Thibodaux minerva., 1853-10-15

Posr OFFICE RoBBERY-Ar7est and D'sap-
pointed Bride.-We gather from the Wheeling
Gazette, the following particulars of an arrest
for mail robbery:
Thomas Shallcross, Esq, secret mail agent,
and resident of this city, aware that large sums
of money have been frequently missed on the
Western mail routc, has been endeavoring for
some time to discover the depredators. Never
tbeless decoy letters and other means, as often
failed to give a locality to the offence or a name
to the adroit rascal Difficulties were met every
step and though complaints were loud, the affair
continued to remain an inexplicable mystery
In March last circumstances called for re-
newed effort One of our business men had as
much as $500 distracted from an envelope. He
had wisely taken the precautlon, however TO pre-
serve a description of the bills forwarded.
Others also, who suffered to the tune OF but one
hundred each, did likewise.
On clue SO slight Mrs.. sprang to the work
again, and finally alighted upon the guilty par
ties. From information received he was led to
believe sthat Benjamin Eaton, Postmaster at
/ lHenrysburg, Belmont County, Ohio, for many
years, was the robber; and in company with MIR.
Snagston, city sergeant, he made a visit to that
goodly village six or eight days ago. He ascer-
tanned there that hundred dollar note pecu-
liarly marked, and identified as one Of those lost,
had been passed by Mr.. Eaton's daughter upon
dry goods merchant. He thereupon set about
the arrest of the parties. Reaching the premi-
ses it was soon found, however, they had 'ssnelt
| a rat" and fed.
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his sister, and he trackedsthem to GAINESVILLE.
Seven or eight miles farther travel brought to
view beautiful little cottage, before the door of
which gay and laughing group was assembled,
cracking their jokes and Willing away their
time quite merrily His keen eye soon detected
the fugitiyes as part Of the company, and walk
ing into their midst startled them with the an
nouncement-''you are my prisoner" The
ladies shrieked, and their male friends coaxed,
but justice is inexorable This was on Saturday.
On Saturday night the officers andprisoners
were in Henrysburg; but can old bird is not to
be caught with chaff." Mr.. Eaton had not re-
turned and is still at large
But the most heart-rendering portion Of the
affair remains as yet to be told. Miss Eaton is
young, handsome, and intelligent, and was ar
ranging her bridal dress, and designed marriage,
next week, with one of the wealthiest men in
that section of country. Alas! for human ex
pectations How soon our brightest hopes may
wither in our grasp!
THE CUBAN SLAVE TRADE.-The Committee
on Slavery and the Slave trade, appointed by
the British House of Commons, has lately
made report, which says the fact is notorious
that slave vessels are fitted out in the harbor of
Cuba under the guns of Spanish men-of-war
that great facilities are afforded to the importa
ton of negroes; that, when once landed, they
are called natives, and all attempts to trace and
liberate them are commonly defeated; and these
abuses have increased precisely in proportion to
the bribes accepted by the Cuban Government.
Up to 1910, the Captain General received half a
dollar for every slave imported; but Gen. O'Don-
nell, in 1843, succeeded in raising this fee to
three doubloons head; and with the exception
of Concha, who refused the bribe, the same
blood-money has since been levied by every
Governor of the Island. Nor does the crime
stop here. The interests involved in this trade
are mainly those Of high and mighty personages
at Madrid, who have power to obtain the recall
of any honest officer, and who contrive to keep
up all the horrors of this system, to crafty their
own avarice at the expense of humanity and the
national interest. -
The London Times, referring to this report, |
ridicules John Bull for trying to protect Spain,
the best thing that can be done with her, is to let
loose the American tlbusters upon Cuba.
SEA-s1CKNEss VS.. YELLOW FEvER.-The
following interesting account OF the expe-
rience of the steamer Cherokee appears in
the Philadelphia North American. We
have heard something of the same kind in
Mobile. "
1t appears that the vessel named left New
Orleans on the 18th of August, when the
fever was at its height, with one hundred
and sixty-nine passengers aboard, exclusive
of the officers and men belonging to the
ship The majority of them were unaccli-
mated, and hence especially susceptible to
an attack from the epidemic. Soon after the
Cherokee had got out into the Gulf which
was pretty rough at the time, every one of
the passengers became violently sea-sick
but after the nauseating motion Of the water
had had its usual effect, causing the whole
party to vomit pretty freely, this sickness
ceased, and health and hilarity reigned on
board. Soon after this, the yellow fever
breke out among the crew OF the vessel, none
of whom had suffered from the sea-sickness.
Before reaching New York, ten of the men
LldQ UcSl dtLdCkSu Will SacV0I 4SOl OuO
of the passengers was affected with the dis
ease. Was there any connection between
the sea-sickness and the exemption? The
circumstance was, certainly, most remark.
able one.
The New Orleans Picayune thus dashes
the hopes of a wou!d-be poet:
A PLAG1AR1sr.-fhe person who sent US
this morning four verses headed "To Miss
B." and beginning,
...-.-z Thine am l, my faithful fair,
will find a copy of the same in Burns poems,
with one or two slight changes. Burns ad-
dresses his fattering lines to his lovely
Nancy" the "person" sings to his alovely
B" "How strangew said Mr.. Jones.
Did Shakespeare say that before me 2"
Really, now, I had no idea that he was so
smart a fellow" 's
HORRIBLE DEATH.-Saturday morning last
Mr. Gore Green, of Winslow, son of Col.
Isaac Green, left his house and proceeded to
the barn for the purpose Of leading bull
to water. Having been gone longer time
than it was deemed necessary, some one
went to the barn to learn the cause of the
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