Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-12-03

that If Col Wehb's fault has been grevious griev.
ousy hath he answered il and that TO suffer weeks
of pain and peril and to he crippled for life, ought
TO lie deemed sufficient punishment for a duel
To which he was challenged, and which he coulI
hardly avoid. The petitioners for rem ssion are
at least bali the political opponents of Col Webb,
and his transfer to the State Prison would cause
general sensation, profound regret, throughout
our city. The Governor, we think, should not hes.
i'ate to comply with the imperative demand of pub
lie sentiment in this matter.-N. Y. Tribune.
Counterfeiters and their Implements.
A large gang of countprfeters have been arrested
in New York within the last few days. after food
ing that city with quantity of counterfets and al,
tered ills, elegantly got up and well calculated to
deceive. The police have now in prison Bill Shep.
herd. Charles Jerolman, and Eliza Campbell, all
members of the shepherd fraternity, on the charge
nf manufacturing and uitering counterfeit money
They have also secured the copper plate press on
which the hills were printed, and the check plte
for printing The backs, together with over $4,000
in countcrf;t s. notes on the Manufacturer Bank
at Providence, II. !. small bunj of SIS bills alter.
ed tn the Greenwich Bank, from the fraudulen,
Tenth Ward bank, and a urge bunlIe Of bills on
the latter concern, prepared for alteration, all of
which would have soon been put in circulation, but
for the timely descent of,he officers upon the gang.
The bundle of Manu- racturers Bauk bills was found
hu lied in tin box in Fifth street, searched by the
officers and The press found concealed in
parate parts at the residence of old Mrs Shepherd
IN Avenue e., where the plate was also found, hu-
ried in hox in the yard. quantity of Ilces, dry
goods, hosiery, and hardware were slso found at
the houses occupied by the counerei,ers.-C ChrOn.
The Msdisorian Of yesterday contains letter
from the Post Master General, to a gentleman in
Kentucky, on the subject of writing on the margin
VI newspapers, and sending them through the mail
TO avoid the payment of letter postage. 1t would
appear from the letter of Mr.. WIcKLIrrE that The
gentleman to whom it is addressed had been in the
h'ht of sending papers which he had himself recci
we'd through the Post Office to his son in Cynthia
ma, Kentucky, without first srasng his name, writ.
ten on the margin. The papers so sent, it would
further appear, charged with letter post,ge by
the Postmaster at Cynhsna and this led to an in.
quiry of the Postmaster General as to whether this
charge of postage is in accordance with the law Of
the land
Mr. WIcKLIFrE states in reply, that the POST
master in Cynthiana did not violate the law in eN.
acting letter postage in the case alluded to. He
could not know who wrote the name, and it cannot
change the question of postage whether the name
is written on the margin by the person sending it
or another. II written AMI sent in the mail, the
right to ct hlter postage attaches. Mr.. w. takes
occasion to state in his reply that the practice of
maintaining a business or friendly correspondence
by writing on the margin of newspapers has been
carried To a great extent, Hence the law of 1928,
imposing letter postage for each article of which
the fraudu ent pack,g is composed, and fine of
five dollars for all such intractions Of the Post
Office regulations. The Post Master General
adds
The many igen MS devices to evadc the penal
ly this law may be inferred from the facts in a
single which was brought to my notice A
man had been in the habit of writing on the m rrgin
Of an old paper to his father to save postage. When
arrested by the application of the provisions of the
act Of 1925, he adopted species Of singular he-
roglyphics.-Hs object was to let his father know
hs family were well, and would he up in a few
d,ys-so he sent a newspaper with nothing but his
name written on it. He had penciled fac sim
iGe Of sadller's awl pointing towards the repre-.
seutpton of well with sweep and bucket going
up. Thus distinctvely conveying the message to
his father that "sl his family well, and were
coming up TO see him"
II 4 writes his name on the margin of paper,
anl sends that 10 friend by mail, he CONVEYS T.
him several distinct IDEAS and facts LIST, that he
is still alive 81, that he WIS well enough to write.
3d that he remembers him, though distant; 18th,
that he has sem him by mail the very newspaper up
on which he has written his name, or caused il to
nc done aud 5th, he tells his friend where he is,
Baltimore A'lericaI,.
MoRNONIss RrvIvEn The Cl,aveland Plain
Dealer saws Tho Mormon Temple. a, Kirkland
has lately been dedicated anew. On ST. ~
@s'h ut, three q Joe Sni''' -,.m' ,Su', ol'
mis- ''"n"d 2nd faithful ,-llowrr. sTirS5 =, lhc
'erl"o from -..soo, and commenced n,eachinc