New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-15
GENERAL NOTES.

A deposit of genuine black diamonds, such
~ are used in drilling rocks has been discovered in
Mount Hope Township, Orange County n. y.
Over 100000 cords of bark have been
peeled in the hemlock regions OF Ulster County the past
season This has compelled the Telling of Loo O0OOlO
feet Of lumber tnrcequarcIs OF which VIII be iet 10 rot
upon the ground.
The German papers declare that it is abso-
utely necessary for Germany to obtain possession Of
Heigoand the small island in the North Sea- now be,
longing to England II Is argued tha II Germany OWN"
the island she might reduce her naval force by oneal
HOng-Kong affords a singular instance OF
the cuioscs Of taxation One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars year Is derived from tax of per cent
moneys won at the licensed rambling tables. They
have daily average there ~ 1861 players, or one To
every eight OF the entire population.
A remarkable spiritual medium, who is re-
ported TO make wonderful revelations has appeared in
ancient Of Syracuse Sicily. SprituGsm seems
10 thing there, and Piotro Spumano. the me
dunn, is regarded as mracleworker and supreme en-
CLaulcr
When the German soldiers entered Paris, and
saw the statues representing the principal French cities
on the Place de 10 CouoOrde with their faces shrouded
in black walls. they only smiled. and said "lf these
French cities ashamed 10 look Us III the face whose
fault is 1t but their own"
Bonaparte Brunei of Wexford, +. L. lost
his only two children few weeks since by the falling OF
An embankment which caused such a shock his wife
that sine hours after hearing the distressing
news So severe an aiiet3n turned me bran on fne
maniac beyond all hope Of recovery.
A lady of Springfield, H., gives us n fine
example Of legislative manners in the statement that
Chicago member OF the Legislature Of Illinois, Gas so
lost the other day the ordinary decenccs Of life TO
win ladies and with whisky bottle in his hand. and
grotosque bow to the galleries. toss into his mouth pof
ton OF the bottles contents.
behold. how pleasant thing it is for
-. lar in * 80
Joseph 7. Hale Unitarian gentleman Of New-lorE,
when having observed five ministers OF many denom
nations taking part in the services OF funeral IN bcr
relative check for 500, 10 be divided among the libra
ries Of the Sunday schools of the five clergymen
The Twenty Eighth Congregational Society
OF Boston, Of which Theodore Parker was the minister
has purchased piece OF land in eligible location and
intend to build church edince The present pastor
Mr. Blake breaches to the congregation about hat ihe
year. leaving the pulpit for the rest Of the time TO the
occupancy OF such thoughtiul men ana "oheh as 'e
Society chooses to invite.
The Quaker way of governing is illustrated
in the following warning OF the Mayor of Worcester
Mass TO the liquor-sellers OF that city:
,o The . , streets et s So .eTaoon ade lat @ H.
drinking saloons might have been open m. N Asln
Taqe. ali keepers be careful how t breAI the law Of
sabbath we As the law OF the land kD"AhD tANLk
Gabriel Lawson was recently arrested III
Now Orleans on charge OF burglary and the evidence
mental instead Of feonious intent-being in love with
Young woman I'm the establishment to which he had been
refused admission by her mamma Though All the evi-
dence against the young man, he was acquitted,
and moreover allowed to marry the girl. TINS proves
the truth OF the sayng Put rove OUT o 'no uoor' anu
1t will come in at the window"
man in Peabody, Mass, had been treated
for more than year paralysis OF the throat and
for some time unable take any other than liquid food
AT last TO the great establishment Of himself and friends
the cause of the trouble revealed by his coughing
an upper Of fse teeth which he had swallowed IN
his sleep months before. The teeth were missed at the
time hunted for. but never found ana NOBODY mad sus
pected the place OF their conceament
The Rev. DR.. II. n. Powers of Chicago has
received what the local papers style highly compli-
mentary (meaning suppose. financially hattering
call TO take charge OF church In Brooklyn. The Rev
Doctor declines to quit Chicago seeing doubt, how
much more there is there Of his evangelical minis
tratiOns Chicago would seem TO be the place OF all
others where clergymen go 10 be called away. AS
person puts IT, Chicago Is the theological auc
ton at which the highest dds Tor other markets are
pously offered.
Louisville, KY, boasts of new Cassandra
in the parsonage OF Carrie Klein She claims to have
foreold the German contest and It's result and
now she predicts Of in this country (her in
splrations must he from a Ku Klux source) then
newal OF the Continental struggle then great religious
strife in which 100000 persons will be daily aughered
the conversion OF the To blood the creation OF count
less monsters OF every kind and finally the total de-
structiOn Of the planet ii Is fair to suppose this cheer
ful prophecies has been supplng late lobster salad
having bad dreams, and been talking in her sleep.
A man of wealth, named Cotheal, recently
died at wurtsboro. Sullivan County N. Y. where he
owned valuable lead mine. In his will he left $4,000
10 be applied TO further testing mo0ted question among
as TO whether the most valuable is
the ont crop of mine I'm the bowels of the mountain
Mr. Cotheal held the latter view. ana hhd expended
thousands OF dollars III tunnelng the mountain IN which
his mine existed He died before the miners struck the
ore rock legacy IL left IN the hands OF trustees and
tho work proceeding according to the wish OF the
tcstatOr.
Mrs. WoOdhul's and Susan Anth0nys Won
derful discovery that the XVIII and XVIII Amendments
TO the Constitution guarantee TO women the right OF
suffrage Is likely TO be put TO judicial teet II seems
that AT the South Carolina state election IN October last
1--WE coOred women were permitted 10 vote at certain
polling place When this fact ascertdned tho man
arr. of election were arrested tried, and sentenced TO
months imprisonment and also 10 pay lno or 300
each The defendants have Appealed toir case To the
United states Circuit Court which meets IN Charleston
the present month and they Will set up the woodruff
Anthony theory their Justification
Bishop Coke of the Western New York Do
cese, in Tn, Idepsdent OF this week, expresses the
opinion that iii the English language Is more care
fully studied In England and elsewhere, the English
Bible should be left as L. In this particular the times
not yet ripe for the work" He adds: Whenever
amendments made, they ought 10 DO placed IN the
margin only for AZ least score OF years, and 10 be for
all that ne subject To revision After That the amend
mens being incorporated with the text the old readings
should be transferred To the margin ~ making no VIC
lent change, all at once but copying Nature In those
gentle transitions by which the Is le1 10
dato itssf To All ihnr1aso of light"