New-York tribune., 1869-01-15
GENERAL NOTES.


Augustine, Fla, on Christmas day. Tho weather was
the coest Known In that locality since 1865 The er
mometer at daylight stood 2oo above zero IL after
ward touched 10 In climate where even whito fross
are unusual. this was very Last year. at tho
time. tho Florida ladies' were dressed in lawns
The annual exports of the iron companies In
the Marquette Lake Superior region show that los no
;uns OF iron mined Last year. 2,o7o tuns mora
than in 1867 The product would have been az least oea
uns greater but for the disastrous fire In june by which
tree OF the four large shipping docks destroyed
The amount OF pig iron produced tuns against
30,0ll In 1867
The Labor Exchange Of San Francisco was
established last Spring. to give grauItous aid to mmt
grants and others seeking employment It las more do
mands for all kinds Of abocrs than 1t can supply The
rates OF wages in gold are follows Skilled mechanics
from 81 to 50 day farm hands $50 to $40 month with
board; wood choppers, 81 20 cord; female domesiis
SEQ q month. 1nI r il.
Rice is q valuable crop in Louisiana, o rich
planter ST. James Parish, determined 10 sow rico for
the of his family and his farm hands on about 100
acres which he had spare after planting his sugar
cane His rice crop filed l4Oo barrels the greater num
Of which disposed OF the plantation at s2i har
rel; the entire cost Of pIowng sowing and preparos
tho grain for market $4,000 he had sold all the bar
res which could easily have done, at Sal, his clear
profit would have been s2J,4OO
TEN OF "wor" rail fencing follows There
arc at least 100000 miles OF fencing IN the State Of
Georgia. Tho number Of rails required for tenran
fence mile Is about 9,0)O and for all the Georgia
fences O09 Tho value Of these, taking az
count tho worth of the timber tho splitting, hauling and
putting up Is 500 per mile-amountlng in the
gregate to the OF s25oOoOo. The Duration
of these fences Is about years Tie annual interest
the investment at 20 cent allowing 10 per cent for
decay s0OjO0 The editor urges that herding stock
would be cheaper than the use Of fences.
The cockatrice of the Bible is not the fabu-
lous creature Of which read in nythOogca legends
and heradic books Our trarsaiors OF the Scriptures
frequently put tho OF imaginary creatures where
the sacred writers speak ones These errors
due 20 the slender knowledge natural history winch
existed when the English version Of the was mads.
COckatrice OF imaginary fying reptile. the
offspring of cock and serpent Tho coekarice OF The
Bible is subject OF learned discussion but IL evidently
refers TO real reptile an adder or viper Of some
kind. Two Hebrew words, Ixiph0" and Eha. arc trans
lated by this word. r I..
The second largest dairy in America is To-
Gated about four miles from ST. Louis. There arc 500
cows stable. They all attended By Swiss cow
mixers The chief food used Is ground corn, mixed
with malt and oil meal cooked by steam. large mi IL
owned aud by the propricOrs o. Lesser & Co. The
average OF material consumed at this dairy per
day IS 400 bushels OF mat6Oo pounds OF cut hay 60 bGsh-
bran mixed together also furnished the for food
The Summer pasturage OF this mammoth dairy embraces
an OF Loo OF fine rolling land, with nu
springs OF pure water. The average daily yield
of milk at the present time gallons with 50 gallons
Of cream.
The author of the recent work of travels in
countries speaking the English language, entitled
Greater Britain" asserts that the Moth American In
dans with the exception Of the tribes nhabItng the
southwestern plains. belong to the Malay family. The
Ues ard Dggers OF the southwest be regards Tartar
race Not only does he thus group nearly all tho Amer
tribes together the descendants OF Maayan emf
grants but ascribes like origin to the PolynesiAn
aborigpes from Hawaii Nov Zealand and to the In
dians OF the South American Pacific coast The only sp
parent ground for this theory Is fsncsd resemblance of
certain Indian and Poyncsan words to words in the
Malay language.
The pistols used by Aaron BUR- and Alex.
ander Hamilton their famous duel weolawken.
in the possession OF Mr. Harry Armstrong OF New-
burgh They have been for many years the posses
OF Commodore Saer. u. 3. NJ. OF NewYork. recently
ceased, and were given to Mr. Armstrong last week.
They OF the old style Of manufacture, flint locks,
hogany stock. carrying halfounoe ball. Tho barrels
double and twist" They bear tho mark j. Twiggs
London" The pistols resemble other exactly The
used BY Burr dstn gushcd from its mate by anX
on the butt These have beeu used Ia ten
dozen other dueis beside tie one which hos
fred them of once a month regularly while he lived
The Florence correspondent Of The London
Daily Ners poet Longfellow at the Rossini
Requiem service. romantic little incident occurred On
the church steps Just after the was finished:
While standing the fight OF steps, my attention was
arrested by the sineulaIiy engaging and intellectual
couaenance gentleman. perhaps sixty years Of
age with sycry locks and beard. RccompS
med by LADY,, youth. and two young
crowd in the square He was an object OF nn,sgu.ed
yet respectful Interest TO party OF young Angl Italian
girls few steps OF. am it must be he, lac Is
ike the prints said Of them. At length one younx
girl approached the lady accompanying the syerh9red
stranger, and SAID, Pray excase The liberty but Is not
that Mr.. Longfeowi T. Yes was tho rrpiy .Oh /
am so happy have seen him! IL is worth great
then rereated to eiOn own party but her n marks
had been communicated both to the Amercan poet asd
10 the two girls whom ho holding by Ihe hand aud
with charming rankness they all came forward and
spoke few words of natural and simple courtesy thre
also kind shake Of the hand. facts which VIII.
throughout the whole lives Of those TO whom they were
addressed lend sweeter perfume verse OF Evan
geline and Hiawatha."
The Red River Cooperative Relief Commit
OF Minnesota aud Canada reports that the cases Of
actual destitutlon far moro numerous than was ex
pected There at present AS families OF a4l2 md.
yuals needing immediate relief other families Of as
individuals will soon be tho list Besides this many
who have little OF support WILL before
the Winter is over, be destitute. Many who had gons
into the Interior In tho hope OF finding buffalo, In
former years are returning state bordering
alton The total destruction Of the crops by the gras
hoppers together with the failure OF the buffalo hunts
and the fisheries and the disappearance OF the rabbt
usually so the Winter season. have combined
produce this deplorabe state OF suffering. To meet
this distress the Governor and Council Of tie Red River
settlement voted all the funds at their disposal amount
ing to $1,000; the Cities St. Paul and Milwaukee
United States as well Ottawa, strattord Hamilton,
London and Toronto in Canada have contributed var