New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23
GENERAL NOTES.

gas company offers reward OF so Tor INC oHeN'''
The London Pail Mall Gazette says, with as
much truth as fankness that Every predotoh 'n "o
have ever yet seen on the OF American ul N"
turned out to be wrong" Il -.-
Tho American ladies' along the Canaulah
borders taking advantage OF the oico4,u 49,,
costume to smugge silk and velvet KID gloves i"'' "HU
other fancy goods through the Custom Houses
Freight for Salt Lake is now sent from tnis
city TO tho end OF the Pacific Railroad "ito .oo
cars--250O miles. New.York Red Line cars a,o 'een
west OF the Rocky Mountains We have now the longest
| limo Of continuous railroad track In inc "orlu'
The snow on the limo of the Central Paciic'
among the serra.Nevnda mountains, has not attained
depth Of moro than six feet tins Winter Snow plow"
hayo been brought into requiston by the l'airo"u
! Company on the mountains and thus far they nave
been able to keep the track clear
The cost of living at Cornell University Is
elgty.tirco cents day. payable monthly In advance
THIS includes ROOM fire. end gas Part OF may DC pa
n teamwork The students Of tho University nave al
| ready started n paper-Tho Cornell Era. President
White received very elegant official chair from
Berlin. profile Of Mr. Cornell is carved upon 1t.
The usual semi-annual examination at Brown
University were concluded Wednesday. 1t gave 10
very gratifying evidence OF thorough training Theim
preston has prevailed" says The Providence Journal
That the Introduction OF the new system OF Dr' why
nnd affected iujurously tho standard or classical ScIo
arhp IL therefore gives peculiar satisfaction 70 say,
as we are able to do the authority OF some very eKpe
renced classical teachers that the excellence OF Brown
University In this direction, Is especially marked VIC
have seldom heard praises than have been ap'
| Piled to the recent Greek examinations"
Walter Brown, tho champion oarsman, VINO
has boat building workshop IN Boston has lately puit
single scull outrgger shell Of Spanish cedar, 80 feet
inches long II Inches WIDE and ca inches deep amdhps
eject II inches wide across the rowlocks, inches deep
aft and a inches forward, which, when completed, VIII
weigh only "a pounds. She IA nearly finished now anu
weighs only pounds. He claims that with fair usage
she Will last three years race and practice boat lie
is building boat his use OF the same SIZE when
will weigh only pounds Tho ghtest boat heretofore
built OF the same size, that in which Brown rowcd
at Pittsburgh last September This made OF paper,
ard weighed 27i pounds
Great dissatisfaction exists among the Mus
sulmnn population In Turkey account OF tho willing
meas OF the Turkish accept tho pacific In
reference OF tho Conference" Mt Paris Ulemas are
already preaching holy against the Greeks. One
OF the most popular the inans, sar Yor EGend has
delivered o In the mosque OF Bayozid' at Con-
stantnope in which no called upon his hearers TO take
up in defense OF the Mobammed faith and to over
throw the Government OF tho present Sultan who has
become instrument In tho hands Of the Giaours The
preacher arrested after but his IL sad
TO have produced strong impression on the Turkish
population OF tho capital that several riots have already
taken place.
Tho wooden railroad now completed between
! Clifton aud tho Adirondack mines, In this State, Is de-
scrbed follows letter from the late President Of
the Clifton Iron Company, Mr.. Charles @. Myers:
The rails are OF hard maple sc'ntng lx6 inches SGT on
round ties, which framed slots 6xI Tho rails, set
on edge ana keyed IN Tie slots Dy Two WOODEN wedges
driven against each other project two Inches above tho
curves. The laid on tho earth aud ballastcd
ihe usual manner 20 TWO inches OF tne bottom ot the Ia
and Ito ties nc three feet apart Our road very rough
one. We have great deal OF restle work some OF 1t
level The engines used woieh from to Il
la Inc S W. dgS aboS of s at about six to
clgt miles hour VITA heavy grades aud sharp curves
nom 5000 10 lciOOO tuna freight Trains have passed
| this would not do for freight
The resignation of Baron Segnier, Procureur
Imperial Toulouse, France. because the Government
attempted bully him into Judicial decisions adverse to
the press hailed with delight by every Liberal editor
| in the nation lie was blamed by the Government for
"leuicncy" and weakness" In his spirited letter OF
resignation be said that he would neither address an
audience under the surveillance Of secret police, nor
arrive at conclusions imposed beforehand by the Keeper
Of tho Seals" His lgnation, no added significantly,
was voluntary, but forced upon him by unjust re-
proaehcs from the Government This letter IS severe
satire upon all French Judges who conn9o 10 hold Office
under the restrictions OF the Government M Turquctte
same reasons story Is told Of judge in Paris, who
remarked a short time ago that III Government did not
have the opinions which ho to deliver moro legby
| written for him Lie should resign"
very novel iron brig, to carry molasses, in
bulk h 10 launched In Boston to-day sho Is $50 feet
long feet deck with 81 feet breadth OF beam, IL
feet depth hold and viii register about $50 uns. Tho
hold is entirely free for cargo, oil her and on
cers' accommodations being deck She has seven
cuar tanks Iron PLATFORM and braced from
the sdes-thesc nll connected with another In
suoh that they either be united or discon
nected at pleasure Their combined capacity IS $4,000
gallons On tho top OF each there urre TO allow for
expansion, and also each there Is hatchway, 80
that they be examined around above and below at
oil times bho has powerful steam pump, by which TO
discharge and is estimated that IN six hours her
can be pumped out. At tho place where she will dis
charge IN Boston there Is tank to receive her cargo
Beside the tanks, has considerable space In tho
wings and I'm the any outward cargo that
may required to ballast her. Her name is "Noyelyi
The Washington correspondent Of The Chi
eaOo Tribune has had conversation with Mr.. Charles
A. washburn our late Minister TO Paraguay in which no
obtained very interesting notes Lopez, the Para
guayan yrant Is weighing nearly 900 pounds, and
not ivo feet hyo inches high The Mr. Bliss who
was taken from Mt washburn's side Is native OF Cat
taraugus County, NewYOrk. lilo IS exceedingly accom-
pshed in learning and the languages. and found by
Mr. W. editing q paper for Lopez and writing book on
Paraguay. Mr.. Washburn says that entire trouble
arose from Lopez interceptng and reading his dis
patches wherein the opinion expressed that Para
| quay was In desperate condition and Lopez was
despot Mr washburn had very little idea that no should
get away with his llie Washburn himself Is square,
solid rather short man. with marked face. short. dark
hair agreeable manner and the Intelligence OF an
! observer and n Journalist. Ho proposes to write
magazine article concerning the state Of affairs on tho La
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