks on the
that Fairbanks will be tricd at the next term; his
counsel having moved for a continuance on the
ground that he had material witnesses absent in this
city. There can bevery doubt as to the resIt
Of that trial--JNSso York sCouFisr and Enqtarer.
Reu. ChaFfes 4. 10Tfey.-Ihis gentleman can
write to his wife once in three months, aud on bl-
sness matters oftener il absolutely necessary. he
10 not permitted to answer his correspondents, hut
will bepermitted to receive their letters provided
II. That the postage is paid 2. That they con-
tain no aHsian to Slavery derogatory to the char
acter Of the instiintion; 3. That they contain no
Information Of what IS going on in the world
SPlxTING Rocks nv LacRTHINc---Anins instance
lately occurred in Prussia, where in order toget rid
Of an enormous rock, and to avoid the ordinary ex-
ps7se of the undertaking, deep holeswas bored
| into ne rock, into which was fixed Dor at iron
s.s., -: yht feet high fnr the nurnose Of attract.