Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-08
sWINDLING sCHOOLMIsTREssEs

SWINDLING SCHOLARSHIPS
 It has been the custom of interested parties for years to advertise for lady teachers wanted to go South. In many instances coming un- der our knowledge the advertisements proved to be spurious ladies anwcrng them and go- ing to the places indicated, finding that there existed no such opportunities, and compelled to make their wey home at their own expense An advertisement appeared in several Phil adelpl'la papers last week, inserted at the or der Of t. C. Williams, alias Henry Johnson for several young ladies to go to Alabama, to teach music ill private families. A multitude of young women of live fancy, who had per haps some fond dreams of possible matri- monial alliances with wealthy sons of planters, etc., answered the call, assembled in Philadcl- pha and fifteen of them. duly selected by Mir. Will ans, came on with him to this city, ar irving on Tuesday evening" Williams sent their baggage to the Stevens House, putting up there aud registering his name as 1T Johnson. Fight of them were conducted to the Howard H"use, two to the Astor and live to other places not ascertained by the of fcer.
 Williams appeared n"xt morning, coll, cted Sl5 from them as h If fare to Alabama. went pack to the Stcv' nj House, removed the most valuable of the baggage, exceeding iu value $l 200, and al,scond,d, The ladies at the Howard House became alarmed ut his nol-ap. pearance, and fnally communicated with the police. Officer owey received the case, re covered thirteen trunks at the Stevens House, cut could hnd Hone of the young ladies eX- cept those at the Howard Holse. Whether he took some of the company and actually set out to answer some gcll,liue advertisement, or made some more infamous d.s, ,,osiliou ul them, IS matter of conjecture Ihe propri- etor of the Howard House, learning the facts, placed hls hotel at the disposal of his untor- tuuate guests
 FURTHER PARTICULARS.
 This morning the eight young ladies at the Howard Hotel waited upon the propretors of the Stevens Houte, identified tIer baggage, made provision for charges incurred for cart age, directed it's removal to the station of the New Jersey Railroad, and took the train at II o'clock for Philatlel lphia.
 Our reporter could find no trace of any members ot the party at the Astor House, al- though two ladiss, in company with MT. Howard, bound for Alabama, took rooms on Tuesday evening at the Astnr House. who came Oil the same boat from Philadelphia. There were fifteen or sixteen trunks taken to the Stevens House, besides two large trunks containing valuable and well-preservcd clo- thing, &c., belonging to one of the Howard Hotel party, taken on the spot by Williams me owner Was young woman from Vest chester, Pennsylvania, a neat, modest person, whose loss aroused the sympathy of all
 A gentleman from Toledo, Ohio, first sus- pected the character of tine wldIer. His perfectly unprofessional appearance the coarseness of his countcnance, and other ecu
 arlties Of man not gentleman, called his attention to the matter, and he expressed his suspicious to other parties The young wo- men themselves, on engaging in conversation, discovered, that they had each been imposed upon by a different story; and becoming alarmed at this sent several of the party to the Stevens House, who learned the extent of the imposition.
 The gentleman from the West assured our reporter that many of the advertisements in New York papers, of teachers wanted to go South, were inserted at the instance of South ern libertines in quest of victims that in such cases the young women were outraged on their journey, or discharged in the event of success full resistance to the importantly which they encountered. He expressed also his convc- tion that Northern school agencies often acted in co}usion with such parties, either ignorant ly or through design, and aided in decoying victims to the net. .-, He had known of exam ples. ~@ ~
 The usual imputation against these intelIi- gence agencies has been that they simply swndle parties, who are generally too poor to afford the loss without Inconvenience, out of registration fee for services which are seldom or never rendered hardly school agency being constituted of persons connected with the school system, or intimate with practical educators
 In case that this experience of these young women shall tend to put persons wishing situ- ations as teachers on their guard against de- coylng advertisements and swindng agencies, an important use will be subserved-N. Y Erenamg Post