New-York tribune., 1870-04-26
GENERAL NOTES.

There is a road from Bath, Me-, 10 WlScas-
set To call it corduroy is fusome fattery The stage
that makes daily journey upon IT, when the SHOWS are
melting, mpartiay divides its performances between
succeses and upset But this Spring, the driver aer
experience OF thirty years on or under that Vehicle &
9th the drawn by two yoke OF oxen ana
four horses The to relieve nDnn dns GGa m ah the
trip corresponded with that of the rshman who hred as
aHn ot If WASN'T for the name Of the thing
light as well have gone afoot"
1t is well to know beans. Four children
were poisoned last month in San Francisco for the want
Of this knowledge and Of them has since died. Nor
is the information general that the castoro bean Is IT
self poisonous five beans containing sufficient quantity
of noxious principle to Kill grown man Ihe beans that
poisoned the children had been the re s rub
bsh and must have remained unburn Ibey were pGhea
out Of the ashes by the children This poisonous princi
pie is not contained in the OIL and remains IN the Dean
in gardens here curiosity; and the beans are sold
for seed it is desirable that people having children should
cautious about such horticulture, so that the beans
not the children-msy be put underground
On the 23d ult. there was great fire at Helena,
Montana. large brewery in danger and its pro-
prietors adopted novel expedentf protection against
the flames. Taking number Of kegs OF beer upon tho
balcony Of their building they knocked out the bungs,
forth in full stream upon the heated walls The effect
more than answered the expectations OF the
ton The danger il that some Of the manufacturers
family mac6ines with similar fluid Such a conven-
ience might prove as attractive members of the
family the teapot to Mr. ToOdes after he had sub
stued for its usual contents a stronger beverage.
There is at present large rebate allowed at
our Custom House for the damage which to goods
which have passed around the Cape Of Good Hope and
for that which the perlshable fruits Of the Mederra
mean coast suffer coming here by sailing vessels or by
way of English ports During II months ending July l.
1869, more than per cent of the duties paid on
Chinese goods about Il per cent OF those on on
| Singapore, and nearly % per cent OF Calcutta
duties thus returned rebate and lost to the Gov
ernment. The proportion thus sacrificed Mediter
produce than "a per cent The total OF
these items alone indicate loss OF si5Ooo to the Coy
saved by direct trade via the Suez Canal picking up
I"sseps nav also bSnet the health and morals Of our
people by diminishing the frequency OF the dishonest
practices by which these damaged goods are disposed OF
as sound articles.
A novel refOTmatOry enterprise is in prog
in the Idaho Territorial Prison. The prisoners have
formed Bbioc,osr and spend part OF each day In read
Ing and commenting the Scriptures, and in the
formance Of religious services Two Prisoners, who were
pardoned in the latter part Of last month, left the inst
tuition with great reluctance they regard Its moral
of the Territory of the inmates, who attempted to
rob express wagon train is now studying for the min
stry expecting preach the gospel when he IL set at
liberty on the occasion of breaking ground and begin
ming foundation for the Idaho Pententary the I'd
ns the citizens of Boise City were invited TO be present
at the ceremonies and the views or the Inhabitants or
terms Of the notice which says: general attendance
of every and sex is requested in order that all may
the commencement OF Ilat
be their home" Such possibility is delightful to con-
template where life and society In such institutions Is
far superior to their outside surroundings.
We are at q loss to understand why there
should such outcry against Congressman Fox and
Morrssey Not only is Congress at but the State Leg
slaure, too its mastersprit broadly accusing the two
gentlemen OF a chronic dstaste for Congressional duty
and association Is there then very much difference
between this tweededee Of Congressman, wasting the
time Of their constituents out OF Congress and the
tweedledun Of their doing the thing in those halls
fn Rul illness For We EuO Of M
way I'm which Messrs and Morrssey aforesaid could
better served their districts than by absenting
themselves from their places And for that matter the
House of Representatives. might well have spared better
members fate And finally il there Is the slightest dan
ger either the Congressman from Mr. Tweeds Sena
tora district will do In Congress hundredth part OF
the mischief which that worthy has worked In the Leg
laue trust they may forever be banished from the
places that ought TO have known them, and prob
ably would not but for Mr. Tweed whose wrath they
have lately incursed.
The records of births, deaths and marriages
in Massachusetts, during the past year develop
rious facts. comparison between the marriages Of
American and foregnborn in the State and the
births in the families Of the extraction show that
while there twice many american" "foregn"
marriages. there children born OF the latter
parenage than OF the former In Boston the two classes
births OF foreign were as to OF American parentage
Yet the total number OF births the largest
ported Twins must be scarce, for the plurality
riages has diminished being less than in either last
year before; but there need be dscouragement to
seeking tender tie, it Ia recorded that maiden
OF years became the sixth wife OF gentleman OF 65
and there three instances Of marriage a
ceeding 20 On the whole, the population Of Massachu
half OF them settle in Boston, mOiety OF Its in
habtants may live to see-absracty coDsidered-a very
considerable city, something Ike NewYork 20 or 80
ago