New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-07
MAJ RossgRY.-The Cumberland Md Ale

bing the L. S. mail some ten months since, has
made disclosure Of the facts connected there
WITH as follows:
Haldernan saws that during the latter part OF
the year 1871 Pevion Sides made application 10
him to aid in robbing the mail-thar ne deciihea
from time to time Sides eventually proposed 20
H that " whenever there were ne passengers ID
the Mail be would inform him OF the tact, ana
that he should then go with him to the ShaoeS
of Death-and then in that dark and dismai
place, take him from the drivers box-iie nm te
tree by the road side, aud take the mail on and
rob it," That he, Sides, when found in that con-
dition, would say that three came from the
shades with black faces, stopped the horses, tied
him in that condition and robbed the mail.
This proposition Halderman also declined But
Sides. no, being intinidated, determined that the
mail should be robbed if he had to do it entirely
himself Things went on in this way until Febru-
ary.ls42. At this time Halderman was staying
at the tavern of his brother, when about o'clock
in the night the robbery took place. Sides drove
up. stopped the stage before the door and aroused
Peter Halderman, under the pretence of getting
something 10 drink Two persons were sleeping
with Halderman, and heard him say, :" Peter,
want grog." The drinking over. and the per
sons near the bar asleep, Sides invited T. Hal
derman ou, to the coach. On arriving there Sides
then opened the doors and said. g Now, Pete, Is
your time; have no passengers.
Halderman declined. and said he could not have
any thing to do with it. Sides replied Well,
sir. if non do not, have another man who Will !;
we will rob the mail this night, and If found out,
| II be id if | don't put it upon you, any how.
By this time Sides had the mail out OF the stage
and raising tup, threw it upon the shoulders ef
Haldermnn shut the door of the stage, cracked MS
whip and put off Halderman pendered the thing
over in his mind. and finally came to the cenclu.
sion that he would be blamed Of the matter at all
events, and that, inasmuch the mail had been
given him. he would see its contents. he pro-
ceeded with il into the woods in the rear or the
house, and there, amidst the rocks and trees CT
the forest, he raised fire, and opened the mall,
and took from it little upwards of sir thousand
dollars in monev All the checks, drafts and
halves OF notes he burned, with the mail bag and
the balance ef its contents
That Of tue money taken he gave Sides $4,000,
in good money, and he kept the balance, i, being
in treasury notes and other funds not so current
here That he kept his money il the woods until
last August, hoping to find an opportunity to re-
turn it; but the arrest of Sides cut off this hope
and alarm drove him to Canada where he was ar
rested by Mr.. Patterson, Sides says he had part
of his money in the garden attached to the tavern
of Mr.. Fairall-that he put it in bottle and sunk
the bottle in an old post hole, where the tence had
been removed. These facts were gotten from Hal'
derman himself, and are believed to be true.
MIssoURI.-The Legislature of Missouri ME,
on the 2lst ult. Col. Sterling Pierce was chosen
Speaker of the House, receiving Is votes against
Mr. Thomson, who received Ii. The Governors
Message was received on the 22d. q. S. Sena
tor was to be elected the next day There was nc
doubt II on. L. F. Linn would be reelected. The
message opens with dissertation on Banking III
general and Missouri shin-pasters, and this is fol,
lowed by ferocious protest against the Single Dis
trict Law of Congress. 1t contains nothing Of
special interest out of the State.
CANADA.-The honorable Mr.. Ogden, late At
torney General for Canada East, of which office he
was dispossessed during his absence in England,
to make room FOR Mr.. Lafontaine, has again en-
barked for England, for the purpose, as ne states
in parting address to his constituents of vindica-
ting his acts and principles at the foot of the
threne; the honorable gentleman conceving that
his Z" summary destiluton from office, by the re-
preventative of the Queen, is tacit disavswal of
those acts and principles.
TRIAL OF ALExANpER.-Mr Phillips this morn
ing opened for the defence, and chiefly relied upon
the prisoners good character and his exhibitions
Of insanity siace the affair with the young lady to
whom he had paid his addresses.
Wm. L. Ashmead, agent of the Baltimore Rail
road line, and Augustus w. Smith, conductor in
the line, were examined, who testified to nothing
important, except the rendering OF $40 Kentucky
bank note by Alexander, for his passage, and the
giving of the change by Ashmead. ten dollars in
gold and five in silver charging him five per cent.
discount.
Several letters were read by agreement, contain
ing the dispositions of number of persons living
at he West, who are acquainted with the prisoner
These occupied the Court and jury consdera-
bio length of time.
p The store house of Bloomfield, Russell &
Black at Centreville, Ia, occupied by two printing
offices, tailors shop, &c. was burned on the Oath
ult Loss on building and goods $4,000; the only
insurance was $500 on the building,
G A man named Charles Valentine, who has
been for some time preacher at Cincinnati has
been convicted of having seduced his servant girl
and fined $500
20 Navigation on Lake CHAMPLAIN is closed
for the season.
DRowSED.-Twc slaves were drowned at Sa
vannah on the Goth ut., while employed about the
shipping.
Mr.. Robinson, assistant engineer of the steam
boat n L. Cook, fell overheard while she was
taking in freight at Hawkinsville, Ga, and was
drowned.
MYsrERlous-On Thursday last, an elderly
man came to the store of Samuel Mead purchased