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E,STATE of john u. Hamilton,

H,SAATE of John IL. Hamilton,
- 1deceased.-Notice is hereby given that
letters OF administration on the estate of
John Y. Hamilton, late of Newton Ham
alton, Miffiin county, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, residing in
same place. All persons indebted to the
sala estate are hereby notified to make
immediate payment, and those having
claims, TO present them duly authentica-
ted for settlement.
JOHN ROBERTSON,
marIS-6t* Adn,in;strotor
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17

STRAYED AWAY on Sunday last, a
- large red and white cow, with a white
star on her forehead, large horns and from
II to ii years old. a liberal reward will
be paid for her return or information that
will lead to recovery.
A. J. Mccoy.
Lcwistown, April II, 1867.
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MIL OY
ACADEMY & SEMINARY,

Milroy, Miff1in County, Pa,
FTHE Summer Session of this Institution
A. will commence on the lst May, 1867. Whole ex-
pcnse for term of % weeks, including Tuition, Board
and Furnished Room S75. Full instructions given
those preparing for College, Business, or Teaching.
Tins Institution Is located in of the finest Val
leys ia the State at the foot of the Seven Mountains
IN a healthy neghborhood. and amid unsurpassed
scenery. 1t is accessible within few miles by rail-
road J. A. AIkENS,
aplf-5n Principal.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Job Work.

EahtE sheet bills 81 80 for 25 ess fourth sheet
bs = ff rs less; hail sheet bill 81 for Is or less.
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ESTATE OF Abner Thompson,

ESTATE of Abner Thompson,
~ decd. Notice is hereby given that
letters of administration on the estate of
ABNER THOMPSON, late of the Bor-
ough OF Lewistown, Mifflin county, de-
ceased, have been granted to the under
signed, residing in said Borough. All
persons indebted to said estate are Motif
ed to make payment Immediately. and
those having claims to present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
NANCY M. THOMPSON,
MARRIOTT Administrative
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Agents Wanted in Mifflin & Adjoining Counties
FOR
''VOman's Work In the Civil War;
PREPARED under the apnroval of

''Woman's Work in the Civil War;
DREPARED under the approval of
Il the SANITARY & CHRISTIAN COMMISSIONS.
treasure, JOY and blessing to future times. IL de-
velopes q new. social era power in woman; a
new phase IN Christianity itself"
T. S. ARTHUR'S MAGAZINE says: ~yge welcome
this Book most heartily the only record Of Wo-
mans work IN the War which makes any approach to
The SOLDIERS MESSENGER says: sThis is the only
to completeness"
In the beauty of Its typography, and the excelency
OF its numerous fine steel engravings, it is a model
Agents have difficulty in selling it, for all who see
1t want TO read it. Energetic young and ladies'
Will find an agency for this work the best paying bus
mess they can engage IN during the Spring and sum-
mer. For full description of the work and terms to
agents, Address ZEiGLER, McCURDY Co, sol
H. or 500 Otjce St., 81. Loas No -''' 0ti,f'' ap17
THE FOLLOWING applications for
l. License have been filed, for presenta-
ton, at adjourned court, to be held May
7th, 1867:
TAVERN.
Jacob Jacob, Bre4eman' 5c H E. W. Lewistown.
Bear & Hamaker, w. w. "
Daniel Eisenbise, "
Jacob Bearly, {"
John Dipple,
Benz Iaa1:t, A; BRA Bradley, Mcveytown.
Martha Bush,
ThOs. E. Williams, Reedsville.
Aaron NJ. Shoop, %
VIM. L. NanZandt, Newton Hamilton.
VIM. Brothers, "
John b. Miller, d"
John A. Waream, Granville Township.
Elias b. Hummel, Decatur
George Settle, Bratton /"
Richard Brlndle, Belleville.
Geo w. Graham, Milroy.
Frank A. Hutton,
LIQUOR STORE.
Nathaniel Kennedy, Lewistown,
A. Hamaker,
RESTAURANT.
James w. Price, Lewstown.
w. III. BRATTON,
Clerk of Sessions.
Clerks Office, Lewistown, Ap'l II, 1867.
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Notices of New Advertisements.

fhe Poor House Farm is offered at public sale
Teacher EXafnEatIon--Samue Comfort offers Coal
and Luin tpr s'ieAge Wanted for the sale of a
Valuable "ar!,-1!ilroy Academy and Seminary
New Goods al Daniels ( Stone's-Estray-Tuy Ii
censes-Auditor's Notice &c.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17

r- Monday last April 18th, was the anniversary Of
President Lincoln's assassination
rn- The Radicals of St. Louis have elected their
city ticket by an average majority of 400.
Rs5- France and Prussia have got into loggerheads
about Luxembourg. which the former considers ne
cessary to her boundary.
Co. The Supreme Court has refused leave to file the
Mississippi injunction bill. The Georgia case will
come up tomorrow.
ra The Legislature of this State adjourned on
Thursday last The pay of the members was not in
creased.
pn- A young man named Snyder, a school teache-,
while engaged IN rafting, was accidentally knocked
off a raft in Shamokn dam, and drowned.
aS~ Aaron Zellers of West Buffalo, Union county
ttely committed suicide Hy hanging himselfto small
saping In strip of woods
Fg- fire occurred in Wilkesbarre on the 9th inst
which destroyed the Record of the Times printing Of
hee Western Union Telegraph office, and about 20
other buildings Loss ssO,oooto 100000 about half
&s- The election Jersey City last week resulted
as follows: o'Nelil Dem, for Mayor, 1868; GopsilL
Rad. rep l9iS-gIving Gopsill majority of s5 a very
nneavy hepuohcan gam, the city generally giving 500
Democratic majority.
~ Dan Rice has had the good sense of employing
~ SiSeI'ns agent Chares stow, Esq formerly of
e editors CT the Buffalo Republican, whom we Judge
lsh under such leader.
Go The New Orleans Picayune in an article on ne
gro suffrage says with great force; II il ridiculous
or any one TO pretend that he is lowered disgraced
hy gong to the polls with u negro when he crowds in
post Office"
80 An accident to an engine on the Penn'a Rail
ROAD on Friday last, near Derry Station, caused by
Hluie and horse the track, resulted in the killing
OF Mark O. Knowton, engineer, and inluring Samuel
Reese fireman, Joseph W. NickIin conductor, and
Scanlon brakeman
IS The Cambria Iron Works last winter kept in
operation and sustained AT its cost two night
schools for the benefit of such young men and bows
as We're precluded by their daily duties from attend
IhS other schools. What wonderful "oppressor OF
Morrell must be.
nA- The barn OF Mr.. Krape, residing near Washing
ton IRON works, Centre county, destroyed by fire
On Friday week last, and three little children who,
unknown to their parents had gone into the barn to
play, and who doubtless unwiitngly set fire to the
building, were burned to death Nothing was known
of their whereabouts until their charred remains
were found after the fire.
Gs- supplement to the Common School law has
been passed giving directors the right to enter on
lands Tor school house sites where the refuses
to SELL pro"idng for the holding of county institutes
hy apProPriatins certain of county Ireasl-
rlesrecognzlng three grades of certificates and also
makes provision for candidates for superintendents
to have been actual teachers, &c. within limited pc
Rod.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17

A UDITOR'S NOTICE.-The un-
~ dersigned Auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court of Miffiin county to dis
tribute the fund in the hands of t. G. Bell,
Administrator of George w. Fisher, late
of Decatur township, decd, will attend
to the duties of the appointment at the
Reglster's ONCE in Lewistown, on Thurs
day, the "a OF May next, at 10 o'clock, a.
m. All claims not presented at that time
will be barred from coming in on said
fund. w. 7. ELLIOTT,
apr'l|-3t Auditor.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17

Ca AT an election held in Concord II loo, ,ro,
me IN Dem9erats led by ex-Presdent Pierce supported
.s Saiies "a. froctor olack barber. He was however
white man. nF' Aopott q
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17

The columns of a new opera house at At
lanta, Georgia have been erected.
Louisiana has taken the largest amount
of the Pope of Rome's bonds of any State.
Since JEFF Davis's imprisonment he has
received it is said more than 100000 in
contributions.
The Legislature of Missippi recently APP
propriated $4,000 to JEFF Davis.
" 1t should be in the library of every
one who desires to preserve the evidence
of an age of barbarism, and the commits
sion of crimes by invasion, from which
Gaul and Goth and Alan and Suevi, and
Hun and Turk, in the worst period of the
dark ages, would have shrunk with hor-
ror-the crimes Of people who have long
survived the sense of shame, and who, in
the sudden conviction of an overbloaten
power, have survived the sense of fear
also; who, repudiating God, feel them
selves capable of undertaking the tuition
of the devil. Charleston Courier. on q
rebel book.
Letters and appeals for aid come from
all quarters of the South, and starvation
is represented as staring too many in the
face. We have no doubt it is so, vet such
facts like the above do not look well, nor
does the wholesale abuse of the Richmond
Charleston, Mobile, Alabama, and other
Southern papers tend to create a spirit of
charity. The Republican party has been
belied and slandered long enough by those
who caused all the sorrow and misery ex-
listing in the South, and it is high time TO
cease their railing or else cease their beg
ging.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1867-04-17
THE MARKETS.

PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-Cloverseed
ranges from Sll.50 to 1850; small sales of
Timothy at $3.50a3.65. Flour-Penna.
and Ohio extra family $13al5. There is
very little good wheat, and it commands
extreme prices; sales of $500 bus. Penna.
red on secret terms; small lots sold at
S3.25a3.35. Rye commands 81 .65a1 81
Corn more abundant, and prices are lower;
sales of 5000 bushels of mixed Western
on secret terms; 1000 bushels yellow at
81. pal .23 in store, and 81. 25 afoat Oats
lower; Pennsylvania 76a78c.
CATTLE MARKET.
The Cattle Market is dull this week,
and prices are unchanged; about 800 head
sold at from l73c to Isle for extra, 16c to
l7c for fair to good and 12c TO 15c per lb
for common, as to quality.
Hogs were rather lower. 1900 head
sold at the different yards at from SlOal2
per 100 pounds net, including few choice
at So.
Sheep were in fair demand at full pri-
ces; 5000 head sold at from u to 93c per
pound gross, as to condition. Cows were
dull and lower 700 head sold at $45a65 for
springers, and $50a75 per head for cow and
calf
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

THOMAS c. HAND, President,
JOHN c. DAVIS, Vice President
HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary. 1Sl
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

to sale at Public Auction,
AT THE PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE,
In the City OF Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania
on the
18TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
b 1867 e. Il CgoSk n9Gn E Of that Day al and m
LANDS, TRACKS, Line; LINES RAAILS Az 0Ros7rI H,
GHAk& & rs Ek9Ss sp9 S9wRIEGHE F SFd WAS 9thSf
MATEKIALs, HOUSES BUILDINGs, SHOPS,
ElAE EiHxAEEKKE HixEK bEP9Ts bGEhPE9TFoE7 ETaH5 TsN &E
INTERESTS, and all and every other properly aud
ssGP'ESsffiieqng sG'Ssfi e the TEESS Oil 6EEEK AND
porate rights, franchises, and privileges Of or belong
ing to he said Company, together with all and 5ingu-
Cars, Machinery. Tools, Materials, and Implements,
as WI as materials for constrnct1Lg reparlng re-
way An Of which t saia PTGPtTy + situate 10 ye
which SAID Company, by indenture of mortgage dated
he ofHce Of the Recorder OF Deeds Of Vena, 90
conveyed to the undersigned John 5. Sauzade, H
And which the said Company by indenture OF mort
gage dated Aprl 1856. and duly recorded in the oic
said, in Mortgage Book os No 2 page 475. etc. on Eh
Morris k. Jessup, and the undersigned William
Barr, In trust 10 secure certain debts therein
sUce Of decree entered by the said Supreme Court O.
lie stale of Pennsy lyanla on the Sd day OF July, A
ID 1857 in pending in equity in said upon
"a bilI filed by the said John 5. Sauzade, Trustee
the SAID company ana the SAID Morris X
Isssnp and William j Barr, defendants praying
inter ALA for decree of sale of the said mortgaged
nTenisps The terms and conditions OF sale Will be as
| fOlOWs:-
/ First The mortgaged premises will be sold in one
marcel and Will be struck off to the highest and best
| 6idder for cash. . , .,
no Maid 10 tie Undersigned at the time of the by
pe'n,,Tchaser and he must also sign the terms and
conditions of sale otherWlse the said premises Will
| he inn ediately resold.
| IA 20 the undersigned. at the Banking House OF
TniC ej a CO., No. "a S. Third street, Phiiadel-
! Lhia within thirty days from and after the day of
| sAIe' WILLIAM BARR, Trustees
| JOHN s. SAUHADE, Trustee
| purTADFIPHIA, July s, 1867.
| a. 9OMAs d SONS. Auctioneers. 9tu8m
| nv in
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Oh . ARCH STREET. = GAS FIXTURES.
OIA CHANDELIERS, BRONZE STATUARVs
ETC.yAlNKIR la g. q GO, would respectfully direct
rally to their large and elegant assortment
FIXTUREs. CHANDELIERS, and ORINA MFN1AT
BRONZE WARES. Those wishing handsome ANA
thoroughly made Goods, at very reasOnabie prIoS
will hnd Il 70 their advantage TO give us call befo
N. B.-soiled or tarnlshed fixtures rehnished WI
special care and At reasonable prices.
~ em VANKIRK & ca
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Jesus Christ is the Son
Of God Rs much as any
other man. and no more.
lie was not begotten by the
Holy Sbirit.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

TEACHINGs OF THE BIBLE
"rhe soul that turnath
after such as have familiar
spirits, and alter WARDS,
j will even set my face
against that soul, and viii
cut him off from among
his people"
"Tae prophecy came not
I'm old lime by the viii OF
man; but holy men of God
spake as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost"
straight Is the gate that
leadeth unto lite, aud lew
there be that hnd H."
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

SpIRlIUALlsIh' CREED.
We believe II TO be right
and highly beneficial TO
hold intercourse with de-
parted spirils, and TO cove
nanJ with them 10 remain
with us as our familiar
friends and guardians.
We believe the Hebrew
prophets were inspired bv
The spirits Of the dead
lust as mediums are in
spired In these days.
We believe that all the
human race will hnaliy bt
saved.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

1S20-CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Go.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE:
NOS. A80 AND 487 CHESNUT STREET
ASSETS ON JANUARY L, Ie67,
S2,S58,I46I8.
Capital 800 10000
Accrued surplus S4bIlS9o
,0Oo4oz'lo
UNSETTLED CLAIMS, INCOME FOR 1885,
e27,43lIo t325,OOO
LOSSES PAID SINCE 1879 OVER
S8,5OO,OOO.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies Liberal Terms
DIRECTORS.
CHARLES N. Bancker, George FRles,
Tobias Wagner, Alfred Filter,
Samuel Grant Francis w. Lewis, M d.
George W. Richards Peter Mccall,
lBRaC Lea, Thomas Sparks.
CHARLES N. BANCK ksR, President
GEORGE FAI4ES, Vice President
J, W. AoALLISTER. Secretary pro tenn. l3l tl28l
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TnE PmILADELPHIA Al

III HS-A THE PHILADELPHIA ANN
SSthhshSexz SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP COM
PANY'S REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY LINE
EOK KMILMINGTON, w n. q,
The steamship PIONEER $40 Iona Cantsin par
nett, will leave for the above port on TiHURSDAY
below borUce street), ~
Bills lading signed at through md reduced rates
to all principal points in North Carolina
Agents at W ilmington, Worth d Daniel.
WILLIAM i. JAMES, General Agent.
4R No. 3l4 s. Delaware aVenu0.
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8 ALE OF
RAIL ROAD PROP ERTY
AND FRANCHISES.

AND FRANCHISES.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of decree
The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania, we will expose
to sale at Public Auction,
AT THE PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE,
In the City OF Philadelphia, State OF Pennsylvania
on the
THTH nav OF OCTORER
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-13

1S2o-CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18
GREAT WATCH SALE,
IUr 81.
Jan 1S

On the Popular One Price Plan
Vt and Reliable WATCH, for the low
price Of Ten DOLLARS, without regard
TO value, and not to be paid for unless per
fectlv satisfactory.
100 Solid Gold Hunting Watches, $3.50 to
SS7;5G; iG3 Magic Casc;i Gold Watches, 1900
to $50; 100 Ladies' Watches, cnamelcd 800
to $500; 200 Gold Hunting Chrunometer
Watches, $3.50 to 800; 200 Gold Hunting
English Levers 5000 to $3.50; 300 Gold Hunt
ing Duplex Watches, $50 to 5000; 800 Gold
Hunting American matches, 500 to $3.50;
500 Silver Hunting Levers, $50 to $3.50; 500
Silver Hunting DupieXes, S75 to $3.50; $50
Gold Ladies' Watches, $50 to $3.50; ,000
Gold Hunting Lepines. so to SIS; 1000
Miscellaneous Silver Watches, $50 to 500;
25G0 Hunting Silver Watches. S25 to $50;
5000 assorted Watches all kinds $40 tc
$75.
as Ey.ry pa,,o', ol;.,:. obtains -, watch wat y
it may be worth $3.50 No partialitv shown
Nessrs. J. HICKLING Il co. li9 Broad
was, New Yvri, City, wish To Immediately
dis ,0sc Of til" ab, We magnificent stock.
Certificates, naming the articles. are placed
III scaled envelopes, and weii mixed. Hold
ers ar entitled 10 the articles f.amcd on
their certificate, upon payment OF so,
whether it be watch worth 800, or ono
worth less. The rrturn OF any Of our GER
;ticatcs cnt;tlys you to the article named
thereon, npon payment. irrespective of its
worth, and as no article valued less than
Sl0 IL named on ANY certificate, ii sill ut
once be seen tha: this is no LOTTERY,
bnt straight forward legitimate transac-
ton, which nay br participated il even 10y
the most faStItliuuS.
\ single certificate Nil! be s>u b. ;nail.
postpaid, upon receipt Of IS r,n;a: tivo
Tor 81; eleven for s.: ;hirtythrce, and Gle
giant premium, for IS; sixty six, and more
valuable premium. for $40; one hundred.
and most superb watch, for SIS. To
:.S' pts o- ,luse wishing employment, this
is :: rare opportunity. 1t is q lcSitlmatcly
conducted business. daily authorized by
the Government, and open 20 thc most
careful scrutiny. Try us. Address
J. uiCkI.!NG < Co.
Jan 10 1,no 1i9 Broadway. New York.
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\ despatch dated Boston, January
II, says. "Governor Bullock sent to
the Legislature to-day n letter re-
ceiycd by him from Governor Orr, of
South Carolina, which contained the
following passage: i have the honor
TO acknowledge the receipt Of your
communication. enclosing IL copy of
the resolutions OF the State of N[assa.
cIlusctts. directing certain books to
be provided and sent to this State, in
response to my application to you
This action osthc Legislature Of your
S!ate is gratefully appreciated by
South Carolina, aud is an augury
that the ancient fratornal relations
between these two original States of
the Union are being restored. Widely
as We have differed in the principles
Of tie Government III the past, let
the accrhitics Of these differences be
buried, and the future only unfold a
generous rivalry in advancing the in-
tcrests and promoting the glory Of q
common county,"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18

The IMPRESSION MADE UPoH Ben.
DE:-The Memphis Bu,letin, Of
the 9Th inst. says:
Senator Wade said to Il Mississippi
Judge, a resident OF Oxford, we be-
lieve, that he has wholly miscon-
ceived the spirit and purposes Of the
South. He had deemed us animated
by fixed, irremcdiablo hostility to
Northern people, and by this appre-
hension of Southern sentiment his
course in the Senate has been shaped.
He had seen and heard enough dur
ing his sojourn in these States to
satisfy him that he had been misled,
and that his subsequent conduct
would show that he had the manli-
ness to confess an error Such is the
substance Of his remarks, as recited
to us.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18
4 ScuRvY IMpEACHEa. The tel,

A ScuEvY IMpEAcHEa The tcle-
graph, Il few days ago, announced
that a fellow in Congress, from Mis-
souri,, named Loan, preferred articles
Of impeachment against the Pre-
sidcnt. The editor Of the Memphis
-iPpeM says that he has the m;sfor-
tune TO know something of this per-
son, and adds: He was never known
to be invited to the house OF any gen
tleman, within the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant. A pot-housc. pet
tifoSging lawyer, is this Bcn. L. Loan,
who now brings to the bar OF public
justice the Chief Magistrate of this
great republic. .
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18
A FEMALE WOMAN OF ConoR.

A FEMALE WOMAN OF CoLoR. A
negro woman has been lecturing
lately in Nashville. The press of
that place says she is honored 10y
large audiences of niggers, of all
sexes, and that she is educated strict
ly in accordance with Northern ideas,
and imbued with political principles
hot from the fiery brain Of Obcrlin
professors. In one of her lectures
she said:
"Tho South is the theatre of our
people. In the North we arc over
shadowed by q civilization that is
four hundred years in advance of US
The old foundations of society arc
overturned. Cotton was the great
power which kept slavery in existence
/ would have the colored man get
this cotton into his hands. II there
is man in this house who has made
one bale of cotton for his master, let
him now go to work and make two
for himself. Let him say, Il will DO
something for myself"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18

RoGuERY.-Two horses were stolen
last week from the stables Of differ
ent gentlemen of this town. These
ontiaGes are becoming alarmingly
prevalent, and are increasing, from
the fact that the scoundrcls engaged
in their commission are rarely, if
ever, detected. The lost property is
very seldom rccoycrcd-it vanisnes
into the gloomy shades OF the night,
and IS seen no more by its former
owner. Chester .Gan1{aW
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-18

An INGENIOUS SwINDLE- of
our citizens has recently been made
the victim of swindling scheme,
which seems to have been conducted
with considerable skill, and to have
been long in preparation. IT appears
that about two years since, Mr..
Francis Faxon, of this city, formerly
engaged in the shoe business. was in
troduced to New York dealer in
diamonds and other precious stones,
named Moot. The man soon began
to borrow money of Mr.. Faxon, in
small sums at first, but gradually in
creasing the amounts, and paying
high rates Of interest on his loans,
and meeting his Obligations promptly.
BY this means, he secured the conf
dence of Mr.. Faxon to such an ex-
tent that he appears to have been
willing to trust his almost constant
customer and creditor with any
amount which he might desire.
OF late, the loans have increased,
until they reached the large sum Of
$50, 600, secured by the deposits of
diamonds and other valuables in the
vault of bank in New York, and of
which Mr.. Faxon retained the key
About ten days ago, the swinller
sent word to Mr.. Faxon that he
wished to remove the securities to
another place of deposit, and desired
Mr.. Faxon to send on the key Of the
vault, in which they then were. Mr..
Faxon unwisely acceded to this re-
UueSt and since that tin, q has pai+ln,.
been able to secure the return Of the
key, nor obtain any clue - the
whereabouts of the man.