The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-22

Al INGENIOUS swINpLE pPUN A o0UTrKYhAN.
An Ingenious indie perpeussed upon . country
man named Chssssw ewan On Wednesday. ~ hs W. n
search Of NE oaoe of he California Steamship Company
for The purpose u purchasing passage tsSes no was met
BY of the Ws ssres sharpe who informed him thas
he knew gentleman who going 10 California and thai
n bs desed he would give him IN Introduction Swan
was comp lsssy taken in By appearance Of the sharper
and e1prose himself but VOC happy 70 have friend With
him on the long voyage sharper No scoos dinghy
introduced, AMI succeeded In . short whle In walking
into the affections the country to the amount OF Sloo
No appeared 10 be man Of great consequence was just
boui returning to San Francsoo where he hsd made bis
fortune He had 10 New York for the purpose Of
p'ocr ring some fancy stock Tor hts farm, and ct the
n ONE Mt n the Introduction he was about purc1.s
Rs % ~ 'r' some .h.. nc Of Na'"s hurry, TIE
STEAMER TO leave In q few hours, Dat nevertheless
would be GLAD Of Mr. Swans company ~ fAr :. the SAD
dlery establishment where he had left the order "
s~so accompanied he nsbob from the Pacific wondering
- be wen n the time would .con arrive when he would
for hs stock Tho pair he'd proceeded bat hls distance
when they ;, by third sharper, who hurriedly
p.s. ed NJ. ana od b sen. on bo.rd Of the steamer
In mctately No ~a glad 70 hear Il he did not ike
TO be osappened world p., the ,hsnic upon the spot
book I've refed donbt) and handed the harness
k,r sh0 bill The latter was unable 70 change II, when
able TO accommodate him. Swan was quite willing
co any'eios in bis power 70 please the
Naocb Of The Pacific, and PROMPTLY changed the
bill No t6anked him for his kindness and asked No
10 step into The Gerry the and sign the
receipt for the money No did deeirei and . ong
With No q disappeared into the deep gro
ce'y. Swan waived outsde for tex moments when he
began 10 ees uDsasy reu, deen minutes passed away,
bot snn .hs n.bob DID no, make bis appearance At last
Swan thought he would into the grootry and inquire
aftey his friend The Duchman said that the pair had
ont Of the side door Mt minutes previou y
the hands of the nabob Gradually he became suspi
cous Ne~ York, be had often heard, full of thieves
:na n p HS A
In so easily. When suddeii dashed mind Of
The ve,dans one thai probably the 500 blu he
quickly did he hear The crushing news Tho. vas
CITY rrut and king COMPANY and bad no rea, exist
ence except IN the mind OF the oountryman In
70. moments al hi' dreams Of fine times aboard the
and he Wa forced 70 believe that he had been the victim
OF misI hceo confidence The police soon made 40
qusnted With the facts when oosn Patterson and Rob
arrested psmed rhos spriRgins on Suspicion OF
brought before compis was identified as
The naooo out yesterday Afternoon, n,ns1oo
before !esce Connolly the pr proved An al and
fips - the vertAbe person who gave him .h- bogus bill
and acted the part Of the nsbob exclusively although
did prove An abb and vas discharged.
An ONO DRovR MAKH DovBrrrL ACQUAINTANCE -
George Thatcher drover from ONO standing six feet
two inches in his stockings imposed upon In the most
bsrefaced manner By sharper whose acquaintance be
made while wang for the 1t the Me- haven Rail
I'd depot al Twenty sixth street The drover stand
ing on The sidewalk 81 the corner OF Fourth and
Twenty sixth ST. Get when the sharper came along and
after taking Of his person satisfy himself
bid him good day Toe country man remarked ina. The
sharper bad the advantage Of him. when the latter assured
ns we're s..s .Sa nsa met ns o.rs
st the request OF the Cheuaser de Indarie,
around n.ai,oo square while the g.G we're busly
,ber, the Cunningham baby faroe, &s, up came
sharper No 2, with parcel In his hanas,
pr,eor Ct . neigbborng dry goods store No said IL
all right took The packs &c. and put bis hand 10 his
POCKET ano eaoered the bearer Of the parcel loo bill In
had no hanee whereuPon the Ohio sent requested
accommodate No With change NJ. Thatcher, not sos
bec'ins tha, any trick abo,t 70 be play upon him.
drew ,pt BIZ wallet and ansr counting his money 70 see
" he could change the Gill docayed that he sh IT
some three o. -four dollars No insisted ths the mus.
be mistake for he counted dollars
and vas ~iDpe 10 stake bis reputation par,e besides
that he Wa The Ohio gentlem poltve
kave to count the money him eli, and agreed he va,
wrong 10 treat The pory 70 bottle Of sine ina v-rdAnt
and awaited he resu Amer counting over II
the oils he sharI declared that he had Loot drinks
but bnicd thu, the drover laying trick him
ne str became biehy enraged at the insult offered hin
when the sharper declared he woud him lower
regions before he would stand The nesy formed
aoquaintanoeshp then suddenly broken or and he
pTy sepu sho no wo sharpers went IN one direc 90
the ,qusre, while Thatcher reaoed sep, The
New Haven cepos Jpn bis arrival 81 the Office
examining his pockstbook 9Th view purchasing
ucseI for Boeon he made the Artiing discovery tnat
three dollar bills had been extra sted from his wallet
by the genius shose ara aoianoe he had lately formed
the ole ssbue7 an WA exceedingly indignant n the
cess Of ibe swindle.
CHARen OF ssEAlISG hosr yRox ErGRAM.-Yes
ierday Afternoon . man named Q. Williams, having IN
oce si i6t South street. brought before Justice Con
molly st the 10 Police Court charge Of extor,lue
moDoy from rhos fIrf an emigr Ant who DESTROYS OF
returning 10 his native country-Engand Park says he
Douced W $50 fer passage ticket board the
stp Empire STATE, hen the regular price only SIS
and ese' that he has thus been def suied Ut OF S2
by means or ,se pyeepoes and fraudulent
uoLs The rsr, Of wihAms me accused was held 10
bal " answer.
DrJSr uPoy A NEGRO CANNING SAIooH-rho police o.
The sixth preoinct made descent upon The negro gam
bling saloon No. 81 Park street. Thursday night and
arrested I've oolored gentlemen hey busily
gsfcd I fsro The proprietor OF the establishment samuel
Mcconnell, sbo iskea into oustody. me accused
we're al comm ited 70 prison yesterday bv Jusce Con
molly on charge Of gambling The faro able, toy Their
Win several pscks OF greasy cards and some In small
char sc, wn taken posse si,u Of by The police.
TIE PArsr sAyI GAxI Mr.. De Lorme, Of Missouri but
presept guest stopping 81 the kerohAn' Hoel, wa,
rspdled cot Of bis gold watch and chsio valued nj
500 by the patent safe FAme, ~hch was successfully
sayoo upon hin by . Ali vi sandy vhshers hong
gossee and very large FEET No arrest