New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
GENERAL NOTES.

A British naval officer is to be appoihte" 0"-
perintendeut Of the Persian Navy
The Portland, Maine, authorities 1orOiu any
rnore SUNDAY evening concerts In th@t cty'
The "stcam man" is announced IN New-Or-
Lana lie will proceed from that city TO Europe
respectable lawyer is on trial at Bristol as
,,ood,r M the late election riots at that place.
4 "Mush and Milk Festival" was held in
a.. Toygn Hall of Ashland Ohio, last Tuesday evening.
New- Hampshire bankrupt recently turned
~ s9s 900 I'm Confederate bonds 70 his delighted ered
itors.
The Boston Latin School is the oldest school
n America II was founded In 1sG5-two hundred and
tArtythree years ago.
The ladies of the Uniyersalist denomination
in Illinois ae raising $4,000 to erect collegiate building
for female students at Gacsburg
The Foundation rock of the Lincoln Monu-
mcnt at Springfield, Illinois, has been reached by TIE
workmen at a depth Of about 90 feet
Wolves have become numerous, fierce, ana
dangerous In Yazoo County, Mississippi Seven don"IS
and a half each is offered for wolf scaps
Three boys in Sheffield, England, have been
sentenced to days imprisonment for tor'urihS o"
they covered it with naphtha aud set 1t on fre'
There was a great illumination in Jerusalem
whom the sutan's edic liberatng the Holy Cly forever
from military service and military taxes was PuDNSneu
A sacrligious rascal, at Monroe City, Missouri,
mas stoc, the base OF a tombstone waiting transpofta-
lion nj the depot 1t had the initials OF the deceased party
shseled upon it.
There are symptoms of a gold fever IN En-
vlap5 Go,d has been found in sutherland. There has
oeen "a yet no rush TO the dgSngs," but prospect
ng" ID very active.
negro in Des Moines Iowa, was recently
Drought into Court charge Of marrying White girl
which ia contrary to law No appeared against him.
aud Ae was discharged.
Ralph Waldo Emerson will give series OF
readings in Boston this Winter, to select class lie pro
poses TO read passages from various authors and com
ueut upon them as he goes along
The Metropolitan Police Board of New-Orleans
has ordered tho reinstatement Of the negro police who
e directed before the Presidential election, TO 20
home aud put their uniform aside until further orders
whole family in st. LOuis-four adults and
Ave chdren-were dangerously poisoned last week by
eating a dsh Of rabbits Whether the meat was
poisoned or diseased not yet been decided No death
occurred
scholar was turned out of a public sclool
In sutton Massachusetts the other day, because he was
"oo Old" He is As. and has family Of grown-up
children He was ambitious, lie said, TO &" keteh up with
bis boys Sud gals"
Mr.. BENJAMIN Hammatt Merton was publisher
Of The Hartford Times from 1924 to 1879 He IS no" pay
ing visit to Hartordthe first visit for nearly 40 years
He finds few Of his Old friends sti there, and has
been warmly received.
Senator Sprague has been in East Florida
with his wife, looking after important investments in that
locality He is interested proposed Canal which is to
connect ST. Johns River with North River ST. Augustine,
Halifax River, and Smyrna.
4 Liberal voter in England has sued polti-
cal agent ior railroad expenses 10 and irom London
promised him by the defendant provided he would 50
hoe und vote The court denied the claim on the ground
that tho transaction was Illegal
family Of three women were seized, bound.
aud outraged by eight men, Iacaeeas Mexico last
MONTH while returning from bath. little girl accom-
pauyug them stabbed when she cried Tor assistance
ana her head severed from the body.
Two young ladies of Iowa, Misses Emma
- and Ia Harlan have asserted their female rights in
thoroughly practical way, by securing Government
~ lands under the Homestead law. They will settle upon
and cultivate them next season.
A white quail has been found in Mexico
Andran County No. The bird is pure white, with
the exception OF a few brown spots. II belonged 70
family quail the other eight being OF the natural
color DR. j. ". suckio, amateur naturalist the
curiosity.
Suits have been brought against the Pacific
san Fraueiseo without the required bonds that
they Should not become public charge. The damages
laid at $1,000 per Cinaman-a total OF ts92l.OOO.
O5her suits Of tie same kind are being prepared.
A wen-known citizen of San Francisco, suf-
ferng ii0a The recently prevalent smallpox, suddenly
appeared aiEOBg dozen fifteen Of his friends n
street while the disease at It's worst stage
lie dcDous. A panic ensued, and there flight
in all directions The was .fnay induced &c return
TO his house
The Bee Cholera is an epidemic in Clinton
County Ohio One beeraser has lost 80 out Of 90 hives
He has discovered that the bees attacked with vo-
tat purgng. the matter evacuated being OF glutnous
Quality cliugs TO the bees IN such manner retard
their motion. Their wings become glued up, and In at
tempting TO hy they drop down short distance from
their hive and perish.
The series of free concerts TO be given by
the CITY Of Roston during tho Winter, begun, last
week, ia Music Hall. Tho building was crowded full
hour before the concert began. The Mayor and the
Common Council present beside many prominent
professional men, with their families. The music was
supplied Of course by the Great Organ" aud consisted
Of nine pieces, performed by Mr. Eugene Thayer.
There is a medicinal spring in Sacramento,
the water ef which ia strongly mpregGated with iron.
discovered several months near the carpenter
shop o. the Pacific Railroad Being cool and pleasant to
tho taste the worknen drink freely of IT, and il is sup
posed 20 have prevented fever and ague among them
Two barrels OF this accordingly have been shipped
TO pOut on the Sacramento Valley road where ague is
prevalent
The annual sales Of merchandise 10 Boston
nearly 600 10000 This Is second to the sales
Of York Other American cities report aggregate
sales az follows Philadelphia, s662 O0OO O0o New Orleans
l528OC0OOo Chicago sS42OOCOoo; Baltimore, s32iOOOO0O
Cincinnati s23,O0OOcG 81. Louis, <2iSoCoOOO San Fran
CISCO tl5l OOOO Louisville. s2cOooO Milwaukee $llO
)OoOO None OF tie remaining cities reach tOOOGOCO Of