New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-16


to a,y house Of krown responsibility " guarantee
mo b, .olveney. Who could imagine that 90 trans
parent frsud Sc this would dupe any one "no
could sibly obtain credit for tse rent oi tue
,babbiest country store. or work himself into any
better bu.,ess than the peddIng out OF keg OF
strychn ne whi,ly in quart. and pint' to the toper'
Of his neighborbood' And yet sundreds not
Thousands Of rnen VITO are called merchants greediiy
bit at this nssed book, sending in their money aud
orders; and, though never pound OF coffee WI"
ever dispatched TO one OF these credulous custom
er., the Inave was raki-g down $1,000 to s2Voo
per DAY. when the Mayor stepped in and rude|y ar
rested bis career. We presume cash and orders
for coffee from remote points have not yet done
pouring in
Take more recent csss
It seem. that certain swndlers, located mainly In
Connecticut, have been selling lottery tickets and
takirg in casb for them for severa years past n'rer
dronine scheme, and of course having no prizes
to pay. II they issued any pretended drawn num-
ber, they were very cure they we're such as did
not appear ON the faces of the tickets they had sold
for that lottery. Yet they went swimminsly on,
they had stolen several hundreds of thousands OF
dollsrs 4 made several Independent fortunes, at
tbe cost of any number of silly gamblers all over the
land who persisted in fighting very savage tiger,
though be drew blood every spring, and they never
bad even chance for lick at him. We presume
they would have gone on buying tickets and paying
money to these confederated swinders for . life
time, had not Mayor Tiemann smoked out their
game, and, thinking it entirely too steep, put
stop to it. But others will doubtless take it up
or some of these rascsls will choose some new
location, or new dodge, and start on fresh career
of successful experiment on public gullbility.
AS to the Gift swindlers, it does no good to eI-
pose them; but we will say, though for the hum
dredth time, that he who buys a bsok or subscrlbes
to periodical, or does anything Of ths sort in the
expectation and for the sake Of obtaining gold
watch. or passage ticket for California, or house
and lot, or farm as prize in some lottery con-
nected Herewith, deserves to be cheated. To be
sure. he is probably simpleton; but why should
not tie fool and bis money be parted in some more
plausible and ess ridiculous way Why should fool
No !, 900, coo consent to be cheated precisely as
9e9, 500 other fools lave ju-t been'
Understand that there is nothing dishonest nor
discreditabe in offering speeife gift as an induce
nent to customers or patrons. If publisher or
merchant shall see fit to offer package Of seeds,
beefstesb, yard of calico, fam penny whistle, to
every one who buys of him to the value Of dollar
With larger rewards for ampler crstom-he does
not thereby leave the domain Of Trade for that Of
Gambling. We may consider his offer in bad taste,
or as disparaging to his own proper wares, or con-
denned by the canoDs of legitimate trade-that is
all But whenever one aavertises that he will give
something of uncertain value-whieh may be worth
$500 and may not be worth a cent-to each Gus
toner or subscriber, then be sure that, though he
proposes gambling, he really meditates fraud. His
proffers are delusive his gifts are not worth half
what he pretends they are WORTH and those Of real
vaue ere very rarely doled out. Is not all this
PLAIN to men Of senie Why should we be asked
to wie letters to A, B and C, saying that this or
that Gift enterprise is or is not swndle when we
have go often pronounced them all swindles, and
nothing else
One more variety of the swindlng schemes Of
our day must suffice for this time. We alude to
sw windlirg by Matrimonial Advertising The follow
ing note just at hand may serve as an illustrations
To TIE Editor Of The n Y T,ibu,e
SIR An CID hag in Philadelphia gets her living by
occasionally advertising In your paper prrpose''ia9 and
"eorf9ing toung lady rant Of q ha'band" From those
green enough reply she By various svnl
to xtrsc from $40 and then drops the
eo.. for another haul You ought to expos her
Netc York, April H. 1888 A|ICIla
We DO no: mean 70 take the part of swinders;
but We can't help believing that "A Victim has
been served just nght-as many victims had been
before him, ard many more will be after him. For
bow came he 10 respond to this "prepossessing
ga and con6ding young LADY," Was he really IN
want of wife If be were, are the prepossessins
young ladies' within the sphere Of his acquaintance
90 invinciby averse to matrimony that he can make
no impression on the ebdurate heart of even one
among them, If so, we must believe his expert
ence an uncommon one. But no-those who re-
ally desire to make or improve the acquaintance OF
Young ladies with view to marriage, are under no
pece. sty Of either advertising or responding to ad.
yert:.ements This is net the mode IN which any
Young man or young woman who desires aud de-
serves q worthy life partner is at all likely to seek
ore. or ought 70 do So Probably nineteen of every
twer ty matrimonial advertisements are decoys, put
forth by lbertines or "hags" to lure victims into
their tolls; and those who respond TO them are
usually quite as bad as their authors. Sometimes
they originate in spirit Of mischief or frOlic; some
tines they are traps laid to effect particular pur
pose but usually, they lures to vice or nets for
pudgeons-and it is pretty apt to be diamond cut
a, ;;auo,du betgeep ths advertisers and the re-