The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-05
a Sad History.

vas ahh"uHceu lew uhys slnce-is extracted p
IRON late number Of the Dubuque Express.
and We believe Is. ia the main, accurate. Il /.
shows the ruin which evil practices are alnos,
always sure to bring upon those who indulge !
IN them, however bright their pros poets NAV
seem IN the ortcast, and should operate as a sal.
utary warning to all carefully 10 shuL the pa hes
OF wee, II lhey would attain or retain a reapec.
table position in society aud avoid inlan7 snI
degradation
Gen. o. HISroS-Ve e see TINT Il /, hnaf,y r..
solved to retain this individual in the ia at los
Angeles county, CalifnInia, until ne proper
warrant for his removal to Ohio :or trial or
rlvea.
Ills III. is ttc o'le'cty kx'raSacanee play,
and debauchery brought pecuniary emtarrlSs
meni, and resort TO crime was the dss perate
venture tS maze il good. We knew hlr, in HE
ralner day, when he was accounted wealthy
and honorable He put up spleri,,id hotel IN
Delaware, Ohio where he lived was hiyh in
veryhody's confidence, his word good for thou
sarcs and his influence in the Vhig party Of III.
greatest weight. With Il character hcyond H.
slightest shade Of suspicion, aud reputcdly Of
great wealth, he was ranked among the fist
men IN Central Ohio. After he was appointed
MaIi agent these robbers Of the Government be
gan TO occur. But people would rs readily have
suspected an angel as Gen. Hinton No thought
OF any dishonesty on his part. crossed the mind
OF the Government. So far from suspecing him
the Department actually Instructed him when
to place packages resembling enclosures of
money in thelma. md gave the various post
masters directions in what manner to assist him
in watching them along The line. During the
whale of this time, he was busy rnlng the mail.
nj every opportunity. There is no doubt but
'at he secured large amoonts OF money! which
All went the usual way-nt the garIiling table.
The Government officials were dorely puzzled
hut continued to place the utmost confidence in
HIM. be afterwards. said that the thoua ht of
them always made hun lnught as he opened
htma'l bag But pay day came at last. Sus.
picior cannot deep f,reyer, and il began IN ot.
cur to the Government that even Ten OtLo Hin
ton, high "a he was in the whig party, wealthy
and respectable NJ he might be, might possible,
by some mistake or other, have something TO do
personally IN these robheries Packages were
deposited for htrS in his turn, and hc'vas de.
'ectsd He was forthwith arrested but .he
shock of the public mind vas Too rrea. to be
suddenly overcome. He was yet entirely zoo
respectable 10 be put in the commou ial lie
was Therefore confined in one Of the plrlors of the
Neil House IN Col-mbus with two men 70 watch
over him, II was not to be supposed that so
respectable q man would attempt to escape.
The guards accordingly, after various glasses q!
VINE with this most respectable gentleman, sad
Their prayers and to sleep. Gen. O. Hinton, the
most respectable and responsible individual, and
most accomplished gentleman, then rose up gent.
", and without waiting f5r some OF his clothes.
walked to the door, slipped cut, turning the Kew
on the outside leaTing his gen,lemrnly gua,d; on
the inside. Pursuit was mace NJ soon as posi-
bic, but 1t was Of no avail. The General then
tried on different sort offs--ihe life that soon
or or later comes to crime. He lay by during
the day md t'ave.ec by hight Not daring to
show himself he was com ,,elled to live on roots
and berries. Some ten or fourteen DAYS he
sssh 's hi rca.yd asyd fs ar d Ra"
clothes, in rags and filth and his feet cot to psc.
es, He could endure ro logger, bot gave himself
up to the officers at Cleveland. who could hard.
ly recognize in the miserable, sGuslid object, be.
fore them, the ohre accomplished Gen. Hntpn
There WAS no longer any doubt in the public
mind his guilt. On the preliminary eaamina.
toa MS bail was Get at. we believe, $4,000 which
he managed to give, after which he left. and was
heard ofno more nn'rl he suddenly turned up in
California. Since this transaction he has lived a
most miserable existence With tho continual
dread which forever hauntscrime. no has hed np
and down the shores Of the Pacific from Oregon
to the fshmas, an Cutcas' and vagsbond on the
carth passing in disguise and under feigned
hames, until at last the day Of final reckoning
has arrived. AMI once more he is the tenant of q
Jail.
There is deeper moral to be learned from
his career than from any work Of fiction, however
ingenousy wrought. 1t is the stern truth, that
vice and crime bring their own inevitable punish.
ment, and though the eternal Justice, which gov.
trDs oil the transactions Of life may seem TO sleep
for time, yet that sooner or later it entails on
the despisers Of its laws heritage Of misery and
infamy.
The ArHosPHERfc TELksaArK MIR. J s. Rich
ardson's ingenious contrivance for the ,raDspota,
ton o!rackages with giaat velocity through an
all exhausted tube is to be thoroughly testeG hy
laying tube between Boston and Worcester, 4.
miles.
The interior surface Of tie tube 10 perfectly
smooth, and the article. to be transdorted are IL.
tached to punger, which fts so closely that no
air can escape it. The air before it is exhausted
by a steam engine, and the plunger propelled to
its destination by simple a,nosphe pressure
The Scientific American thus explains ito opera.
tiOns
Suppose line of two fee. tube laid from
Boston to New York, it would contain about 4, ,OCJ
ocO cubic feet of air. Suppose twenty pum,.s OF
ten feet diamiter and ten stroke are located the
Boston end, connecting with the cyiirisr: these
twenty pumps contain about l57 IA ia cubic fee,
Suppose the pumps are worked 20 s.,okss in n
minute, we have removed 81: 2s7 Q S cubic feet
Suppose .he pluncer va, let IN at New York AZ
he commencement of operating the pumps, and
the pumps ron'lnn nd to rhn for fifteen minutes in
which same rate 47l4.S97 I feet OF AR would be
removed, AID the cylinder only containing 4 900
QUO, 'hc punyer must reach Boston abou, as soon
as Ills work could be perf,rmed 40 far as we can
see and the same result the other way"
| 1t is said that Mr. Richardson has devoiei some
twenty years tc the perfcctng of his invention,
and has, mabe eRtctua provision against every
mechanical difficulty that can be suggested, Tho
sum of two thousand dollars mas been offered by
him, to any one who will point ont any nsuperable
deficiency in its working. The interior is inge
niously luhricated during the passage of the plum
ger, and to the termination OF its journey, suf.
friency of air is provided to prevent an arrival
too abrupt for the safety Of the articles transmit
ted. The grand ohs,cle, from the motion OF Il
long column Of air in the rear, is removed BY
valves hanging At intervals in the pipes, which arc
acted on by the plunaer, and admit succession Of
new atmospheric columns breaking the eontiuu.
ity Of the pressure,
BrESos AInEs.-1he Argentine confederation
lppearc to be virtually dissolved, and he pro-
vinces MAINTAIN n separate and independent cx
stence, though Erqu,sa who, slnce his pefest to
his own province" Of Entire Rios. still STYLES him
n l opo1 nf tl. a