The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-05
GENERALITIES.
The "Fly,ng Dutchman,, Resurr,

I
The bark Maria j. Smith abandoned by
her crew on the Pacific coast in the belief that
she could not be got into port. Subsequently
she was found by Indians, safe and sound, near
Bella Bella, almost five hundred miles from the
point where she was deserted. 1t seems quite
incredible that a vessel could thus make her
way, as we are assured, without aid of helms
man or compass, through intricate channels and
dangerous tide rips, to q safe harbor. Hardly
less singular, however, is the fact that this is
the second time the same craft has been aban-
doned, and The second time she has saved her.
self. The veritable "Flying Dutchman" is
credited with performances scarcely more Won
derful. -..
Women Mt Oxford.
There is a general notion in this country that
women are now admitted as students in Oxford
University England. Professor Goldwin Smith,
in a note to the College COurdnt, corrects this
misapprehenson. He says:-"The examination,
to which girls are to be for the first time admit
ted, is not the entrance examination OF the Uni
versity, but an examination for persons not be-
longing to the University, commonly called the
middle class examination, and held under the
auspices of the University for the purpose of
raising the standard of education in our second
ary schools" This is veTv different thing
from an admission to the University itself, "A
matter which Professor Smith says has never
/ been mooted at Oxford"
Great Snakes.
The Paris GaulOiS says that some workmen
engaged in demolshing an old house in Paris
came upon q nest of adders containing some
/ lunQreQS OF tneee reptlleS, AT Lne DOLJOm OF an
exhausted we'll. In the midst of this snake nest
was found skeleton which had probably fallen
in the well years ago, and the flesh of which had
been devoured by the adders. Strange TO say,
in the hand of the skeleton was pocket-book
of red morocco leather, in which, when opened,
there were found forty bank notes for 1000
francs each, a womans likeness, and letter,
which had been almost entirely eaten by the
reptiles, the only fragment remaining decipher-
able bearing the woIds:-''Do not make known
the plot" A judicial inquiry has been COM
menced.
Number and Tonnage of United States Mer-
chant Vessels.
The monthly report (No. y of the Bureau oi
Statistics, now in press, contains, besides other
valuable and interesting matter, statement
showing the number of vessels and amount OF
tonnage belonging to each of the several States
on the 30th of June, 1862 The total number OF
vessels was 26, 1893, with tonnage of 3,744,3 ,319
of which 7l75 vessels, representing tonnage o.
l,319, $50, belonged to New York; to Massachu
setts 2S70 vessels, with All, 642 tons; to Maine
(2944 vessels with 443, III tons; to Pennsylvania
2O52 vessels, with 265, 6S5 tons; to Ohio 112s
vessels, with 124, ,694 tons; and TO Michigan 73'
vessels, with los, $50 tons. The number of yes
eels temporarily registered was 1888, with ton
mage of 40l, ,046, making grand total of n, 40
vessels and A. las, 1855 tons.
The Old Boston State House
The Bostonians are again excited, giving ad
ditional proof that whoever says they are col
people does most egregiously err. At the hea(
of State street stands building known as tn
Old State House, a venerable ediiee, full c
historical associations There is no kind {
doubt that 1t is very much In the way, and tins
il sadly impedes travel and traffic; moreover,
has been altered that IL is not at all as II ono
was likewise 1t is full of lawyers offices, an
shops, ETC., yielding a rental Of s2l,oO0 pS