The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-03
Highly Connected Virgtnian
Caueht Biillng the Nail.

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Caught Riillng the Nail.
Fr.,n ,lr New York Henid
RICHMOND, Va. June 1S.-Scarcly
q week ago the Herau chronicled the
ritling Of package by u mail agent on
the Richmond and Danville Railroad,
and his subsequent suicide to avoid a
trial. disgrace and punishment for his
oflense. To-day another startling case |
Of rifiing in the Post Office here WAS
brought to light through the instru- |
mentality Of Special Agents Il. l.. It'd |
ball and W. T. Henderson, al the Post
Office Department. The name of the
delinquent in this instance is X. q.
Mosby, a mail carrier and Nirginian.
who might be said to have been one Of
+. +. VS. because of his high connec-
ton. lie is related IL several promi-
nent families AMI persons, some Of
whom at present hold high official posi-
ton in the United States service. lie
is stated Ia be a third cousin Of Col.
John :. Mostly, who exercised such an
extraordinary influence with President
Grant during his administration.
The story Of Mosby's case is that re-
Gently complaints Of losses hy rifling of
mail packages have been frequent. as
occurring in the delivery of letters in
Richmond. A number Of registered
letters. containing various suns. AMI
chiefly addressed to colored persons,
were delivered. and when opened found
to contain nothing, the carrier, how
ever, retaining receipts for the
amounts, rs if properly delivered. To
day a decoy letter. addressed to MIR.
Lampson Waters. No. 9l5 West Main
street, was delivered by the proper dis
tributing official in the Post Office to
Mosby, between the hours Of 6 and Z
a. m. The letter contained So in one
dollar bills, each one being marked.
1t was not delivered tn the address.
At halfpast 5 p. m. Mosby was ar
rested, when two Of the markell notes
were found upon his person. lie was
ut once taken before United States
Commissioner Atkins, where he waived
an examination and was committed in
default Of 81. 900 bail.
.Mosby had just returned from Wash
ington, where he fled an application,
strongly indorsed. for the position
made vacant by the larceny and suicide
Of Murdoch, the mail agent. He is
forty years Of age and has family.
lie was in the United States navy pre-
vious to the war, was Major in the
Confederate army, and until recently
a practicing lawyer at POwbatan Court
House in this State. The affair creates
quite sensation here, owing to the
family connections Of the culprit.
An Interesting Renaissance ofthe
War.
From tl,. Charleston News ani Courier.
Some few days ago mention was
made iu the Ne~s and Courier that in
formation had been received of the
whereabouts Of highly valued pal.
melto cane, presented to the Hon. w.
ID. Porter while President OF the State
Senate in 1860. Yesterday the cane
was received by Mr.. Portor by express.
and has suffered very little injury
The cane is a plain palmetto staff with
a heavy gold head, bearingthe inscrip'
ton: Nv. ID. Porter. President Oi
the South Carolina Senate, 1860.
Upon the same face with this inscrip
ton are two very beautifully engraved
flags. one the State flag. and the other
the Confederate States flag. Upon the
sides of the gold headpiece are the in
itial letters Of the fcQr donors. The
following is the letter which accom-.
panied the cane. and gives some inter
esting details Of its history since the
burning Of Columbia
;. Chicago, ILL.,, June IL, 1871
Hon. w. ID. Porter, Charleston, 5. G.
DEAR SIR: l have this day for
war,led the cane to you by United
States Express and herewith inclose ex.
press receipt. presume you would
he interested to learn how it came into
my possession. ! will tell you: Wa.
q soldier in the 18th Army Corps. On
; the morning Of the 18th of February,
1865, after the great fire in Columbia,
which laid that beautiful city in ruins,
was in camp near the city. just across
Il small creek near a grove or belt Of
second growth timber. While in that
timber found your cane, about 8
o'clock that morning. l thought al
first that it had been hidden there in
the leaves by a citizen from the city,
J but afterwards concluded that it was
, brought from the city by some soldier
and hidden or lost there by him.
retained the cane in my possession un'
til We reached Fayetteville. n. C.,
!, when l sent it home by q comrade
whose term Of service had expired. 1t
has been in nv possession ever since my
discharge a: Louisville, Ky, the fol.
lowing summer.
have retained it as relic, or rath-
er trophy of the war, it having been
presented to you. rs | supposed. by
some Of your colleagues, while a prom.
nent member of the Legislature Of q
State that passed the frst ordinance Of
secession. l inferred that from the
fact of the beautiful engraving Of your
State flag. and also the Confederate
flag on the head Of the cane lift had
not been for the engraving thereon /
should have returned it to yOn immedi-
ately after the close Of the war, or,
what is more probable. should not
have taken it ON the march from Col
umbia. But it gives me great pleasure
to return it to you even at this late
day, as it is q mementO which / know
is highly priced by you. as Mr.. Ralston
has just informed me that two Of the
ladies who presented it to you have
since died.
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