The Daily Cairo Bulletin

—Several weeks ago we received a postal card from a Rev. Richard Young, stating that he was on his way to this city and that he would here organize a—something. (we have forgotten what). We paid no attention to the card and the matter passed out of our mind, but was recalled by a mention of him in the Mt. Vernon News yesterday.

The News states that this gentleman has just been tried in the circuit court of that place upon three indictments for grand larceny. The evidence of the prisoner's guilt being overwhelming, the jury had but little difficulty in reaching a verdict, which was a conviction upon each separate indictment, and fixing the punishment at nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary—three years upon each indictment.

Young accepted the situation with much grace and philosophy, which fact, added to the numerous bold robberies in which he had engaged, led many to suspect that his mind was deranged. Among the sympathizers who entertained this belief was Mr. Samuel Laird, a Mt. Vernon lawyer, who went so far as to suggest to the court that the reverend prisoner was insane, and should receive the treatment due to one in that unhappy condition.

Mr. Young very promptly resented this sort of interference in his behalf, and asked Laird by what authority he made his statement. The latter made no answer when Young continued: "Mr. Laird, I believe, has himself been a preacher, and now, to show him that I am as sane as he is, I challenge him to a public religious discussion."

The court and spectators were satisfied that Young's head was perfectly level, and he will be permitted to enjoy his penitentiary experience without further assaults upon his mental qualifications. A good riddance of bad rubbish this, of which Cairo people will approve as heartily as the citizens of Mt. Vernon.