, 1861-11-01

-. ~ : A4AA' f'Vo V44sol VI LIE kotdf, And for
ms1y connected With tke: Dsaisocrat. whosea
name has becsne sfaAaliar. 10 our re.d
through its connection with certain alleged
forged notes, bogus drafts, and the celebrated
>"smart Papsr.', a1rived yesterday In custody
ofOfneer Dixon, and was lodged IN the county
1al to await trial, in default Of bail, upon the
indictments found against him at the late
term OF the Recorders Court.
The history Of F1int's re-capture is An inter
esting one. He was first arrested, af1er his
sudden departure frum this city, by Captain
Nelson, at Washington, On Sunday, October
10th. He had then been In Washington seY-
eral days, spending bin time In social visits
with friends. At tie time Of his arrest he WAS
on his way to the War Department to meet
one Of the clerks. The officer met him upon
street corner and informed him he was
prisoner. Flint demanded to see the papers.
They were shown to him, aud he expressed
his entire Willingness to accompany the off
Ger. He Was thence taken to hotel, the
officer keeping ft1ict watch over him
during The day. At night he. Was handed
orer to the Provost Marshal for safe Keeping,
WHO detailed guard to watch him, the latter
being rs re are informed, a relative Of the
prisoner. Be this aa it may, in some mystic
rious manner Flint managed to give his GUS
tcdian the slip and went to the house Of
frierd.
The next morning, when officer Nelson
went for his prisoner, his escape became ap-
parent and Was soon nojsed abroad through
the city, causing considerable excitement,
Flint soon found that he could not remsin
long undetected, procured carriage aud left
by the back door, whence be was conveyed to
the outskirts Of the city. From this point,
he eet out afoot for Baltimore by the old
wagon road.
In the meantime, an accurate description Of
his pfrso1aez had been telegraphed in every 6ii-
1ection, with instructions to the various pa
trolls to arrest him as a spy. That dsy the
fugitive accomplished fifteen miles, and
shout nightfau passed the house of county
sheriff, who had received description.
The sheriff was sitting FIN his doorway reading,
but closely observed Flint as he passed.
Confident that he had found the spy, who in
the meantime had accelerated his pace and
got out Of sight, he harnessed his team and
Eet out in pursuit, oyertaking him about
mile from The house. The lsheriff informed
Flint Of the. nature Of his errand, and ended
By taking him back to the house as prisoner,
where he remained over night. During the
conversation in the evening, Flint discovered
that the Sheriff was strongly tainted with Sc
cession sentiments. He accordingly talked
"secesh" 20 strongly that he soon
enlisted the good graces aud sympa-
thies Of the secession sheriff and the
Le1t morning was taken upon the
ssme horse with him to place where the
road ferked. Here they parted good friends,
the sheriff taking one fork and Flint the
other.
All that day Flint travelled on, and 1t night
stopped at farm house, The next morning
he again set out, but had travelled only short
distance, when he TAI into an outpost and
wss made prisoner. His specious arguments
and ehrewd endea7o1s to convince the picket,
he had the wrong man, were wasted on the
desert air. He was sent to Gen. COUGHS
headquarters with the comforting consolation
from his captor that it was 8 pity to shoot
such nice little fellow.
Thence he Was remanded to Washington
and placed in the prison allotted to the male
prisoners, where he remained for two or three
days, until released by the proper authorities
and placed in the hands Of Officer Dixon, who
Lad been dispatched thither from this city to
bring Kim back. He arrived here safely yes.
terday, and is now an inmate Of the County
Jail.
A BooKsE1LER's LIBEL SU1T.-A curious
libel suit is now in progress in the Circuit
Court, brought by P. T. Sherlock, the we'll
| known antiquarian bookseller on Dearborn
street, against Daniel s. nv Wentworth, Principal
| Of the scammon School in this city. The
| plaintiffs declaration sets forth that in addi-
| tfon to the dusty tones Of ancient lore which
enrich his shelves, he some time since, laid in
q stock Of school books which he sold at low
rate; that the defendant, allowed by the rules
Of the Board Of Education to sell school books
to bis pupils, denounced the bookseller to
his pupils In good Eet terms, one morning last
September at the opening Of school, aud cau-
toned them against purchasing books at his
ftore. 1t appears that some Of the damsels
whose presence u1umines the Bcammon
School had taken 1t into their rayward fan.
cies to adorn their dresses by pinning sher
locks little advertisements thereon (Sherlock
is b2che1or)-a proceeding which gave great
offence to the teacher, who forbade any fur
ther decoration in the Sherlock style. The
various phrases employed by the schoolmas-
ter in the alleged ubellous uttersnces are set
forth at length. 4 collateral offence on the
part Of Sherlock waa the writing of several
articles which appeared in the late lamented
| fthfrApn any %ha ,F
the teachers in relation to the sale Of text.
books to the scholars.
The defendant denies the use oI the action
able words in toto, admitting that he made
various remarks on the subject. The testi.
mony consists Of the statements of the
scholars as to the words used, and, of course,
presents the usual amount Of variances. The
presence of score Of bright eyed boys and
pretty girls en1ivened the usually dull cham
ber Of the Circuit Court and inspired the
closing arguments OF Hon. Geo. C. Bates, for
the defendant, and Judge Arlington, for the
plaintiff, with uuwonted elegance aud spirit.
The cause was given to the Jury ut about
halfpaat zine o'clock LAST evening.
One Hundred Teamsters Wanted.
| TS AAi| p AAep pat%A 1AOM CASLlG, EfR
Supervisor of Railroads for the Western NIL,
itary Department at st. Louis, stating that
the Government will give immediate employ
ment to one hundred teamsters, at $40 Der
month and rations, If they will go to that city
by to-morrow's train-and also, that the Iui-
nols Central Railroad will pass them down to
st. Louis at Government expense. This may
be relied upon, the dispatch being signed by
Mr.. Castle.
We ejudge from the dispatch that this call
for teamsters Is imperative that there is very
important work Of transportation to be i'm
nediately done.
PHILHARMONIC SoC1ETY.-At the annua
meeting Of the Philharmonic Society, held in
Bryan Hall, lower room, on Wednesday even
ing, the following gentlemen we're elected
Officers for the ensuing year:
President-E. L TNKnAx
, | Vice Preeident-T. B. BRYAN.
Secreta1y-E. 8. ST1cKNEY.
Tfeasuret-F. GRANGER ADAMs.
M1sical Df1ector-HANs BALATKA.
Il Libra1iar-A. De PAes1o.
Executive Committee-J. DYHRExrCxu, JOSEPH
: B. AUSTEN, JOIN V. LIE MoTsR.
The following resolution was adopted:
, Reso'otd, That. in view Of the disturbed state
carrying out the original plan of initiations aud
monthly dues. the directors be authorized to give
during the coming EeaEon ter3es Of five concerts
AId ifsue tickets for the eatne, admitting one gen
t1ean and two ladies to each Of said Concerts fo1
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