, 1863-10-14
THE CITY.
TNE GEOLoGIOAL IMPOsTOR ATT.
RESTED IN EGYPT.
1a1s ttPalpltation Dodge Nyourdo,t
Save Him.


ycsteros5's TRIBUNE, Of sharper. protesting t.
be James Dale Owen-how # he victims lied tbc .rIen
4he, Judicial and gnbernatosia, notables Mt Du.
7buque. and his lites operations upon {. N. Adam.
Esq, OF La Sails, On The 81 instant
The ne1twe hear OF him, he arrives ut Colon.
station, on the I. c. r. R.. In company with q
- young man named Ingram, and bis mother, whose
acquaintance he 'cu1ttvatsd" on the cans-doubt-
3ess thinking he had 'tst1uckn rich lead" Mrs.
Ingram had inst dTsposed OF her interest In large
estate, and had the money with her. The oldladv
and her son stopped with their friend, Dr.. E. B.
Smith, OF Colona-and, of course, the Professor
sined there also, and hInted very strongly that be
would remain over night. and "elucldater some
important theories and discoveries in ceolo,v,
WHEN Dr.. 3. would be more at leisure, In the eva.
ling. For some reason, Dr. Smith declined: Mrs.
Ingram and son remained, but the Professor took
the night train to Tamaroa-not, however. until
hehad spert two Or three hours in posting the Dr.,
asto who he was, and showing him a handfull ot
letters Of Introduction, railroad passes, &C., &C.
and in the course Of conversation he stated that he
-cousidered geology ! very important scicnce-ore
that IL wof1y neglected and that for the eale OF
Encouraging the study of geology, and thu mora
general diffusion OF knowledge pertaining to the
science, he had in few instances donated copies
0i Lye1l's Antiquities, Dana's Ninernlosy and &c
ology, and some geological textbooks, to public
libraries, and also sold them to indiv1duals for q
mcre nominal cum, which his connection with the
. Smithsonian Institute. aud his Intimacy with the
authors and publishers, {himsclf being m author1
enabled bin to do. DR.. Smith agreed thst the
works he nsmed would be valuable addition to
his library, aud when the Professor 80 generously
offered to ecnd them to him for IS, he Ut once sd.
RANGED him ths money
A5ter paying his respects to the learned gentlemen
in the towp. and tnquiring into the affairs OF the
Sanitary Commisston, the Professor left 70. Jonea
boros Shortly after he left, Dr. s. saw the erposs
OF the Professor, md wrote to friend In Jones
boro, a11udins TO the exposition. In eome way
the Professor soon heard that the officers were
about to arrest him; md he found but very few In
4elligept men to call upon In Jonesbo:o. aud verv
1ittle ''sanltaxy'' business to trausact. Hs took
1he next train back to Tnmao:a. Here he walked
Htraightw4y two miles Into the country, to the re
sidcnce Of L. S. Norton, Corresponding secrcts-y
OF the Sanitary Commission. lie had scaree,v
made himself and his Sanitary business knogn
to Mr. No1tun, before certain county officers calf
ed dUpon him and requested him to Co to town
with thern. He was In the midst Of exhfbitlpr
1tose valuable letters, passes. &C., and had his
hands full Of them; but the officers feld = warrant
in their hands, which was ''trump' = and took him
and his GENERALLY wen-played cards. AsMe. Nor
ton stood in his doos, and enjoyed the dissolyine
view Of the Professor, marched off between two
ofncc1s Of tue law, he was at q loss to
know what to make Of the trensaetipns-could
scarcely believe his eycs-and had a b1cht
meteor ehot through his door yard, he wpuld not
have been more surprised than By the hasty and