Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-11
Vail Robbery on Gle BltIttmQye and Oh;

Vail Robbery on Ehe Ba5ifnaoj'e and Ohio
Bc:i,oad.-we learn from private sources and
,l.o from the Baltimore onper= that it has re-
c.,;v been ascerained tinat mail ROBBERY of
same importance has been committed upon The
UOi,ed STAGES mails passing upon the Baltimore
,sd Ohio Railroad, nc a point Letween the
Washington Junction and the Avalon iron Work
mi e aooyc few days since, there were
fund in ravine close by tue track a number
Ofls,.ers aud packages torn open and otherwise
mu,ilated. Since the first discovery, o:her evil
de,ces have been found which confirm suspi:
ciOas, and eave no doubt but thai depredation;
ba e been co,nmiued upon the mail. The lei
te., found bear date from The middle Of Decem-
Der up 20 ,ie 2StIl OF ina month The mail
marks iudicate their maiinga AZ points along the
rou,e as iar as tue extreme West. From the
cOu,epts of tue euers found, they must have
been yalueless TO the robbers, which fact seems
to indicate tha5 The more valuable ones were
selected out while the others were thrown
away. /. is supposed The mail pouch was stolen
hOn he mail chr on the road or from the stu
,ion Tie extent of The Depreciation is not yet
meu, Gen. James L. Mcguire, isinvcstigating the
H's,,er and, aided Oy certain Information in his
possession, viii probably DC enabled 10 ferret
Out ic guilty parties. UF
A Bldct Gut Lucky 0csGgsaurian. An an
tqna,ed aud INDECENT darisey, whose hair is as
sniie wi.h age as the wool on white lambs
back, boot black by profession, found five
dollar gold piece yesterday morning near the
Asfehants aud Mechanics Bank, which sfreak
Of luck afforded him such great degree OF
pieasare lhat he was a real subject of pleasure
to contemplate. He reminded us OF che old
Orce Edward, so celebrated in song, Cwho has
gone, alas, 10 the place designated by kind Prov
idence for all good colored Individually whose
fingers were long like de cane in de brake,
And he had no eyes for tn see, sees
And he had no teeth for to eat dc corn cake,
And he had to let de corn cake be.
lie squeezed the filthy lucre till we expected
to hear The eagle squeal, and like Christopher
Suap in The Pleasant Ncighbor, he threw away
ais backing brush in utter disgust as if he had
Suddenly become rich man. If he lives as he
has been living The five dollars will last him al
most to the end of his daysl ga
This Farewell of the Swallows" is said to be
'Hewly-Giscovered poem, by Hood;
Swallows sitting ON the caves, 1F N
See ye not the falling eaYes2
See We not the gathered shenTesl fla
Farewell s .-ah
Is II not time to go
To that fair land We know! rs
The bTeezes as they swell, p
or coming winter tell, .s-- 2
And from the trees shake down
The brown .lss,l ~ p, 8
Aud wlthered leaves. FAREWELL
Swallows, II Is time TO ny;
See we not the altered sky?.
Know yenot that winters nigh9
> FAREWELL 4(,e- F1- - a
Swallows, could almost pray
That i, like you, might fly aEsy;
And 70 each coming evil say. .IJu1
FAREWELL - --z1H STA (
Yet, tits my fate to live 1rF -a-
Here, and with trouble strive, -sss
And some day may tell s5al stisiaasz d
How they before me fell,
COnquereda then calmly die,
Aud cry 1880 sfit-r
"Trials and tolls, farewerI'
A r.