Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-24


county, is in the city with extra, strictly family
mulatlO girl, Il years cd, elegant nurse, good
seamstress, and an extra washer aud ironer, offers
to sell her to good home. warranted an right and
sold from eompulsion only-call at this Office immsN
diately. Ldlwl
s4Bu-There vas one Of The best houses oftbe
season last night St the THEATRE drawn together By
the reputation Of the talented young actress, and
to witness on the stage the tragic incidents which
they had heard and read Of years ago
Miss Jones is uuquestiona5ly an actress Of power
sud ability, and performed her part as well as it
could be played; but the piece itself is poiDtless
one, and for ourselves We hope it may not be re-
pested.
Tonight Miss Jones takes her benefit in pieces
in which she can show her great ability. We ksPe
she will have Tun house, all viii be more than
repaid BY Witnessing her acting.
A Coy7rDTycr Man .PloKro -UP."-The Warren
(Ohiol Cl10piole gives the following account Of
Mr. Louis schlesingeF, who uUier the pretenes Of
establishing agencies for the sale Of Piatina pointed
Gutla Purcha Peus, attempted With nonaiderable
SUCCESSES TO s75iBde the people Of that vicinity This
same Louis Schlesirger passed through this State
fscphs since with his pens, and We think tprobs-
HE be s.bed" good many in different parts CT Mid
die Tennessee pretty freely. The ChroEieis says;
Hsbad in some way learned probably from marks
upon boxes or packages, that Messrs. Woods & Pew,
druggists of Warren, had purchases goods Of the
firm McKesson & Robbins, Of New YORK, ana ne
fret introduced himselftO Woods & Pew, as broth
er.fn-law ofNcKesson. and exhibited card Of re-
commentator with the signature forged probably
Of NcKegson & Robbins, which disarned Messrs
Woods Pew Of ell suspicion lie stated inst ne
wished to sell pens Of extraordinary good quail
fv and exhibited samples which were really goOd,
The price Of wh CD was three dollars per gross The
ordinary price Of steel pens being only from thirty
to seventy-6ye cents per gross as sn inouceneni he
stated that he would furnish all the wrapping paper
which Woods & Pew would want for year, free OF
charge on each sheet Of PAPER to be printed an 80"
vertissment ofthe PEN He saidthat he never adveT-
tised in the papers and took this method 10 adVer-
tise and therefore he more paper he could dispose
Of in this way, the better.
Messrs Woods & Pew purchased fifteen gross OF
pens paying him foriy-hve dollars, and waited pa
fienv for the paper which Wss to arrive II two OF
three DAYS il being stored in Cleveland But the pa
per did not come and few days after they learned
from travelling friend that the fellow had been ar
rested and imprisoned in Chembersburg, Pa, Tor
playing the sGme game, and bis bail fixed at Sl4OO
90 After he had been confined day OF two he
naid N the Sheriff The Sl400 90 and came directly
10 this State and commenced operations.
While here at his request, WOODS q Few gave MN
thnr, he wrote a recommendation Of himself and his
pens dlheir signature, and started for the East
and North part of ne county and used hat with
merchants who were acquainted with WOODS rev
Ia this wav he swindled different persons out OF va
IONS auonuta from so to Sle0-H H. Mason Of
Niles. R. G. Stewart, Of Vienna, A. Chew, Of brook
6sld. Andrews s. Finuey, Of Johnston, ). l. horneF'
~ G,,stavus and probhbly many other merchants
in tbis vicinity. In Columbia county be played INC
same game with the same success, 1t IS Prooa ol'
he CLEANED from this and adjoining counties, between
three aud four thoussBd dollars
Mr. Pew aud Constable Brooks got 90 his TRACK II
Ashtahula county last week, and he escaped rom
then by rare good luck, aBd they returned acme.
On THURSDAY. tney learned that he vas arrested o.
Nrusou Geauga county, when they Immediately
vent TO thai place. foF hu; their aTrlFsl there
they found be had been Committed, but vas MAKING
rrsnreeuts TO obtaia his release hus learning ina
n he escaped then, be would again DO Immediately
arrested he concluded Il "woulda't pay" and va
lndged in The Char4on Jail
M Pew returned Saturday evening, but Officer
Brooks remained to see The denouement.