New-York tribune., 1876-12-22
GENERAL NOTES.

A wine-shOp keeper in the Rue Saint Mede-
nc Paris was recently at work in bis cellar when sud
denly the ground gave way and he fell into what was at
nrst thought to be well. but lights being brought
the hole found TO be the entrance 10 another wine
cellar containing OF the best wines OF france ana
Spain THE archaOlOgsts Of Versailles say that the
mysterious subteanean wine cellar formed part OF tne
Pavilion du Rendezvous which Louis XIV. annexed 10
te Parc-anx-Cerfs about which many queer things
are related by the court chronclers of the period
Let Gen. Wade Hampton take courage. An
Old hen Is on his side. gentleman living near Bon
nsaus station g. c., has hen which less tnan year
ago jet black, without single white feather "hen
the last political campaign opened she began to she'd
her feathers, and her plumage was as white as
now Before election day she lost her last black
feather and was perfectly white, with the exception OF
single yellow feather. On election day she lOst that yer
low feather To all these dozen respectable gen;
temen are willing 10 make oath. The auguries and
omens which inspired the founding of Rome were sg
i hs old hem She shows beyond peradvcntnre how the
State went The supremacy Of the whites ahd the PoiI
cal conversion Of the blacks may now be accepted as
scts II Ronulus and Remus thought it worth while 70
count the Yutures and II Rome was saved Oy te eaee
Of goose why not pay heed TO this old heni She was
baes; she is now white that ought to be enough.
The closing revival services conducted by
Mr. Moody In Chicago were exceedingly interesting AT
Farwen Hail. on Monday night, lie got the men at close
quarters he himself expressed IT, How arc you get
ting on Mr. C. ~ he asked. "a am like child just gong
10 school," was the response There was short pause
the proceedings. and one seemed to have any teSt
mony TO give Mr. Moody stimulated ardor by throwing
n the remark just get up and tell MS II you iove @ te
Lord don't make any howery speeches we H uOu ,o me
msrt al S PISsTied NAM" Have yon set up the
fsny atari asked Mr.. Moody 3" Yes. MAJ r,snt, @
VSs spSS scO 5g 20 s gf1 O1T for 40 Years said that when
MI Sankey sang Ninety and Nine inc arrow " 1g Io
many men are there here who used to ndels before
hey we're cOnyertcdp asked Mr Moody hIoIs h 20 fst
shows that inadcs can be converted. have got some
very angry letters from indels got one nom an @ n
Sas sGiSn s tHT Ter ery soSSeTe ' 10 these meetings
mat man said II was no such thing NO" IniS in"" "
Just the one to talk to tnhdels"
The Rev. r. C.. Houghton Of st. Louis, IN
sermon anent noyel-readlng delivered last sunday
framed an Indictment with as many counts as tnere are
beads In the necklace OF Sweet sixteen l. by deahDs
IN the marvellous novels put false coloring on human
life, making Il thing Of lovepassages, pcncs, parties,
sno aratloDs and uniting the reader for what Is reai
and earnest O. They harden the heart and pervert tne
gmpahies The young woman who sops over tue SUI
eng imaginary character wicn heySr nr rSu a a
existence, Will spurn from her door ihe rea % 9n
haked and VIII gather her robes closely hDout neI ie
1y rush against the mean ana Mie.chsS sh he V,rn
meet 8. They take away the horror when Lne nItu
ow iee for vice and crime They stimulate ,ei5tei
sns s. They destroy the taste iSr etc Thcsc
afe few Of the counts, ana 0n3 OF the ,
at Satan has established ana spH craY
NO his service editors authors b;,I aJ Pro-
ees Legitimate fiction, like Bnnyahs IIs'i rs, re-
HcsS, pOWerful lnnucbce TOT
pfoacher insists that popular nOVellst ls Ol nsCcSey
sensational II was no dOubt very lhteresiInH i noi
Ron aye II was popular; nay, more u was a. To-,
t1tfe are some critics who are unable 70 urun o
between a sensational sermon ana sensauOna ""'0A
One certainly is as legitimate as ihe o'her
The English sporting papers describe Iox, ,
hunting in Scotland in rattllng style, with an occasOn
burst OF slang For instance: "The meet was at barn-
vein. After polishing OF pusillanmous cuo III tno
hsghboring stripsan operation that occupied nourIy
a hOur-the hounds were thrown into Rabbit mOou'
whore they tumbled upon straght-neeked oiu Gus
ner who shot out into the open at the SOUND OF 'h
afl whmper, and went away at his best pace towara
Adam HnL Ills intended point We soon saw was DOT
Adam H Gorse but Cats Craig, for when once Iairy M
ceat OF the phalanx of horse ana fOOt dhat 1eG no
d he turned 10 his right, and, skrting Elngton 1ou
le eylningtOn Village field 70 the lei anu pfuslnk
ufough TOwnend grounds made MS pOht IA the ope1n
main earbs at Cats Craig Had tho earthstopper GUY
aoDs his duty that morning nothing c0uid nave savS
saa dead-beateu fOx's life two minutes longer Ior tne
bounds we're clos 10 him aBd Ovcrhaung Nun nj every
efide; time and 20 minutes, and distance on tue
nap I've miles though the line the hOunds trayersed
measures nearer ak Only four out OF large neld can
eem TO having been actually with tho HOUNDS az tne
nhish for the psce was Killing throughout L9te on IN
1e afternoon the hounds pushed up f0x ID Cragle
soe but DO got 70 ground within three nelos OF wnere
- vas found