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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04
American Books in England.

Mr. Smalley, writing from England
to the Tribune, says:
"There is a manifest slowness on the
part of the English book-buying pub
lie to accept an American edition of an
English author. Mr.. Grant White 5
Shakespeare never had any great sale
in England The edition of Burke,
published IN Boston by Messrs. Little
d Brown, is, suppose, the best III ex-
istence, better than the livingston
edition, which is the most complete
and the latest published i'll England,
and now out Of print. 1t cannot lind a
market there. So with the Hume's
Essays of the same house it is known
and can be bought in London, but the
old, imperfect Edinburgh edition OF
1924 is still more sought for. The
difficulty does not lie in the expense OF
importing, since all these books are
cheaper in London than in America.
That is one of the secrets in the book
trade into which / don't attempt tc
penetrate Mr.. Furness' first volume
is published in Philadelphia at 81. so,
and can be bought in London of the
importers for So, nd of other booksel
lers for s5-a striking contrast to what
occurs with books going from England
to America, in which latter case the
.ariff accounts for but small portion
of the enhanced price. l asked very
intelligent bookseller why such az
edition as Mr.. Furness' should not al
once take its proper place IN the Lon
don trade. At first he limited something
about copyright troubles, but finally
said, well, the real ditic ulty is thai
the book has Philadelphia and not Lon
don on the title page" | understood
that to mean simply that the English
booksellers do not care to sell nor the
English public to buy an American
book. The absence of copyright pro
d,.ces continued ill-feeling, which
nothing but the enactment OF an hon
est law will dispel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

The Parliament of the German En-
pire, which has just met for the first
time in nearly fifty years, was elected
by manhood suffrage and by ballot, and
consists of 3S3 members, or one repre-
sentative for about one hundred thou
sand persons. The Parliament, which
is established on the basis of the new
Constitution, ratified by the States
composing the Empire, has 236 mem
beers from Prussia, 40 from Bavaria,
90 from Saxony, 10 from Wurtenoe
IA from Baden, 9 from Hesse, and So
from the minor States of the North.
making 3S3 in ALL The relative
strength of the political parties is said
to be as follows: Conservatives 10, of
whom Sc represent the Prussian coun-
try gentlemen interest. There are 20
Free Conservatives or Constitutional
Tories, or friends of Prince Bismarck.
The Moderate Liberals coming from
all parts Of the Empire number TAT.
The Advanced Liberals are 80 in num-
Der, and the Ultra Montana party has
70 adherents. The Secession1sts or OPP
ponents of the Empire, coming from
Hanover and Schleswig Holstein, are
10 in number There are Socialists,
13 Poles and l Dane. No account is
given OF the politics Of the remaining
twenty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04
Curious and Scientific.

NATURE falls into the mistake of put
ting the heighth of our Mt. Washing
ton at 10000 feet, making 1t 1000 feet
too high.
A GIGANTIC Japanese crab has been
placed i'll the British Museum, the
claws are six feet in length. The tri-
angular body is comparatively small.
SUCCESSFUL cures of poisonous snake
bites, by injecting ammonia into the
veins, are reported Another method
is, to tie light lgature above the
wound, ana then to suck it thoroughly.
LAND AND WATER gives an account of
a pond in Wigtonshire, connected with
the sea, in which the proprietor has
large numbers of tame Goldfish, which
come to the surface in great numbers to
be fed, and allow themselves to he
handled, scratched and played with
The last scientific sounding expert
ments in the Atlantic show an upper
stratum of warm water, 700 to 800
fathoms deep, moving northward, and
the entire deeper stratum below, of
almost icy GOODNESS, moving southwark
from the Arctic basin.
A BOLD and skillful burglary was
committed in New York city on the
night of the 18th. at the dry goods
store of Jandt, Kidd & Co., No. 20S
Eighth avenue, the thieves securing
valuable goods, including shawls, silks,
and laces, to the value of $4,000.
IMPROVED rolled iron railway sleep
ers have been invented in England,
which cost but IS cents each more than
wooden sleepers, and last three times
as long in Europe, and ten times as
long III tropical regions, where the dry
rot and the white auts destroy the
wooden ones.
THE known weight OF our globe is 81
times Us great as ii it were wholly com
posed of water, As the density of its
rock crust is but half as great as this,
modern philosophers infer, so says Prof.
David Forbes in Nature, that the i'm
mense molten mass of the interior Is
principally metallic,
ZoLLSER argues that the observed
violent eruptions of hydrogen flames to
a vast height above the suns surface,
show previous pressure upon 1t OF A.
070, 900 atmospheres, attained ut depth
of l39 miles under the surface, and he
calculated the temperature of the solar
atmosphere to be 81, 700 degrees, Cent?
grade, at which iron would exist in n
gaseous form.
In China the tea is prepared by put
ting the leaves i'll cup and pouring on
boiling water, and the infusion is drunk
without sugar or milk. In Japan the
leaves are triturated before the infusion
is made. In Morocco green tea, little
tansy, and good deal of sugar are put
together into the teapot In Asiatlc
Russia some tribes pour the strong III
fusion of tea and little salt, with
cream, into mush of meal and butter.
G. G. ROGERS, cashier of the Louis.
vile Central Savings bank, has been
dismissed for irregularities, consisting
mainly in the certitication OF checks
payable at future time for firms, some
OF whom were not responsible for the
amounts. The bank is involved $780,
900 or more in this way, but an inves-
tigation going on now leads the direc-
tors to say that 25 TO 30 per cent. OF the
stock can be saved to the holders.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

DURING the recent engagement Ct
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, in Phil
adelphia, woman with an infant, at
tended, one of the performances. The
baby kept up an incessant cry. At the
end of the play Mr.. Williams was call
ed before the curtain. The baby was
bawling Justify. Mr.. Williams looked
around for moment, and then said :
ssShure there is q nurse wanted. A
roar of laughter followed. When the
mirth subsidized the woman with the in
FAINT arose and replied mo Irish need
apply There was tremendous burst
of applause, amid which the woman,
with her musical baby, triumphantly
etired.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

THE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD & CAswELL's s,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected livers, by CAswELL, HAZARD s.
Co., New York. It is absolutely pure
and street Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any Of
the other oils in market.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

DEADLY snakes so abound in India
that 40, 900 persons are said to die OF
their bites annually Oh, 416 in the Ben
gal Presidency alone), and when, in the
small Bancorah district, the Govern
ment offered bounty of five or six
cents apiece for killing them, they were
brought in at the rate of 1,200 q day,
and when $4,000 had been paid out
the bounty was withdrawn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

A YOUNG man named James Van Cor
don, was murdered at Coopersville,
Ottawa county, Michigan, by another
young man named Walter Moore, on
the 18th. The murderer is in jail Ii
Muskegon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

Az insane individual named Patrick
McGinness came to Washington from
Pawtucket. r. T., the other day, to
claim the Presidential chair
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

THE instruction II the state of Entire
Rios, in the Argentine Confederation,
has terminated, but that of the Blan-
cos, in Uruguay, is still unsurpassed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-04

THE Austrian and Hungarian delega-
lions are convoaed for the 22d Of May.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-13
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The Treaty of Washington in the
House Of Lords.
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Responsibility Of England for Che Expectations
Of the Alabama Rfpudiated.
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Desultory Discussions Discouraged by
Earl Granville.
PROTECTION OF LIFE IN IRELAND.
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON May H. 1871.
In the House OF Lords to-day Lord Redesdale
asked whether the United States could legally raise
the question Of remuneration for the vessels and
property destroyed by the Alabama He argued
that the Southern States OF the American Union
were alone responsible for the depredatons OF the
Alabama and Kindred ships and that the government
OF Great Britain could not have legally detained the
Alabama, for she was not armed when she left
British waters.
The Ear OF Lauderdale concurrcd In the view
expressed BY Lord Relesdale.
Earl Granville said he was glad the question
mad been raised, as II gave him the opportunity OF
stating that the adjustment made at Washington
had not turned upon the point supposed by Lord
Redesdac; that the Crown advisers had not even
suggested IT, lie promised that before the treaty
was ratified there should be ample opportunity for
the full consideration OF It's PROVISIONS but In the
meantime he expressed regret at the occurrence or
desultory discussion.
Earl Granville, In continuation, admitted that
1t was the duty Of the government to give every at
tenion to the view OF the subject presented by Lord
Redesdale, as well as to all other matters which
would aid 1t In resistance to the payment OF these
claims. He concluded by stating that the treaty
itself would be IN the hands of the government by
the end OF next week, and tnatit would be promptly
lald before Parliament for consideration.
RECESS OF THE HOUSE or COMMONS.
In tue House of Commons Mr. Gladstone an
nounced that the Whlsuntlde recess would be from
May 25 TO June l.
SUSPENSION OF THE uABEAs CORPUS IN IRELAND
ADVOCATED.
Tic Marquis OF harrington advocated the bill pro-
viding for the protection Of life and property In Ire
land by authorizing local suspensions OF the writ
or habeas corpus.
The consideration OF the Irish question was con-
tinued until the recess.
TIE RELATIONS OF THE COLONIES TO ME MOTHER
COUNTRY.
At the evening session Mr.. Macfee member for
Leith, moved for the appointment Of a select COM
mittee to Investigate the relations OF the colonies,
both to the mother country and TO each other ana
to ascertain in what manner they can be strength
ened and bound IN closer ties Of friendship and
10y atty TO the empire.
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EUROPEAN MARX cts.

LONDON MONEY MArKrT-LonpoH, May r. 80 r. M
Consos closed at935 for money AM $50 S1 for the
count. American securities nrm. United states i've twenty
bonds 1862, soa 65 OIL. SOFA 1867, s2H enortes osh.
LONDON PLoDtc MAAKEI. Lo sDos, May a. Talow.
43s Cd. Sugar, 3os. sos Cd per for No. IL
Dutch standard, aioat. Lineted OIL 32s. 32s 5d.
LIVERPOOL CorIoS MARkEr.-LIvEHrooL MAY ls-4:JU
7. M.-rhe market closed with hardening tendency.
Mlidnng uplands Tad; miad'iny Orleans 7Srd. The
sales OF the day have been l20J0 bales including 50U0
for export speculation Sales cotton ship named
at New Orleans have L-en made NJ Ted Tor idfng, and
do at Savannah or Charleston At I'D for miidlng The
and before reported and the American Is 2iOUJ
bales.
LIVERPOOL. Provisions MARKrr.- LIVERPOOL, May
l2-Cheesr, o's per Tor the best grades OF American
PORK declining.
LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MAIKEr.-LrvEEpooL, May T.
Produce-sprts petroleum, 81. per gal on.
LIVERPOOL BREADsTUfFs NARKET.-Liverpoo Nav
al 20 The receipts Of wheat for the three days
have been 1900 quarters OF winch U0j American.
Flour 27s per Dbl for Western canal Corn-3s 3D.
quarter for new.
AsTwERr PRopUcs MARKET.--Au,werp. May ll--Even-
ng-Petrosun closed At 4sI9f for fine pale American
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VERSAILLES REPORTS.
Terrific Fire Maintained by the
Government Batteries.
TIE CONVENT OF issY sToRMED
Many Insurgents Killed and Three
Guns Captured.
TElscRaMs TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

VERSAILLES, May IL, 1871.
The government batteries maintain ter
rife fire upon the ramparts of Paris and the
Notifications still held by the insurgents.
THE CONVENT OF IssY sToRMED.
The government troops to-day made a
determined assault upon the Convent of Issy
and carried the position at the point of the
bayonet though it was stoutly defended by
the insurgents. Many of the enemy were
killed and three guns were captured.
INSURGENTS UNABLE TO REPAIR DAMAGES.
The insurgents are unable to repair the
damages done to their works by the versail-
lists batteries, and will possibly attempt the
defeat of the latter by an attack in strong
force.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-13
Personal Intelligence.


NJ. De Catacazy. Russian Minister to the United
States, has apartments at the Clarendon Hotel.
Miss Kate Field, the fair lecturess is stopping at
The Fifth Avenue.
Dr. Craig, OF the United States Navy is resident
OF the Everett House.
Colonel T. E. Gowan is guest at the Grand
Central.
Judge ). M. Smith, OF Richmond, va, Is domici.ed
at the ST. George.
Congressman IL. Price, OF Iowa, is a sojourner at
the st. Nicholas
General Herring and wife, OF Philadelphia. have
apartments at the Fifth Avenue.
F. Braggioti, OF Boston, Is sojourning OF the
Albemarle Hotel
Judge s. d. Williamson, OF Washington, is staying
ct the Astor House.
Colonel J. NJ. Wilson, OF ST. Louis, Is domicIed at
the Grand Central.
O. B. Devereaux, OF Philadelphia, is residing at
the Albemarle Hotel.
Judge ID. Allen, OF California Is abiding at the
Sturtevant House.
Hon. r. N. Brown, OF Buffalo. is late arrival at
the Aster House.
r. S. Pruyn, OF Albany, Is at the Firth Avenue.
Colonel L. E. Burrows, OF North Carolina, IL o
guest at the ST. Nicholas.
Governor Lambert, OF ST. Louis Is o guest at the
Sturtevant House.
J. II. Lathrop, of Washington, is stopping OF the
st. Nicholas.
High Commissioners Lord Tenterden and Pro-
lessor Bernard will arrive at the Brevoort House
from Boston this morning.
Mr. Charles W. Brooke, ex.District Attorney OF
Philadelphia hos taken up his residence IN this city
and Is domiclled temporarily at the Grand Central.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-13
FATAL RAILROAD COLLISION.
A Freight Train on the Eric Read Crashing
Through an Emigrant Cur.
Five Children Killed and Twenty
Adults Wounded

BUFFALO, May II, 1871.
An accident OH the Erie Railroad occurred at half
past four A. NJ. at Grlsw0ld station. few miles this
ssle OF Attica. A heavy freight train, with emit
grant car and caboose attached, while going down
grade uncoupled, leaving the car and caboose. Tho
train was recoupled the signal taken In and started
on the ascending ade, when the coupling broke
second time. While being recoupled and before tho
signal could be reset the extra freight train
CAME LAUNDERING DOWN GRADE
collided and crushed everything before 1t. Thirty
passengers were In the car and i've children were
killed and ABOUT twenty adults more or less injured.
The following killed ana wounded were brought to
this city this afternoon. The Coroner took possee-
Sion OF the killed. The wounded were taken
THE SISTERS OF CHARITY
hospital IN carriages provided by the Erie company,
and everything possible for aid ana comfort Was
ordered to be furnished by the superintendent OF
the Erie Railway
Dostic Dc Llama, aged four years ana half; Ma
ria De Llama aged one year ana hall, children or
Cornelius De Llama, Of Holland; Jeanette Wilson,
aged three years, daughter of william Wilson, of
Dumfrieshire, Scotland; Jane Bell aged six years;
Robert Ben, aged two years. children OF James BelL
of Scotland.
Alfred Human, Of England, both collar
bones broken; John Hickey. of Tipperary,
Ireland, leg broken; VIM. Waters, OF North Void
England, fractured Knee and head cut; Daniel
Coney, Ireland inJured severely in head; Richard
Osborne, Cornwall England injured slightly In the
face James Bury, or Cornwall, England, fractured
leg; VIM. Powers, Canada. arm broken and back
sprained James w. Fem Of England, injured
severely IN his back arm and thigh; Mary Bell,
aged seven years. Agnes Bell aged four years,
children OF James Bell. or Scotland, slightly
injured The mother of the children,
Mary Bell was seriously injured and
was left at Attica; the father, James Bell, with
the children, are here; John j. Harris aud wife, of
England seriouslY bruised; the former has ankle
broken; Margaret De Llama, the wife OF Cornelius
De Llama, OF Holland, was injured In her shoulder
and ankle; Thomas Nixon, OF Stockport, England,
has broken leg; Mary Donohue, OF Dublin, Ire
land, scalp wound; Isabella Wilson, wife or.William
Wilson, Dumlreshire, Scotland, injured In her face;
Jane aged eleven years, Agnes, aged seven, Gull.
drcn, received broken arms and were scalle1
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Effects Of Cyclone at Auckland-Nativs Trou.
bles in New Zsaland-Another Steamship
Line in Prospect Fears Of an American
Filibus.ering Raid-Marine Disaster.
New Xerlnnti.

SAN FRANCISCO, May IL, 1871.
Advices from Auckland to April I. state that
spent cyclonepassed over Auckland on the 25th OF
March, tearing up trees, unroonng houses, torally
destroying a church aud several small crafts In the
harbor, and doing much damage to the wnarves and
breakwaters.
Australian papers again cry shame on the island
labor traffic. which Is carried on with unusual afro.
cities.
The merchants or Auckland have decided on the
central system.
Intelligence OF Mr. voge's arrangements with
webb Hollander has given unlimited satisfaction.
The Maores have stopped the overland mall and
the taking of the census. Confidence has been re-
stored in the Maiaka disirc. Troubles with the ma
tyes continue elsewhere.
Business Is dull ana the exports small. Flax
readily brings clio ana ego per ton; wool, oIid a
To-, ID. per ID. Kerosene Is scarce and higher
The ship Mary Russell Milford is loading at
sailed for New york on the sih April with full
cargo OF gum nax. The whaers Northern Light and
Hunter have sailed for home.
The Postmaster General OF New zealand declines
10 guarantee the delivery OF letters BY the San Fran
cisco route until contract snall be made.
Aay,ces from sydnsy Apr, state that Mr.. Pas.
tncourt, OF New South Wales, ana Sir james Mar
lin have promised a deputaton from the Chamber
colleagues for the subsidlziIg OF mai service TO
Europe via Figi, Honolulu and San Francisco, and
To invite the corporation OF the colonies Interested.
The Australian Parliament has rejected the propo-
sal TO double dfrdlDSen. duties.
Leonard Jones, who was tried, convicted and
sentenced for blasphcmy has hal hts sentence
committed 10 one mcnths Imprisonment
severe shock OF earthquake was iet al Mel
bourne on April ].
A rumor OF a Eilibustering expedition from some
American port, communicated by the secretary OF
STATE FOR the colonies, las caused great excitement
IN Australia.
Bills were introduced INTO Parliament for an in.
creased military force at the fortlncatons. Other
precautionary measures are also to be taken.
The bark Dayspiing, with Coal, from Newcastle,
foundered ct sea- Tho crew was rescued by the
steamer Wlngawonga.
A meeting Was to be held in sydney early In April,
10 consider the subject or the annexation OF the Fe
Zee Islands.
Business Is very dun. Wool Ia nrm and higher.
Kerosene steady al q. Sd -. Cd. Linseed, Is. a
IS. 3D.
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THE WEST INDIES.

Tyrannical Treatment of Coolies ", Rerbice--
The Too Disease Spreading In st. Domingo.
Advces from New Amsterdam Berbice dated
May report that the Journals OF that colony 3rit-
Eh Guianal denounce the tyrannicaI treatment OF
the coolies by the schoomassers The former, 10
seems. are so much afraid OF tile Ntter that they
dare not complain, ana submit TO the Treatments.
ST. DOMINGO.
despatch from St. Domingo, dated May o.esayA
that the toe disease is spreading and 600 cases
are IN hospital.
DCMERARA.
Adviccs from Demerarl to May 7 say that ins
sugar crop Is the largest ever known there.
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J:.fC,.pglc EsWs lrfn..

Thomas Hines, vito child, were drowned near Du-
bulue ca Wednesday.
Frederick Ruth, OF ST. Louis, married man, aged hfty
hanged himself To bis hedpost THURSDAY night
Leonard NJ Day, brakeman The Fitchnurg Railroad.
killed At Groon Mass, yesterday, wbhe shackhns
IRE broke ont IN Petersburg W va nbont noon yes.
Lrlay, ich destroyed the Farkersburg Flonr NJ Nils
sssh factory and several ANAL tenement houses Loss,
$4,000
While four IIIsh chIoren were takni san at Ch
copce, Mass yesterday the boat partei anl nrse o na
drowned.
James STUART formerly Colonel OF the Tenth illinois cav
hayins sbssonded from Deg arncnt At
Galveston. Texas, last March. vita $500
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The PACIFIC COAST.

The Missing Oregon Stenmer--Not Much of q
Libel.
SAN FRANCISCO May IL, 1871.
The steamship Montana touched at San Diego to-
day. She will arrive mere On sunday.
There Is much anxiety felt for the safety OF the
steamer Pacific, now long overdue, from Victoria.
The steamer AJAX from Honolulu, with Austria
ian and New Zealand dates has been telegraphed.
In the case OF the proprlctors OF the Alta, indicted
for libel on county Treasurer Klappenburg charg-
Ing MIN with neglect OF duty in the matter OF COL
lecttnr license fees from places OF aniusemeuts &c,
the Jury, IN the municipal court to-day, gave ver-
dict Of acouls,al without leaving their seats
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CHATTANOOGA Tenn, May IL, 1871.
Another meeting Of the creditors OF the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad Washed last night the
committee reported that the best that could be done
was to take one dollar In stock and one dollar In
bonds for each dollar OF Indebtedness, and so retire
all the floating debt in this country, and thus enable
superintendent Stanton to pay or the parties press
ing the road into bankruptcy large amount Of
stock and bonds was subscribed In this way to-day.
petition was also circulating to-day, and signed
by the representatives or hair million oil the noat.
ing deot requesting dismissal Of the suit In bank
rupicy. TAe heavy rains OF the past week VIII ue-
Law the completion OF the road until the middle OF
n