The Night a Soldier Robbed the Editor's House

On Friday night last, while the proprietor of this journal was absent with his wife from their dwelling, leaving two of their children at home, the house was entered by a soldier from the station and plundered of a number of articles. The children had retired at the usual hour. On returning home, it was observed that the house bore the appearance of having been visited by a thief or thieves, but no immediate examination was made. A few moments later, before the robbery was discovered, the thief again made his appearance, walking boldly through the kitchen into the sitting room, where he encountered Dr. Ridgeley, who took him by the arm and led him to the door, whence he departed shouting. He had hardly disappeared when the stolen articles were missed, one by one, until the aggregate amounted in value to about one hundred dollars. Search was instantly made for the thief, but without success. Early on the following morning he was seen to enter Hughes's hotel, where he was arrested and placed soon after in charge of a guard, who conveyed him to the guard-house at the Fort, there to await the usual proceedings in such cases before the civil courts. A black coat, a linen coat, and three shirts, part of the stolen property, were found next day by an Indian under a new building, and restored to the owner. Two soldiers were seen at daybreak on the following morning, making their way out of town, each with a bundle in his possession. Whether they were accomplices of the thief is not known.