New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-05
GENERAL NOTES.

One of the sensation stories that has recently
been circulated in the Wes Is 10 the enec that
hundred Of tho wealthy daughters OF he"1ork are adj
ntted every year to sstlum Tor aruhkards" % The
fact is that there Is only ZACH asylum IN hls state,
and mat no woman ever applied for admission TO IT, IL
contains only about 80 patients
Antonio Romero, a SpaBiard oil San Fran
cisco left that city few days with two young ladies'
daughters OF Felix Espinoza, another ePaniard Having
fallen in love with the older one 20 years OF age he IN
dnced the Younger years Old 70 accompany then and
them prevent nteTferenee 9y helr pateF caused hS
arrest for alleged assault ana Dattery
A subscription paper was circulated in Omaha
f the first time on she afternoon Of the 18Th ult for the
purpose OF raising bonus to be given 10 any hotel com
nauy which viii build in that city hocel at cost Of
not less than $560O0 and $4,000 was subscribed In Few
hours and tho remainder Of the 10000 wenit was pro-
posed raise, has probably been pledged before this
time.
At recent meeting Of the Madison County,
Iowa BOARD Of Supervisors the following highly original
account was submitted for payment but failed to get
through Madison County TO -, Dr., 80, For
making the wedding for -. and getting her mar
red and clearing the county Of any further charge on
her account aud placing her on good moral aud re-
In August, 1866, Capt. II. 0. Winsor of the
American sAip Intrepid set adrif the Pacific Ocean
I'm old boat, one TON" Greek, When the Intrepid
arrived in San Francisco the captain was arrested aud
tried for NARROWING. but nothing was ever neard on ls
until early in June, when gentleman arrived IN sD
Francisco who had seen him recently m iat Inc pooe
fpl
boat and after he landed Easter Island, from which
be rescued BY vessel and taken 10 Tahiti where ne
has since resided
Pacific Railroad spikes seem likely to be-
como as common Atlantic Cable charms we're two or
three years ago The HeW.Bedford Standard says that
Sir Duff one of the Directors Of the Union Pacific Rail
road was that city the other day on Tsit aud mad
with him the gold spike SAID 70 nave oee .e iass one
II evident that It driven about az much as corner
stones are laid by public dignitares The marks OF
lfghf NJ IA la III.
A company is boring in st. Louis (Gratiot
CountyJ Mich for salt The well is already 200 feet In
depth about so feet OF which has been bored through
bed Of auckland Since then several feet OF
been found and now from appearances seild roea ns
been struck, from the top OF the tuDihR ~ H.
with much force splendid stream Of pure water o. the
Temperature OF 500 Fahrenheit The citizens nave OheIe
me vIIape The Company however refused the offer,
and are still sinking for SALT which lney are qe con
dent Of finding
While the pastor of the Franlllin-st. Church,
IN someryile Mass was offering prayer on last Sunday
morning gray squirrel was discovered on one OF the
beams overhead After carefully measuring the Instance
between hs standpoint and neighborlhg eornlce' he
made the leap but the oOrDlce was ohy -
I'll 70 the door and having through several sips;
creating CONSERVATION among the rair occupants III
clergyman endeav to drive the little fellow INTO tne
vestry, but he ran down the other ai9er anu wa" "''
captured In an anteroom
Several cowardv attacks have recently been
made on Chinese immigrants as they landing in San
Francisco The last outrage committed on some OF
the passengers Of the Great Republic, last week. VINO
were assaed with stones they passed through tne
streets not reported that any OF them were seI
Ousy Injured but white man who took their part was
badly beaten. The Alta says: class OF our
imagine that the Cinnamon cause pecuaIy o ~ - h
but this ID mistake as gross as tla, OF Ile MI
supposed they would be ruined by the railroads Tue
Cinnamon add much 10 the value OF real estate 10 to
commerce. the consumption, TO the agricultural
tion, and TO the NOTWITHSTANDING inausg ot And
II they were driven out poor whlte men Nonu np' 10
wages would be lower employment more dl1uit " se'
and the value OF property less than at present
The detectives of Milwaukee are working
mn curious case OF deception and robbery. servant
girl living with family near that city,
visited last Spring, band OF Gypsies and
had her fortune" told by Of them The crafty old
to whom she applied after one or Two mterNeS
told her that she not marry certain personnam-
ga1edEtbot n She did great harm would come her,
INF that brave heart was dying for her ovethat IL
would come In the shape ~ young man with dark eye
and black shining lockhat the young man would love
aud wed herwoud turn out TO be something or other in
disguise and life would be full OF happiness that
drop more would spill out soon after, she Jaw man
answering TO the above description wandering about the
farm, became acquainted with him and nnaliy eloped
with him. On arriving az Chicago he robbed Ter OF TIC
little money she had saved and left her she found work
in Chicago and remained there until week ago when
her old lover found her out ana married heF.
A new kind of sectional canal-bOat has been
invented and tried with success between Buffalo and
Albany Each section il a distinct hoat-n fact any two
canaboats ordinary construction may be coupled Dy
this arrangement without any preliminary change IN
them. The coupling, when - the Only ne lttu -"
ssts OF bar rgdly attached by one eud 10 the stem OF
the forward section and the other end turning upon
pivot In the bow Of the rear section. An ordinary ste-
ngwheel Is connected by Chaius 10 TINS par IN SUI, =
that the steersman, with ms hand oh Tue W''
has perfect control over beth sections No rudder used
while the sections remain connected. the rear section
acting rudder The advantages claimed Tor the ll-
yentlun that canaDOats coupled toEeter by hS
arrangement can be managed by the crew required
for "A single boat and tOwed with an addition 81 only
per OF the power required 10 one boat
But II by the application Of steam that tile ul adva
tages are expected 10 be obtained. An engine and wheel
placed i'm the OF the last section VIII NOT ouy move
entire craft but tow another sectional boat Oi the
same capaety Thus the two boats, with total carry
moved with one engineer aud TWO stecrsnoE 10 manage
them.
A laborer named Shales, while eXcavatine,
on Monday, for eellar-way at house on
Easterly-ave., Auburn, n. Y, struck upon a
large piece OF ancient pottery, which rested on nest OF
small powders and within quite large deposit Of wood
Goals IL was about three feet below the surface 81 the
ground which had not been stirred there except 10y
slight blowing, since the setenent OF the country 10y
aud position the vessel, that IL was placed there
for cooking purposes, IN cavity IN tue ground
dug out Tor thAt purpose anu lhat inc dc-
OF wood from time 10 time under and around &c.
The AdrerSer says IL has been ascertained believe
Mexican Indians, usually called Alleghaus who
driven away from Fort Hill by the IrOquus during the
century previous 10 the discovery OF America by Column
bus According to that computation, this piece OF pottery
must have been placed where II was found az least $50
year AS the pottery OF the ancient Alleghans h.
clearly dstingulshable from all Others II being two
inches thick and composed very largely of pnlverized
item OF evidence that the mound-buders of the Nlsss
sippi and Ohio valleys did come up as far as Auburn
before they were repused.