Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1822-10-24
From the Mississippi STATE Gazette
MAIL ROBBERY.

Bird a native Of Rutherford county,
North Carolina, post rider, on the route
from this place to Columbus, was com
mitted to the Jail of this county, on Turs.
daJ last, on charge ofrobbnS the mail.
We are informed that MIR. ID. w.
Haley. Email contractoron thatroute. and
who apprehended Bird, and brought
him to this place. that it appears from con
fession made by Bird, that ne has been IN
the practice of taking packages from the
mail. at different times since July last,
which he sometimes effected by means of
fractures in the bags, and at others by
slipping up the strap which confines the
bags that about the Goth OF July, he took
letters. when near the Chocktaw agency
which be supposesto have been mailed at
Ration Rouge, and, directed northward-
which packet he opened and took out of
4 letter 90 dollar bill of the United
States bank, endorsed Wm Mottof Neto-
Orleqns-also, two 5 dollar bills from
another letter, in the same packet, of the
Commonwealth bank of kcntucky-and
then destroyed the letters by burning
them also, that on the 18th, of August
last, near the Pidgeon Roost III the Choc-
taw nation, be took large packet of let
tiers from the mail which he thinks was
mailed at New Orleans, and directed to
philadcIphia-tllat he opened all those
letters and examined them and found
several papers which he Supposed to Re
drafts--hut 10 bank notes--ihat he wrap
ped the letters up and pat them i'll a pair
of saddle bags-whlch he afterwards sunk
in the Tombigby river, had first tied a
horse shoe 10 them: Bird having also in
his possession two 90 dollar bills Of the
Nashville bank which he did not salts,
fictorily, account for bot which it is sup
posed he had taken from the mail
4 particular description of the bills
found in possession of Bird will be trans.
mitted to the P. Master in Natchez as
early as possible.
The number of burials in the general
cemetery at Havana from the Cd of Fe
bruarv. 1906, to the 30th of Jane, 1922,
is So .0O0-os which $4,000 were whites
From 1906 to 1874, the anltual was from
9 800 to $500 AM from that period to the
commencement of the present year, from
$3.50 to $3.50 The number of adtllts
was double the number Of children, with
re ference 10 both colours. The largest
number OF deaths was III the year 1919
Thus We observe that, IN this single hurI
al place, the number OF lntermchs IN less
than sixteen years nearly equals the whole
population OF that city
Health of Baltimore-lt is witt, real
regret, (says the Bait. Patriot, } that we tiEd
the New York editors spreading with un-
necessary carncstness the report, that the
Yellow Fever is raging with great VIC
lence and mortality in Baltimore. i'he
truth Of the case has been already public
Iy and truly given, At FILLS Point,
nearly two miles from the centre OF the
city, bilious fever of 4 high type has
prevailed for some time and has been con-
fined to the place Of its origin The gene.
raj health of Baltimore, we have no rca
son TO doubt is as good as it has usually
been; or as has been ordinarily experienc-
ed in other cities and country places at
this season Of the year.
We sincerely lament the destructive
disorder which so deeply affects New
York and are sorry that it should be
thought necessary 10 involve other places
in the reputcd calamity. We have 10
DISCUSSES on the subject. It's fact, to
the best of our knowledge and belief, that
the disease spoken of in Baltimore, is
confined to narrow limits and G:tre arc
rational hopes it will soon altogether yield
10 the influence of the season, and the pre-
caulonary measures adopted. 1t is no
subject for anger or northumberland
are sorry such feelings should be indu'5-
ed
Horrid Murder On Wednesday
evening last, William Crawford, on
Horse Shoe, Bottom, Washington county
l. L IIor-x Gov GnuL mad