New-York tribune., 1870-08-18
GENERAL NOTES.

| The Dominion has been deluded. There
| was much growing in the Canadian newspapers about
supposed mistake the part OF the engineers OF the
United States Government to the location Of the ST.
Clair Ship Canal 1t said that through some bundef
the canal was constructed within Canadian territory and
that the United States Government had been expendns
$4,000 in improving the mud fats of tho
Dominion. At length. however, there Il an
official report on the subject from the the u :.
Engineer charge Gen Cram, including statement by
the Chief of Engineers, Gen; Humphreys and referring
Cen Raynoids 1t appears that there is mistake, bat
papers Tt S derived their beef The canal is Wholly within
United States territory. It'll pity about Canada That
or somebody scratch the earth for her but s
frequently disappointed And now this public work.
own, is not hers after all Twas ever thus.
Specimens of the work of machine which is
expected to do away with penmanship by substituting
printing writing in circulation 1t described
instrument OF small size, suitable to be set upon table, tn
be Operated by playing upon keys somewhat like those
OF piano. The specimens though by means elegant
indicate that the working the machine will probably
he successful I'm producing sort OF "copy In print
though yet it Is all in capitals is irregular in spacing.
said to be greater than that Of ordinary handwriting
Hereafter Instead of the correspondent saying al take
Instrument to say No longer the pen, but the
chino is mghtier than the sword" "The types poor
has easd AID bad set Of Rs The Dc
plume will become nom tmprineie; the htera sefptq
a tap Of the finger; "my hand and SEAL" my touch
and my impression" The professors OF penmanshp will
to teach handwTiting experts in Ohrography vii!
become rare that Of nlrmination. Perhaps, how
ever, the amenities q literature may flourish and the
nmarres tlat nave long been IN vogue among sages
be Moderated when regulations are no longer black
6ned By Singing ink and ready ,sS SIe; Sese sr 70 un mp
their pens u the bitterness that Is extracted from nut
gals sss- 49,. -.
Accounts from the varf0ns colonies OF CHI
neseisborers eorroborate the opinions from the
North Adams party to the good temper am ahua'
dexterity Of John. OF the party the Melandon ps
tation, New0rleans is said that long things
satisfactorily arranged with the leading there
fear OF trouble with the subordnates However they
pay little attention any directions given unless they
come through the medium OF the head man They attend
implicitly TO any order given by their chief. He wears
species OF bracelet his arms, which seems
10 be the emblem OF authority, and he Is prob
se Of the @ Chinese ,eo1 Of % s
colored folks I'm the neghborhOod One old antie, who
looked ms il born in the year one said the Chinese were
very good people; don't do muffin to nobody mind der
business" As the work done 1t is said that they
of hoe, plow, or even more delicate tools. Cafornls
story illustrates this knaek Not far from san Jose
took the job and hired American carpenter 10 build
OF them While he was doing So the Celestias lay
around and watched every movement be made As soon
as he finished it the Cinnamon discharged him, and
erected the others themselves when they were done
the best judges could not tell which was built by tho
white man.
The Burro Mines, now famous as the largest
ledge OF silver ore ever discovered, according
spondent who has just returned from visit to them,
justify the extraordinary reports of their riches which
have been given TO the public in the newspapers They
consist of vast body OF silver cropping out from the
surface to hight OF several hundred feet There is
the ledge 40 feet wde believed to have been
made many years ago. On the sides OF the cut native
yield all the way from sOO to $4,000 per tun The space
covered by the ledge, several thousand feet either
ders of Arizona. the Burro Mines are within the
boundaries OF about 30 miles OF Apache
Southern Pacific Railroad the 32i parallel The most
expeditions route thither Is by way Of California and t
the Apache country" The APaches themselves not
remarkable for enlargement OF the heart toward white
visitors and the latter rarely return unless they travel
In large parties, armed TO the teeth There ID water
10 speak OF Ia afoSnS ns eaSe hoped taa.
jackass and the district is the "ackass country Be
dessicaton its advantages place OF residence eau
only apply to those who have at least the oughness Of
All who are engaged in the erection of build
ngs for Public Libraries, should take warning tho
misfortune which has fallen upon Boston. The Library
there placed in very handsome and expensive. bur-
as IL appears equally inadequate and ncommodous
building The Adrerser informs US that the sarways
gallery TO gallery dangerous, narrow and few.
the galleries long and arranged with frequent breaks
whore people pass each other aud the shape OF
the building requires disposition OF books 10 the last
saTy Tednse Of light the building is greatly deficient
the combinations for keeping II out OF the aieoves
being sublime In TIER ngena a., Ano,sss as,n,s,r. wan.
OF new books, Tor sataogeing or covering,
II Is probable IL Is certainly to be hoped that II new
building Is fixed upon, the plan OF Deessert viii %
adopted" the librarian being IN the center sna inc
books arranged in circle around him. The library o
the American Antiquarian Society, as well as mat OF
Amherst College and OF Williams Coiege, are bnilt upSn
this principle There into when those VINO
plan library buildings for the smaller cities are always
In danger OF falling for not taking into eonsidefNtion
that every weilmanaged bsary must contnpe " IN
erease IN the number of its volumes froh year 70 year
The budia almost always projected upon too small
scale. Very soon, what with appropriations uohatOns,
and cgaoes. there more books than there are
Shelves upcn which them, aud the alcoves
are spotted by having additional shelves placed la their
center,