New-York tribune., 1870-09-16
GENERAL NOTES.

Some time ago the Common Council of San
Francisco prohibited Chinese music in theaters. The
neghborhOOd could not endure it, The most astounding
stories OF its effect upon people with nerves were duly
certified Now comes the other side OF the story. The
propretOrs % Of the theaters declare that the result
of the prohibition il to seriously damage their property
Chinese have actually mgyed away from the locality
where the delicious 1cord longer possible They
really annoys nobody and delights Chinese" Perhaps
modification of The proh9iton might permit the per-
formanee OF some OF Richard Wagner's productions
An Atlanta paper reviews in kindly spirit
some "Reminiscences of the late Prince Felix sam salm
killed by the French in the battle OF Grayelotte At the
cessation OF our hostes the Prince placed in COM
mand al Atlanta and with his wife, did all that pos
sble TO reawsken in the South spirit OF cOrdiay and
good-fellowship. The curious habits and somewhat
ludcrons pretensons of the Prince did not encourage
that Intimacy and cordial spirit that he wished TO en-
gender and the dashng conduct OF hs Wie te
hOrred the said DANES OF those good rural regions In
band and MaXimilisn aud offered at the supreme mo-
ment 10 suffer death while the unfortunate emperor es
capped In her garments 70 place OF safety The Last sad
duty did FOR the House OF Hapsbur was to watch the
CORPSE OF Macmillan while it lay In the hthy dungeon
eysnuay SSS fo accompanied the body home to Austria
The yexed question of how to dispose of
the social evil" is quite generally reawakened by the
efforts OF ST. Louis 10 control this stigma on society.
Rochester city by no means so large as st. Louis, and
not nearly so wicked has been considerably stirred up
on the .ubect OF REFORM and the Common Council have
recently adopted ordinances circumscrbing and reg
atn fbe operatiOn Of the evil This last effort In mu
cinl iegsatOn is neuraZed a its very start by the
action of tbe Police Commission, which refuses 10 obey
the law and declares s provisions contrary TO the city
charter and the state Constitution: III tins objection
shal be held valid Rochester will have twice failed In
irving 10 effect change in this great question OF social
denravity Not long ago. the first ladies OF the city
hands 10 eIternnate the whole cause and source
of the evil n the city but at the FIRST organized meeting
when confronted with delegates OF the nsil ones tue
vhoe scheme was frustrated by the exposure OF tho act
that n was only by the support OF the s0called re
nactsbeV men old and young Of the community, that
the institution OF infamy was kept aliye.
In the wear 1885, Mrs. Henrietta Robinson
entered saloon on River-st., Troy and deliberately
posoned a pitcher OF beer poured out for one Timothy
flanagan and his sister. They drank Of the poisoned
beverage and died from the effects The woman was ar
rested and tried for the double murder The case ex
cited great attention the dramatic effects being hight
ened nv tho n,rIeress persisng in closely valing her
face from public curiosity. Hence, general a1soh 70
her as the walled murderess she was uleu lor hei
IN. and sentenced 70 be hanged nut the bOVerho cV
mued the sentence 10 imprisonment loI nIe, Dunms
the entire trial which one OF tue most e1chk %
i'm the state the kept her race rlgdy Yaeu
and mt for a single instant uncovered az the poreHP
trv mandate az the Judge she Was SAID 10 nave Deou
maIvelouslv beautiful and 10 that circumstance was
attrhnted the communication OF her sentence Inc ue-
fer AZ OF Insanity not common then az now "s sDg
srgued nv lie mi soners counsel, put she Nen W ShH
SO Nuy at the end Of is years, earnest enoits arc
maxim q 10 have the prisoner set az liberty boN non
man has been appealed 10. and the rural press arc 1s
nc tLr snbieet with the thrilling story oi LUG aAeu
MurdeTess.'