New-York tribune., 1870-10-13
GENERAL NOTES.

Some very interesting statistics concerning
Cpago and the region OF country surrounding 1t were
rosonted NJ recent Methodist Convention held at FL
M m In Chicago the percentage Of races is stated ms
fellows Ancosaxon, as; German 80; scandinavian, 10;
irish 10; all Others The percentage OF religious con
necou q &C none, II Protestant 10 Caholc-nore tn9n
bolf of those cassed as AngOSaXOn being unuet reH
n ns instruction In the suburban towns and villages,
End the oty Wauke the percentages OF race are ~
hmerican s5 German IS Irish. The most remarkaplc
feature OF these statistics, which embrace All OF Lake
and Cooke Counties, and few townships IN Du rag
& ~ ,be farming districts After deducting all the
cities tow and villages within this regl, u P @
that of q rural population OF 1900, while ohy ~ pI
ce n are Americans, no less than 20 per cent are Hoi
In the entiresist of experiments with we"
IN suppressing the social evil there IS none thaI hoc
recommends itself TO the common-sense OF lhe CON-
munity or from which better results may De ahlcPa'cu
than recent attempt in Cincinnati at enforcing S'"'o
Laws already In existence Judge Force ian appro
,t orel revealed TO the asonished owner Of abouse
ybcre the social eyi' fOuriShed that the law made
the renting "a house for such dlsTeputaDlo pseS9
not actually sent thher, the man OF property was very
thoroughly frightened by the prospect IL we nave SIM
forced; il have not, that they shOud De enacd III
il the nominaly respectable individual whose income Is
derived from the rental OF property for dsreputabe pur
poses that presents tangible marx Tor the shaIt Oh
Justice. In housing the criminal he becomes an abottor
Of the crime The application Of the axiom that the
receiver is bad as the thef," may be properly eX-
tended to this class Of landlords II might result in this
city in sending BacwclPs Island some from among
the ranks OF that class Of our citizens that Willis desg
mated as the upper ten"
The condition Of the money market and OF
labor interests in California afford remarkable contrast
to most OF the earlier periods OF her history While the
cry that labor was underpad, and that there was no
work for the aborng has gone up from that state
during all the past year, there has been continued ease
in 1.-THE money market OF San Francisco, such as has
rarely IL ever been known I'm that city, much less ex-
tended into the Fau months Of the year. Yet, while
there continual complaints OF the dulness or the
season and the absence OF enterprise business 10 ap
pears nevertheless that California has produced and
expo ed q sngollry large amount or metallic ana agrl-
cultural values While the surplus exports Of the whole
United States for 1869 may be estimated al 50 per head
those Of California stated 10 be Sill per heal ana
their total is gold value Of nearly S6lWlO1 mnem
diversity of industry shall enable California 10 Glve Iul
employment TO wOrEingmen III variety OF
ing operations and the articles are produced IA sr % 0M
factories which swell table OF imports that ua
be set of aga, the present products OF her mines ana
fields, the wonderful euerg OF the czens oL te uouo"
State will be repaid by permanent prosperity
AS there are few occasions in which such
careful Judgment is required as in the selection Of place
OF residence for suc from any disease OF the organs
of breathing some addition to the stock OF knowledge
furnished to by medical practitioner OF experience
cannot fail to be Of value The excellence OF nassau Is
admitted but Il IL urged that in Winter the Thermometer
ranges below 20 degees-a circumstance oDecuohaDe 10
a large class OF nvads, when occurring in country
where there are no cOnyeniencos for procuring artificial
warmth and glass is not used protection against
changes of weather. St. Thomas is said to be cranped
little town with but passabe street of but mile in
length and comprises all that Is habitabc OF the island
OF that name. III addition to this narrOWness OF limits
its positive saubrity open 10 question Barbados, ST.
Bartholomew and St. CrOiX mentioned as being free
from any Of these Objectionable features, and ST. Crl1 IN
particular mentioned by informant "a superior TO
any other tropical resort for nyads ST. CrOix or Santa
Cruz in size about 20 miles long by five broad Its sur
face Is ageeaby varied by nights ana elWatered val
cvs II is traycrsrd by very considerable number or
excellent roads b0rlcrcd by cOonuadcs Of lofty palms
The towns said 20 have abundant ana satisfactory
accommodations for inyals and good shops good doc,
tors Good churches and good schools are enumerated
among the advantages OF tIe locality Add 10 this semi
weekly intercourse with New York, and there would ap-
pear TO be good foundation for the remark or our
declares that only in CroX he found the comforts of
tie home Ao left behind him.