Show THE OF THE CO ul gentlemen in this city at various times lately have received letters soliciting them to act as agents for counterfeiters counterfeit ers in the east the latter offering to furnish five hundred dollars in bogus greenbacks green backs for fifty nifty in the genuine 9 enuine article the new york herald of the soth dinst contains an account of proceedings instituted by a new who had been we think very deservedly victimized by a gang of this kind and though we do not for fora a moment imagine that any hereabouts would be green enough to be caught b by y these shar pers we condense bondene con dene the modus operand of the scalps scamps as furnished by the herald the new now Jer jersey mans maus name was dexter wall and his attention was caught by the following advertisement in one of the newspapers one thousand dollars a day can be made by parties that are up to snuff without interfering with their otner business address W D M les broadway new york he wrote to the address and received kreply a aply offering oft ering to furnish him on receipt of fifty dollars five hundred dollars in greenbacks green backs warranted to have been printed on plates stolen from washington and resembling the genuine article in every particular save the paper however was of such excellent quality that not one in ten thousand could detect the difference especially as the counterfeit notes would appear as if they had been in circulation some rime and consequently would not be so likely to attract attention as notes just issued the worthy mr wall allured by the bait forwarded the fifty dollars but instead of receiving the bogus green backs received a small box of sawdust in which was the following follow ng note NEW york 1870 dear sir vir serdo da do not get disco discouraged aragel this is only a blind and we always use this precaution for fear tear of detection if ir the authorities should happen to get wind of our operations and possibly mink minu hink to watch any 0 0 D we may send out and r eize seize elze the money as you were taking it from the express office now to shield you from fro m any possible danger we have sut s ut nt this empty box which you have a perfect right to btty buy and carry home horne but we wo have hare the money securely pa packed ked in a different way and as soon as we get the returns for lor this vack pack go all right we guarantee to send it forba forward rd free tree of charge and in any aily event you have a perfect to receive anything soui seui free for there is no proof that you ordered it we always work on this ibis plan and it ia is su sureta reco roco protect us both boob for you have havo a per 0 5 1 feet neet right to pay for an em empty ty box and also a right to receive anything sent free under seal we also in this case do not sell the money we give the money free and sell the empty box this is a great secret and we trust you will mention it f t to no one as it give gives absolute security to us both aa As he received nothing further from the counterfeiters counterfeit ers this pitiable S specimen eci eel of humanity lodged a complaint com aint with the new york police which led to the arrest of the gang eight in nu number ber at their address in broadway when brought before the magistrate the prosecutor seemed very anxious to have it believed that he was acting through strictly philanthropic motives in parting arting P with fifty dollars of his money and taking a journey from new jersey to new york to prosecute these rascals the magistrate asked him what course he would have pursued had he received the in bogus momey he replied wall I 1 should have run ruu right down to the fifteenth precinct station house as fast as I 1 could and given it to the officers during the investigation the prosecutor incautiously admitted that he had come to new now york expressly to purchase the money upon which the magistrate told him that he be was no better than the prisoners that he would not believe him on his oath and would not entertain any complaint preferred by him and the prisoners were all dle die charged we think the magistrate was justified ju stifled in dismissing the prisoners or rather in refusing to entertain a complaint preferred against them by such a dishonest scoundrel as aswall wall wail evidently was in intent but it was a great pity that s sueh such a body of men as they were prosecutor and prisoners should be turned adrift with full fall liberty to indulge their dishonest proclivities such a set are not fit to be set at large the penitentiary or states prison is the proper place tor for or them and if the magistrate had power to detain and punish his course was reprehensible in discharging them and if he had bad not it is high time the law jaw was so amended all ail as to enable such fellows to be dealt with OLD AND sew MEW MODES 07 olf TRAVEL traven IH IR these days of rapid communication by rail the departure of a citizen for the tho east or west is scarcely noticed before if the trip be not a long one liels fleis he is back again Avi xvi A visit to the states or to california under the old system of travel was an event to be talked about and prepared for weeks beforehand A mans friends were duly duty advised of his intended departure and if be he were well known in the community the day of his departure length of his absence and all the particulars were understood b by 7 everybody this was especially the case in the days when all travel of this kind was per performed formed by companies when to cross the plains 1 in n safety a compan company Y had bad to be organized the departure of a company was an event with which all would be familiar but bat now all this is chan chaD changed ged the railroad affords such excellent facilities that it ignot is not the case that visits are made and those making them return here before some of their acquaintances are aware that they have been absent several of our prominent citizens have gone east on business of late and for this facility of travel the he t railroad has to be credited there was a time when a journey east at this so season ison of the year was a serious undertaking and when none would attempt to make it unless compelled corm corn polled to do so our delegate hon wm win H hooper left on tuesday morning the for ili lit bis his field of labors at washington at the same barne time hon bon joseph A young president of the TJ 0 R K H and john T calne caine esq managing editor of the salt lake herald left for the east and on saturday last john W young esq secretary of the 0 R R took his depar tuie tule to attend to business in the east bait these gentlemen can now go and return so easily that though widely known they can cau go and come dome baek bick b biek iek ick again before any auy but their intimate lut iut imato friends or those brought iu in contact with thein them on business would know they were not they should see a notice of their departure in the papers with the naci raci facilities titles for travel now at our doors our worthy delegate can spend nis his holidays here and be back to his post again in time for business A CURIOUS and useful invention invent invention lon iga combining lamp and timepiece hal has bee been recently brought out the following description crip tion tiou being furnished by an en english 9 paper in external contour the night time piece resembles the ordinary table lamp of the flolo piol e lorm term of if construct constructs it n but sur bur ur the globe as a zode zone or band are the figures depret representing enting the twelve b hours urs of or a eo minori minoti dial A blue steel seel hand or index which black when the lamp harrip alit la lit point to the hours and minutes HS as they are aro restored registered bj by the clock work wh which icil tell occupies a round box or case below the oil reservoir this consists ofa of a deep glass chamber or cup in which a hollow por porcelain elai elal ball floats holding on its upper surface a short waxed cotton wick anthe on the tho glass cup being filled with oil the wick is ignited just as in the case of a common floating night lamp the works are then wound up ua the time set and the night timepiece is on duty it is so arranged as to run for thirty hours without fresh winding up should the movement be slow or tending to gain there is a little boll at the end of the pendulum which by being turned from right to left loft corrects the evil if it loses the ball must bo be turned in the reverse direction nothing can surpass the simplicity of the arrangement under consideration which we are of ot opinion will be found of great value to invalids and those whose occupations oblige them to mark the flight of time by night as well as by day |