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Show A REMINISCENCE OF THE WAR OF 11. At tlie time when Vilken?on's aruiy was at Fort MiidUon, aiSack.'tt's Har-iior, Har-iior, at the J'oot of Luke Ontario, a mail by the name f W hi Ltiuwy. resid itifr in tlie tovru of Wuiertown, in Jnf ler.-on cunty, was appointed pay mustfrfiT the army. Our govern nitiii' credit was ut a low ebb, but ibis W'liit-tlfsi-y went to Albany, in the State "f New York, and im Gov. D miel D. riiouipUus beeoming goveruiucnc security, se-curity, in: not $loU,UU0 with a view ol paying ofl" the army debts. In retuni-ing retuni-ing lie Muyud one u i,,' lit nt Bounviile then Ciiiue down to W a'lTtuwii and gave out wo d that he had been lobbed ol' hi.s iovei limetit muiii'y, that hi.-i"Tl hi.-i"Tl man lean had been cit opvti ut B iimville an 1 the money st'i'en. Jason I'aii banks and Ferry Keves weie W liittlesi-y's bail, buth piomiuent citizens citi-zens cf Wateituwn, Fairbanks ex auimed the Middle-bag?, nnd tuund a nev cut in ibe leather, without the iea-t fenil or sweat, or ny mark that it had been u-ed since the cut, and iheu ilicy uiade up tlieir mind to ferret i; out iccordllli;!)', they agreed with a yi'ung man by the name nl (Ji'tKen tti -t-c eie himsell' under t he bed in which W liiuleey and Ins wile slept. The ynung mail did to, and reported that they had the money. Fairbanks and Roves contrived to have a bule dun on Keyes iand where the water would rise near to tbe surface, and deep enough to submerge a man. Fairbanks went and asked Wbiuleeey to take a walk : with him and talk over the thing. He went, and was d to this hole; when they got there Keyes made his appearance; then they accused Whittlesey Whit-tlesey of bis theft, and related tlie conversation con-versation between him and his wile, overheard by young Coffien. Whittlesey Whit-tlesey persisted in denying it, and then they told him that they would drown him, and laid hold of him and put him. in the hole; they told him that if he repented re-pented and would tell where the money was, to raise his hand and they would tako him out. When he was nearly drowned he raised his hand and they took him out. But Whittlesey said it was au unconscious action, and he si ill persisted in denying it. Then they in with him again, and told him to make the sign again if he would confess, and ho d.d so; they took him out the second time, but he still refused to confess; then they told him they would put him in for '.he last lime and no terms. They had a shovel there; that they would sink him and fill up the hole, and when they brought him up near the pit he said he would eon-less, eon-less, and told them that his wife had it quilted iu the legs of her drawers. Fan banks went for the money, and left Whittlesey id tbe care of Keyes and Dr. Hutchinson, who now made his appearance. Fairbanks went to Whittlesey's house and told the servant ser-vant gul ho wanted to see ber mistress. The girl went up to epeak with her mistress. Fairbanks lollowei ber. V heu Mrs. Whittlesey saw him, she threw herself on the bed. Fair "auks i snipped up her clothes, pulled off the drawt-rs and found the money. Mrs. Whittlesey went imiui diately down to iho river, below tbe Union mill, threw ' herself in and was drowned. Dodge Couuty Democrat. |