New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-03

srcis xpres.on which the sai aui humorous stru.
d TO- ns,iery. ststed thst cugt the prisoners real
gcod desi. toe worn apps aaec of the boo.s Tss
rather due 20 hard usage by tex !oger owners IL
s.so rrluakcd that al taipgs wvrs not what they
seemed, ani IN the n'erence, vaich our sabse-
qsnt observation confirmed, tha. iL,tosd OF hayos =
W,lselocted Library, tie prison Lax a. excelcat co..
acton ot literary AZ gut es-Prm'ti'e sr.thmetiss
old systems OF bookkeeping, deca,el botsnies tre,-
tises fuNous, eSirct aluanac-. Ooe Publisher had
prtseuted tie muu!fceDt number Of 80 ccpss Of q
Fourth Glass Reader and smother tie sane rumb,r Of
= mythical geography, well SEASONED. Besides, tasre
wtre Go copies ot book known a. the Convict
Ship. which long sgo through the efforts Of qicin.
indiSd were contributed BY outside snbscr pca,
aud Gts gned to he placed in the cells Of coav.cs wAo
could read alors with copies Of tho Bible. s. much
for legal fri, I'd ani his generous bsckes. Mr..
Luckey has ncerty purchased 500 volumes OF mi'cel-
laneou, books cut of aa appropriation made i'r 'hN
purpose by the LcStlstuTe last WGtec. From the
reverend eentlemans long sclua ntaGce With the in-
,eec,ual wants Of convlct, an his known good taste
il Is safs 70 believe h. mas not added to the already
cop US supply of must. cecs rsphes and last and only
editions of uuhearOf books The sub-,t Of fur
n.hrg useful reading ma ter tor e.. n.nals comuenis
Itself TO the at ution OF piianthrofs and officers OF
penal Institutions generally. At sung Sirg the trial
tas been attended with satisfactory results The
Gbrary was frst invented there three years since, 10y
the Rey NJ. Lpctey, and the Tea .e.s numbered %
they low number seven hundTed.
As ALLEGED SwINpLING OPER,rION.-Within the
last week business Transaction Of rather 4 singular
nsture has occupied the attention Of the police, but
arrests have yet been msie Il sppoas that for some
tine past an individual whose name for the preSen.
We withhod) residing in Sixth street, on the east side
Of the city, has been purchasing Of various merchants
downtown goods in small los, and on short credit
Tie party represented tina. he doing business in
the city and ths the goods purchased were FOR city
trade but il seems that instead of selling the goods
here Le sent them To Scranton, Pennsylvania, AMI
other places for the purpose, as Is alleged OF de-
fraud lis crcditoYs Onthe 10Th lest month acart
man. wto said lie caue from Sixth street. eit load con-
ssting Of five trunks and three eases, marked j. A.
A." Scraitor Penn" on Pier No > NOr.h River, and
hurried away without taking a receipt for the prop
city. Til, strange action tue part of the clrtman
led to the Suspicion that the trunks contained stolen
goods and the matter reported to Police heal
quarters. dispatch sent 10 Scranton for par
culas, and word was returned by the man in charge
Of the NAon that tie goods had arrived, bet that he
did no, know what to do With them. sec)ud tele-
graphic dispatch was sent, telling him to deaio the
property. TIE following Friday another load Of
goods to the same address, loft the same per-
and the matter coming to the Knowledge Of the police
the property wss seized, and taken to headquarters
Immediately thereafter two men appeared before tue
Superntenden!, and claimed The goods. They were
cloely questioned, but their answers proving unsats-
factory they were told that tie goods would for the
present be detaiued. The men promised to return
with proof as to their ownership, but they have not
sgan made their appearance. Som, of the victims
are sad to BE- Calhoun & Robbins, Wm. Tappsn and
Alex. Meldrog, John ]. Hinchmsn, Joseph H. Jack
son and Frauklin II. Jackson, and j. w. rooker.
The amount of goods obtained s said to amount D
$1,000. The alleged owners Of the goods arc about
tahil 2 measures to recover the property.