New-York tribune., 1868-12-22
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GFNERAL NOTES.

,.,, ir,roduecd between Great Britain and Gern""'
Italy will make another loan, secu,v~ lI'oupt Of
ecrlesastioal property next Angus" I" Wv
two hundred aud fifty million lire. :, w.,
Tho cones upon the AtriG del Card',0' 90" s''v
-v,u. elected six million cubiomoteiS oi i'''
DAYS. but are now "oxtnot" -,
or. p,i,;.b vessel.of-war, the Nymph, mas
o.n,ured nine slave-dhows on the East 'o"'' -
TINS season. ,hos bonn
rho fret {" "ereenback" ever issued mas oeon cen
,urchased recently b. gentleman IN Iiu.'- ",.n.a
=, q, ,,nod nv salmon T.. Chase-No l. Let'oi a.
,zo Ne,c. Hnren Register says that George IL
,1,.. ,antiug Of The Deserted Cottage, no" ou "a
','n. ~ ,hc Cty Of Elms, Is "tasen from 1ge
,rho track of the Adirondack Railroad has
,ssu laid across Stony Geek and VIII DC eo"p'O'0O ="
w,rrensburgh within fortnight
The new English Parliament will be unusually
ssvs The Spectator from boTes" and Testers VI
h latter class It speaks Of Darby Grhths sF EeoFse
n,Wyer SIR J. McKeuna, and Berual Osborne
The celebrated Barbara FreitChie flag Is In
m ,,ssession OF Union officer IN Maryland 1t Is OF
Lont ,stnches long 1t was last exhibited In public
to the Boys.in Blue procession In Philadelphia oct.
Switzerland is hereafter to choose its Repre-
.ontatges in Government by direct universal suffrage
switzerland has always taken tho United states as an eA
ample. May We not turn the tablest
The Salem Observer remarks very sOlemnly
that there are gambling hes" IN that city. in which
nen lose some nights from Sepengpre to one hnnartd
dollars and no effort is made TO suppress them
Prof. WiGbe of Chicopee, Mass, asserts that
there arc no fine singers who use tobacco tits proved
~ the dissectng room he claims. that tobacco Injuries
the voice.
The butchers of HOboken are to be prose-
cued H. IN future they violate tho ordinance prohibiting
the saughtering OF cattle within the city limits The
pooalty Is $50
B.P. Shaber (Mrs. Partington). has found
IN Scw-Hampshire, very nicely executed watercoior
picture Of Boston Common painted before tho Revou'
ton by a daughter OF Gen. Knox. 1t will probably De
copied hthogr6phiealiy.
MaiOr-Gen. Rousseau, commanding the De-
rertneut OF the Gulf has purchased the magnificent
Belle Island" plantation, near Brashear City Berwick
Bay m Louisiana. and has made arrangements TO cuI
Vate suear-cane another season.
Mr. j. r. Gregory, English mineralogist, re-
ports that diamonds likely to be found In Cape
Colony lie made n very careful geological servey un
der special commissions The recent reports are fabu
lOuS
The writer on "American Education,' in the
last British Quarterly ReVeo represents our system as
anything but satisfactory" But says Tie London
Spectator she fails account for the extraordinary high
average OF American cultivation"
There was no legislation in England rela-
we to letterspaten for Inventions between 1923 and
years. The patent laws now existing are very
imperfect. and inventors are demanding change The
sostgs too high and the security very slight.
All colliery explosions occur in England soon
slet a sudden fall in the barometer Extra ventilation
a. such said 70 be prevention. Before the last
fatal explosion in the Ardey Colery scientific writer
had boeu predicting such accidents in The London Daily
Aews
Tho annual incomes of the various English
Eshopres range from $4,000 to about $4,000 Can.
erbuy Teoices In the latter figure, and sodor In the
former. Lsudon and Winchester are each set down at
t0pOO year. and Durham at $4,000 The o'her Bishop
Vvs ato'worth from 10000 to t27 900 year.
The new educational system in Hungary will
be compulsory" Parents ana guardians not sending
their children TO school viii be punished by law. The
schools 10 be established and conducted by tho va
religious sects suit themselves, but all to b'
1odet State inspection.
An old man who occupied wretched earret il
the Rue du Four St German Paris too poor apparently
To purchase the necesSaries Of life, recently fouD
dead in hlsrOom on searching the few miserable ar
ieles OF furnture 5000 francs discovered hidden
IN ia drawer
~ The artillery range reached in the recent
tra st shocbuyness Nov. 90 the longest on record
--io.sD yards 1t attained by Whitworth nine
nch .au. weighing fourteen tuns, with shot OF 25o
pounds Tie longest previous range was iO05 yards
The Italian Treasury enjoys a revenue from
the Government lotteries Of 100000 There are lottery
companies Turin, Florence, and Rome. The province
ot Naples with only sCOO Inhabitants pays SJOO0OO0
ysr for lottery tickets The fever is less violent in the
north OF Italy. Turin, with $4,000 people, expends
ti.eoo.ooO year.
Deacon Samuel VI. Andrews, since his arrival
tho state Prison at Carlcsown has manifested the
s1ue caouess and tractabty Of demeanor which char
acteu1ed lis conduct from the beginning of his trial. AS
he had had experience Of the machinery Of cotton
Isid he has been set to work in a machine-shOp. He
to work with good humor and with diligence.
Rufus w. Morrow, who shot and killed DR..
Cheathorn. few months ago In Todd County KY, was
captured about week ago. and By order OF the Judge Of
the Todd Circuit Court taken the Louisville jail
safe keeping An old grudge had existed between the
men. and MorroN sought DR.. Cheatbam and killed him
night. after which he mounted horse and escaped.
The editor Of The Nec- Orleans Times "learns
Nlh pleasure that Gen. Rousseau has determined TO
Louisiana his future residence" He has purchased
very fine plantation Bell Ise," near Brashear City,
Eerwicks Bay. This 10 OF the most beautiful and
productive portions Of Louisiana. The General'hGs al
ready commenced arrangements for planting
". Pasteurs invention for preserving wine by
heating 1t has been adopted by many large winedeaers
Ia France. The French Minister OF Marine directed NJ.
de Iapparent TO investigate and the process His
port says that s decidedly efcseiOus" 1t will prob
sty bo applied TO the wine shipped for In the French
Navy.
mOuntebank Wizard in England was
recently sentenced 10 three months imprisonment for
decelvDg ignorant servantgirl She Ia ilhealth
TO him for advice He gave her slip Of paper
with these words written IT, hope thee good
TIo In ketlly