Washington telegraph., 1849-04-18

humhpggers, who are practising all
manner of cheats upon those who are sill
ly enough to remit them money. Our
brethren of the Press, too, many of them,
show symptoms of excessive verdapcy, in
publishing their advertisements, enabling
them the better to practice their imposi-
tions upon the public. and in the end-to
borrow phrase from Senator Benton
to find themselves bamboozled" out Of
their fee.
Within the past few months. we have
been favored with several lengthy, and If
paid for, profitable advertisements, setting
fourth valuable discoveries made by some
distinguished gentlemen of the goodly
city of Gotham. The first was valuable
scientific work, by DR. B. M. Weiselhof,
setting forth the advantages to be derived
from ga highly important secret which
the author had discovered, and fully ex-
planned in his work, and which he agreed
to furnish at the unprecedented low price
of ST., RENTED by mail to his address. No
doubt, the reputed Doctor by this means,
received several thousand dollars, but,
we will venture the assertion, that no
man ever saw copy of his extraordinary
work. A New York contemporary, pub
fishes the whole secret which DR.. Weisel-
hoff' s dollar publication pretends to i'm
mart. and it does not exceed dozen of
lines, which, it would puzzle an almanac
maker to understand. Since the swindle
has been discovered, the pretended Doc
tor has been arrested, in the person OF
certain Jno. S. Hanson, who, it appears,
had beer in the habit of calling for the
Doctors remittances, and has been held
to bail in the sum of $1,000, to answer for
his cond uct before the proper authorities.
The next precious swindle, was Sagnor
Don Jose D'Aluear's GoIQonaeter, the
price of which was only three dollars
exceedingly cheap, considering the great
advantage the gold-hunter would derive
from the use Of this valuable instrument
1t was convenient, too. as it could be sent
by mail to any part Of the Union at small
cost-anc remittances made to Don JoSe,
would meet with prompt attention, ifpost
paid. The demand for the GoLsomaeter,
became so great, and the invention so
popular, that he was frequently sought
after, but was always NON est. A cors
respondent of the Savannah Republi-
can," who had made some inquiries in re-
lation to him, says, " the Goldonseter man
is heather of the deepest dye. He hired
the Office he refers to in the advertise
ment, but has never been there since
got no furniture-aud the man who owns
the building says, if he finds him he will
be tempted to slay him, from the numer-
Gus calls he has about these times. AS to
his box at the Post Office, young man
in the Office says there is bushel of let
ters waiting his attention, but that they
occasionally disappear. Since writing
you by the steamer, can get no trace of
Signor DAlvear or his Goldometer-and
I suspect there can be no doubt of his be-
ing humbug or swindler."
By the way, did not these gentlemen
patronize some of our friends at Little
Rock, quite literally?
The next request we received, tor the
publication of an advertisement, from that
q quarter, was from Gentleman, who, if
he be not heathen, has heathenish
sort of name. He rejoices in the eupho-
NOUS title of DR.. Jerome Y G. Ropen-
hurty, who has been appointed sole
American agent of Alexis V, Paulitan. of
Paris for the sale of a very fine. light,
small powder, which produces wonderful
effects. The article is sold at price to
bring it within the reach of all-only 81, 4,
sent By mail. post paid, of course, will
procure package-that is, if DR.. Rope
in-hurty can be found, which we think is
exceedingly problematical-and if this
wonderful powder should even come to
hand. we should like to know if there
could be found, any person fool enoughto
take it? If people are green enough 70
send their money to such set OF unmiti-
gated heathens. they deserve to lose it.
This is our advice, for which we charge
nothing.