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Show nllf Tlii'w aiiht. Sometime between Ihe 1-th and loth of the present month, there was slolen from Mr. James Andeion, on Hear river, twenty head of cattle. Since thai lime ho has searched diligently dili-gently through some of Ihe counties north of this in hopes of gelling a clue to the whereabouts of the properly, prop-erly, bill without, success. Finally lie wciil to Ogden and gave a description descrip-tion of the stolen slock to ShcrilV lliown, of that place, whose sn.-pi-cii uis immediately iv.-l cd on lb roe men whom he had seen pass through that city a few days before. Tho sherilfinade inquiries'as o the movements move-ments of the stispicioned persons, and learned that they had conic lo wards this city, ami he followed yesterday morning. On arriving hero ho was informed that some parties had a herd of cattle in City Crock canon, which n, '..,...;.... i. rc Securing thoservicesof oll'ieers Hampton Hamp-ton and Phillips, the three rude up the canon about live miles, where they found Ihe cattle and the three suspected men. The officers, supposing suppos-ing Ihoy wore not known as such by (he thieves, commenced making sham negotiations for the purchase of tho stock, and one of the thieves was about to drive Ihem together, when McCabe.who appears lo be the leader, quickly drew a pistol from his holster, but before ho could dischargeithewas disarmed by the Ulicers. The other two then gave up (heir weapons, and all three were brought to the eily and lodged in jail. Nineteen head of the cattle were found, one only having been disposed of by the thieves. These men gave the names of Mc-Cabe, Mc-Cabe, Crawford and Jones, and arc a hard looking trio, and are evidently old hands at the husmess. .UcLaoc claims to be the owner of the stock, and says Ihe other men arc only employed em-ployed by him. Mr. Anderson has been telegraphed to come to this city, where an examination will bo had as ; soon as he arrives, j Sheriff Brown deserves great credit ! for the energy and shrewdness dis-' dis-' played in this case. He is a goal officer, of-ficer, and generally "gets his man" when he goes after him. Therearemeninthis community who do little else butsteal and sell stock .and it is gratifying to know that occasionally occasion-ally some of tlie thieves arc caught, but it would be far more pleasant to have them sutler the penalty prescribed prescrib-ed by law for such offences. -This latter, however, the people have almost al-most despaired of seeing; for between the dead lock which is placed on tho probate courts, the refusal of the district dis-trict courts to summon grand juries, and the I"i!.t.i f.ifits proclivities of the Federal judges it has become al- worst criminals; or if convicted, a j Italian -i)itts prevents (be sentence of the court from being carried into effect. |