Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 11, Number 3, 23 January 1841 — Page 1

KBflDMBD IP AIL 1L AID Slum V. V. II O L. L. O IV A V . Be just and fear not: Let all the ends thou aiiu'st at be thy eonntrfs, thy God's, and truth's. Henry fill. 2,00 IX ADVANCE. Volume XI. No. U. RICHMOND, I A., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, IS II. hole Number 523.

PREJUDICE. JIV JIUS. A. DE GUAVU GKIIUN. During the last year's holy day s, M . Arthur Monncref, a you up lawyer whose brilliant debuts had already begun to fulfil the promises they hiiJ given, was visiting at her country house, madame the Countess de L an oid friend of his mother. Warmly welcomed by the Countess, and free from business and cnre.de passed pleasantly enough tho time that he was not compelled to think of Judges, nor clients, nor

files of musty documents, i.vcry nay tie ninieu witii the young d L--and other young peor,!c, indefatigable Meleagress.who returned in the . . . i t 1 evening with vigorous appetites anu cnoiess recitals of their exercises of the day. The ladies were not in the h ast interested in these conversation; the patlndge and fault, the wild boar started,! he roc-buck brought down,aro things of which a woman thinks less than of a new fashion or of nr. adventure tit a ball. 'Ernest,' said the countess, 'can you not leave hunting a moment, and have Somo pity on us poor women, alone all the dav, nnd w ho do not nppreciite your great exploits? Cuino tell us a t-t ry.' A story!' replied Ernest, 'let the lawyer do that. These lawyers see every thinn: thev have in their fi'es the keenest anecdotes, the most sint r . - 1 ...11 . '. gular tacts in ins worm. 1 ni niiu ijssiis in court is nothing; that winch, 111 the interest of j tho clients they ret.iin in their own safe keeping, has much more humor and originality. Demand of Arthur tho (Jazeito do Trilcmaux, maintained leu years upon their fragments if thoy would ahand'iii them to him.' There was in these words a shadow of indiscretion, und such a tendency to impracticable revel it inns, that madamo the Countess trembled far her young friend Arthur, and quickly said.' 'Arthur will relate to us his lirst cause.' '.My last, madame, if you wish it.' 'All 111 good tiim ,' said the Countess. Having stirred tho firo which the cool evenings of September made quite agreeable, tho ladies gatheieil around Arthur Monneret, the gentlemen ceased their hunting stories, and tho young advacate commenced. 'You have 110 conception, ladies, said he, 'of tho eiiniTt nnd disappointments of a debutant at tho bar. He believed himself a Demosthenes, or 11 Cicero, and he sees his idlo eloquence disdained bv tho meanest clients. Ho would fain plead against a Philippe ( Philip of M icedon, you understand) agaitnt a Verras, and thepartition wall itself removes from him. 'In criminal all'iirs wo are always forestalled by lawyers whoso peculiarity it is, crafty old fellows as they arc. to prov e an alibi and iinnjirrron.lOaiinnj with marvellous t.Ueui uJ jdi. There is, however, a class of tho accused to whom theft and crime have not left the value of a single sons, and these are generally those, who noma for j iho first timo before a court of just ice, a ml w ho have yet to learn by a long sojourn in prison tho value of an able advocate. Jo these the court furnishes counsel. 'This, ladies, has often been the task assigned to mo, and you would hardly co:ictivo the passions to which a lawyer is devoted when obliged to take upon him causes which arc known to be lost before he undertakes them. The man thrown into a dungeon from whence ho is to be culled to answer before a jury for a capital crime, 13 isolated alone; tie Knows mat society wu:eii

he has wounded will demand a rigorous account; would have seen but the feigned simplicity of an ; new his acquaintance with people who rial hoof his actions; that his family will bo hostile, or J adept high-wayman; but this was not the part lieved him guiityof a crime, resolutely dec arcd nt least neuter his friends impotent; but the , for me to p!ayT; I was delighted to find that I had he would never leave me.' law which is about to f.ll so heavily upon him, nnt to fi.'ht against a confession, or struggle a- A letter from Piiris, Monsieur,' said Pierr?, as

co:nes nevertheless tohis aid: it provides him a 'iiiilc, a suppoi ler, a defender. 'When we descend into the prison where Ianguishes the accused, we appear to him a guardian angel, a messenger ol life, or at least ot hope; we arc more gladly welcomed than is the physician at the bedside of his weary patient. The physician finds himself in presence of a suflfering being, whom pain has stupitied, and whose ideas are confused by fever. The defender Comes before a man in l he prime of health and viiror, with every thought excited by solitude and impending danger.' There are no secrets between tho accused and !

his counsel, no hail-way confessions, no cunning . this fact. I obtained what information I could in ; his behaviour! I am charmed wiih tae noble inBmissions; tho prisoner knows that we can neith- ; tho neighborhood of Pierrefitte. It was true 1 dignation whirh prompted nh refusal of tho of-

er hetrav or lose him, wo can only save mm; , and what ho does not with his priest, he does with his lawcr he lavs his conscience bare before hiin. From the first moment he beholds his ; udvocato he confesses the crime, ho icveais the motive of it, Jinl goes back to tho very first thought connected w ith tho crime tho time, the : place, the circumstances, nothing is hidden. 'Wo lawyers learn, as Ernest very justly re- : marked, the secret of passions buried in the deep

recesses ol tho heart. It is not to interest us in I plead his cause with perfect freedom of spirtheir miseries, that criminals net thus; it is be- it, and oppsed to M., the King's attorney, argucause they think that a man who knows all, will ments drawn from rny own convictions.' be better prepared to defend the them ; that ho j You were convinced?" asked a little fairhaircd will know tho belter what must be denied and 'lady, who listened to the young advocate with disapproved, and what may safely be accorded to j the greatest attention. tho prosecution; it is because wo must bo ac- j 'Yes madame,' replied Arthur, 'I had strUed quainted with a fact, in order to extenuate or con-, hard to believe that Pierre was innocent, and his trndict it. .simple tale and artless demeanor had great! v 'Do you, Arthar,' said the Countess, 'consider ! strengthened mr faith. I gained the cause, and this a bad calculation T j the accused was acquitted.'

'It is too commonly the case, madame, thnt the prisoner is uecuieuiy ;uniy, replied tho young advocate, 'and it has ever been an unwelcome task to me, to act a? their counsel; fr however ipifi nnv brt I)p .luila .if -i defender ,..... strict may no .ne outits 01 aotitimcr however sacred may be misfoi tune, I must be convinced, before I can speak; I cannot lend my lips to ut - tcr a lie; all who listen to me know bv ny firmness,or inoecision, wneiner 1 oeneve wnai 1 am saying. I have, therefore, been forced to object

to knowing too much. Address me. I say to my j 'Monsieur.' said he, 'I am ruined; I have just client, who is about to make a too sincere confes-; come from Pierrefitte, where I shall never go asion, address ino as you would a judge, but a (gain. Lison refuses to see me; she loves anothnd indulgent judge, who would gladly suppose j tr and is about to mnrry him. Father Richard you innocent. I shall confide in your iccttal. I f "finums me from his door, me whom ho ha3 trained

. ncuuiuus, uui leave me some preit-Ai lur our ueience. At the last asize I was charsed by the prcsioent with the defence of n man whose name was Fit rre Fournal. This man was accused of

entered h for the I rir.t tune, I cried to him from the dour, 'Dj not confess, do not confess any thing, if you wish that 1 should plead for you. 1 can never defend you after being once convinced of your guilt: now think of tho unfavorable inference that would be drawn from my refusing to pica:!.' I addressing a young man, with a quick ptercin; eye, and a witty unile that been able to restrain. misfortune nau noi 'I have here a copy of your icdictinenf, said I, sc iting mvself near him. This is a serious all'tir. The 27th of last August, between ntoo and ten o'clock, P. M. a very daik night, you were on tho way from Pierrefitte to St. Dennis; you there stopped a cabrolef, having first found means to turn it a side out of the highway; you then proi ceded to Hamstring too Horses, anu aitorwarus 'murdered a firmer named Giraud, and his wife, who were returning to St. Dennis. ou them and then went calmlv on vour way. tohhed At ! short distance, not mr.re than one hundred paces ( from the scene of murder, you were nrresteo, a;;d j on your person were found a gold watch, and a j leather purse containing one hundred cctcn francs, : both of which you had taken from our victims. ! You had yet in your pocket the knife with which j you cotnmited the murder. Were you alone ? It! 1 aonears ou were not; for although somo of the tracks around the place of tho crime agreed .-.l. .I. : I , l. . , il..n u... .vilmro f!i-l ! wnu ine situ i tuui umo nuni vnhu iu.h had been made bv a foot much wider and longer than yours. Your accomplice has escaped from justice. This is your indictment, Piei re Iournel. What reply have you to make?' 'I,' exclaimed the prisoner, with an appearance of truth which at once moved nnd charmed me, 'I, a murderer! I a thief, a robber! VA ? Gre;it Cod! I have not tho heart to harm a child, and I have never stole so much as a pin in mv life! 'Very well, very we'!, my boy; that is right; it is just as I wished: but pray tell me what you were doing between nine nnd ten o'clock in the evening of 7th of August.' 'Mv good gentleman,' said he, with the satirical smile I spoke of before, 'I was born at IJeaumont: 1 am twenty-five years ot nre; I nave iie.cn r.n orphan from mv childhood: I have lived nineteen ; years with father Richard, a farmer at Picrrofiitc. ! and I work for him. For the last two years fath- I cr Iiichaid has employed a dairy-maid; she is , beautiful as the day. Do you not know Lison? 'Xot at all; but take care, a beautiful girl is a very different thing from this indictment tor robbery and murder.' 'There is no murder about it, Monsieur you hall sco. Now then' I hive Lison, and we were to be murrioti Tho '27th of August was a Saturday, ' and I received some money rrom tt,f.r Richard.: f in'rnded to co in tho evening to St. Dennis ! nnd buy Ii-on a ore 1 1 y knitt iug-shca th ; iho poor child had nothing but a cross u la Jeannet'c. 1 set out at nine o'clock, when my woik was done, and I walked merrily on, saying nothing to any person. About half wav between Pierrefitte and ; St. Dennis my foot touched something that (lid uot :

inwri.fr. vv rven 4 entered it 13 ourtrrcfcn tor

i . . i It seems t.io thieves had holes in their pockets. A sensible person, continued Arthur, 'vvouid not have believed one word of the recital; he 'gainst my own convictions. Uut said I to him, ! what were you troing to do with a pursoand a you troing watch which were not yours?' 'Really, Monsieur,' said he, 'I had not even time to think what 1 shouiu uo wnu mem wncn l was arrested.' 'Appearances were altogether against Pierre , Fotirnell; the size of his shoe corresponded exactly wiih that of the track left by the murderer, and a knife was found upon him, the blade of w hich agreed perfectly with the apperance of the : wounds of tho victims. The knife it is true bore j no marks of the blood, but it had been newly and carefully cleaned , nnd Pierre did not deny that the accused loved Lason, and that ho had lived nineteen years with father Richard. All this, however, could not explain his nocturnal visit to St. Dennis, under the furtile project ol purchasing a bauble which he had never promised, and for which no one had ever asked him. 'The story Pierre Fournel hail at first told me he always persisted in. In his subsequent repetitions of it I could detect nothing like a discrepancy, even in its most minute details. Of course 'Acquitted!' cried madame de L . 'Yes in default of proof; and after all, Pierre Fournnel's storv was nossible. nay even reasona-i ;ble. Iliad forgotten the trial, a'nd fifteen davs ' , , . . -.it " ' had passed since his acquittal, when one morn-i j ing Pierre made his nppearancc at my house and j was shown into my library. He was no longer j j iho m-in I Ivid pen in thf orison he was sad i ,i , , , . 1 11 j 1 - . sunken ' P 3 sunken and dim up irotn ennunooo: 1 he vounw men ct the vi Iage will not work in my company; no person will employ me; they esteem it a disgrace to clasp my haud.' 'What 13 the meaning of all this?' demanded I,

appear to be stone. I put my nanti on n; u was murncr oi a man anu nis wweoa ine -iu ui that cursed purse. I put it in mv pocket, looking i jjust, at nine o'clock at night ou the road from St. all around as I did so, to see if 1 could not find j Dennis to Pierrefitte. some more in the road. Then, though the r.iirht j They arc awaiting their trial at the next aswas daik, I saw shininir, I knew not what, somo- I sizes. thing like a glow worm it was tho watch. I had j 'As soon as these facts were known. Father not walked ten steps with it when I was arrested. ; Richard anil Lison came to me ihe one to re-

'vou were honorably acquitted; !iv should your friends he more severe than your j'ge?' lie hesitated a moment, and then s i id, 'It is your fault, Monsieur, if thsro is any fault in my acquittal. The mordererj of tho farmer and his wife are not yet knuwi:. nnd they !;clievc at Pierrefitte that it was I who committed the crime, and thev sav vnu have turneJ nnd tvvis-

j tea ine circumstances until me 1 irv nave aq'iitled mo. L:-t oh! God, must I have my threat ;cuf, or die with si) nne or hunger, because I to J; it 111 my head to walk from 1 lerrchtlo to: ti i 3 at nine o'clock in the evenin?, to buy Don a t.-iuk-et for that ingrate Lison 'Wh it could I do, Indies?' pursued the Iiwyer, 'th is man interested me deep my eloquence, and this v ; he owe J h 3 file solfto Haltered my : --sicem; ne waspymg wun fiuu;--r,v. i,nu-j( u p;,icc in lay his head, repulsed and abandoned by all. ( What would become him? I took him into mv service; he is mv valet. 'How,' cried all the ladies together, 'your valet? Tho same you have brought here?' 'es, Pierre Fournei !' 'Imprudent man,' said the Counters de L to Arthur, 'you have attached to your person such a servant; you have brought him i.;to ray house! An assassin who has escaped the scaffold only because lie was not caught in tin; very net. , do vou menu to have us all murdcr- ' H it set lou tAli') : vu. At tint mimt th? par, or cio';r opened, and a servant entered with lights: it was Pierre I'ournel. Horror sit upon every face; tho ladies huddled close together, and the young Looters preferred finding themselves fico to face with a wild boar, to m?ctiur the glance of that man acquitted by a jury. As soon as ho left the room thev breathed again, and their tongues were Iojsed 1 ho same time. 'What a figure,' snj. one, presstonin his eye; ho has ! Arthur, this man shall not r 'unit v. ho iau-rh terrible txO C ri ! 1 V r n -1 emain hero nn: of it, he er night. Oh eompanied he iven! now I think ac us in our walk through the forest! ss women! while our defenders were Five kelpie hunting at a : 'litn lifn nt liVd . . ' '1 m I .- C txj r nn.rS.t have been allmurd 1 rd e red. all fiv: of us.7 little hi. 'And this wretch,' 'makes love to my nd2ed t!:c ri(H Jul iiamncrmu J, at:. a ie the poor innocent, loves him.' Arthur, sa-d tho Countess, ':his man must leave the castle instantly.' Allow mo madam?,' replied Arthur, 'to finish my story. Three months ago theru were arrested in Paris, two malefactors, nt iho very moment when they were committing n murder. On searching them tnere were lound a ladvs wmcl icl n cri)d chain, a riuu, earrings, and a silver lit box, all of whicu article!. i , . gnu the relations of the farmer Ciraur. as liaving bo longed to tho farmer's wife. Tho murderers having been separately examined, contradicted each other in their statements, each attemptirg to throw tho crimo upon tho other, and both ended by confessing themselves guilty of the i c . . ii' :t '.i. c 4.. claim t ho child he h id adopted and reared to manhood, the other to win back the lover whom she vet hoped to marrv. Bat Pierre refused to rehe entered with a missive to his master. . when P'o 'Really,' said Ernest do Lleft the room, 'we were too severe in our opinions 'of that poor fellow. I observed him more atlcntiveiy. unci ne lias certainly a tine figure. 'And a pretty face,' said the little blondo lady,; 'I had a much better vie w of him than when he; came in tho first time. i 'His eye is piercing,' said Madam the Countess. I 'but there is something good and affectionate in his face after all.' : 'On my word,' said one of tho young hunts-; men, 'if I were Arthur. I would never part with a ' servant as grateful ns Pierre. Wnnt dignity in fers of Jatner Richard, and the hand of Mademoselle Lison.' 'It was perfectly in keeping with the character' of an upright man,' said the blonde lady, 'a mm disowned by his former protector, loosley abandon-. ed by his betrothed. Poor Pierre! how much ho must have endured. I am delighted he is in love with Julie: thev shall tie marriert as soon 8 thev choose, and I wi'l ffive them fifteen Nanole ons to commence with.' 'And I six ' And I eight.' ' 'And I will buy them a cross and Jeannette, and it will bring no misfortune with it this time' 'lie can sleep at the castle ? asked Arthur Monneret. Oh! certainly !' 'This,' said the lawyer, laughing, is one more case I have trained.' 'But you have plead against no one.' 'Pardon me. Madame. I have plead against ruEJCPiCE- A". Y. Christian Mess. r... , ... Tk r r . . : -r. nAn..i: , , ' " ' ' . . , state Central Committee of Pennsv lvania, hav e - ' j designated the 10th day of March next, as the day for holding a Convention at Harrisburg, to; nnmimtA a m-mii-tit f.-r th oITica of fovernor . Each county ,s to send delegates to the conveot.on, ' equal in number to its representation m the State j legislature. Georgia.-An election was he'donthe 1st inst., for a member of congress in place of Mr. Colquitt, (L. F.) resigned. From the partial returns which we have received, there is no douLt that Mr. Humes Holt (W.) has been elected by a considerable majority.

Caicnlatioas for Tobacco-Cheucri.

1 !lpfC 19 a prudential rmxim which n.U prudential maxim which advises

men 'to look before they leap.' Tobacco chew- j ou know , are allowed a large number of Page, era, wo ihi,;!,-, can badly have regard to the or boys in waiting, to run to end from the Senate teachings of this sensible saying, or they would ! Chamber and Hall of the Ilousr, to do the bidnot enter upon the practice of using tobacco. A j tvS the members. These bevs, most cf whom youth who is a member of the Cincinnati college. , a under ten and twelve years, are allowed $1 T0 amused himself one evening with the following ! ca.vt cr .vlO 0 a week for this little serv ice. calculation j Some half dozen years since, some avaricious

Ii 13 a light calculation to t a cornm m rhewcr of tobacco will use two inches of light plug in a day, which in forty years, bopposing ho began j at twenty years cf ago and lived till s;xty, would j in iko one mile of plug tobacco consumed by a tingle imiiv i dual. Now if a new beginner were to be r'aerd at tho one end of this mile of tobacco, and told tint in his life time ho muf-t cat to the , other end, he would certainly have nn appetite for the weed e.s strong ai tho abominable tobacco worm itseu, it he 01J not immeuiaieiy abandon lh ha L i r. Suppose the smoker tiscs three cigars in a day "ach three inches long, in the course of a life lime he would have sin-ked fojr miles of tobacco, and end if each cijrar produced .a volume of smoke one yard square and one foofthick, ho emit from his mouth a sufficient amount oftho fumes of tobacco to cov er the rity ol Cincinnati with a cloud so thick, that it would siiut out from one half th city tho lays of iho sun. In the courso of a lifetime this destruction of the tobieco weed would cot tho consumer, at tho rale, of six cents a day, w hich is certainly a moderate calculation, the sum ofabo :t one thousand ( ' dlirs; a larger sum, if .vo n that donated by Doctor rerncmner nirotlv th; l raiir.on to louii-i ino 1 niiao.jipniri Laurary, and an amount sufficient to support a missionary three vcars amcfPg tho heathen : CVi. Observer. Daniel Webster. Tlio uewsnaner r.r.nouncc;ncnt of tlio selection of D tine er to he Secretary of Mate, cives great lisfaction. Tiio Whig press rerrards tho

mattci- as settled, and most coriialiv approves the : tern Mail for N. Yoikand points east of that city; .dioifN, ..f THi: ABLl: DlilFKNDKIt OF THC.anJ horn the evidence which the case otlonled, COWSTITUTIOX. His talents and cx:tcriercc there was no doubt entertained that these robbe-

cmiiieiuly quality him tor tlio place, in ic,;r estimation. Although wo have expressed tho opinion that .Mr. Webster ougril not to accept a placo in the cabinet, that had reference to himself alone, and in no way detracted from his merits or questioned his ability to u!I any station in tho government his ability and fitness are universally admitted. The annexed extract from tho Norfolk (Va.) Herald, speaks tho common sentiment. It the prediction it contains should bo verified, as we think it will be, tho country may rest assured that both Mr. Webster and his freinds are c Jeoiii- - ti. .kv.,c. w ithout going into details, wc will just remark what every body must admit, that Gen. Harrison could not have called to his aid a more practised statesman, nor a more honorable and talented gentleman nor one belter qualified to take charge of our foreign relations, and to elevate the character of the country abroad. Yet the moment his appointment is renera!lv understood to be- detcrmined on, wo shall see tho greatest out-cry 111,1 ever W3S r'seo Dynn opposition press a-1 gainst if, and the sectional feelings of th j country appealed to without scruple and without regard to truth and common honesty. The man to whom Gen. Jackson imploringly extended his arms, at a most critical juncture, and who, if he had thrown himself within their irrasp would have been hailed ns a genuine; "dyed in tho wool democrat, will, th3 moment it is understood that ha is to bo Secretary cf State under Gc-n. Harrison, bo denounced for all that is execrable, by the very men who would have hugged him to their bosoms, ir he had corno into tho views of their chieftain. This is our prediction; and we call upon our friends of the Loco Foco party to bear it in mind." Appointments to Office. The Madisonian of the 9th instant, adverts, nt some length, to the nominations made by President Van B iron, to fill offices to become vacant in tho recess of tho Senate a power, the exercise t,f w hich was denied to Mr. Adams in tha winter of 1S2S-J by Mr. Van Buren, then a member of the Semite " It i3 said vacancies arc created bv resignation, and the change from one office to another and prolong the term of service, amere trick to retain office. The Madisonian express es tlie opinion that Ueneral Harrison s triencs concur in the opinion that such entry into office will be regarded as cause of removal, nnd remarks that Mr. Clay, in the Senate, a few days since, remonstrating "against the course of the party now in power, in undertaking a! the close of a condemned administration, to establish a new system ot policy, reminded the partizans of Mr. Van T?t i rr n now in t bp Senn t a. n nd who wero r.Iso memhers in lS'25-29, of the coarse they pursued He ci!,l lio ivdiiM r,r no iKot- A':, r' r n c In tlio Preti. i dent tho fair use of his power and patronage. But, ho added, if the Senators thought that by prematurely and unnecessarily filling up offices bv a systematic lapping over of appointments for tho next four rears Gen. Harrison wou d ,e ; prevented from using his first constitutional pow-, er, thev would find themselves mistaken. That ; illustrious President on the : 1th of March, and will exercise the power schanje the dutias of President, with natri-4 and di otisrn with firmness xvitH frmnnsc wiS mewl pm t i nrihii t thr with moderation but, the ! i i , - i spoilsmen may be assured, in such a manner as to give no ecuntenance or support to their pre tensions DISGRACEFUL. We clip the following from the Washington vjorrefpi.muenci ox ine liosiou ilia!. an 11 00 . possibl that tbe stalement9 are ,rue? We hope not. If they are, the practice of drawing nooney in that vay, for the use of members, from the j public purse, is truly disgraceful. Our own dis- j trict comes in for a full 6hare of the disgrace and the plunder, with a representative in tbe house, and his son a trait ins servant of the Vice President, and paid G or 700 dollars out of tbe public Treasury for a single session! There has been a practice prevailing here for some years past, to a limited extent, which as a

f chronicler tf event at the Capital, I feel called

"port to expose. i ho to Houses of Congres. member brought on their sons, and obtained cmp. oy merit for them as messengers. The practice was always rcpudiatedj and in one instance old "ien li irdm, of Jvv, threatened a lather to expose his conduct to tho House, if he did not withdraw his son from the service. Tho :hrtat was successful to accomplish its purpose. At the last session, Dr. Duncan, so notorious and so infamous all over the land, brought on his son for this purpose. Colonel Johnson gave him a Messenger' placo in his room, and he was paid for eight months services, and 5'--! extra at the end of the sesrion . in all betw ccn six and seven hundred dollars. This session, again, tho Doctor brings forward his son, and ha receives tho same per diem as Lefore, and will at tho end of tho session, prob"b'.y. receive an extra payrrent, such being the practice. This practice I have thought deserving f public notice, for if such things are done in the green titc, what may bo d ono in the dry. There ate secies of orphan boys here,, and the sons cf poor parents, who should be allowed the employmerit given t! the imported boys of foreign politicians. It is not necessary to send to Oitio for a eoir.::v:n runner of errands, rr is it dignified, to say the le.a!, for a member of Congress to ihruat his svii ii:d:i the Vice-President. nu.-i nn: haiii:iohe i-atuiot, Jan. II. WESTERN MAIL ROHBEIIIES. AKREST OF THE KOBBEUS. It In. sheen known for some time that extensivo robberies had been committed on tho (Ireat Wesrtcs were committed at somo point between Wheeling and lli'iimoro. Circumstances having tended to fix suspicion upon the neighborhood of Untontown. Pa. in reference to these depredations, Messrs. Kennedy nnd Plitf, agents of tho Pott OiTice Department, directed thoir particular attention to that quarter. Tho discoveries there tn ado were such as to induce Dr. Kennedy to obtain a warrant from Judge lowing of that district. fur the arrest of certain nerson9 believed to be implicated in the robberies. The warrant wt j nltnin-t H',l..J.v .-Ki, J r,ccrdi.; ; with it to Washington, Pa. a stage driver named William Corman. emnloved on the rontn heiwnn Washington and Uniontown, was by the aid of a polico officer arrested at the first named placo. Corman was nsfecp on a bench in the bar-room of tho stage ofiico hotel, and when arrested betrayed groat alarm. On being taken before a magistrate, Corman made disclosures which implicated with himself . in these robberies, a certain Dr. Braddee, a clerk of Uraddec's, named Pinnell, and a third person named William Straver nil of ITnir.ntowr. On Thursday afiernoon Dr. Kennedy left Washington, with his prisoner in chiTgc,' for Uniontown; and in the course of that night the three persons above n-dmed were also arrested, and in default cf bail, which was fixed at a high figure, the four were committed to tho jail of Fayott the till ol J ayotte county, to answer to tho charge. St! spiciori rested upon Corman, Lefore his last trip from Uniontown to Washington, on Wednesday night; but it was deemed best by the ngenti, to make tho arrest nt the latter idace. so os lo prevent his supposed accomplices from taking tho alarm, and makingtheir escape before the arm of law should bo upon them. With these view?, tho agent of tho Post office, with the warrant for Gorman's arrest in his pocket, rode on the driver's seat with tho latter all the way from Uniontown to Washington Corman of course wholly unconscious of tho business of the nfent, or of the impelling nrreRt, at tho end of the route. The following fact as to the manner in which these mail robberies have been effected, are given in the Washington Reporter of Saturdaybased on the confessions of Corman: On reaching the Post Office in Uniontown, where the coaches are usually charged, all the mails were 'discharged except the Eastern Mail above refor red tor this was retained in the coach, per ar rangement, until driven into the yard, where the accomplices of tho driver, received it, and conveyed it to the office of Dr. Braddee, when, on being rifled of its contents, the bags were thrown, into a privy appurtenent to the premises. This was done on the nights of the 13ih, 19ih, 23d, ard -0ih of Nov ember, and on the 5th, 12lh and lblllC'f DcC Corman charges Braddee and his confederates with hiving been his tempters to the commission of these rubberie alleging that lie had resisted their importunities to embark in the robbery of "i man, lor a perion i eignieeu inun.i.F, uui P. alternately by their threats and their promises, " at ,ast v'ded, and became toeir co-woraer .a crime uraauce is saia 10 u mw xumw th0 concern, ll.scnaracter seem. o " heretofore anything but good, as we learn irora (the Rpn ine "Pr TleI ,n11 1 naa "--"'' tried m the h avette Uouniy uoun, at iwo several ,rieu UJC vi, 7 , , icr ins, on cuaren uiai. 7 ' -w ! acquitted in both cases ny me jury trom msum'ciencyof evidence.) though not by public opinion. wrifh is wont to be less technical, in making u? h3 verdicts. The subjoined letter from our correspondent at uniontown conu im some lariner oeioits concrio jJ the arrest, there made. Il will be seen that upwards of 10,000, of tbe money stolen from tb mails has been recovered. Beside rifled mail bags, carpet bags, ficc. sundry apparatus for coining money, were also discovered on tbe premise of Braddee; from which it would seem that the evil operations of the confederacy were carried on a various and extended scale. Let us hope that their arrest, anJ tbeir conviction, if guilty, will tend somewhat to arrest the progress of crime.