Newbern weekly progress., 1858-10-28

to part company at Hillsboro' with our friend
CONDUCTOR the N. C. road We
have good joke on friend D., and intend to tell /
1T on him : evesory time y we travel with him. /
We might here further particularize, but to do so
wit lnsthe short space we compelled to occu-
py, would be to act unjustly to some, perhaps
ungrateful towards others. All treated us well, I
perhaps better than we deserved. But we will
say, that should we live to be as old as Methuse-
lah, we never can, and never wish to forget the
Kindness and hospitality of old Salisbury and
glorious young Statesville' May Heaven +
richest and best blessings descend on Rowan and
Iredell.
& The Celebration at statesville was grand af-
fair, complete success, and the people of Iredell
may justly feel proud of it. The aIredell Blues,
seemed to IN ais
how to make scompanions-in n-arms feel happy and
at home They are the second oldest military Or
Iganization in the State good looking, and exceed
Lingly well drilled They learned their drill from
Hardie's Tactics-their hospitality was acquired
from Somebody's Human Nature, and must ibes1sa
good book. s8s9sss
The ladies of the west are pretty, and smart, and
would, in our opinion, make no matter, we
give good advice, and they must not be surprised
hereafter if they see some of our good looking
young gents over that way trying to have pri-
lyyate conversation with their papas
eur trip on the whole, was the most pleasant
one eever hadaoure Enjoyment was almost un-
Bounded, in fact,We have but one regret concern
ling it: Thatwe compelled to return home
SO soon: We should have liked stoAhave staid to
Itba Stota8Eair told a11r raadarSa5ir o,r i'm,
perfect way, what we saw in the Capital, and to
have attended the military Convention held in
Raleigh yesterday, but our readers are already
lapprised of the whysan wherefores-we couldn't
a .shape and TaIenfs MS ), character.
/ We take the following particulars relative to
the operations of shape and talents - character
II that has been recently operating in Augusta, Ca
i from The Dispatch of that city. Hes}eertainly
i played his cards we'll. but then, we suppose he
had had experience in foreign countries:
| GA GENTEEL SwINDLER.-Our quiet city has
lately been the theatre of a series OF somew hat
novel and certainly quite singular financial opera
] tions comparing in a small way, withthe magnt-
| cent swindles of the larger cities. A man named
Marchy made his appearance here last spring as
a teacheraof the French, Italian and Latin lam
Aguages, and succeeded in forcing himself upon
the acquaintance of many of our best citizens
| Of some he borrowed, and to others he loaned
money and often had considerable sums at his
Fcredit in bank and seemede quite willing to be
observed as a man that handled liberal amount
of the "root of evil He was regular attendant
at the drawings of Swan & Co.'S Lotteries, and
pretended to be confidential agent for a large
i company of our first citizens-who would not
| buy tickets themselves, but confided their money
to him. He has been seen with large bundles of
tickets, and talked freely about having drawn
prizes. -
| 1.-TWO weeks ago he advertised that he would
Ebe connected for the fall term with several of our
/ schools, as Teacher of French, &c. and also form
classes at his rooms. Soon after, he told his friends
that his physicians advised him to take his fami-
lly to S one Mountain a few days for their health
and he solicited several persons to go to the Liv-
cry Stable and use his horse during his absence
Is number to bonn ride Of ian afternoon is
fluxury, not to be treated with contempt went to
the stable-and were surprised to learn that he
had left special orders not to let anybody use his
horse and buggy until he returned Days pass
ed, and the little French gentleman not heard
from. The schools opened, and he still did not
return This excited remark, and during the last
week number of disclosures have come to light,
indicating that Prof. Marchy is an impostor-one
grand humbug. Parties in the city assert that
they saw in his possession notes payable to the
order of three four wealthy citizens and endorsed
by them, amounting to several thousand dollars
and which these parties, SO far we haze learn
ed-pronounce forgeries.
We have not learned whether he negotiated
any of the notes, but he left number of bills
unpaid, ,sincluding small account withsthis of
flee An attac chment was issued on. his horse and
buggy and others would have followed suit but j
the parties of whom he purchased. - smeIled a
rat, and as he had never paid the purchase
money, they came in - for the balance.
grs Our French citizens assert that Mr.. Marchy is
an Italian. and does not use the French language
correctly If he is not great knave he is a con-
sceited and faithless smPieton, which renders
him entirely unworthy Of confidence, and we
,voJ11d nut the public on the watch for him. He
had some bona fide notes on our citizens, for
cash loaned, which, we learn that he 9sed-6qt
his e fancy paper has not yet, turned up; He
has a wife and an interesting daughter He is
short, comp;ctly built, with very black eyes, and
hair and moustache. He dresses jgenteely, and
sports small cane with an ivory handle in the
sflapeaof ahorse's foot He speaks English very |
inlperfeetly. Pass him round. -
A ANUIsAScE.-We certainly are in favor OF
the diffusion Of useful knowledge" or we never
would have embarked in the newspaper business.
That fact is universally known and very general