The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-03

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so.e ihe assicle eostIng a1ove its weieht II
portsns occssions, ani g nsrt M @ s. % "a ~. s
ct honor. Sharks 1ans had fheir place IS fhe
eourne. which esekegs4 insseaA of eAsseine,
and was proceedine enthusiastically With sever.
sor saascrs eaeS %. aTsSti q sssse msss E elbow .s
which instantly closed al further tuasifcato.
ry operations. The characteristics Of Chineoo
dishes IL iastpidhy.
BILE for the simplicity Of tAeir dress, nothing
but their Msndarin caps, with their huttons
and the feathers sticking ont In the resar. flIdi
eating they are more than common men.
had the honor to bow TO the Prime Minister
and he returned II, as though ] was his equal
IL not more. Thus we met and parted. the
sun being ready to 60 down and, mounting
our painnquins, we marched again through
the solid mass Of human flesh through vrhieI,
a road seemed to have been cut, like canal
through stretch Of marsh and uuae1nire
Two days after, Hon. Mr.. Ward gave the I'm
perial Commissioners q reception In return,
Mt Messrs. Heard & Co.'s. which was as liberal
and elegant on his part as II was honorable 10
them. They came in great force if not in 4
tasteful display, and retired with apparently
the best feeling towards our Minister, who has
curing their confidence and respect.
A SHARP SwIsDLE-The New York papers
contain an account of a very sharp piece of
swindling there, by man named johnson or
Williams, by which fifteen young ladies were
swindied out Of $3.50 aud baggage amounting
TO a large sum. He nd dSsrtfxed in the PhiIa-
delphia papers for fifteen teachers, to go south.
and took that number Of the young ladies who
applied. After seeing that their trunks con-
tanned all the yaluables they had, he carried
them to New York and placed them in different
hotels, preparatory to taking the steamer for
the South. The Tribune adds
The young ladies We're told that they would
not need their trunks, and Williams took
charge OF all the luggage. sending it TO the Ste-
tering his name as II. ]. Johnson. Yesterday
morning Williams visited the eight young la
dies at the Howard, and told them TO be in
readiness to start by steamer at O'Clock, p.
NJ. He said that he should not be able TO see
them again until they started, as he had to ar
range his bank account, and see to the fixing
up Of some private papers. Upon first setting
OH ne made them pay their own fare on the
cars, but told them he should pay half their
rare on the steamer. From those at the
Howard he collected SIS from each. which
ne said was half the fare and then left
them telling them to be sure and be ready
AZ the appointed time the eight ladies were
all ready, but still Williams did not make his
appearance, nor have they seen ANYTHING Of
him since. At dark they became alarmed and
told the proprietor of the house of their case
Search was made for their trunks, but they
could not be found, and then word was sent
to the police. Detective Slowey repaired to
the Howard, and after obtaining ali the par
ticulars possible, went in search of Williams;
but met with no success. The two young ladies
who went TO the Astor could not be found
Upon further search, Slowey found thirteen
trunks at the Stevens House, which were iden-
titled by some of these at the Howard as their
property. Two trunks containing dresses and
other property to the value of Sl,1OO were
gone.
The whereabouts of the other young ladies
could not be asceTtained by the officer, and no
trace of the mean swindler could be got at
johnson. alias Williams, is man of pleasing
address,, 5 feet inches in height, light COM
plexion, bro yn hair, mustache and whiskers,
and has an effeminate manner OF speaking.