New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27
GENERAL NOTES.

A receiver of stolen goods was recently
In Boston, and great quantities OF all sorts
of plumber were found upon his premises The note
worthy fact, however, was that the receiver
arrested 1865 and escaped prosecution lby being used
a witness for the Commonwealth. The same thing
happened in 1862 Precisely the same thing happened
in 1870. OF course this must have been receiver who
not as bad as the thief and perhaps the police keep hin
have been arrested this time merely To be used In Getting
at the original offenders; but It isa question cI some
bold thieves If there were no fences 10 buy the spoil
II might have good moral effect occasionally to convict
the receiver upon the testimony OF the thief.
An unusually painful accident resulting from
the of kerosene, occurred in Somervie. Mass last
Monday. two young children being smOthered in their
sleep by the bursting OF lamp. The lamp must have
burst through no fault Of the children II is aggrayat
ing find hardly any dimnution the number OF acct.
dents $50 called Of this kind There the
inspection OF Kerosene We have plenty OF
oils adyertised and OF patent safety Lamps there
country. Those OF them which do any serious damage
life property published in the newspapers.
families OF which the journals make note. In every
thing else the age has grown wonderfully economical.
but OF life the costest thing in this world whether NOR
ally materially considered, is as wastefu almost
ever.
Who would MT be a minister Of the Gospel
refreshing read Of the quantities Of good things
which ciergymen are just now receiving from their
parishioners in the way Of efschecks teapots
chains OF the satisfactory metal books including
the expensive CONNIE ntares on the Bible, purses
with gratifying contents Mostly Il peaseS 10 observe
that the parOchal tendency toward cash. About all
the other testimonials OF affection there De an IN
pleasant doubt When all the ladies OF the congregation
have worsed slippers on the BRAIN IL is not only possible
but extremely probable that the shepherd may receive
enough these comfortable things last him through
q considerable period OF eternity but send him the
money and he can buy box OF cigars, or Crudens Con
corance or Dore's Bible, furs for the shepheress
whatever, in fact. bis suits his fancy
Returns made TO the Bureau of Statistics
show that during the quarter ending December ST. there
arrived at this port 50e4s immigrants OF whom 2sSo
and % The nationstes OF the mni-
grants follows Great Britain, 1854; Ireland
.SsS German States. lOIS7; Sweden Norway and Den
mark $780, France 6O9 Switzerland ls3; Spain and Por-
tugal Is; Italy. ISL; Holland, So; Belgium Rnssl,.
li3 all other countries OF Europe IS; British sotn
other Son,res no. The prnenal oeeSpatons OF the
male immigrants were: Bakers, 1906 brewers, VI; ouc1
ers ISL carpenter @ sesks S soess y, arSSpers
Of; rocers S. jewelers. a. Joiners. al laoorers 49,
lila miers so miners as musicians 6G painters lo.;
printers, AL saddlers Az sailors @ servants Ga sno"
makers, $685. smiths, 2Si taiors, SSS. weavers, ia
The business of whaling, once so great ana
profitable seems 10 be dying slowly but not the ess
surely TIE NeBedford Standard tells us that the ss
year has been of great disaster There was the
general loss of the Arctic nect and low prices were
the rule The number OF vessels engaged In the enter
prise has constantly decreased there any prospe
OF an increase. At New Bedford, dozen yesscs
offered for sale. and several about TOT
tire from the business. The Arctic feet sent out tn
Spring will number IS shpss3 American, English anu
Hawaiian. The American right whaling feet the psss
season. consisted OF only nine crafts; shs oatcn 80
barrels. larger than for four years Yfeyiously
sperm, there has been q fair catch. but notnlns
Ike the great cargoes formerly obtained pu,
ing the year only ono vessel was added TO the nsT
against n lost TO the business % being wrecked n
numbers OF the feet ut present "a follows; Ihny
ships In the Indian Ocean. 20 in tho Pacific ION
the South Pacific In the South Atisusie aud ~ N tho
North Atlantic.