New-York tribune., 1871-09-09
GENERAL NOTES.

Freeman SchemerhOrn, a descendant OF the
old KnickerbOckers, while praying very devoutlY at
religious meeting in Schenectady In this State breathed
his last he pronounced :" Amen" De had OFTEN ex-
pressed desire tO'de under just such circumstances
The disposition to suicide must be inerad-
cabe the breast Of at least The Dinwid
die County Vrgnia papers chronicle the sefdestrnc-
iIitR Year At her time Of life she certainly ought TO
have been able to let well alone.
Religious proprieties, as well as social ameni
ties liable to be suddenly forgotten In the South
At Mobile, Sunday or two ago. a relentless landlord.
taking up the collection In church. passed the plate to
delinquent tenant and the latter put in his mite in
undertone demanded rent bill q little overdue. The
debtor instantly and pleasantly made answen You must
AN nneemy debate the
the landlord concluding with ingng the plate money
and all at the head Of the tenant, who straghtway In
return threw the contents Of capacious snufbox into
the face Of his prosecutor
The wonders of California are not seen or
sung in day. At Wnnemucca Lake, the other day,
farmers family was attracted to the barn by the loud
call OF wondering Celt Howly muther see the COW
width wings" and perched upon the most ambitious
peak OF the house sat solemn monster that bore the re-
sembanee Of bird yet Of size that @ s1 eSS
feet and when in full flight Its wings covered
OF qy to sss s v
solemn survey Of its puny audience, rose maesticay
and few away.
Cholera has lost its terrOrs. A scientific in
yesgator Of Florida has studied out the problem, and
that as yellow fever and cholera caused
and fed by animacus floating in the air. system Of
conclusion can clean every infected atmosphere and
crush out the epidemic. In proof the inventor Mr. w.
Hardee proposes begin In Charleston, 3. c., where
the yellow fever 10 raging and attest the truth OF
hs discovery at the risk Of his life. He gives him
ten DAYS TO clear the disease and means to work
substantially as follows Take one tun OF gunpowder
for the entire city OF Charleston and work IL c0nsecute
nights using Ave pounds OF powder at each De
ginning at p NJ. Az the end oi ten uaJe 'noio "o"
not be a case left In the city.
If the. comparatively common malady, small
pox can demoralize community, what shall We Wit
meas when cholera comes among us In Cadis, Ohio,
last week O young gentlemen from Troy MI Edward
HAYWARD was suddenly attacked with variooid, which
was at once decided to be smallpox by the hotel people
He WAS seized by q mob Of townspeope. tied up In
sack and thrust through his chamber window In driv
inc rain Storm then placed in rough wagon and cared
charge Of hafunatc negro, who was ordered 70 keep
him there. The poor lad, uncared for, and neglected
medically. died. and then the measure OF outrage was
ed by the authorities ordering the body into an
open field for burial If people can be made respoas-
be homicide 1t would seem Cadz hovers on the de-
bateable ground, rope or rope.
The Crescent has to bear the Cross. New
Orleans afflicted by the sngs and of outrageous
fortune by war; famine and pestience Is now enduring
the slow agouies of partial Hercuanean fate. 1t Is
seriously declared that the CITY, too high Is slowly
sinking until locality It is seven feet below the
ordinary level and the settlement varies from three to
seven feet The length Of batture which has thus sunk
is about 60 feet and the width l2O and there Is no telling
when Il will STOP The present collapse is just ON the
their operations fine City Surveyor has made borings
o} WesS ' that viii prevent any further sink
age But at q depth Of 80 feet nothing more stage was
found than sand, with very slight MIXTURE OF ca aha
lust the Surveyor Is In quandary as 70 Wnat Is
best to be done.