New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-28
GENERAL NOTES.

II is now stated that there are over 100 fem
mime lecturers in the country, and the number Is IN
creasing every month.
TO obtain name in literature is no metaphor
IN France There Is scarcely single eminent Journalist
or author in Paris to-day does not bear an entirely
different name from that he had before he became known
TO fame.
Several of the restaurGteurS of Pans are
said TO have made fortunes during the Siege having ia
in an immense supply Of provisions before the capita
was fully ncOsed by the German armies anu ~ '"
edible treasures concealed during the great scafe'y
A Liverpool journal AYERS that some OF the
graduates Of oxford and Cambridge with all tne'r
knowledge of Latin and Creek have never suhclentS
mastered the mysteries Oi the Engll5h tongue 20 sp
words Of three and four syilabes coftocuy' -" u
things be
The town of Bath in the State of Maine
has at least bright schoolmarm Seeing that inc
ordinary reading books failed to interest her pupils she
Thought IL would be good idea 10 enlist their tastes on
the side OF their Improvement ana so she Iald
aside the books ami set them to reading IN me ma
zines In this school CD copies or single Popu"i
monthly are taken FOR this purpose
! The Congregotonalist publishes an appeal to
the Christian public from the trustees OF the worcester
Oiass) Home for Aged Females (who are in conflict
with the Bible Society upon the Washburn VII easel de
clarng that a certain specific report and Grci" printed
AT and circulated from the Bible House. anu ui'1I,ut.
Truth"
With charming and characteristic delIcacy
IN, Cbieqgo 4i,s observes that newspapers are
engaged lust now in canonzing Mr. Thomas Garrett re-
Gently deceased not because Of his general organization
~ phianthrop-t his ability, or his energy eul 1
thief" The acts OF the rare old quaker Whlch 10 W
nicclysensitiye Democratic conscience look IKE Ih'
were comprised IN the ad which he extended 10 ueh
women and children fleeing from slavery. Or course,
your modern Democrat can De made To understand
the first principle OF DcmOcracy-ylZ, that every Ha
being il the owner of his own body and soul, and at
the who holds him 10 property man sceI-'He
very prince Of thieves.
A Republican Club, composed of sympa-
thizer- with republican form Of government has been
formcdIn Birmingham The objects " the CUB are StiJeu
to be unite all Republicans in the district 10 cor
respond with republicans in England and et.cwheIei
and generally to further all efforts by the platform ana
press 10 promote republican prntpes, ~, & Iu
action taken by the Club shall be to teach me Iuc pi
cipes Of civil government among mahEInu' IN" IT,
commonwealth OF state OF unity oi alale', IA The
lie affairs shall be managed by persons appointed NY thc
people, and in which the exercise OF soNSIeSn ~
shall be placed in the representative freely selected by
the people. Any member leaving the Club shall slgn
declaration that be viii nor disclose or 90 ahylHg W
the injury of the Club OF any member OF IT.
A correspondent Of Tile Springfield Bepubhcah
writes: was IN Concord not long ago. II was sun
day and naturally found myself occupying seat IN
Congregational Church the afternoon The pastor wa
absent and venerable Boston clergyman was in the
desk lie read from the Bible and just the audience
expected him 10 lead their devotion 10 he sat down. ana
"A quartet choir arose behind hun. Inc orEtHl-' r'o,
chcttrd through q series OF notes and the ch"r opened
their mouth ana sung 10 te tune nome o"t.t L1i'
poor parody 81 no literary merit, and almost OF pas
/
ever 40 feeble there's nothing like prayer and 80 on.
al Haussam Think 81 eight or ten verses o! such a
parody sung I'm religious service on sunday! ms over
Bah :"
AT the recent examination Of the new build
ing erected at W,thcster Penn for the use Of the state
Normal school, John W. Forncy made an address, IN
which he said 1T ia 81 years ago. when was a
printers apprentice that up the great speech OF
Thddeu stevens in yOr OF schools in the year
1884 pronounced as you will all remember, at period
when the whole Commonwealth trembling as 1t
WERE between the opposing forces IN the struggle 10 gNe
to Inc people Pennsylvania that great system, sub,e-
queutly established. and now placing ms rapidly IN me
forget, Democratic boy. "a was me sensations Wnl.h
thrilled put thar great ana immortal classic mo
type. believe hdt IL Drtlhe hh inspiration 10 nc IN
after wears. am quite sure that u controlled my fuue
which arose all nv antagonsln- to that great
were tempered by the fact that ne had filled my youthful
soul with ambition to identity inysef 80 far as could
with the immortal cause o. education
Here is the strangcst divorce story that we
have long time II IS told by correspondent
OF The Cincinnati Gazette writing from It. Louis Feb
81: In lji9. Britton A Ill., prominent lawyer here,
and hs wife, joint petition, divorced by act OF
the Legislature. In 1854, the lady married to d.
Roberts Barclay, with whom she mas since lived. The
property which was allowed her by the Legislature is
now worth nearly million. In 1857. Hill married again.
and during the Mrs. Hi went To Europe, and IN con-
sequence OF some m''ouh'l "n!tt Ivl' Hcl I'outl
sued for divorce. subsequently she was reporter
drowned, which proved false. Alter" ard she became
attached to the hOllStlOu 81 hlls NlttOI fndHt
some months ago died. and HIS suit for divorce was
dismissed time last year. The trustees OF nrs Bar
clay, H's first wife, brought suit TO compel samuel
Simmons to purchase piece or property according u
agreement He refused the ground that the divorce
granted by the lie sature was illegal, ana cear ttle
To the property could not be- given The question was
taken the supreme Court which decided against the
Legislature, and yesterday, Ia obSiae all difficulties, Hl
APPLIED the Circuit Court for divorce nom the wife
with whom he has not lived for over 20 years, and who
ha. been married 10 another man for is years. The de-
granted. and under the law ~ the state the
children by both marriages are made legitimate, ana al
! strange circumstances"