Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer

AUGUSTA, January 23.

Last evening was committed to goal in this place, William Fuller; the Western post-rider, charged with robbing the mail of the United States. With the particulars of the transaction, we are not at present fully acquainted—It appears that the rider was observed on the road travelling towards Augusta with the mail—behind him, and with the remnants of several letters in his hand, which he appeared to be destroying—several parts of letters and post-bills and one letter were found in the road,—and the covering of a mail directed 'Augusta'—these circumstances induced the post-master at Columbia court-house, when the rider arrived at his office to arrest him, when he confessed that a mail hole had been worn in the mail portmanteau, thro' which he contrived to get a packet or mail of letters—that out of one of the letters directed to Petersburg Virginia, he took 75 dollars, and out of another directed to Mr. Rhodes, in Savannah, he took two hundred dollars—the money he pocketed, and destroyed all the letters in that packet; 220 dollars of the money were found upon him—these are all the particulars at present within our knowledge.

The post-master at Augusta, is sorry to have occasion to mention, that the mail coming from the western part of this State, was robbed on Sunday last by one of the post riders. What letters were destroyed, or what money taken is not known; the rider informs that the packet from Sparta only, was opened, but as he acknowledges also, that money was taken from a letter directed to Virginia, and also from one for Savannah, both of which would not probably be in the same mail; it is more than possible other mails may have been opened and their letters destroyed. If the post masters to the westward will transmit to this office, copies of the post-bills sent by that mail, such letters as were missing for places east of the State may possibly be ascertained.

Wm. J. HOBBY, P.M.