New-York tribune., 1869-01-18
GENERAL NOTES.

dence OF his peculiarly English patriotism by rernarkDy
as he looked across the ST. Lawrence at place where IL
Is 2l miles wide "Ah, this reminds Of the Thamcs.
At trial just concluded in London, in which
the cost Of certain parts Of a church was Involved a
gigantic model Of tho part inqueson was brought INTO
tho Courtroom Its base entirely covered an the bar
benches.
The Boston merchants are preparing mo.
moral to be laid before Congress- urging new re,pro
city treaty with Canada liberal than the lsst m
Boston Post which among the rst papers to sustain
the original treaty says that has "waited long enouh
to sec the folly Of repeating IT." and heartily support.
the Boston movement.
A life-slze wax figure of living New Orleans
belle has been set up IN the New-Oreans Museum s,a
is member Of the most fashionable society," and Is uslv
distinguished FOR hCr beauty. Tt was manufactured In
NewYork from amhotype sent for the purpose. ~.
young lady knew nothing of the liberty thus taken with
her person.
Nearly 100000 acres Of grape vines are cul-
tiyated in France The average annual value OF the wpe
exceeds sl00O04O9O The difficulty Of keeping French
wines impedcs the foreign trade and keeps up the price,.
The experiments Of M Pareur in preserving the vines
bya heating process looked upon with great interest
Ifthoy are successful in tho fine yincs tcy have been
in the grosser kinds the prices OF clarc and burguuds
Will be greatly reduced both in England and 10 this
country.
Mayo, has been examining the suez Canal Jc thiuestt
VIII be completed early in 1870 unless unforeseen
misfortune Ships will be unable to pass each
other except in wide places cut out for tho purpose
With regard to the commercial success OF the project the
tariff Of charges is as yet quite uncertain Lord Mayo
heard no estimate TO the cost ofmantanlHg the w0ls
but II the between the West and East passes
over the Canal tllcre doubt that toll OF less tlan
81 81 tun will be more than sufficient repay It's con.
structOrs and maintain tic works
The Company which supplies Paris with gas,
has ten works in different parts OF the city and nfy
gasometers capable altogether OF serving moro than
twelve million cuUc feet Of ga'. The cost 20 private
consumersls about 81 co per feet The city govern
ment pays about half much for what It uses. An
engineer Of the Partisan Company, NJ seryler estimates
thousand feet OF gas equal in Illuminating power 20
about three dollars worth Of OIL or eleven dollars worth
OF candles. Tho entire gas consumption Of Paris, in
1865, io9000OCo cubic eet22l3 feet per bead u
the population. The consumption IA London durag tLe
same year, was 1884 feet per head.
The following is Gen. McClellan's letter de-
oning the Presidency Of the California University:
HoBoKES. n. j., Dec. s.-ToANDREw j. BIoCLDER. osq.
Secretary ftte B0ard Of Regents, UairerSitgof California;
DEAR SIR have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt
Of your official notification OF my election as President of
the University by the Board of Regents have already
written to His Exceoncy Gov. Haight upon the subj Ct
and while obliged to repeat this letter. that must
with sincere regret decline the honor coAfeEed upon
me- gladly avail myself Of the opportunity 10 repeat
the expression OF my deep appreciation OF the very G
thanks 10 tile members Of the Board great KIDD
and am very respectfully your obedlent SER
want, CBo. B MCCLELLAN
The Hon. Josiah Quincy, addressing the BOs-
ton Social Science Association last week the price OF
ccreaIs claimed that It is affected more directly by the
Of transportation than Dy any other cause except
size OF crops railroad freight charges in this
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agement OF roads and especially to the constant
Watering Of stock. The Erie received its share Of his
indignant attention Of He denied that it
possible for Western speculatng combinations TO inGG
ence prices materially. The grain crop is from It's
mmensity beyond the reach OF mercantile monopol.es.
Fisk Vanderbilt and Drew, with few others, hold the
keys to the granares of the West They have created
formidable transportation monopoly.
The Norfolk Journal has discovered to its
disgust that the Southern" song OF "DiXe" not only
originated In the North but first written for and
sung by Abolltionists The party who pro
poses 10 take his stand In Dixe's land" Is runaway
slave expressing his intention OF returning TO the SOUTH
seize his masters plantation and live and die in Dixie
Slavery is referred TO metaphorically as "Johnnys
pig that lived in clover but when it died. IL died all
over Thislwas the opening song of many Abolitonist
gatherings before the war; and edition after edition
call for The very term "Dixie" was original with tho
Abolitionis author and was never IN use before his a
plcaton of It. The air itself is that OF Old Scotch
ove-song arranged in doublequck time. The people Of
the South failed discern the object with which this
Abotlonis song written and IL became popular as
the national" song OF the Confcderacy
Professor Wecker who died few days ago
al Bonn was OF the most eminent German students
OF phiology and archaeology. He born in 1881. Mt
Griinberg He obtained professorship in the Gymna-
stun at Gesseu in 1903. Three years later he went TO
Rome where lie stayed for two years. and where Zoegs
the celebrated Danish archGologt exercised vital In
duence upon his intellectual Development Returning 10
Germany, he appointed professor az the universities
OF Giesscn GottIngen and Bonn successfully. He was
follower OF the Ueynes and wolf aud contributed not
little 10 raising OF philoogy from narrowness and
pedantry TO the high position IL now occupies The wide
catholic spirit and philosophical significance which
like himself Ofricd, Miller, B0ckh, and Others among
he stood foremost impaired TO that science may
be counted among the which have made German
learning and philosophy famous. He had vast range
OF knowledge, decacy of TASTE and subtley OF judg
ment. His "G0tterlehre," completed but few years
ago, is the best known Of all his works
"Grumbler' grumbles in The EreRing Posi-
about intolerably vulgar practice INDUCED m at on'
Philharmonic concerts. "0n Saturday evening" he
SAYS 81 made one Of the audience ut the Academy Of
Music Having secured box, our party took seats WITH
antcipatons Of great pleasure. The occupants OF the
next box kept up ncessant loud talking, with the
same freedom as though they In a drawing room al
home This annoyance aggravated by the fact that
these parties presumed TO applaud vociferousy when the
rest did Just they had been listening all the time
After the first part OF the the evening 10y
general consent among the occupants Of the boxes given
no TO calls and chat musical friend" adds Grumble
has assured us that this conduct is peculiarly OF New
York fashionable society. and IN further illustration
mentioned the following incidents Last Winter, Mrs -
gave musical soiree. at which the pianist Wehh was
perform He commenced, but the noise OF talking sno
laughing was so great that in the midst Of be nrs'