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plan for which is said to have been arranged
at her mothers house.


From the circumstances which have already
taken place, it would appear probable that
such Developments may be expected to take
place as will present the wretched actors in
the scenes of blood which have taken place on
the border of our state in Sussex county, as
successful rivals in depravity Of the infamous
Burke, whose bloody deeds and recent exc
cution in Scotland, have occupied so large a
portion Of the public prints.


From the Wilmington (Del) Gazette.


Patty Cannon.-We sometime since gave
a statement respecting certain discoveries
which were recently made in Sussex, and of
the arrest and Imprisonment Of Patty Cannon,
on the charge Of being concerned in the
murder Of number Of individuals in and near
the borders Of that county. We inadvertant-
ly stated that her trial might be expected to
take place about the time of the publication.
1t was the Court of Common Pleas which was
our State the trial for capital offences is con-
fined to the supreme Court, whose regular
session does not take place in that county
until August next. Several bills of indict-
ment were found against the old woman, but
she has saved the Court the trouble of trying.
and perhaps the Sheriff thai Of performing
even more unpleasant duty, as she died in
Jail on the 18th instant.


During our late visit into Sussex county,
we heard an anecdote related Of the old
woman and others connected in the traffic D t
stealing and selling blacks, which is, perhaps,
worth relating. Several black men were en-
ployed by the concern, in the business OF IN
weighing negroes into the mcshes of their net,
and among the rest, was one who was exceed
ingly expert in the hneinass This indivihilai
upon one occasion. prevailed upon man VINO
was a slave to a person resting IN Worcester
county, Md. and had free wife and seven
male children, between the ages OF 6 and Is
years, to accompany him 10 Cumden In this
state, with the assurance that he would be
able to procure pass from the members Of
the Friends Society in that place, with which
he would be enabled to pass into the state OF
New Jersey, and escape from the service Of
his master He according conducted him to
the house Of Patty Cannon, where he was fur
ni8hed with document VIII g .;:oe seal to 1t,
and amused with the idea Of being furnished
with a conveyance to the place of his sup
posed destination. his conductor then lett
him, and gong Immediately back to his wife
and children, and telling them fine tale OF
the favorable situation their husband and
father had procured. induced him to follow
him. who were also conveyed into the same
trap. and next morning after their arrival, they
we're all shipped off, never more to be heard
Of by their relations or friends. This account
was furnished to our informer by another
black who had been employed in the same
business by tie despicable concern.