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Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-03
Fifteen Horse Thieves Shot.

The following account of the pursuit
and shooting of fifteen horse thieves in
the northern part of our State, has been
furnished US by r. W. Granshaw. He
says the people of that region are deter
mined to take summary measures to re-
lieve themselves of those scoundrels who
are SO sold to crime as to conciliate the
Indians into their villainous practices.
The returning persons brought back thir
teen scalps of Indians and two of the
white men, as evidence Of the truthful,
ness of their statements.
On Sunday night, April goth, fifty
head of horses and mules were stolen
from the coral of Messrs. Pearslcy &
Lockhart, on Trinity River. The thieves,
white men with Indians in their employ
took the animals south as far as the
South Fork of Trinity River, thence up
the South Fork of that stream through
the Coast Range Mountains to the head
waters of Cottonwood Greek, and down
the Sacramento River above Ide's Ranch
over to Antelope Greek, which empties
into the Sacramento River, on the east,
ern side, near Ide's Ranch. .
On Monday following, l | men started
on foot in pursuit Of the thieves and an
imals: but finding the Indians very nu-
mcrous and dangerous on the route, Sc
ven returned, leaving four men t. follow
the trail through the mountains. These
four-Bcnj. F. Bradford, Jas. J. M'Kin
mis-, w. II. Mitchell and Coleman Jane.
son, followed the trail on foot six days,
and arrived at Mr.. J. Klanton's, on Cot.
tonwood, on the 26th, after having been
without food for two days. K. very
kindly furnished them with food, &c,
and they continued the pursuit. When
they arrived at Major Readings, weary
and suffering with sore feet. they were
shown that kindness and hospitality,
which have ever characterized that man,
furnishing them with horses and provi>
sons to continue the pursu
They were joined by Mr.. Peaslcy, who
had taken the valley route on horseback
and ascertaincd when the thieves crossed
the Sacramento River. While crossing
the Coast range Mountains they were
attacked BY party of Indians. numbers
ing from SO to 100. The whites gave
them desperate fight. and killed Is of
their warriors, after which, unhurt, they
reached the valley. having followed the
serpentlne course of the thieves through
the mountains distance of some IT'S
miles. ...-......s ....... ....s
The pursuers. now numbering five, left |
Major Readings on Saturday. the 26th.
and on the evening OF the eth, found |
the animals quietly grazing in a secluded
spot on Antelope creek. When they re-
cognzed the animals. they looked around
for the thieves but from the fact that
The encampment was almost surrounded
By chaPparel, did not discover them.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-03

But on entering the chapparel they were
fred at by two OF the thieves, but tortu'
nalely without receiving any injury See
ing this, two others, more bold and de-
lermined than the first, rose to their feet
The first, j. Spattord, from Ohio, rose
with his gun levclled upon Bradford,
when at first glimpse, b. shot him thro'
the heart; the second thief, John Emory,
known as Sailor Tom, with his gun lev
elled at McKlnnIs, was shot dead by that
quick-sighte Texan before he could pull
trigger. Geo. Nj. Holiday. the third
thct, is supposed to be one OF the first
that fired. lie escaped, but is suppo-
sed to be wounded. There must have
been Il fourth one, as Two guns were
fired from the chapparel while Spaford
and Emory fell Win loaded guns.
The ca..p seemed to be one long fire.
quented. they had a good stock OF pro-
visions and cooking utensils, seven riding
saddles, pack OF cald,, and Lorenzo
Dow" ...
The driving of the animals seemed to
have been done by about SO Indians who
were doubtless sent back on trail to kill
those pursuing.
San francisco Herald, May 8.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-03
L1rcnFIELD (coNN.l THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1851.
'Sir-Bella is dead

GH-Delld Is Oedu.
/ dropped into my chair. l said not
a word. The neutrality-suspicious. her
kind heart passed noiselessly ont. My
hands were over my eyes. The winds
were signing outside, and the clock tick
ing mournfully within.
l did not sob nor weep, nor utter any
sound.
The clock licked mournfully, and the
birds were singing; but did not hear
them any longer; there was a tempest
raging within me, that would have drown
ed the voice of thunder.
1t broke at length in long, deep sigh
oh God !'-said l. 1t may have been
prayer; it was not an imprecation.
Beila-sweet Bella was dead 1t
seemed as if without her half the world
was dead every bright face darkened
every sunshine blotted out; every flower
withered; every hope extinguished
l walked out into the air, and stood
under the trees where we had played to-
gether with poor Tray where Tray lay
buried. But it was not Tray l thought
Of, as l stood there, with the cold wind
playing through my hai,, and my eyes
filing with tears. How could she die =?
Why sOas she gone? Was it really true?
Was Isabel indeed dead; in her coffin
buried ? Then why should anybody live?
What was there to live for, now that Bel
la was gone?
All, what gap in the world is made
by the death of those we love! 1t is no
longer whole, but poor half-world that
swings uneasy on its own axes, and makes
you dizzy with the clatter of its wreck
The househecper told me all little by
little, as l found calmness to listen. She
had been dead month Lilly was with
her through it all she died sweetly with
out pain, and without fear,-what can an
gels fear? She had spoken often of
Cousin Paul. she had left little pac>
quet Tor him, but it was not there; she
had given it into Lilly's keeping.
Her grave. the housekeeper told me,
was only little way off from her home ;
beside the grave of a brother who died
long years before. went there that
evening. The mound was high and
fresh. The sods had not closed togeth.
er, and the dry leaves caught in the cre>
vices, and gave ragged and terrible
look to the grave. The next day l laid
them all smooth as we had laid them
on the grave of Tray clipped the long
grass. and set a tufL of blue violets at the
foot, and watercd it with--tears. The
homestead, the trees, the fields, the mea-
dows-in the windy November, looked
dsmally. could not like them again !;
l liked nothing, but the little mound that
| had dressed over Bella's grave. There
she sleeps now, the sleep of Death
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MtSceIIauQ.
From TX Ma, GERS Reperies of0 Bachelor
Early Friends.

Where are they?
l cannot sit now, as once, upon the
edge of the brook. hour after hour, fling
ing off my line and hook to the nibbling
roach, and reckon it great sport. There
is no girl with auburn ringlets to sit be,
side me. and play upon the banks. The
hours are shorter than they were then
and the little joys that furnished boyhood
till the heart was full, can gil it no long
err. Poor Tray is dead. long ago; and he
caGnot swim into the pools Tor floating
sticks, nor can / sport with him hour
after hour. and think it happiness. The
mound that covers his grave is sunken ;
and the trees that shaded il are broken
and messy.
Little Lilly is grown into woman, and
is married and she has another little
Lilly, with faxen hair, size says-look-
ing as she used to look. dare say the
child is pretty, but it is not Lilly. She
has little boy too, that she calls Paul,
chubby little rogue she writes, and as
mischev'ous as ever ! was, God bless
the boy!
Ben,--who would have liked ride in
the coach that carried me away to school;
has had great many rides since then
rough rides, and hard ones, over he road
OF life. He does not rake up the falling
leaves for bon6res, as he did once; he is
grown to be man, and is fighting his
way somewhere in our western world,
o the short lived honors of time. He
was married not long ago; his wife re
member as one OF my playmates at my
FIRST school she was beautiful. but fra
gile as leaf. She died within year Of
their marriage. Ben was but four years
my senior; but this grief has made him
ten years older. He does not say t. but
his eye and figure tell it.
The nurse who put the purse in my
hand that dismal morning. is grown a
feeble old woman. She was over fifty
then ; she may well be seventy now. She
did not know my voice when I went to
her the other day, nor did she know my
face at all. She repeated the name when
l told it her-Paul. Paul, she did not re-
member any Paul, except little boy a
long while ago.
- To whom you gave purse when
he went away, and told him to say no>
thing to Lilly or TO Benz
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A BEAR SToRY.-At the first settle
ment of Vermont, three young men left
their homes in Massachusetts,, withritles in
hand, and bought each tract of land,
side by side in the wilderness. The ertc-
ted Jog hut, and agreed to live together
and work first on one and then ON the
others farm, alternately. After few
months harmonious action, one of them
became dissatisfied, and would no longer
work only on bis own land. Thus they
continued some time without any thing to
interrupt their course. q b 5aag .743
One day, the two who were at work
together, were surprised at the sad
ou!crles of the one working by himself.
They grasped their rifles and flew to the
relief of their comrade; but when they
came in sight, of such ludicrous scene
rs presented itself to their gaze. it was
some time before they could restain from
laughing, sufficiently to hold their rifles
with steady hand. This man was at
work, having placed his rifle against
tree some little distance of, when large
bear came between him and his rife, and
attacked him. Finding there was no
time to lose, he sprang for the nearest
sapling that the bear could not climb.
and was soon up into it: but the sapling
was too slender to bear his weight, and
it bent over like bow, which brought
him in such position that he had to
hold on both with his feet and hands,
and the bent Of his body which was GOV.
cred with his buckskin. hung down with
in the reach of the bear when, he stood
on his hind legs, and with stroke OF his
fore paw set him in swinging motion.
The bear very patiently sa. on his
launches till he becnme more steady,
and would then give him another blow.
and the same result followed; but his
claws did not penetrate the buekskin. ana
flesh was not torn. After the two had
INDUCED in hearty laugh. they drew
up their rides, and stretched poor bruin
lifeless upon the ground. They united
again, and worked together afterward.
a1 Juvenile Wesleyan.
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Gbe 1Boct's 0rorner.
After Death.
BY JOHN H. BRYANT.

Why should we cling to those that die ?
Why fondly mark and h >unt the place
Where dear brothers ashes lie,
Amid the relics Of his race?
Why weep above the enclosing sod,
Where the loved form was laid away,
As if the spirit sent from God
Still dwelt within the Wondering cay:
Years as they pass shall scatter wide
The dust by narrow walls confined,
Where'er the ocean sends his tide.
Or earth is swept by winnowing wind.
These trees. the harvests, and these plains.
Che air we breathe, the earth we tread
The tide of life that fills these veins,
Are portions of The buried dead.
Hath God then doomed, when. life is DER,
The soul to s!umber in the tomb,
While yet the toln,, the limbs il wore,
Are on the earth in life and bloom.
The mind, far>reaching into space,
OuaSeS we Dulk oI instant SptleIes-
Finds out each planets course and place,
And measures all their days and years.
But who beyond that bourne hath gazed,
AT which our mortal senses fail,
Into the spirit world, or raised
'Twixt life and death the parting veil.
The deepest search Of human thought.
The farthest stretch at human eye,
No tldngs from the soul have brought,
Beyond The moment when they die.
With trembling hopeI wait the charge,
When thought and sight. unclogged by 81
Through Gods vast universe shall range,
And take the world Of spirits in.
Ours he meanwhile the cheerful creed,
That leaves the spirit free to roam
By mount and liver, wood and mead,
Till Heavens kind voice shall! cali il HON
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Lines

On the passage cfa Bill against killing
Birds.
WRITTEN IN Lawyers OFFICE,
Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays,
Now divers birds are heard to sing,
And sundry flowers their heads upraise,
To hail the coming spring.
The longs of these SAID birds arouse
The memory of our youthful hours,
As green as those said sprays and boughs.
These birds, or birds aforesaid named.
Shall live or dwell, while summer shines,
In FREEHOLD nests-themselves their heirs,
Administrators and assigns.
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EE The a.temp. made Yesterday !.

ET The attempt made yesterday to
exhibit the rotation OF the earth on It's
axis according to the new method, suo-
ceeded admirably. Messrs Lyman aud
HillLouse suspended a cylindrical weight
from the dome of the State House, by
means of wire seventy. Eve feet in
length. Beneath the weight was placed
a board, on which a circle was draSa
and divided into 500 degrees. When
the pendulum was set in motion in
right line, the circle would move under
it; at the rate of nearly one degree fos
every six minutes making an entire revo.
luton once in thirty five hOurs. ~ -.
Palladium. - @
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-03

Su1oInE.--Last evening, a: about nine
o'clock, Miss Hutchins. a young woman
some twenty>four years of aye, employed
on the Appleton corporation, threw her.
self into the canal, near the Hamilton
counting room, and was drowned. She
had parted with her two companions but
Is few moments before, telling them she
was going to her clearinghouse. She
left a note at the latter, when she went
out half an hour before, simply request
ing that her clothing, and money In the
Savings Bank might be sent to her rela-
tiyes. and adding" Tell them l am no
more" She possessed large share of
personal beauty, was remarkably quiet
and industrious, and no cause is assigned
for the commission OF the act. Her rel.
atives, who reside at Lyndon, VT. are
most worthy and respectable people.
Her remains were sent home this morn
ing.-LoweH Courier, Saturday, v
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HATS.
Removal.

DR. VAIL has removed to the "Bisseli
House, south side Of East ST. Oflce as before
over The store recently occupied by 5. + Bellies
Esl. All calls in Ihe line Of his profession,
left .ithpr a. his house office, will be'prompt-
Is attended to
Litchi4d, Mlrch 20. 1851
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REMOVAL.

Dr.. BOSTWICK has removed his
esideuce to Mr.. J. L. Judd's, at the
Able Place, South street. Night call
ers will please rap at the north door
Office as heretofore.
L,tchGeld, Jan 27, 1851.
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WHOLE No. 1859. No 8.

meath its surface, there is no protecting
wall appraised within. The whole be-
comes but heap Of ashes, though it
may contain the outward semblance of
humanity. 1Ha s'5i l94
The true lady cultiva.es the higher
nature. She is religious, but not fanati-
cal; courteous butnotfawning. Repos-
ing serenely on the arm of her Heavenly
Father, and associating with unseen an
gelc spirits, she meets the storm with
calmness, and accepts ii as disciplinary
mercy. Her sympathy ever pulsates to
the cry Of suffering, and her hand is ev-
er open to relieve. She is beautiful at
home, beautiful at the bedside of the
sick, beautiful at the hour of her depart
ure into the world of spirits, beautiful
through life, and transcendantly and ex-
ternally beautiful in Heaven.
This is the true lady.
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1NAs OAcB ssSsss
At the Old Stand.
-A HAVING procured an assistant
%Es Matchmaker and JeweleT, will
continue 10 do any and al kinds
oi watch repairing and watch jeweling that
may be Entrusted TO his care in the best man
ner and on reasonable terms, no pains will be
spared to give satisfaction TO every customer
Thankful for past tavors he would solicit the
continuance Of the p0blic patronage. On hand
choice assortment OF Watches Jewelry and
Silver Ware ct low prices for Cash.
Litch6eld. May 1881. lyS
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Why should we cling to those that die
Why fondly mark and hunt the place
Where dear brothers ashes lie,
Amid the relics Of his race!
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-03

HENRY A. WISE. The Southern DEM
ocrat, (Va.) thus sketches Mr. Wise in
connection with his late speech before
the Virginia Constitutional Convention:
No man who has not seen and heard
him in his present performances, can
form the least conception of the matter
or the manner. The attitudes and ges-
ticulations of the man, are in themselves
marvel. Now he stands erect, with
uplifted hand imploring the favor or inn
precating the wrath Of heaven; again he
sinks almost to the floor in the agony of
some extreme passion, Now he wispers
forth the accents of persuasion anon he
Kisses out some whitening anathema.
At one time his voice rings like the bleat
of a suffering calf; again 1t sinks to the
solemn sound of Sunday sermon. At
one moment his face beams with gentle.
ness; presently it flames with all the
passions of fury. He strides up and
down the floor, he losses and swings his
arms, ne shakes his fist and points his fn-
ger; he stamps and raves and scowls.'
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-02-01

northumberland County, SIS.

Northumberland County, SIS.
In the Orphans Court ut January Term, \. d
1851. OH the Petition of Daniel Gring and Catha-
riuc lis wife, late Catharinc Morrison, OF the
heirs OF Samuel Morrison, late of the Borough Of
Milton, deed. The Court grant Rule upon
Elizabeth Morrison, ntcrmarricd with John Wor-
lin Catharinc Morrison intermaricd with Dam-
icl Gring, Nancy Morrison, iutcrmarried with No
all Prentice, SuRuel I,orrison, since deceased {:
leaving widow Mariah Morrison (and no issue.)
now of the State Of Illinois. Sarah Morrison,
ntcrmarricd with William KcGncday, Charles
Morrison, and Henry Morrison, Margaret, Mary
and Franklin Morrison, heirs and representatives
OF said decd, requiring them to appear at the sta
ted Orphans Court in April next, then and there
to accept or refuse the said estate at the valuation
thereof and in case all the heirs and representa-
tives, refuse to do, or take the same then to
show cause if any they have why the said prem-
scs should not be sold according to the act of As
scmhly in such case made, &C.
Certified from the records of cur said Court at
Sunbury, the 9th day of January, a. D. 1851.
By order Of the Court
John =. Pursell, Clk o. c.,
All of which you are hereby required to take
notice,
JAMES COVERT, Sheriff.
January, lS lS5l.--6t,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-02-01

I'D C.ADTI .1,Te,iiH1G.,,.


TVvWO parties, one Of whom owns an interest in
i nearly 10000 acres of Timber land on the
waters of the West Branch Of the Susquchanna !;
the other owing a Double Steam Sawmill on the
main River below Northumberland. These par
ties are willing join their property together
common stock, provided they can obtain the aid
of third party, either as partner, under the
special partnership law, or under the general iR-
cory0ratioN act passed at the session of 1850 (;
under this arrangement the money required can
he supplied by one or many, Said Mill Is built
in the best manner, is nearly new, and Is capable
Of turning out at least G,000 feet of lumber every
"a hOurs-and hcing on the PENNSYLVANIA Canal
the lumber could be sent to Philadelphia is fast
as manufactured 1t is the intention of the par
ties TO build tao other and larger Mills on water
powers connected with the property as TO finally
bring the amount manufa ,tured to ten millions
feet per arnum. There other parties having
an interest in the land who willing to sell on
reasonable and accommodating terms. Twenty
THOUSAND noLLAGs will he required to set the
business fairly afoat-and the profits of the busi-
ness will do the rest. The parties advertising
would be willing to assign their interest in the
profits of the concern to the party making the
advances, for as much as their shares of the ad-
vance might be beyond their interest in the pro.
perty. The person or persons making the ad.
yances to have al lis option either one third OF
one half of the property acquired or to be acquir
cd. There is no such other opportunity for an in.
vestment in Timber lands in this state. For par
ticulars apply to A. JORDAN,
Attorney at Law, Sunbury.
N. B.-Something more than one half tn,
above stated sum would be required between thi,
time and March next to cut haul and float tim
Der to the Mill
| The Pennsylvania Enquirer and Nortl
American, Philadelphia and the Baltimor
American, are requested TO give the above adver
tisement 6 insertions, ersry other day, and sem
their papers containing the adyenisems-, an
their bills as above
Sunpury, Jan, A, ls5l,-6t'
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-02-01
PEpSIN AND RENNET.

PHSlN is the chief clement or great Drestinp Princi-
e o e "lsc Juice, il is found in great abundance in
,g SUM parts OF tho human stomach after death and some
'u'S we stomach to digest itself eat itself up-
g" " IS thr material used by turner's in making cheese
cc3 Eenet the effect of which has long been the special
css Of digestion. Prmct possesses astonisling n,.c y
lh' stomach oi cali VIII curdlc nearly one thpnsd fines
llo own Nl"ht ol milk. Baron luhg states ihnt con.
FWi U lcNSin dissolved IN sSty thousand rars OF vnief
WI d-ra meat and other food Diseased touacls nro.
due n1 good Gastric JJce Rcnuct or Pcrsiu 10 siIv
,l'f TINS want may be perfectly supplied, we quote the ro
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-02-01
rREnzEA1J, HODGES d 90,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
IS Liberty Street, New York.


Between Broadway and Nassau)
RE now receiving u rich and beautiful assortment OF
IA Fancy silk and Millinery Goods to which we would
particularly invite the attention Of all Cash Purchasers, and
will make il an object for them to give us call ms we are
determined to sell assortment, for Cash, lower than
ever before offered in this market.
Milncrs supply themselves with every article in
their line at about the cost Of importation Auction pr-
ces Many Of goods manufactured expressly for
saes and cannot be surpassed for beauty or low
prices.
Rich Hat and Cap Ribbons, large variety
Silks and Satins for Bonnets
Cmpcs, Grape Lisscs, Tarlctons and Illusion Lnccs
Trimmings for Hats, Caps and Dresses.
Jenny Lind Caps, Party aud Opera Head Dresses
Embroidered Cupcs Collars, Cuffs, and Chenisetts
Embroidered Edgings and lnsctings, Swiss and Musnn
Thread, Brussels, Naenciene, Silk and Lisle Thread
Laces -
Embroidered. REVERE aud Plain Linen Cambria likis.
Gloves and Mitts, Kid, Silk Lisle Thread ana sewing
Silk.
Scarfs Cravats and Dress IIkls.
Swiss Jaconct Book Muglns and Bishop Lawns.
Embroidered, Damask and Plain Canton Crape Sha"'S'
a Full Assortment Of Straw Goods
French and American Artificial Flowers,
With large variety not mentioned ABOVE
All wishing to avoid paying long prices VIII make 'oe!
by calling and satisfying themselves
New York. ian. 2j 1851 --t}m