Litchfield Enquirer

A murder of the most shocking description has been committed on Mr. Patton, a merchant of Abbeville district, in this state, who has respectable connexions in this city, and who has left a young wife and family to lament his loss: It appears that Mr. Patton left Abbeville for the Western country, in company with a man by the name of Bennett Dooly: They were seen together at various places on the road within two miles of Cumberland mountain, near the top of which Mr. Patton's body was found shockingly mangled, having evidently been beat to death. Mr. Patton is supposed to have had about four thousand dollars in money about him, with which he intended to purchase land in Alabama, and which no doubt was the cause of his murder. Dooley lives in Tennessee, at the head of the Elk river; he returned home after the commission of the murder, remained one night, and then started for Texas; and had been pursued, but not apprehended on the 14th of June. The murder was committed, it is supposed, about the 10th. Dooly was seen on Mr. Patton's horse the same day.
Charleston Pat.