Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-24

ing paragraphs without emotions Of -.
indignation against the system Of Dub,;. -,
private cruelty pFacdsed upon the ina.
we can only say, they are possessed Of -.
er equanimity of temperaq, 1--WE are
From the Chsrols n;r
New EcHq av % 49,
Many Of the people o. P.rsia :. a.. ESQ.
waiting for the hrst Of Jg 10 begin az la;s
upon the Cherokees ir frst n WsrA
be on the leading men, supposing thar i r a WI
are ousted Others will of course fonoS, ,,1oey
ing this object in view, plans are aIrs,ar iaf-
tured 60 break up a number Of indiy;dn.i.n ma
the nation. We understand there a,a ss,l -
accounts made up. to the amount of .sr.HSs
thousand dollars, agaisst Messrs Ross pa
Vann, sc. aud that some time In Juns -
Sheriff Of Carroll County viii make H. ~
scent on these men. If We know ,nv ~
of the feelings ofthese Cherokees, we hsTas
they would first see their properly 90 "
piecemeals, before they would run % ~
western country for shelter.
The intruders are not vet removed md
know not when they HiH be, if they are "a. - We
to be removed. The number of gold d..
is accommodating daily, and il is said a.
speak rather lightly Of the troops. II !, en-
mated that no less tnan ten thousand AM.
worth OF Gold is dug every day by these mar
This IS undoubtedly moderate estimate
What is then the whole amount wheh h..
been carried away BY the permission Of n.
Government? We sssy permission, for ~
canno; perceive otherwise why they sbonH
have continued so long in their unlawful a.
cupation, without being IN the least rsoles,sd
If they dig $4,000 day, and surprising tbsv
had been employed $50 days, the sum Of -.
million fife hundred thousand doHurs h,, her
taken away from the poor starisag and saE,d
CherokeeS! So much for government hon.
esty, fair dealing and justice If humanity
to the Indians Ito which many hypocrihcslly
lay claim is the order of the day. let tho sum
be returned TO these 'poor deyiisr 10 say.
them from starpati0a and naksdnes,.
Among the many circumstances. which IN,
ducss AS to believe, that the Government hs,
been conniving at this public robbery are the
following, wiish are worthy OF notice: Soma.
tune since, the agent of the United States.
Col Montgomery, warned these miners of.
and threatened to prosecute them under the
intercourse law. Many took the alarm and
left the nation. It's well known the agent
did not prosecute them We have also been
informed from source which induces us to
make 1t public, that soon after the return OF
the agent from Georgia. his son in Law, Mr..
HardWIcE, who lives sSrt door to hsua, and we
believe is under the protection, of the agency.
was seen, with a number of hands, digging
for gold, with the intruders. Ii at should turn
out that we have been misiafermed, We shall
do ourselves the pleasure of making props
correction.
Jackson and Reform.-.4noshsr Dsfn,asn!-
Letters received in town, by last night'sWes-
tern mail. inform US that c. WnIRrcH, the
lately appointed Jackson Postmaster of Clays
vile, Penn. had just been apprehsaded at
Wheeling, Va. and that no is there con6aed
in the goal for the tFifli1g Offences Of having
purloined $1,000 from latter which had been
mailed in his office, for merchant in Balti-
mere. Advicss had been seeeiysd that tie
remittance had net come to hand, and sus-
picion having rested upon the gentleman, he
was pursued and apprehended at the latter
place The whole amount was Fortunately
found in his possession, carefully wrapped in
a newspaper. and identified. So much for
MIR. Barry's Post office reformi = Bait Pat
The following additional particulars We
gather from the Whesling Gazette of aatar
day last:
Mail Robbsty.-On Saturday last, Mr. NJ
Wilson, of Wheeling, put letter into the
Post Office, directed to Plstshurg, containing
one thousand dollars; the letter reached its
place Of destination, hutthe money had been
purloined and some scraps of paper substtu.
ted-among these Washington wayblD,
with the top, and the Poetnaster's name al
the bottom. torn off, and piece of csarso
paper with the word Washington" scribed
omit, evidently put into the letter for the
purpose of exciting suspicion against the
Washington Post Office, and TO screen the
thief-but it often happens with roguss thas
the very means they take to avert suspicion,
fix it on them. and lead to their detection.
Such was the case in this instance. In com.
pairing the writing on the scraps with tho
waybills from different post offices, it Was
found that the color of the ink, and the APP
ptarance Of some figures, csrrsspoRded exact
ly with the ink and figures on the Clsys-
Vil's way-bills. On Wednesday last, imnle-
diately after this discovery, Christian Hs'-
rich, the Post Master of that place, made
his appearance in Wheeling. no was apPre-
hended on suspicion, searched, and the mo-
ney found in one of his pockets. lie was
lodged in jail. and will be sent to Pittsburs
for trial.
MIR. Eichbaum. the Post Master Of Pitts.
burg was here, and is entitled to great creda
for his assistance in detecting the thief ne
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