Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-06-16
THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE l6, 1858.
INPOSTURES.

Tho order of the ostmaster-Generai 10
the Postmasters throughout tue county,
recting them to retain all letters reoei'eu az
their Offices addressed to fictitious na'nes;
49, follap like a wet blanket upon CLASS oi
shor,ers who have grown rich In practising
on the credulity Of the pubic i"eie aie
lie doyen or more of this class located In
Aihonv whose profits have been seriously al
roo,od hv the order of the Postmaster. Gener-
nj One has grown to opuIence by adverHs-
inc that he is the manufacturer OF lo'e
nnwders." which "possess the power oi
charming to your embraces the prouues'
beaptes and the most iptractabie OF the
sterner SEX" These powders are sent by
mail at three dollars box. They cannot
cost the manufacturer much more than three
cents each. lie assures the gullib!e that the
use of one box is generally sufficient; Sc
cond is almost certain to captivate the cold
est. but in rare instances third must be re-
sorted to. That, however, was never known
70 fail, The victim receives the first and Sc
cond boxes in return for bis six dollars; but
he never gets q return for his third invest
ment. lie might write fifty times after that
70 the love powder man, but he will receive
no answer.
manufacturer of bogus coin, which will pass
for good even at the mint--a description OF
coin that will successfully stand all chemical
tests and defy the sbrewdest bank detectives.
The rogue who would deal safely IN bogus
money sends five dollars to purchase some.
lie receives in return ten dollars In good coin
manufactured at the mint. The sharper is
now ont five dollars, bat his victim, finding
that the ten dollars sent him pass readily at
aproft to him OF fifty per cent. concludes to
90 10 work on larger scale. lie sends fifty
and expects enc hundred Of the perfect "bo-
gus" in return; but he hears no more from
the coin operator, who by giving ten dollars
for five dollars, gains fifty dollars. This iel
low, it will be perceived, is completely secure
from criminal prosecution. lie does no,
deal in bogus coin at all, and his victims
dare not complain. because in doing so they
would be compelled to admit to the world
that they were anxious to operate In counter
felt money.
Another advertises that for the moderate
sum of fifty dollars he will impart to any law
yer secret that will, beyond ell chance, en-
able him TO win every suit in which DE may
be engaged, whether of law or love. Th'
charm consists in the possession of the eye
of a very rare Egyptian fowl which none cal
procure but the advertiser! Strange as i
may seem, this fellow has caught some fat
and pocketed their money. When asked
what return he proposed to make to one
his victims, he replied that he would 90 int
State street, purchase spring chicken
cook and eat the meat, extract the eyes ant
send them to the wistlul lawyer, and If the,
could see further than his victims eyes, o
which he had no doubt, he might win tn
suit.
These sharpers bear fictitious uames, ant
hence all communications to them are re
tanned. They will be sent to the dead lette
Office.
1t may not be amiss to Say that the genera
order effects a few in this city and elsewher
whose business is deemed by the public com
paratively legitimate, but who, for reason
best known to themselves, have though
proper to conduct it under other names thai
their own. The difficulty with regard t.
them is very easily remedied. They hav
only to abandon their aliases and their let
tiers cannot be witbheld.-4lbany Argus, Q
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