New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-05
To coPRESPONDENTs.

S. H-The pension paid widow ceases when she
remarres no part OF t. goes TO er enFea
price of gold Q3jtl and exchange ClO4l would net
you in greenbacks $3.50 A.. n.
H. H. E-The choice for President and Vice-Presi-
dent IN 1900 having been thrown into the House OF
Representatives, most of tho FederalSts In that
body supported Burr against jefferson
A. B.-The usual time of ocean steamers from Nor
folk. Va TO New-York, is 2G hours aud the prce OF
cabin passage $40 Fruits and vegetables are charged
for at the rate of 80 cents per barrel, freight.
Inquirer.-1he process OF printing the names Oh
subscribers on TIE TRIBUNE is very simple one. The
name and address are cut out IN small DOCK OF
wood, and, after the face OF the block has been
smeared with printers ink the impression Is maue
by means of q small machine.
H. y. Post.-Zero, meaning "naught,' is the point
at which the scale of the thermometer begins; IN
the Reaumur and Centigrade instruments TINS Is
fixed at the freezing point OF fresh water but IN the
thermometer in common use In TINS country u, o.,
Fahrenhet's zero is 81 degrees below tho lreezlng
point, about the temperature Oh mixture Oh saie
SvrdcusGThe following are the ten largest cities in
the United States in the order OF Their SIZE ana me
nonulation of each in round numbers. according 10
The latest statistics: New-iork, IO0OOOoi fhlladei
phia $4,000: Brooklyn, $1,000; Baltimore, SVVOOO;
81 Louis $50 700; Boston, 2l 600; Chicago ana New
Orleans, 100000 each; Cincinnati. l6l,OVo, ana Sah
Tribune Recdsr-Jf the trustees Of church have
for lumber to bn 9t p aS Ss Signing it VIA EeT
names az trustees, they have become individually
liable. The note is not the note of the church. and
the word trustees" added TO their signatures is
merely descriptive. Their personal private property
can he levied on to satisfy the demand.
IoIier.--Ihe manganese ore TO which you refer IS
probably the black oxide of manganese. 1t forms
the principal part of the mineral Pyrousite lt is
used for dscharging green tint from glass, IN max
ing chlorine from hydrochlOrc acid. for bleaching
purposes and in the manufacture Of steel Crude
ore would command $40 $50 per tun, but after be-
ing carefully freed from impurities, 1t Is worth i've
or six cents per pound.
4 Rcader.-1he salary Of the IT, S, District Attor-
neys is $500 per annum and fees except III the State
Of California, where it is 500 In the Territories,
Justices receive $500 year, with the exception of
Idaho and Montana where they get $500. The Dis.
trict-Attoneys in all the Territories get $50 and
fees and Marshas $500 For the salaries of the Rev
enue officers whose name is legion. you must consult
the u. s. Blue Book, published by X. A. Dimmick d
Co. of this city.
Rob Sptor.-According TO the american odd Fellow,
the official organ of the l. O. o. F. published in this
city by John w. Orr y. c. NJ only white citizens are
eligible to membership in the l. O. o. f. There are
however among colored population several lodges
of Odd Fellows in Pennsy lvania Ohio, and some
other States that have been constituted under char
tiers granted bv the Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows of the Sheffield tEng) Unity which Society
ia not i'm utilization with the Grand Lodge of the
limited States l. u. q. L.