, 1870-01-24

doubled; there has been very large lnc1eAae In
the consumption Of Portuguese and other foreign
wines; but the importation OF British Colonial
wine has almost ceased.
BOSTON.
| A Dcfnicoriou AEaip-RobblnE tho
City TfensuKy Dealing with
Gn1nbieF&-Li1eraEy and Art mat.
| ters-ss HcdEed ln,'' by Miss Phelps
| "A Story In Verso by Jenn Incclow
-Othcr New Rookk-Arl Training
Tor CkIldreus
[FKon OUR own CORRESPONDENCE
BosroN, jan 70.
TIE LAST KxHRZzLEAENr.
The principal local excitement Of the psat week
has been orer the discovery OF defa1catlon In
the city treasury, and the tratn Of events which
have followed The Treasurer being absent In
Europe, negotiating Htnnnlcipa1 lo1n, more scope
tnau WAS exactly prudent has been given to .
JouIg aastatanr IN his once. Although q young
man Of tho best Of parents, brought up In the
kt1ictest schools OF hethodis1n IN only child and
with the brightest OF ptotpects before him, he
tell rs other youngsters have done before hin,
being enssspped into the gambling houses OF
the city and led TO lose, In rapid
auccetlionten, thousand doEa1z Of the cItya mon.
EY. NuN1 luEIt - u kEAuQAl0n1 pEOlQNpN Q{ GAM
trg houses in Boston, quite ignored BY the police
| IN their reports, and glowing tat Of late from
long per1od Of non.1nte1ereIce by the State Cop.
s&ablee, who used 10 harass them by frequent
| tatds. No sooner had the deficiency In the cttJt
accounts been discovered than stepy were taken
~ protect the Treasurer, made Responsible by hts
bolts, By inducing the faro banks to dlsgorRa
| their plunder, the iuducement being, OF course,
that they might bleed fast couptrymen at their
nw1 nJv
treasury untouched. In order to bling this about
the greatest seercsJ Naa desired, and the case
WEE involved IN snch mystery that nobody but
The reporters and 1eaders Of newspapers KNOW
anything about IT. 4 clamor re&plted a2a,nat the
Chief Of polIce and his detectives, and this
onlcer VAS accused In PRINT for about the
ntieth tine in hts term Of ofce, Of corruption OF
the haEest klno, colluIiou with gameaters and
thleves, sld SO forlb. Meanwhile tue chief kept
his OWL counsel, facts got out only IN dr1bleis,
and large paYt, II not all, the stolen money Bss
recovered. But whlle thlnga were going on in
this way, the Slate Constable waked up and re-
Go1Ved to have finger IN the pie. So The ot1cers
OF his force, all veteran soldiers and an adn1l.a.
bly, drilled md disciplined body 1nadea concerted
foray in detAchneDA on the principal gaming
houses OF Boston. Nearly all those In which the
municipal motley IVES thrown away were visited.
Nobody expected the comtpg OF The 1nyndetg who
entered By oalconies, Wtndows, and In every way
calculated to make their coming complete sur-
pr7ze. Tia fasnlt was the capture OF nearly a
hundred prisoners. and the con1scat,on OF several
thousand dolIasB worth OF property,-State law
now jnsul5ing the seizure not only OF faro
tsble1 and deal boxes aud ivory cheeks,
but also Of the elegant sideboardA, liquor stands,
aud other fur1lt1re considered CORRECT taate for
gaming hpnse- Tne AnbRequent proceedings II
fnf ns The persons arreSted were concerned. were
somewhat JarctcA Being taken tu the evening,
treJ Hero rt}caEed for the night, and the next
morning we're lined twenty aud twenty-five dol.
jars esch.-pald By the proprterora aud shack
EN-" Of the gambling ss.oonA The nAmea given
By the crnluals, ali false, Of conrse-are grave
" given BY the papers. The Stste Constable has
nls reward In tue prompt appause Of public opin.
Ion, but thougnuul people wonder why be could
not have tnde hts descent before; why he hns
suffered his vigorous persecutions Of the prop
sbale1s TO bc interrupted by a 11N which has, at
least, resulted 10 the ruin OF one young man. and
probably In the injury Of many more. Bur we
shall forgive him II he will Keep It up vigorously
Low, and ia the city Of these nulsances altoge.h-
or, AZ II Ii quite within bis power to do
LITERARY AID Art AA7TERs
NesErs. RobeEta Drothe1s have the promlse Of q
new work of conederable importance by MI61
Jean InaeIoW, domestic story, or sort OF short
nuytl In verse; shout al long ~ WhLtuer'd "Suo8
Eound" tits nearly nn1shcd, md wnl be pub
H14GA 1k4l5 IL k4E b4A4AS1t Wllu 4uILG a Qum0&t 4
uesho1t poems never before in PRINT Miss Ingelow
hes undertaken the work With special view Of |
pleasing her hosts OF American lr1snds, and /. viii
nTst appesr IN this country.
The ZANE publlshers have In expectation novel l
by Arthur Helps, author Of "ReAlmah," called |
y Castullr Matemma. which they Will publish IN |
Al about the sAme time they will have |
Ieady for the nar1et ther several dele red books
Mcnis' "Elrthly Paradise" second series, Leigh |
I1fr1f kte $ha NV I ~.
F" Maupsat" They intend to get out before Easter,
also, Miss Ellen FrothlEguam's trnohation OF |
Goethe's beautiful ldyl Of "ae1msn and Dorotnea,"
poem not Unlike "ETaugenre In character
They have several Illustrations to 60 with the
book, including engravtug1 o; eorne Of Kau1bacny
desiera
MessrB. Lee 4 Shepard have undertaken two
Religions works, "The God-Aap." by Rev. Mr..
autoor Of "credo," and "The Bible
and the School Fund, " dealing with the quest,ons
opened BY The Roman Catholics In Cinctunau and
elsewhere, BY Rev. 0r. Hurua " Clark, q Corxrc-
gatosal Clergyman, Of Albany. New York.
Professor s. G. BtowD, ot Hamilton College, has
prepared = new edition. with some fresh master,
Of hia memoir Of Rulus Choa!e originally pren1od-
to an addition OF hts works, and for several yeAss
ror easily found In the bookstores. II Is pub. !
l!Ahed, In handsome volume, BY Little, Brown T.
Co. Nina Elizabeth Stuart Phelps author Of .-Gases
Ajar,H nAA written Anothtr nove1, likely to create
seutat!on in tht literary world quite equal to that
Of her LINT taHou1 book. II Il entitled Hedged
In, " and II = Story with potpose, battling with |
the Ire}udices OF society against fallen women
who may wiah 10 reform, showing how such IN ona u
may be "htdked In" by k1ndneaa and gentle [
charity, and brought back 10 purity and seli.re. I
bpect- The acene Of the story II LAID here Ia New I
Engiard, and It ID ntIo longer tnan " The Gates I
Atar." Itis 10 be put 10 press Immediately, nnd
viii bH N1t6fn n l
ca1 gwen . great deal Of thought TO the hRrn 1
queAuon with which Ahe deals, AID does not Krtto \
wcolIy without aper1cEce ia attempts Al It's prsc.
t1ca1 solution. her toeotcs and dispoastlon to put
them tnto Practice having brought her into contact
Z lth naDy remarkable c1ses eren In the country |
10 Tn in n hich she lves. She hss worked from |
Ter heart. AID the result Is a tive book Ike her
Int one
Mesue. Field, Ofgood i Co. hare also updes-
AIKEN the publication Of a str1trg Few book By
AE. J. K. Metbery, Who nas written IN the -sorth
rnt1icon RrrItr and Atlantic honthly. On IMAM. |
;tal autjects. Hts title ID, The Men and Ayste- |
lea Of H&u Street" and his book aims 70 give q
:lear and authentic inside view Of one Of the
rost remarkable phases OF American iire.
Our Legislature Il giving prompt and faForab!e
to the tequest for an act Of lncor-
ro5stlon 1or public art mnseum. The project
las al The symptoms Of Vitality. I
Meanwhile, some OF tho same gentlemen
ute1etted In that scheme bAye stken steps to I
'rocu1e more speedily tome Of the essentials for
ne ednc1tton OF The yourG IN artistic tde&a
l my have ooIatred nom Europe email colec.
aon Of coed casts from some Of the most famous \
ana most beautlful ttatues OF The Vatican and tho
1esle. These ate 10 be placid permanently In
oun 81 cur commoo-1chool bolldingA where they |
" WI oe oFpushs next to the daily Me OF hundreds
" eoHafeo. fnpfesstnR into their hearth uncon-
leiouA'J Aose OF ihc beauuiuj. Probably II The |