New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
GENERAL NOTES.

| During the year 1869, England imported Az
l6 OsO eggs valued according To the official report al
s5G34ls and exported the same year. eggs valued al
S5,Ol5.Oj5.
| The MARYLAND Legislature having soemnly
considered the question, have decided while passing
hill for the Prevention OF carrying deadly weapons
that oyster knife not 10 be included IN the Ky
snee t. + NOT Te sSten svei Where's Bergha
Richmond wants the James River deepened
from 10 to Is feet and s2OOO0o do it with. commit
tee has been urging the matter upon Congress- 2oHi
said sncedn 1854 to give depth OF Is feet where tere
but ten before The appropriation 9r sdoVoOV y '
say Will assuredly give us IL feet now we dare say
will, with comfortable little surplus too Tor t,,S
necessary expenses OF committees CONTIGUOUS anu
Others.
| The plea of the negro chattel who had stolen
and eaten his masters poultry is the only consolation
open to a certain class Of misforunes BOZ mass"S'
| de turkey and dis nigga; only changn' &c properly
rbout" The reflection may have sOOthed Town treas.
nrer in Rrown Comfy Wisconsin. when he dropped his
pockebook containing stout roll OF sreehDackS anu DO
fore he could the missing treasure IL was eaten
| up by his hogs.
| In Lynchburg, Va, there is an exhibition OF
learned pig. The dangers of little learning are Illus
trated IN his by his sponsors having conferred upon
HIM fine Christian name OF Wicked Benny" IL appears
mat inc citizens that locality apply distinctions OF
color both the pOrclne and to the human race; tnat
there pale arlstocraey OF pigs as wen a. " iId 5
The Journalist tells that Wicked Benny Is caeu 80
onIy m sport for lis color is white" and also mat no
gentleman will DO admitted unless accompanied Wy
| lady"
The issue of bonds and the funding process
"a n financial Device find favor and imitation among
the Baptss Nebraska To complete the building OF
church they have issued bonds for the mortgage debt In
# 800 each, payable IN 10 years without 10
float these the market they offer two prizes 20 me
takers be distributed by some sort OF loteryLa sio
/" lends TO the Lord" and becomes " boaed Dond.
holder stands chance OF making 1000 per cent pront
by gambling.
Some day or other the community may be
startled by boys Of Boston breaking out into insur
| recton There must be a point somewhere beyond
which repression even the land Of steady habits may
become uncomfortable. The latest endeav0r IN s respect
Is to prevent snowbalng among theln Inc eY bvo
have taken the matter In good earnest, anu nave
I'm the streets; the imposed varying from " To s5
each 1t remains to be seen whether throwing SHOW,
balls will become an extinct amusement ~ bc ION; e,n
think IL fortunate II boys can DC iesrained IRON
pclting grown people the streets. and feel dev0uty
thankful If they fling their missiles only at each other
One of the "revolvers" whose appearance
before the Recorders Court in New Orleans is expected
on an average twice week goes by the name OF Becky
sharp She possesses Of the ingenuity for making
the of suspicious circumstances when distinguished
the heroine Of Vanity Fair Arrested on the 10th INST
charge OF intoxicaton she declared 10 lhe Conr,
said the faceous Judge, sutng the acton to the word:
"what the matter with yonP There was some hest
taoD about the reply but at last IL came The small
pox sir" The Court broke up on the instant and fled
precpitatey from the courtroom. while Becky was set
at liberty without moments delay
As a rule, Providence enables dentists to
bear loss OF teeth the part Of other other people with
equanimy. 1t but rarely happens that they have ex-
tenve occasion for the exercise OF such resignation on
has however been the victim Of the most consid
cradle loss Of the kind on record People 90 All sorts OF
is technically known "yucanizng" the result IN the
instance was an explosion that shook the tran
ger Block" Everything In the vicinity was shlvered 10
atoms; and for the teeth not root nor fang Of
them has been found The Doctor has none left,
even to gnash at his misfortune.
1t is a long step in the elevation of a race,
when its individuals unite to elevate themselves The
class preudices Of the Southern whites have actually
forced the coored population into undertakings that
will tend to place the latter IN the position OF
Colored Citizens Packet Company" OF De Soto, La,
from which appears that the Company Is to engage in
river navigation and 10 buy and sell real estate The
$4,000 they put down the fares it remains to
be seen whether the managers wli permit white trash
A new bill for the regulation of peddng is
announced Ia the Massachusetts, Legislature. Among
the articles enumerated In which peddlers forbidden
to traffic indigo and jewelry The reasons alleged for
ofsaesmen who disposed OF wooden hams has by no
means lost its GINNING Jewcy Is not permitted because
be passed off as genune aud there clay in Connect
cut that be colored tnat oneegth part OF indigo
sufficient to make 1t saabe as the pure dye The legis-
lators OF the mmOnweath mindful OF the tenden
| cies OF their neighbors OF the nutmeg state.
| A planter near New Orleans finding that he
used up pows than he could afford to replace them
|
cconomy-determned to turn Yankee for once and In
vent something 10 meet his wants lie has done So His
% IN Sa Ss er ayd n% w
in such manner that II may be easily taken on and re-
point may have their lives indefinitely prolongedb by
putting on new face They are made III Orleans,
absolute dependence on the North for plows.
| On the 18th inst, Samuel Washburne reached
Troy N. " his way to Port Edward, his early home.
Now years Old he returns to the land from which he
has been exed by British cruelty for % years He
member OF that small band Of heroes who. IN 1888, lent
themselves to the assistance OF the rebellion In Canada
captured and condemned he was transported 10 the An
tpodes convict, undergoing untold horrors, he has
fingered In the penal colony Van Domans Land until
ANA suffering have rendered him longer dangerous
To Great Britain Some time when there little inter
national leisure II might be well for Government to
make this inquiry Are there any more Americans. sur
yvOrs oi the Patriot War, yet In compulsory exief
| A correspondent of Boston journal
communicates from Augusta Me-. tho particu-
lars Of case OF long linear 3eration OF 70 Rus
sian in the latter city, that certainly indicates
neglect somewhere The unfortunate man arrested
barefooted. shabbly dressed unable 10 speak ai-
gIagr. Thc Russian Consul at Boston has twice been
notified but takes action In the matter II Is probable
that he WAS sailor ana NJ the time ~ his Was
no means Of Communicating bis affairs either TO those
around hum or MS distant friends. would seem that Tho
aud treat his poverty as u crime.
| The Pail Mall G1sette contains report of
an mvcstigaton1n tho case OF an election fraud on
Beverley and the Commission report that according 10
the statement of Witnesses out OF constituency OF 100
about open bribery. and about 800 who
known as rolling stock" without political principles.
liking Of any knd They expected to be paid, and would
not unless hey paid This IA the way IN which
| the bribery was managed: An aperture was made In
Tho folding doors OF the library at the Mechanics Hall,
lust large enough 10 permit mans hand to be thrust
through il behind this door stood or sat tho bber with
OF gold before him; the voters were directed TO
| pass through tho room; the number was called ont
soyereign or two. as the might be, was pushed
through the aperture nothing being visible but the aus
had aud the voters thon passed out at another door