Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-01

sion, and probably arrived in Your city, before this
time. That he mW make the ascension, and that
he ,oW cross the Mountains, have not the shadow
Of doubt \ more fearless and determined man
than Mr.. Clayton, have seen. He is by
birth an Engshman but has been raised in the
West" and is claimed Western man. II is,
believe about p or % years of age.
Neio dea.-The Boston arouaut, Mr.. Louis
Laurcai for every city in America now has its
rronau, has constructed balloon Of gold brat
er's leaf the slips of which glued together by
cement, weighing but fifty pounds, though forty
feet HIGH by twenty wide. lie intends to
keep il inflated and attached to cord, for parties
to 90 on ;cral voyages Of pleasure, and after re-
naming up as long plcascs them, to to be brought
down by winding the cord around windass.
Robbery Of The baltimore POST Office.
We know not with hat sensations our readers
may receive the information contained in the sub
Joined paragraphs, but, FOR ourselves, il has Effected
us much more than any incident of the same char
actcr ever did before. The unfortunate person,
whose offence is detailed in these paragraphs, i, is
true, was nothing TO US. To our KNOWLEDGE, We
never have seen him. We know nothing even of
his history, his BIRTH or parcntagc, but what his
name discloscs; but that, in tho absence Of other
knowledge, impressed US in advance fasotahy Of
his character, This impression was not lcssencd,
certainly, by the evidence Of ability and gentle
manly qualities which he has exhibited in the edi-
toria department Of ono Of the best daily Journals
in our country. When VIC heard, therefore,
through private channels of the disclosures now
made public, We felt as if brother had selded to
temptation Ia moklrss hour, and fallen from
station which he had graccd and honorcd. What
an impressive and even aW'i! warning 10 not the
circumstances OF this lamcntahlc incident furnish
to those unhappy persons whom gaming, in ono
form or othcr, is leading to their rain Yes, to
their ruin: for death is not more inevitable for all
the living, than ruin, in form or other, to the
ncurable votarics Of tat no less fatal than natu-
stng passion. Nat. htek
From the Baltimore Gn.cHe, Mar %.
1T was announced yesterday, that, from ncces-
sty, the Gazette, after lapse Of about ten months
was again under the direction of its former pro-
prictor and editor The distressing cause OF that
ncccs.it, vas we'll understood throughout the city
before the Gazette puhlishcd--and our indul.
gent patrons will tho painful task of de-
failing the supposed or reported circumstances, I'M
I'll the accusation legoUy made shall be legally de-
cidcd on independent of all claims which the
unhappy man Justly has on US, from our intimate
knowledge of his amiablc and excellent qualities
from his infancy up TO the day Of the accusation,
formly been held by the respectable citizens OF
Baltimore we can see neither reason nor excuse
for departing in his case, from the rule of law--as
Just as it is humanc--hat every man is TO he pre-
sumcd innocent, until the unanimous verdict of an
impartial Jury shall pronounce him guilty.
We state, then, simply, the fact, that Mr.. Jones,
the late editor of this Gazette, was Yesterday
brought before Judge Glenn, or a charge Of ha-
wing purloned number of letters from the Post-
office in this city. The charge being made on
oath, and no bail offered, he committed for
trial. He was not examined before Judge Glenn
of course, nc did not make any confession or
admission to him, relating TO the charge.
From the Baltimore american Of same day.
No small degree Of establishment aud regret
pervadcd this community yesterday, as the report
circulated rapidly through the city, that the editor
of the Baltimore Gazette, VIM. Gwynn Jones,
had been arrested yesterday morning on the charge
of having robbed the Post-officc of letters con-
tanning enclosures Of money. Subsequent inqui-
rics, We are panied to state, proved the report in
question to be but too true. For at least d month
past, as we learn from an authentic source, the
Baltimore Post-ofiicc has been in the unpleasant
prcdcament OF hearing the complaints OF mer-
chants and others, who alleged that their letters
sometimes containing money, had failed to come
to hand. In several instances, it was ascortaincd
at distant Offices and they had not reached the
individuals here to whom they were addressed, the
position of tho clerks in the office was rendered
extremely unpleasant. The missing letters were
uniformly, VIC believe, those due by the Southern
and Western mails, the delivery Of which was in
the morning. Mr.. Jones was accustomed to visit
the Post-ofice at very early hour in the morning,
and obtained his papers before the Office was
opened for general delivery. In doing so, he was
daily within the reach of the tables on which the
letter mails spread. Complaints of the loss of
letters within few days past, were again repeated
and tho suspicious of the clerks were at length di-
rected towards Mr.. J. On Thursday morning, he
went as usual into the Post-oicc, and when he re-
tired. certain letters which had been placed in
PARTICULAR spot near him, had also disappeared
The discovery, il may be veil imagined, was truly
astounding 70 the clerks. but - neither Of them
could testify to the fact Of having seen him take
the letters. It was deemed prudent to await further
Developments.
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