New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-06
GENERAL NOTES.

II. Buchanan Read is palDtlnS AouSi'ii0"
portrait from llfe
There is an extensive sassafras distillery IN
GreensbOTOugh, n. c.
The Atlantic Ocean is stll making rapid in
roads on Atlantic City.
M. Provost Paradol writes articles on French
politics for The London Times. .,-.
grandchild of the Russian Gar receiver
100000 worth OF Christmas gifts
NAPOLEON is a good chess player, but inc s"'i'
excites him and he is angry when beaten
Ossan f. Dodge has been elected Secretary OF
the ST. Paul. Minnesota. Chamber OF commerce.
Tho Iondon surgeons complain of the scare
ity Of dead bodies for the purposes OF dissection
Nanobtv BOYS in Manchester, New-Hamp-
shire, are fined 81 for playing marbles on Sunday
bismarck will not let his two sons enter diplo-
,pate life as he docs not think they are sufficiently Ia"
cnted.
II is proposed in France to cultivate the
Chinese bamboo, IN order to open new branoh OF III
dustry.
Michigan City is in Indiana, Kansas City Is
An Missouri and virginia City is in Nevada ana also !"
Montana.
The Spalding Club, which has republished SO
many old Scottish books in Edinburgh is aoOu' -
dissolved. =,
A revspaper called Los dos Republics ispaO-
,.ed IN New orleans TO advocate the interests VI INV
Cuba and Mexico.
wealthy San Francisco Chinaman mas DE,
come Fenian His cOuntrymen say nc u in'"n0 "N"
have locked him up ~
Mexican bandits have regular tarlil LOT 'lieii
prisoners. The Superintendent OF si'er Ano WIZ"
$4,000, q rich banker 100000.
Georgia minister thinks he has discovered
took a Whit instead OF a bite
A Berlin newspaper has one editor whose sole
outv Is to serve out terms of imprisonment decreed
against the paper for its libelous articles
The Pail Mall Gazette says of Mr.. Johnson's
farewell address: alt is very long, but by no means
worth reprintng either in whole or in part"
A "virgin and Child" by Raphael about the
size OF the page Of Hdrpes Weekly was sold by auction
in Paris lately for $4,000. 1t goes to England
The German expedition to sail for the North
Polo in June will consist Of screw steamer Of l2o tuns
and 80 horse power with sailing yacht OF 50 tuns
A noble white shoe-dealer in New-Orleans
has been fined for selling pair Of shoes with paper soles
10 negro He complains Indignantly OF Radical tyranny
A cutlery firm at Sheffield. England have sent
exSecretary Seward elegant penknife with star Tor
each State Of the Union set in gold upon the ivory handle
The Book of Mormon has been translated into
the Deseret alphabet Prof Orson Pratt is engaged In
correcting it, and win then bring East have printed
i Lynch law in Kentucky has been turned to
good purpose An indoent blacksmith recently tied
10 tree and given ashes because he failed to support
his family
A mechanic in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has
Invented another flying machine The wings are fifteen
feet in length and will present to the air surface Of 900
square feet.
A Cincinnati Justice has decided that it is
larceny to steal umbrella, and committed man to
the workhouse for 10 days for taking another mans UNI
brella during shower.
The Pope, according to custom, blessed the
symbOcal golden during Lent There is some curl
osty to know what sovereign will get it. Isabella OF
Spain received 1t last year.
An oyster was recently fshed up at SIAM
ford Conn., which contained pearls and nj New
Haven which had 2sS varying in size from that of a
buckshot to a mustard seed.
The Saturday Rerieo is deceived by the Amer
lean hoax about meeting Of the prisoners under SEN
tence of death in the Maine State Prison, aud heads an
article "Murderers in Council"
Ex-Queen Isabella has received twenty large
jewelry and dry goods, restored to
by the Provisional Government The value of the
property is estimated at 100000.
Recent visitors to Victor Hugo say he has of
late very silent in regard to the Emperor Napoleon
nod no longer abuses him formerly. 1t is surmised
that he is soon to return TO France.
1t is proposed to add to the present plan Of
the great peace Jubilee Of noise at Boston grand parade
all Massachusetts, soldiers veterans of the war;
the 18th Of June the anniversary Of Bunker HILL
Mrs. Dolly Chandler and 1914 other women
remonstrance the Massachusetts Legisla
fure against suffrage. They claim that 1t would
diminish the purity the dignity aud the moral influence
~ women, and bring into the family circle dangerous
element Of diseOrd without securing additional strength,
Efficiency wisdom TO the Government OF the nation,
md ask be let alone in the condition allotted to
by nature, by custom, and by religion.
The Providence Press says the ex-Queen of
the English Gipses who arrived in this country recently,
Is to organize the 1900 Gipsies who
different times They viii be located lands they have
purchased The gypsy population, it says, though poor
look at is rich In fact and shall hear OF
riey honorably celebrated than that of the Nor
governed by their own laws, and ruled over by
real Queen.