The Arkansas advocate., 1835-07-03

FCrcumstances render 1t necessary that should resume the duties of editor of the Baltimore Gazette, which will be under my direction as formerly, from this day.
 VIM. GWYNN. 2
 From the same of May 27
 It was announced yesterday, that, from necessity, the Gazette. after Il lapse of about ten months, was again under the di- rectlon of it's former proprietor and editor. The distressing cause of that necessity was wei understood throughout the city before the Gazette was published-and our indul- gent patrons will excuse us the painful task ol detailing the supposed or reported cir cumstances, until the accusation legally made shall be legally decided on Inde- pendent of all claims which the unhappy man justly has on us, from our intimate knowledge of his amiable and excellent qualities from his infancy up to the day of the accusation, and from the high estima- ton Tn which he has uniformly been held by the respectable citizens of Baltimore we can see neither reason nor excuse for de- parting, Tn his case, from the rule of law as just as 1t is humane-that every man is to be presumed innocent until the unani- nous verdict of an impartial jury shall pro- nounce him guilty.
 We state then, simply, the fact, that MT. JONES, the late editor of this Gazette, was yesterday brought before Judge GLENN, on charge of having purloined number of letters from the Post Office in this city, 1 he charge being made on oath, and no bal offered, he was committed for trial lie was not examined before Judge GLENN -ot course he did not make any confes- sion or admission to him relating to the charge.
 From the Baltimore American, of May 27.
 No small degree of astonishment and re- gret pervaded this community yesterday, as the report circulated rapidly through the ci- ty, that the editor of the Baltimore Gazette, VIM. GWYNN JoNEs, had been arrested yesterday morning on the charge of having robbed the Post Office of letters containing enclosures of money. Subsequent inqui- rles, We are pained to state, proved the re- port ln question to be but too true. For at least month past, as we learn from an au- thentic source, the Baltimore Post Office has been in the unpleasant predicament of hearing the complaints of merchants and others, who alleged that their letters, some- times containing money, had failed to come 10 hand. In several instances t was as- certained that letters thus missed had been regularly mailed at distant offices, and as they had not reached the individuals here to whom they were addressed, the position of the clerks in the office was rendered ex- tfemely unpleasant. The missing letters we believe, were uniformly those due by the Southern and Western mails, the deliv- cry of which was i'll the morning. Mir. Jones was accustomed to visit the Post Office 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 reach of tie tables on which the letter mails are spread. Complaints of the loss of letters within few days past, were again repeated, and the suspicious of the clerks were at length di- rected towards Mr. Jones. On Thursday morning he went as usual into the Post Office, and when he retired, certain letters which had been placed in particular spot near him, had also disappeared. The dis coyery, 1t may be well imagined, was truly astounding to the clerks, but as neither of them could testify to the fact of having seen him take the letters, it was deemed prudent to wat further developments.
 Yesterday morning Mir. Jones again en- tered the Post Office, and was seen by clerk who was on the watch, 10 take a large double letter, the address of which had been previously noted. He also was seen to take from the table five entire packages of the Southern and Western letters, which had not yet been opened. Immediately af forwards he left the office, and as he was proceeding to his own office was arrested by deputy marshal, who had been in wait ing for the purpose. The double letter, and also the entire packages, containing from fifty to hundrediletters, were found in his possession. He subsequently made admissions which show the purloining of upwards of thousand dollars from letters at various times. The unhappy man-who up to this period has enjoyed full share of the public confidence and respect-has been committed to prisonto to take trial at the regular term of the United States Circuit Court.
 The publication of this detail is made with sincere regret, and only to correct the many exaggerated reports which are afoat on the subject.
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