The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-14

<zre~s Mail Robbery-Probabie Loss OF q
Large Amount Of Money-RecOvsry % the
Mail Bags, SO.
OUR PHIL oKLPHIA CORRESPONDENTS.
PEiLADELsnIA, Oct Is, lete.
About eight o'clock this morning Mr. Lewis Rsmsn
ter farmer living the Baltimore railroad east, Of
aray's Ferry, discovered, vi thin short distance Of
his house two leathern msil pouches which had bsea
cut open, and the rasd letters sosttsrsA about In
every direction. He despatched a messengersto the
city, with information of the fact The letters and
the mail bags conveyed to the post ONCE, with
another pouch subsequ ehtly found the adjoining
fsrn Of Thomas Colwel The fragments Of the letters
and the pouches, go TO show that the entire sossn'
western letter mail from your city including
axes for Richmond Va Raleigh N G Wheeling, Va,
Lsuisyile, Ky, Nashville Tenn, vincennos Indiana
Indianapols, St Louis Memphis, Cincinnati, Colun-
bus Ohio, and Frankfort Ky Drafts to large
amount were found leading to the belief that nothing
but notes were selected by the robbers The rinsd
letters found fill three bushel bag and to be
turned to your city by this evenings mail In order 10
be restored the writer's Among the pile let
ter from Carpenter and vermilye OF New York, to R.
H. Msury Richmond, Va, which had contained $7OQ
IA notes.
How the robbery effected is m ystsry yet to be
solved The mail drawn by horses out to the
depot at Grays ferry west the sohuyikin bat was
all the time In sight of the passenger cars and as the
moonlight bright the robbery could we'll have
been effected without being seen. After tho train had
proceeded about three miles alo. the road q small
bridge over gulley was found to have been but re
Gently burned down and ss this would prevent the
train from going for several hours IL returned to
Gy's ferry, where tho passengers disposed Of them
seivcs, they best could at the tavern. At three
O'Clock this train started again and the mail agent
Mr.. Anderson, had not up 90 that time made any dis
eoveres il ia presumed that the mail car had been
opened by a false key. 1t presumed that the burn
ing Of the bridge by design to detain tbs train
and ALLOW chance for removing the bags, but II this
is the it is difficult TO for their being
The robbery was one Of the most bold ana daring
that has ever taken place in county. aud has
caused much exeitement The mail agent vas newly
appointed and the duties being new TO him he
not fully conversant with them He Ia represented as
q very honest, faithful msn' bat he is strongly GEN.
sured on all sides for neglect of duty The passenger
followed close behind the mail but wing to
the dust the driver OF the first passenger car could
not the robbers enter the OF the mail car.
There we're about one thousand opened letters re-
covered, but II is not known how much money was
stolen. IL has been variously estimated at from
$4,000 to $50 600
The opened letters checks, drafts, SO, were sent
back to New York by the O'Clock train, so that all
who are interested can At once make application to
the Postmaster for the restoration OF their property
The Wheeling pouch is supposed TO hsv. contained
the st Louis and intermediate mails Parties are out
I'm all directions, TO arrest II possible the robbers
Among various fancy articles that bad been con-
notes, small portrait Of Jenny Lind and several
markers, worked by children with beads, inscribed"To
my dear Aunt &c.
at the Chestnut Street Theatre ON Tuesday aud Satur
day next the tickets TO be sold at auction on Tuesday
Some body among our would be's e. doubtless, csou-
iAtng how much the first choice for seat would be
worth In sedt.
The Keystone Club had n procession last night to
the residence of Horn X. Kness the new Prosecuting
Attorney where handsome ISOLATION was spread for
them Mr. Kneas made a speech, sxtolling the ser
yfOeS Of NH AUtsE DIV