New-York tribune., 1870-04-22
GENERAL Notes.

a case of hydTophObla OF peculiar ch"I-
ac;er comes to from Springfield, ONO solomon
HALEY died OF what was supposed to be this disease on
the 23d ult But the pecuarity ia that his WIFE, VINO
was never bitten Ivy any animal, either rapld oi Pre- re
srned to he 30. was attacked b{ tn9 SaiU M o com
the patient upon whom she was in constant Attendance
dissemination of the virus than ls CONSISTENT VIZ @
usual and received theory of hydrophobia AdhninE,
thcfore the existence Of such disease We nave mere
case of acutc nervous resembling ulneNcry
particular-a fact in itso.f extremely Important
There's nothing, as people suppose, ike
good sound glass Of Port wne especially Tor inVadS oI
advanced years But imagine an old lady drinking TO
cot hack her strength the Port wine bought at SOninS
ION Conn lately and analy 2ed by Prot. Sllnan Of
Yaje College The nan # science found Ot OF moo seS,
2 per of alcohol 100 grains Of sPhue acid to the
quantity There's nice joval, celebrating, warming
the bee doth love to dream in the said hue being
obtained from that unpoetca artce-moa,5eS H9w Nv
long would AnaueOh have lived, and ho" well could lie
have sung, on oxide OF lead
We have had frequent occasion to comment
upon the need of education which School Commissioner
are so apt themselves TO exhibit those OF Baltimore
have recoptly exempihcd the extreme Elowness with
which even the most cOgent of educational processes can
penetrate them. Certain colored persons OF that cy
petiOned the Board of School Commiss oncrs, ASKING
that when vacancies hereafter teachers OF Hef
own color may appointed in the colorcd public schools
The reply 10 The application is unanimous report OF
Committee to whom it referred ting fOth that
the entire subject Lad been discussed IN tc bO"fd aeN
eral times before and decided adversely to the meinor
aGts; that the StatS OF things as they are was Vod
lie TO the education Of the pupils; that the capacity
! TO teach was rare and finally, th1t as seN raj
years had elapsed between the Emancipation ana the
Suffrage Procanatons, if such probation was neCcs-
sry, and deemed 10 be So too, by those Wh0 are lhe
especial champions of the black race 10 III the blacR man
to use inteigenty toe priv icse Of e sns sG9e @ ITo I
IdttCn ana some traig - requisite 10 ht MN io @ tlg y,
high and exalted position to become ite leatleT .,
Others" The italics their own. They GCcmrd u
"neXpedieHt and unwise to nodiiL or interfere Nt te
present bystcm," these saNent C0nihsloheI'. me
only wanted TO I've "let alone" Ihcy never p,i'ettu
that their own propositions show concusiyey that The
only question 20 be considered y Whethol II lLele DC
thcy have tie capacity. being to ascertain that fact
They actually to have presumed that The coofcd
citizen has learned as Little as they themselves nave
| during the past decade
The advocates of q universal currency may
find new argument in letter from the Secretary Of tie
Treasury in relation TO the value Of the tael OF China
referred the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on
the Ist lust 1t appears that the currency OF ti1a Is
not coinage. hui measurement by weight of silver
bullion. Fnst, uniform standard is obtained from the
through certain banks. The latter known Govern
of silver Of about 80 or co tacis value; and tlcte
Jumps become tAe standard currency This is NOT wv
set Of humps cOrTt spending in size and ght, hut made
by nybUdy AID needing TO he stamped and reslalrpcd
by every person passing thcD and also D or pieces If
silver chiefly from fragments of foreign coins. done mp
ia bags AID Do%es aud similarly We8Aed ana sta9e;; ;
the exchanges in China, is, in fact. its ',cireu-
IcacJ is worth about 10 per cert prenuia Now some
Of the older ports OF China ia commerce with Foreigners
the Mexican more atterly the American silver dallor
Tue Cdrulrs dollar in process OF CONSUMPTION ny cup
hin aild melting has neatly disappeared: the Mexican is
worth about per cent premium above thc American.
Orr Government with reference to duties IN 1879 cstl-
mated the Chinese tael at liked value as II u.s. 1t
seems that this value was really appropriate
ONLY to the "siaDdard,' and was in excess
for the commercial currency In 1892, upon silt
brought by an importer against Augustus Schcl Col
lecor Chief dee Nelson decided that the Shanghai
tgel was not the China tacl aud only equivalent 10
ST. Ii supposed that the evidence i'll the bad ref
erence the Spanish CarOuS dollar; but AZ all events
from Tile mistake il has since resulted that Shanghai In
voices have been valued at about one-thId les than
nfla al IL
stance of Mr.. UOgcbOOm, General Appraiser at this
port who seems to have asCcrtalncd and presented
act TO make the Custom House estimate OF the tae ia
all the ports China alike, sl 49, which is fair Valua
tion OF the commercial currency These values of
course in American gold II appears that even puicly
hard money" currency may not be free from intlIcacy
and confusion.