Demoine courier., 1856-01-03

ff'' inquiry WU5tner ne
used more than one sort OF letter paper,
he informed me that he had bu, one hind
IN ms study for .eyersl months, and at
my request, I'm nejia,ely brought in ssy,
esalshrsts Of IL. A comparison of This
With she sheet upon which the r,Hed
epislle had bsen written showed tbai,hs
iaiIer vas q totally differen, article from
he first. The shape anddesisn of, the
stamp, the size Of the sheer, and The
shsde of the paper, were ali unlike
ID orcover. the waters wed al the bank
where the hundred dollar note was OBJ
tainec, aud the letter containing it, seal
ed, were very dissimilar 10 either of
those which appeared upon the .poss
bos" letter. "'aS7
aeFrom the consideration or All the.e
facts, i vas satisfied thai, 4 gross and
contemplate fraud had been perpe,rated
by the writer of The letter, and Ios, no
time in proceeding % the yil,a,s where
that person lived. 4 called upon the
pos,masters and made some inquiries re-
la,ivs 10 the eharacler ind pecuniasysc cir.
camsianees Of The person in question:
From The replies made. it appeared. al
have stated. tina. his re puiai;on In com.
sianity vas good. isa h'tN
Ia Isthoushs il might BE- possible in "a
smallaa place. l could ASCERTAIN whether
be had LATELY passed . hundred dollar
note, as he would hare. been likely 70
have done, If il was roe that he had uot
encosed it 10 the New Haven Letter.
Calling ~ The STORE which received
most Of bis essiom.i introduced myself
TO The pgoprisior,p made acoa6ds ns Of
him 10 some extent. sud lsarned Thai Inc
very next day after that on which ,he
aforesaid letter was mailed, lis au,hor
offered him in paymen. for . barrel Of
Hour, q hundred dollar note, on Inc bsnk
from w.hichfa bill ofsahe AEs dsnSmiu.
lion had been obtainsd, q. before men.
TONED, in exchange for s.ths small trash"
The merchant could not then change Il.
but sentihe flour, and changed a bin
which be supposed to BE- the same, 1
few days a!.ervard. asfi esah aastsa
Armed with these irresistible fac,s.I
concluded TO call on the a~dven,prou, de-
ceiyer OF The clergy, who had a,iem p,ed
to make q me nber Of hi body second
has 'nienaonaio ches, ano,her. "Tnsa,;-
ale archer! Could noiSone sufKcef' $40
"Mr.T-." said I, aftsr some pre-
llminary conversation, ats Of no use 10
mince matsers.ss The fl CT il, YOU did no,
send ths money in that New Haven let.
Ter. Y ou offered il this day sf,er you
pretended TO nail il. at Mr.. G . s,ore.
foueseeP I've found out On iabon, i, 90
lhops you will notdeny the truth in the
maiier.' asanEalM Go ah sS1 tfa-
aIthen gave him his choice, to sepd
The hundred doiiars promptly 10 hs New
Haven correspondents, or SLOW me Ia
prove, in . public manner, the facA ia
my possession. tyGf - fsrxs % s8sNt 6ns
Being thus hard pressed, and finding
himscl: cornered. he confessed thar he
bad prepared the sslsuer which "a. r..
ceived in New Haven-postcrip,. double
wafers and all-before he left home, and
that while crossing the street from the
bank 10 the post Office, he subs,i,uted
mis- for ihe one he wrote ia the clergy.
mans study! He promised to send The
money. and pretended 70 have suffered
sexarelyainhis feelings on account or this
dishonest act. a1Hna faJt $3.50 #N
There 10 no United States law o,rrovi.'
ding for the punishment Of such an Of
feace, but public opinion and private
conscience make nicer distinction than
the lawscan do. and often me.e out a we'll
deserved penalty TO those whu elude the
less subtle ministers Of Justice. :
lnihc' present, instance, the foregoing
story was made public by direction Of
the Postmaster General; and the author
Of tho trick. unable TO sustain the irndip.
nation and coptempt Of The community
inswhich he lived, was compelled 10
make a hasty retreat from that part Of
Tue couatry. s~sstsis aHi 40 hEsa aar s
$50, Sound Sentiments. "a nsvl