Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-17
NEW YORK LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondent.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Everybody knows that our city is
full of "rings" and that they are the
worst and most daring in their swim
dles;they existwithout regardto" par
ty, sex or color ;"efforts are made at
every annual election to break them
up, when the white coated philoso-
pher usually unites with his demo-
cEatic contemporary Of theCitizen to
reform the abuses under which we
suffer. They did SO far succeed on
one occasion, as to get the lamented
Miles O'Rielly position in the city
government. Miles was no respec-
ter of persons, and he wrote some
caustic things about the New York
Rings, which have been published
by the Harper Brothers, in his book
of poems. No sooner was it known
that the volumewas to be published,
than rotund Aldermen essayed to
stop it, and visited the publishers
ito arrange the matter )" of course
they did not succeed, but their at
tempts to squelch the book has prov
ed a big advertisement of it; now
everybody wants Miles O'Reilly's
poems in which he pays theRing his
compliments.
Among the numerous swindles
that are perpetrated in the city
THE SOUP FRAUDS,
are just now assuming prominence
A person styling himself Rever.
end, has been collecting large sums
of money for clothing and providing
for orphans, and it appears that some
seventy-five thousand dollars, osten.
sIbly collected for the establishment,
of soup houses, &C., cannot be prop
erly accounted for.
JUDICIAL SEVERITY.
Some of our courts have been deal
ing with the utmost severity, with
viOlators of law and if the zeal il
kept up, we may see the burglars
and murdererS that infeSt our streets
considerably thinned out in few
weeks. One day last week ten
burglars were sentenced in the re-
corder's court to an aggregate of for
ty-siX years and six months impris
onment; of these eight were arrested
and sentenced within q week after
committing the crimes for which
they were convicted.
FILLIBUSTERING.
Recruiting for theCuban revolution
still continues in a quiet way. 1t is
Il
the southern coastsfor that Island III
spite of the most vigilant watchful.
ness. The revolutionists have been
recruited by numerous squads of sol
diers who served in the late Union
and Confederate armies, who shiT
over in small schooners, from Flori-
da. The attention of the Spanish
minister at London has been called
to these facts, and he has been in.
structed To proceed to this coun-
try to "settle any difficulty" thai
may arise 1t must be confessed
that good deal of sympathy is man
ifested for the revolutionists among
all classes.
NOVEL READING IN COURT.
The libel suit of Mr.. Charlie:
Reade the English novelist agains
MIR. Sweetzer, for publishing mali
cious criticism in the Round Tabl,
upon the story Griffith Gaunt, wa.
one of the most amusing on record
Mr.. Reade's counsel introduced Mr.
Vandenhoff, the elocutionist and Sc
him to reading the novel as evidence
to the jury. The court was appalled,
at the magnitude of the evidence
while a large crowd were jubilant a
the prospect of hearing a goot
novel read by professional
reader-admittance free. 1t was tn,
opinion of some that the plaintiff
would injure the sale of his works i
he were to make a practice of doing
this.
LITERARY.
In this connection We mention the
fact that Messrs. Fields, Osgood
Co.. of Boston have completed theil
household edition of Charles Reade':
Novels by the issue of an eighth vol
ume containing seven of Mr.. Reade':
shorter stories. We believe this edi
ton now covers all of Mr.. Reade':
works of fiction, and in fact all his
works of any kind which are known
to the public, except a spiteful little
book, entitled ''The Eighth Com
mandment, touching on matters o
copyright.
Hitherto his Novels have been is
sued in various shapes, not uniform
in size, style or price. The present
is n favorable occasion for offering
to the public new edition which
shall answer all remarkable demands
at the low price of one dollar @ vol
ume by mail, postpaid.
The Harpers have just issued s
new work by Mr.. Hepworth Dixon
author of the New America, enti
tied Her Majesty's Tower" pric,
sixty cents. 1t is a skillful grouping
of the events and peroons in English
History that are especially associat-
ed with the Tower, ''the most an
cient and poetic pile in Europe /
is striking glimpse of the long
tragedy of history, that tragedy
which almost seems to justify
Swift's cynical satire and Carlyle's
scornful sadness and impatience
The book of Mr.. Dixon's will bt
found peculiarly interesting, and
quite invaluable to those who art
going to London, and to the genera
reader.
Continuity of Purpose.
Mrs. Elizabeth Osgood, residing in