New-York tribune., 1876-12-20
GENERAL NOTES.

A monkeys skull was found last week in
sack of Rio coffee opened in grocery at Raleigh N C.
The Union and Confederate veterans of Vir-
Ginia City Nevada are to dance together at reception
Cn Jan g. Guam mare cOnlunSti guam nnetuS di-
versi is the motto displayed On their lnytations
Who says that the fires of patriotism are
smOdering? patriot in Rutland, VT, did his whole
duty election day. He not only voted but hc traded
lores nine times during the day. and at nghtfal had
the horse with which he started at dawn He also
had $i5 IN cash. watch worth $2o' oouOe-Oaffeled
shotgun, aud four bushels OF potatoes.
There was fash of lightning during the
snow-stOrm Monday at the Hub. One Of the Boston
papers describes it eloquently st shone out OF the
gathering darkness tongue Of fire, and was gone in an
instant leaving its trace ON many buildings and Its
echo to modify the startling a6rptness Of inc MSlta %
ton" fash that did not have so nuch as an an ecnO
must certainly have been remarkable electrical pne-
nOmenon.
One of Clusters men was l0dger at
Syracuse police station last Saturday night lie was
MINOR when he enlisted and his mother recently secured
an order for his discharge that he on his way to
his home in Baltimore He told the police sergeant an
about the battle on the Little Big Horu how ne found
the goden-hared chief how grave was dug with three &c
army blankets AS matter OF fact, no fewer than 90
men claim the honor Of nndng Custers Douy Oh 'no
field of battle.
While party of miners were descending the
inclined plane Ofthe Yellow jacket mine, Virginia City
Nev ten days ago, they came upon fcllow-aborer sit
ting on ono OF the mbers and leaning against the SILL
with his head on his He was dead, but his body
was still warm with tho intense heat which stood az l3oo
ut that level He had gone down the yellow jacket 70
the 7OOfoot level about IL o'clock the night before
70 relieve conrade who was working 1000 feet under
ground The who waiting for him tolled thrOugn
the night wondering why his comrade dld not come 10
taLe bIs place. The miner probably overcome by
the intense heat and was unable to reach the coohs
house, which was close by.
United States revenue agents seized last
N - NH nhs md
been Aen through the mail for the purpose OF evadng
customs duties the establishment OF William Not
man of Montreal to agent in Cambridge. Mass These
photographs were of graduating classes OF Harvard
SaIe eDirfmouth and other colleges in the New
England States and the duties amount 10 ABOUT 4oVoo
Tie Grand Jury OF the United States Circuit Court re-
centl, found an Indictment against Noman and clyi
suit will probably be instituted TO recover tne pebes
graduating classes OF American universities should be
Concerned indirectly in the promotion OF smuggling
Mr.. James Il. Fields, in his lecture on DC
ouincey at Chickering Hall Monday evening referred
to the Confessions of Opium Eater as the corona
ton robes Of king of English. STYLE he saiu, Is the
wchcyaft of authorship. Good ideas need good style
TO recommend them. De Quincy was rich and profound
in various branches of knowledge, and luxurlaht IN
fancy His splendid passages are ike pOpes Ill ncIu
of grain adding beauty thing that is nse,a During
his YOUTH his early wanderings his college oay % nn1
scholar AT Oxford whun the first examination day ar
rived he astonshed everybody II was wondered lie
In the night packed his clothes and In the morning
lac had gone, nobody knew Where'
A postal card was received at this office yes
torday dated Cambridge, OHIO, Dec. IA, postmarked
Caldwell, Ohio" and signed Constant Reader" In
formation was solicited this point: Who is this Pr
vate Dalzen we read so much abouti Is he myth or
IA that his right name ~ litter came by the same mall
written by the same hand, and postmarked from the
same place 'In reply to many inquiries" 1t ran Pr
yofe Dalzeu SAYS that ms fall proper name is James
Monroe Dazel and that his nom de plume OF Pfvate
Dalzel was first assumed by him during and because Oh
a
COMPANY H. I16th Ohio Volunteers He adds that no Is
st as much entitled 10 the military ttle OF filvate
90 any officer s 10 employ his title OF Colonel or Gene
raj aud that he is Just proud OF II too In all MS cor
respondeDce he has coDtened himseh oy ~ ~
berIng 10 the smpla title OF Private Dalzel Inc IN
yate herewith has bis little pun grauitOusly. hohu
mental check like his ought net 10 go begging