The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-29

four doilarA Such gushing confidence is always dis
coyerable, ready waiting to be duped. Like those
nguratiye pigs which run about ready roasted, with
forks stuck In them, and asking TO be eaten, the
simple cOuntryman invites the swndler and assists
ms own seduction by his very gulelessness. 1t Is
thus that the most successful OF these swndlers
manages to make, occasionally, between thirty and
the "store' where the orodes are disposed Of is
usually little lottery Offlce, where the fool who
has been gulled into committing, one indscreton is
speedily helped to another Many OF the "full-
jewelled" oroides adjusted 30 as to run equally
regular in the extremes Of heat and cold" sell for
twenty-five dollars apiece when their Ireal value is
not more than lfty-hve dollars per dozen. The
pieces which constitute the movement OF the watch
are enclosed in brass cases, which cost scarcely
seventy-dYe cents each and the Waltham watches,
to the eye Of the credulous dupe initiated to per-
fecton by the adoption OF the genuine trademarks,
substituting merely d for q Z and changing Wal
than into Wsldham.
Custom House Frauds.
The Collector Of Customs at this port, the Naval
Officer, the Surveyor OF the Port, the Solicitor OF the
custom House, and the United States District Attor
ney have been holding conference in regard to the
weghers OF the weight Of imported goods. Mr.. b. G.
Jayne, an officer OF the Custom House, made am
davtt TO Commissioner Osborn that the agent of a
certain Water street firm OF this city gave to several
weighels in the Custom House large sums OF money
in Consideration OF their procuring false returns in
the weight Of quantity OF coffee. This aldavit is
the cue to number OF similar transactions, and the
agent thus accused OF brbng has been arrested and
committed in default of $1,000 bail. Other warrants
have been issued, and IL is not to be believed but
that some important arrests VIII De made TINS week:
revenue officers are bent doing their duty. Sevc-
rOl well-knOwn importing houses are implicated,
well as the relatives and protcges OF not few dis
t1nguished politicians.
The Rogers Murder.
After the lapse OF nearly twelve months il is An
nOunCed once more that the real murderer OF Mr.
Charles Rogers is dscovered-nay that he is now in
this city superintendent Kennedy says that he
knew all along who he was, but that the escape OF
the party was due to the suspicious against him
being made known in the newspapers These poor
newspapers it Is well their shoulders are broad for
Il
The SOrOsis aud the Press Club.
The members OF the SOrosS and the members of
the New IOrk Press Club banqueted soemnly toge-
ther on Saturday evening ut Delmonlcos Horace
Greeley, Celia Burleigh, Mark NJ. Pomeroy jose
phlne Pollard, s. $. Packard Mrs. Norris r. Morton,
7. r. Barnum Mrs. Carter Theodore Tton, Miss Il.
w. ESteTbrook, Oliver johnson, Mrs. Charlotte Will
bour, Demas Barnes, Madame DemOrest, Mr. c. f..
Wfbour, Eleanor Kirk, Mr.. Whtclaw Reid, Phoebe
Carey, George Wakeman, Agnes Noble, Douglas
Taylor, Abby Patton, and Captain j. III. Howell
were there, and number of notorieties and Ceebri-
ties sent regrets, letters, and toasts. ALI BABA.