Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-24

| were Ia lie IN wait upon our lIuniiets
either 10 Missouri or Arkansas. numbering
our ciliZcns and rifiing our caravans anc
suppose they at length were TO be taken
what would be their fate A cord aud
The ncares, tree. where they would swing
in the wind till the turkey bazzards hnd
eaten them, aud their bones roticd, aud
there an end.
! !, is useless to conceal The fact that the
Meaiaans have behaved quite as well ir
this business as any other nation under
heaven would have done; and il is time
to cease this wholesome pillase and plum
der of "A ueishboring people, merely be-
cause their government is TOO weak 10
protect them. q settled aud deep.rooted
determination oxists amongst the dcsper-
ate ami hardened refuse of our pinneer
population. who have been made bold aud
sIlrewd Of danger and pfivaiiou. TO con.
uuer New Mexico, and take formal poses
sion; which one thousand resolute aud
well nriucd Americans, under competent
leader, could easily do al any lime. THIS
project is tiol attempted 10 be concealed on
,he western aud southern frontier /; aud VIC
have heard eminent and Influential men,
occupying important positions ia sociely,
express readiness 70 embark in such aii
enterprise. The business is much moro
threatening, (because infinitely more p'au-
sible. than Burr's C?hspiracy--and it only
requires Burr-(aud we should think
Pre(outaine is the man)-lo make the
scheme entirely successful.
We arc glad to learn that company of
United States troops were about TO te de-
spached from Jefferson Barracks To iu,cr-
ccpt these maraudiug bands, and wo sin
cerc!y hope that tho government will leave
no stone unlurned in ferretins out and
pun:ahins these brieants and murdcrcrs.
God knows this people have enough al
ready To answer for, in their treatment of
the lujians. lie, the poor Mexicans live!
We copy the following information. re.
specting the custom bnuse robbery 10 New
Orleans. from the New Orlcars rropic OF
Is, and I'd inst.
GREAT ROBBERY.
No inconsi,lerable degree Of sensation
has been caused in this CITY by this dis
closure of the fact Ina. our custom house
has been robbed Of an immense sum Of
mouey. The particulars of the casc. as
they have como 10 our knowledge, nrc as
follows
On tho 26,h os July last, r,ure than nino
months nsn. package containing one
hundred and thirty thousand dollars in
The United States Treasury Notes, was
sent, by mail, from the Custom. .iouse to
the Treasury Department ut Washington.
The package. il appears, never reached
its destination, and during the past week
an agcut from the Treasury Department,
charged with the butiuess OF Investigation,
has arrived in The city. He has been bu.
SHY engaged in probing the affair 10 the
bottom, but as yet the result OF his labors
has not been made known. Enough ha.
,ranspired, however, To render it quite
certain :hnl the money did not leave the
city. II seems that the Treasury no,c'
when received here are marked "eancslied'
across The face, in order to prevent ,nei
further circulation. in case Of accident.
ll,e notes in the missing package were ST
,naraeti, tho marks did not accomplish TIT
purpose intended, for the records Of tht
custom -louse, show. we are Informed tia
some Of .ic Identical uutes comprising ,hs
package, have again been received hcrt
aa,! forwarded TO Washington.
Altogether. the business is very mysle
rous aud difficult of solution. That ;
pretty extensive scheme cf ra5caiily ia
been consunma,cd, is quite clear, hu, upoI
whom suspicion should fall is another af
fair. II is preSu,ned that the secret rest
between the custom house and the posi-
Office. and thar the viliainy was perpeira
ted by soIno person or persons iamilia
with the mode Of conducting busiIesd il
both of those establishments. Some lisL
will be she'd ON the affair. il may be anti
cipa,cd, IN the course Of the next few days
A robbery Of such magnitude cannot hav
been commitsed without leaving som
traces ina, will lead To detection.
THE HOUSE ROBBERY
We hear ,ha, c.ce to tho slupenJou
piece Of vilaiay that has caused so muc
excitement in this city. during the la.
lew days, has been discovered, and that
strong probability exists that The perpctra
tor of the robbery will be discovered an
arrested. In this state Of affairs, ii is u
more than fair that the public should with
hold its judgement. ond patiently ava
dcvclo2cmenis. Tile Collector Of the po
will ,nus, undoubtedly cxonerate Limsc
:ian NJ, blame. We are informed iis,
wise ,bat there is eooi proof that the mi
sins package Was never depnsi.cd IN th
, pest-oiiice. In the course af u few day
!, there j. good reason To believe, the who
! truth " Ill DC Wadc known.
, Correspondence Of The Baltimore SUM-
I WAsnlNoroS. May II. 1913.
I The whole community was thrown in
y state Of excitemen, yesterday, by a r.