, 1860-12-20

II ii not to bt wondered at that tho sonth- !
sru mobs which hare ususpcd ths functions /
Of courts and inries, occasionally mnEe mas~
takes and deal roughly with their own friends. l
Hero Is 4 case taken from the New o1seans
Deta Of the 18th Inst:
"IsFAuors 3fAL1cE.-Dr, James Burns Has
not little startled this morning, ~ nc Mas I
about leaving hfs residence in Jefferson Chy, +
for his office, at being accoeted by Mayor Alch-
Ii aud informed that complaint bad bean made
araInst him a. being an Abolitionlst, and os
20 admitted to he by hia own wife!
" ssHhen this can be attempted IN sucn case
N TINT Of Dr. Burns, who has always oeeu
known as staunch Democrat. Is having been,
during the present crises prominent IN expres*-
iae his opinions aud acting upon. them than
ever in his life before, as having given piaet
statement Of his experience OF me mscn1eis
OF emancipation At meetiagin IN Jefferson CnE
itself: as having son who was captain OF the
corps Of Southern Guards" during the late
campaign, whose wife is bitterly opposed to ao-
olitionlsm, Is Of family who suffered n9t
little from emancipation in the British Hest
city, what might auiacious nalign2nee 10 In
less impregnable casese
"What ndds to tue tntnmy Of this ease Is.
that no moslyc for the slander sAn be guessed
At except the desire to get possession OF the
house which Mr. Burus occuries!' He has T.
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held to legal responsibility.
L Gang Of counterfeiters Broken up.
| Correspondence St. Iou}s 1sepubhcanl
| CAno, I1-, Dec u, 16bo- :
4 biz haul of couutcrleiters was made yes
tcrday, aud lad den broken ur " GtosEe
| ", Ryardcu, Deputy United States Marshal for
| tue Southern District Of l!iuois. a1tl detec.
| live officer. Some two months since ne naa
information of gang Of counterfeiteIs, WHO
carried on their operations between Cu1n ano
Joncsboronyh, some thltty.si3 mLes aoGye
arrested two men at Ullfn. named Alfred Ewall
and LAFAYETTE Donaldson, who were taken TO
Sp{in.ayid, examined bcfarc United States
Commissioner Conway, and arc now IN jul
awaltin, their trial. {,
ueishborhood complained Of being annoyed
by others Of the same gang, who were PASSING
counterfeit money in large quantities. NJ.
Rra1dcn was assisted hy Ira Spencer, IN e1-
pert detective officer, whom he cent out 70
:, | nake discoveries, disguised as pedIar ol
| iewclrY mud a lot Of counterfeit money: spen-
Ger went among the gang, sngratiate4 himself
with them, and was soon let into all the
secrets Of t1elr business md plans While nc
! was With tho gang they agreed to SET nc new
set Of dies, and onc vi them came to Cairo
> cud bought har.el Of plaster Of paris for tue
purpose. The idea Of going fairly into the
4 business, however, did not suit Spencer, aud
Ae managed to postpone the making OF tut
! monl1s, remaining among them until NC nae
: | ,ained full knowledge Of their operation:
- AMI obtained enough evidence to convict then
c The matter "canc to head" In this wise
: | On the trial of Ewall aud Donaldson, Mr
( Parish, living in the vicinity, had giren eyl
- dcncc against them, having seen teer nosas no. !:
e. the base coin At Is per cent They tlre.'
. enri lin with death if hc "blowrd o.
r. r. ,Lem," and he hcsitated about 1t for som
= 2 ,i:ac, but finally presented to the gFuud lnr
=, fwall and man named Frasez. Through n
n evidence Ewall and Donaldson were put !
- - jill 1t Springfield, Fraser eacapips. PaFis
~ ~ las been staying In the ueighborhood eve
- - since, aud James Carr, brother in-law I
- Ewalis, las frequently threatened his life, an
~ H.,ally offered him so not to appear At IL
NJ final trial. Parish took tie money, eut aia ns
~ leave When Spencer came anlong them, "a
~ told him about Parish, and said that he inten
- I'd to kill hIsn, but did uot like to 10 1t ther
~ ~ fnt fear Of gettius "tlc boys" into tronhl
az lie tried to get Spencer to induce him tn 60 o.
w. OF the way, SO that he could kill him Sl'enc
~ promised to attempt it; said ie bad paFtn
~ ~ at Cairo who was good at that business, Al
'ss told AIr, Rearden Ill the facts. Mr. Kcasa.
la sent him back With directions to underfal
rs rs tile job himself He saw Carr, and AGREED, I
~ rs in cash aud Carr's note for S-s5 more,
" put Parish elIvctually out OF the way. l
u, then returned to Cairu and remained qui
t.s until yesterday morning., when be acconpanl
~ ~ Nt. Rrardep with sufficient assistance, up I
~ railroad to nab the gang, one nln being Sc
..e' to Caledonia aftrE Carr, who Was understc
lie to be there. i.
uH They tirst stopped at Dongola, where tn
.1s ~ took thrrc, named Adde Alden and Will:
~ ~. and Harn,an Smith. On the two Smiths tn
~ found a lot OF counterfeit gold dollars.
- Adcu they found nothing, but afterwards q
~ ~ covered his pocketbooS with cnns{dcra
~ counterfeit money. Gu cue Of the smith
ro'k ~ ~ p.p. oI,,s i,orso ~, ,s.rf IN Inn
,,a boro, where they got two men, naIneu tFt
sE ape Webb and John Mead On Webb they fou
;ent a lot Of paper money and hoges Sold dolt
~ ;a., While in the station house at JonesboFu n
rta these fellows, 4 man named Dn1'a5 came in
"na .oIt commenced abusing the officers. spcn
lep' -tarted to strike him, when Uupas drew 4
volver, but quicker than thought Ian DC"
shooting iron and shot him under his 4
without hitting hiu,. He Was thrn laandeu
Leg and kept custody untilthc officers lett, VI
.ncc he was turned loose. On Mead numbe'
tate bogus dollars were found:
[hus narty came down to Wetang, where they
rested man named F. Morris, on whose
[, of | s,,u counterfeit gold dallars also were fot
cure II Ullln, few miles further down, they 70
hose AID Wise, another Of tne gang, who was On
your 10 Cairo antl placed in Jail. Tomorrow
Ions uing they will 60 10 Springfield for an ex:
,eral natiou. Carr IS at Caledonia detained l.
shts tue otncefs VI naoe@s eofposs pot "1t4
iIlion have his turn
asls This Is Il very impos11nt a1Ies1, auu
the Rcardcn il entitled 10 1nnen cFeolt 1ol "
sx1N- | III. up gahs u counte11chS1o a11 -:
rnt,,f | VINO flaye long infested Southern lninolt
,ou- the great annoyance and injury Vi thc lnl
,apts aud others. It Ia not the only ya1i
i'd II service he has rendered in his official eapa