New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-19

Gus act.
Chemistry hy who is master OF the science accom-
panied with successu! experiments never tan 10 inter.
st au intelligent audience. Dr. Mstner, who delivered
course IA this city IN December last With .os acn-I,
ably cxccated experiments illustrating the psInepes oil
the science Interested our best citizens.
None however have urawn such crowds ss Mr. Cotton,
U social free and scntemsn.y bearing his perfect IA.
,sndng nj IN, ,ub;cct Of which he treats together
viii, the amusement afforded by his laughing gas nave
made him decidedly the most popular lecturer e tut'
sonaus have favored with Tor many years h0ta
ladies' and gentlemen the elite OF the cy. "H'e
hs rooms aad many them ave inhaled the s" n'shs
after uisht Aud think the faces OF our cluzets gen
orally are considerably shortened since Mr.. L came
among us.
TO THE PvBLIc"-7'tc Payantamie LoaF o"ee more.
The tisasreeable controversy, for some time III pro
gress between ourselves and II. c Jones otNe"srs n
J. in relation 10 the comparative security Oh our respect
i've Locks mus, De closed. We nave taSen every
honorable means in power TO induce Mr. Jones to
submit his Lock to fair test and also granted him every
facility consistent with due regard to iafne'' ana III
tesrty TO induce him 20 make public attempt uponorr
own but in neither case have we been "olo 70 ee'ou'
plish such arrangement.
We would however solic; the attention Of that pcr-
ton of the public whose curiosity interest may have
been awakened by certain articles upon Bank Locks re
Gently published in The New York Tribune well as 10
some structures upon LocSpickng, &c which appeared
In Thomysons Bank Note Reporter OF the lOth instant
Pfrrgg 10 the recent exposure Of Il. C. Jones al TIE
Union Bank i, is needless describe the attempt al in
position on his part upon that OCCASION as we 't that
the certificate given by the Committee and published
with the article headed "Deceptioa Etpostd, Is sui
fcien rebuke the unbushing mpudence that dictated
deception so base and the shameless assurance that
would undertake palm such transparent fraud upon
an intelligent Committee. Locksmiths will readily un
dcrstand Us when inform them that the lower pro-
lection OF each the cooperating u nbler mouths aS
6ied anag so that the tumbers were OF no use IN the
Lock whatever and might well have been removed
entirely There is Lock in creation whose eihcien'
cy would not totally destroyed by such ifaadu'
lent tamperng, and. wht, 20 c.eh'iiy "oNe a seo0
boy would have deiectedlt
While wecnu bu, express our thanks the entire Com
pe- for the prompldc with which they acted IN expos
in the trick of Jones' we must that we have been
panied at the subsequent position assumed by TWO o e
gentlemen composing thai body and trust Inst more nau'e
r. dec.on Will convince them that tho card OF Dec IVh
signed Plat Adams and Warren jenkins originated rom
mistaken IDEAS for had ;hey urdersood the SUBJECT ueS
might have informed public that Jones Lock couIdhave
been readily opened few moments by the same process
We would u.y TO these gentlemen that the deception PRAGUE
ed so r 0m being undiscovered by Mr Newell nnI "a'
poiued him. IN tact previously ascetIaineG ana
ii was publicly stated by him that such was the ifaui o7
signed 10 prscllced by Jones' some days before ne i
aud IN resurd their nsnuaons n the ;ece OF ihir pup
sned certificate contrary that the Lock eas IN good
,c0rtms de, and locked aud unlocked freely Win Tie
KEY" we would merely observe that not oDy The PWullop
tic but every other Lock would work IN Tie same manner
feveTy ,umber entirely take" out, leaving nothing bu
the bo aicne There would be security however, 10
the Lock and do feel that the content, OF tue above
card sraTitous reelection upon tile a!cle va manu-
oc,urc A. 20 by these gentlemen OF the
Tt,.Lg udi pf 1eiTl II
terminating powers by the facts aad reasoning IN their pub
shed card. perfectly willing that Mr. Jones should
hav.. ihe benehl of such recommendation.
We viii now make concerning the article
published Thompsons Bank Note Reporter OF the l0h
which individual has been INDUCING IN mani.
-siaion private spleen and malice, Tar Lock
IS sconcet.ed.
Bankers aud the public may ii they please consult thi
publication In all matters relating bank Goes, but wet
hope be excused for differing IN opinion win Ws
writer being that scepucal OF his ability Us wen
his npartiaty IN deciding which ls The most So
Bank Lock- and while we iaciy im0ibe all iha' 10
respecting counterfeit bill. and fancy stocks
that discrim mating public VIII extend We
same who feel ascompe,euI to 1dgs oi e
merits OF Bank Locks as Wallst Broker does OF Bsnk
Notes aud therefore we now proceed place matters nhel
proper light
that he has had Of our Paauopic LocA'
us public may led believe from his statement
II that Parautopc Lock nas ever PicNed AZ
all 1t Is that Mr Smith expressed an unia'"fa''e
opinion OF PariutopIc Locks the contrary this gen
believes them be the Locks IN eA.''
tence It not true thai the Parautoptc Lock can bs
picked insight There is $500 ready for the !ndi'
ydui who will pick il. II is not true that all who have
Inspected have admitted that 1t very liable to get out
Of order Those gentlemen who have taken theIrouoe oi
examining the principles and construction ofths Parautopuc
have in almost every instance gyen contrary opinion and
long experience in their has confirmed the correctness
OF their Judgment number of other instances ofnaccura-
cy appear the sheet but IS unnecessayto specify
farther The known unfriendIy feeling ever manifested
towards US by the conductors Of that sheet sufficiently
counts for the and OF the article in question
In reference To the advertisement OF II C. Jones in The
Tribune OF Dec. l6 and probably IN the paper Of today
we would observe that calculated n.ead the pub
lie regard the matter at issue la proof Of which,
append the following
lie accuses Of IctroS abuse towards him. but OF that
charge we are perfectly willing that public should
Judge II be -cUrr!ous abuse To demand of him the
certificates which he obtained in his while EN-.
pl2y agent FOR the sale of Bank Lock- then M
Jones is abused Il It be scurrlous abuse undecei's
the public in regard the shameless fraud attempted be
prectced upon Committee, by this individual when he
proposed open Parautopc the Union Bank then n
deed is Mr.. Jones mos. cruelty abused.
Detected schemsrs, however seldom with e1traof
daary sympaty from the public, when justice has atea
to them the need very justly their due.
We have frequently replied the charges made by hin
Of aochng the ;umbers OF hts Lock, and have only say
that opened his Lock a. the tune triy in conformity
with his challenge, and offered again the presence
OF himself and the Committee, but refused the priv
lese.
He states also, tina! he received Premium from ta'
American Institute, leaving It be inferred that II was
given for his Bank Lock; this is entirely untrue, as De
received Premium from the Institute for the eahA
Lock IN question.
We opened his Lock the PhGnx Baok in Orderto $40"
that possessed little merit Lock With 'auoH"y
or solid key, IN other words key that is not chansea
BE. Whistler demonstration successful or Ho'
one OF our ParauLopuc Locks st the Phdnx nen"'
and the Lock OF Mr.. Jones been removed and 10"
of the Challenge This portion OF Mr Jones article "oa
not be noced by il rot that it IS IN Aeepins VI"
lie rest Of the matter therein contained calculated
mislead ae public AID impress them win tue belief ihA DC
ned actually accepted the and manly propositions con
tanned IN cur published card in The Tribune OF The III!
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