The New York Journal, And Weekly Register

Thomas's Spy, printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, contains the following:--

"A number of dwelling houses, shops, &c. have been broken open, and entered in the night, in different parts of this county, within a fortnight past--and from several of them pieces of plate, and other articles have been carried off. About three o'clock on Thursday morning last, the dwelling house of Mr. Simbury in this town was entered by breaking the cellar window, by which means the villains had access to the kitchen, which they rummaged, and carried off three silver table spoons and some other articles; the front room being locked, they could not easily enter it by the door, and therefore went outside the house, and were breaking the casement by boring, when they were discovered and hastily run off. From several circumstances, it appears, that there are several of those villains lurking about, who, without doubt, are connected together in this diabolical business. It would be greatly conducive to the safety of the inhabitants of this county, if an association was formed of two or three men in every town in the county, who, on notice given of a theft, robbery, housebreaking, horsestealing, &c. would immediately pursue the villains who commit the crime until they were overtaken and brought to justice. Such a plan would soon make this kind of gentry very scarce in this county; as it does in some parts of Connecticut where this method is adopted."

The line of robbers, it seems, is extensive. Last Thursday mention was made of robberies and insults in this city; since which a number of houses have been broken and robbed, slight of hand thefts committed, &c. Should some plan be pitched upon, in imitation of that proposed by our Worcester neighbours, perhaps the villains, or a number of them, might be detected, and the link of common disturbers discovered.