New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-09
GENERAL NOTES.

At Portsmouth, n H., recently, a lamp left
burning in private residence was overturned late at
night and would have destroyed the house had not a
re & that the family we're aroused
and nguished the flames.
Who but ono that had been there could
have given expression to this scandaOus bit Of realistic
cyncismi "Now is the time to rally to the festive do
where a poor clerryman's focx overwhelm him WITH
bead watchpockets and eat up about I'll? worth OF his
Winter provisions"
A paragraph announces the death at George
town. of George Washington. "One Of the few survv.
ing descendants Of Gen. Washington" We shall next be
hearing Of "the surviving descendants" OF John Ran
Hecpmes Of the beautiful and celebrated remark that
God made him ehildess that ithe whole country might
call him fatherP
Enoch Carter of Newburgh has in his pos.
session watch which was given by George Washington
to his berothed Mrs Martha Gusts, in 1885, The watch
was made in London Is Of the seye" pattern and
has letters Of the above ladys the face Of
me possession OF some Of the relatives in virginia but
IA one Of the results OF the late 1t has to be sold
with other relics to keep starvation from the door.
The Rev. Henry Morgan, a benevolent
gentleman who presides over sort OF Free Chapel in
Boston, gave lecture in that city last week, in the
course Of which he related mournful personal
periences. He iugubr0usly observed that "the last
convert which he had swndled bin out Of &c." There
WAS also droll story OF who introduced himself
the biggest sinner In Boston and graduate Of the
but Mr. Morgan thought nat he would try him for
The candidate has since been sent to the State Prison for
plou dodge" 1t is gratifying to learn that after th:
PAIR Ol discnuragng experiences, and probably good
many more like them Mr. Morgan has not become In the
least discouraged. but is still fighting good fight with
the sins Ut his city.
"The Sacred Concert" even in Sabbath
keeping Boston, continues to be decidedly secular and
under the statute any constable might break up the per
formances ana arrest all engaged In 1t, II he fit
Take the programme for Theodore Thonas's "sacred
Concert on Sunday evening in honor Of the Russian
Prince! How sacred ID the Overture to Der Frcyschutz
or LISTS Fantase on hungarian H Airs DareomiRskys
rus. 1.-THE Heavens are Telling" from HAYDN or the
Thanks to God" from MeIdelssohn, retrieve we sn.
pose tine character OF the Performance People
teuing to good "seouiar music. Fortunately af the
Boston Sacred Concerts II Is not customary To rnt thS
or to smoke the PPss which are the high
The small pox has finally left Lowell, Mass.
How the epidemic has been there may he est.
mated from the fact that since September Is last past
not less than 2?l OF variooid and smallpox have
been reported The greatest number Of patients the
Hospital at one time lOS. Considering what We had
right to anticipate from vaccination, these ngures
exhilsrang, for such Bills of Health. before
needed that half the evils It might be safe 70 Say nearly
all the evils In the world result from the carelcssness OF
man In failing TO avail himself OF knowledge. 1t
settled long ago that tho public health depends w6 will
say upon ventilation and sewerage. DO ventilsts, do
We care for sewers any The more cectnay because
negl Not all We fancy that can run this
world Oh our luck. and nice mess VIC mako VI It,