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A FATHER MURDERED BIT HIS SoN.-The
peaceful town of Windham, in Green county,
N. Y, on Wednesday last was stained with
the crime of murder, and that Of the most
horrid kind, being no less than the shooting Of a
father by his son. The deed was done in what
is called the " North Settlement" in the family
of John Hitchcock. The family are given to
drink good deal, and on Wednesday they
had one Of their scrapes, and about five O'Clock
as they were at tea, the son who is married
man and lives in the same house, came out
with his gun, and said, " Powder shall settle
this hash y and shot his father through the
heart He lived but few moments. The
son made no effort to escape. This is The first
murder perpetrated in Windham from the set.
tlement of the town, now more than sixty
years.-P Philadelphia paper.