New-York tribune., 1869-01-22
GENER4L NOTES.

Theater has been closed for want OF patronage.
resolution has been introduced in the
House OF Representatives. OF North Carolina propOsHgo 10
annex the virginia counties of Norfolk Princess Ann,
Nansemond and Isle Of Wight TO North Carolina. Coo
gress is to petitoned to submit the question to tie
people OF these countess who anxious for the ohan
New-Orleans has shown us still another
eceentrcity of crime One James Martin killed salvadn
Fernandez last week. account OF tho atters ntmay
with his wife. Having done this, Slr' MARTIN We are
gravey informed kissed his wife and told her that 40
had killed Fernandez and asked her she was satisfied
with what had occurred on her account" .
Tn returning thanks for his reelection n
Ipsoe. Adyocate-dene Of England. Sir Colmln
OLoghlen told his constituents at Ennis that after toe
establishment Of religious equality in Ireland the labd
question would occupy the attention OF the Government
And the Irish railway matters would be taken up BY M
Gladstone, and settled in satisfactory manner.
The yearly cost for singing and organ playing
In some Of the churches Of Boston is follows The Rev.
Mr. Hales Church. 5000 the Rev. W. r. Ayers, $780,
Old South $4,000; Park-st 800; Essex-st, $liOO III
Vernon g. 500 Central Church. 5000; shawmut Church.
$1,000 BertIey-st $1,000 Maverick $3.50; Phillips, South
Boston, $780, Eliot Roxbury, $1,000 yne-st, Roxbwy.
$500; the Rev. DR.. Putnams, Roxbury, 5000.
1t is about q quarter Of a century since John
Bright entered the British House Of Commons He frst'n
tered Parliament toward tho end Of the session OF 1873
member Of that Parliament relates that, he wasioL
lowing Mr. Bright out Of the House the last day Of The
session. he heard the doorlSeeper say TO an old Try
county member, Mr. Bright passed Them All tlat
now man will give you plenty of trouble before you hive
done with him. That he should ever be Cabinet Mn
ister would then have been universally regarded assn
impOssibllty.
A large panther is creating great excltemnt
in Davidson County Tennessee. Eight and thirteen
=. half dav hvf fheo mir al
hunting party been tracing its footprints in he
snow, but have had trouble with their hounds Which
seem to be mid The shrek Of the monster, resembling
the cry OF child has been heard by the hunters butOn
its tracks and s half eaten victims have yet been SEEM
1t is supposed that the animal belonged to meneene
which was wrecked some months ago by the collision OF
railroad trains in Mississippi With the exception one
large panther the animals all recovered andeaged
The animal that then made It's escape has no doubtound
its way to Tennessee.
The James River and Kanawha Cana, for
which Congressional aid is asked promises, ACCORDING to
Virginian editor to do for the future OF the
United states than any other work Of internal improve
rnent on this continent, except the Pacific Railroad"
Two hundred miles Of the canal are fnished-about half
the entire distance. When completed 1t VIII form the
highway for the transportation Of ten times as much
bulky Western freight 10 the Atlantic reacses the
ocean via the New. York Erie Canal Hundreds d nayi
gable Western rivers viii pour their freight into It at all
seasons OF the year. The State Of Virginia being unable
to finish the canal proposes to give the entire work. hall
constructed, to any company that will complete IT,
The Female Guardian Society of st. Louis
seems to be very active and very useful organization
Its duties broader than those Of Midnight Mission
in HewYork The Society, according to its annual 70
port just published has saved the lives Of many infants,
well those Of their despairlng mothers 1t has fire.
quenty brought about marriages between betayer ard
tNtl.u as1asa 80 rvoe
late Within week. says the report "a farmer OF inoh
married his victim in our institution, aud so soon os s
can be ne take her and his child TO their
rghtful home" Other equally practical instances IRE
given The statistical report Of thesOciey stands fol-
lows within the last months have registered
as applicants for situations the OF l450 situations
obtained for them e4O nights lodgings furnished, I@;
meals furnished, l47; with families helpet te
days work. 2s relief obtained for families, 7; raitoad
passes obtained, 81 sick sent to hospital, a."
The London Times is becoming anxious about
our Wast specuations 1t begins to realize that Erops
may have interest in them The Erie Railway var, III
says, has lulled than the Newfork Sock ES
change has been turned into the battlefield OF mother
conflict sharp though proracted. The reurrencs
intervals Of such contests forces unpleasant re-
Elections minds of European investors in seures
which, with apparent mpunity, be put to thehazard
Of experimental financing The narrative which our
American correspondent furnishes OF the rise in Of
OF what casualties Company property Is in the United
States The story has several peculiar features Grad
uay persons not Immediately interested In the American
money market and 70 extent even those Who are.
have becoming calous TO accounts OF poents In
American financing They experience the same sort OF
feeling on hearing OF extraordinary rise or a IN the
value Of its securities men do at the news of earth
quake They do not think Of the event wdlch
Of any use to attempt TO explain.
The Pail Mall Ga-ette has an article on how
to treat Americans very able article in the Atlanta
Monthly" it says observes perusal heplne TO clear
up matter upon which Engshmen have felt censidera-
bic perplexity. How, We have sometimes esEed In
despair to preserve decent state Of good feeling
between ourselves and Brother Jonathani MaW OF a&
to say the TRUTH not specially fond Of AmGieans@
OF American institutions; others look upon America .
tho promised land whose condition foreshadOWs 'ns
blessed future Of the world But lovers hat.s Of Om
cousins, generally upon two things-arst ths
II is highly undesirable TO have any outstanding ranoss
10 embitter every trinlng dispute between the I've
countries and, secondly that Americans are slnsr
larly tlckllsh folk to manage. With the pes'
goodwill We are always treadng upon their corn.
We are something In the position OF q man eneoune
by fierce dog and equally afraid Of pattng Dis heso
hitting him with stick Certainly It is now the genefa
wish in England to be good terms Win our '0ucV
neghbors; and when hud one who VIII cah1J 81
MS his reasons instead OF sulkiy nursing his Wra1u'
ought to be sincerely obliged TO him. We have no as
70 treat Americans II they Still in their mno
and II they claim the privileges aud responso'.
manhood we shoald be only too happy to meet
way Neither is there much IN the policy "'I ',ss
too popular England just now, OF trying 20 Pa.
them by q sudden overflow OF compliment inc i'
sugarplums Of compliment about our common origin
perfect identity IN language. laws literature
right to tho glories of Shakespeare and CromWe arc
very we'll after dlnper-f that s wretched orator ne
nothing more original to say"
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH