New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-31
GENERAL NOTES.

A st. Louis newspaper forgets Chicago long
enough 20 complain Of "Now-York's petty jealousy Of
Philadelphia" thereby honorins Philadelphia moro than
New-Yprk ever dreamed OF.
One of q party of negro railroad laborers,
in West Virginia, attempted TO hnde fire with nitro
gycerine For this purpose nitro-gycerine il better
than kerosene; YOU never know what hurts You
This is the unkindest cut of all. BlantOn
Duncan has changed the OF his paper rom The
True Democrat to The Commercial Advertiser ana VIII
heneeiorth fdoush 1t on Sundays B0urDonism tIus
loses its last organ.
The AmeyicGn Publisher of Hartford thus
describes Lake Bakal IN Siberia: THE lake is about 400
feet long BY IS wide and is situated 1900 miles above
the level Of the sea-. remarkable body Of water
II must be- and worth long Journey 70 see.
The quiet progress Of a wedding in Con-
neccut village church, recently, interrupted by an
amusing incident. In repeating the words, " II you
know Of any just cause" &c. the minister looked
straight or a nervous Young man directly in front OF
him. Tie fellow sprang up with much haste and trepi-
datson and blurted out; Oh, no. bless me! not inc
slightest objection, Sir"
A Nova Scotia newspaper is tremendously
stirred up ut tine mendacity OF the fellow who makes
his living by nveung sensational horrors in the
and furnishing them TO the New-YOrk press" II
protests that Is hardly IN the character Of honorable
journalism 10 represent that the lighthouse &C Antc0s
was destroyed ana Iahlly OF iAhe parsons vIo"nel
when neither event took place, nor ANYTHING IKE 70 II
does little hard on the Anticostans 70 wipe them
out IN that way.
For the benefit of those benighted persons
Who think that newspaper 10 be independent must DO
neutral we copy this definition of journalistic ndepend
from The Cincinnati Commercial, paper In every
way qualified to give and understand IT. By an indie
pendent journal we do not mean one that IL neutral
By independent journalism we mean Newspaper man
agement that Is sufficient unto itself IN matters OF doc
rine, and that in political relations refuses % rccog
nize binding any caucus decree Whatever: by an
Independent editor we one VINO does not submit
himself TIC OF parcel Of politicians WHO may
assume inialhiity because they assemble IN the name
OF q party. We aDhOr the notion OF neutral JOuru'
The land Of wooden nUtmegs seems to carry
OF the palm rs cvlzer the Indians correspond
ent Of The Hartford Corant gives the following mtere ST.
ing characteristics OF tribe Mohegan They 1--we
a reservation in New-LondOn County, have abandoned
the methods Of vehOods pracced by their ancestors
and subsst white neiEhbors by agriculture and
the arts Formerly their lands were undivided 0ut par
TALLY cultivated each family possesses "a smaH
farm which Legislature has gwen ute 0y spe-
cia law and which contributes the supply or Their
wants by its cultivation. They live very comfortably
and for general Intelligence will compare fagOraby
with any OF the neighD0rlug communities Tney nave
good school, with all modern appliances, aud larger
number OF children attend in proportion thLn IN any OF
the neighbOring Districts indeedathough the tlDe mum
souls, there 10 person over years
who cannot read or write"