New-York tribune., 1877-03-14

lawyers went out 10 lunch left the esranged couple
ogsher When they husband ana sre se was
remarriage the next morning
The directors of the Direct United States
Cable Company have issued circular 70 the stocxnou
ers explaining the circumstances under which their
charges were reduced March to shilling per word
The AngloAmerican Company, in declaring war upon
riva had charged IL with bad faith In granting re
70 customers The Secretary OF the Direct Cable
Company such criticism, and attributes the sue
of the line the efficiency of its service lie
says 1.-The constant growth OF oTfr traffic which has
reached about SO cent Of the gross rac of the
Atlantic il proof that the public do not share In
the opinion of the Ango-American Company that the
proceedings OF company are either mP"itc or un
Just" Even II the charge Of surrepttous rivalry were
land 1t is not proyed), the sympathy OF the puOhc
would naturally be enlisted the side OF the Direct
WIS in the field that cable rates reduced The pub
lie reaps the benefit these rival companies fall out
A reduced tariff will undoubtedly cut down ih1 recripts
temporarily. in the end business AT low rates
ought pay better than less business at high rates.
Cheap telegraphing is what everybody wants.
The policy of the Chinese Government Is
aggressive nasmuch its ultimate aim is to elbow for
eigners out OF China The Shanghai steam Navigation
Company has passed into the hands Of the Government
Negotiations pending for the purchase OF knsslIh
steamer and the feet Of the "Chna coast ana the
establishment % trade monopoly by the exclusion OF
foreigners from the and inland trade IA now proDa
be So long as the Chinese brought into contact
with foreigners. however. they will assmiate the ee
mens OF Western civilization. modern manuscript OF
Chinese music still written in vertical aud not horizon
ta columns bar 1tes OF recent songs ,ncge,t IN
gish biliad-lnine;relsy; Tor instance Inc fresn s
Flower" Tho Two Butterflies" - W itchlng Dy the
Rivers Currents" In the household, the Ch'nese are
learning put the saucers underneath Iof lticuPs
instead above them, and TO DckeD te tops OF lhtf
boots instead OF whitening the bottons Now lhat
Turkish bath has been introduced in Shanghai there u
probability that the Chinese IN the course OI t!S WIN
utilize water for washing purposes, aud cease 10 DC he
great unwashed nation OF the earn Ihe Ehglsn apets
- fitai a.
although it may have been borrowed IRON fhHNH
"Why was the Arc1c TX ieditOn falurei Brcause he
men ON the Discovery were not on he Alert WIN
tbeIr genius for imitation, Chinese catch the
hint from the foreign residents ana Deat the "orIu III
cunundrums.
About five weeks ago there was washed
ashore of or the Orkney Islands bottle
containing an appeal from starving castaways VINO
bad been wrecked ON ST. Kd, the most inaccessible OF
the Tebrdean isets Mr. Sands, Scottish artist had
landed on that lonely rock in a small boat and JAN II
an Austrian vessel wrecked off the cliffs and nine
survivors we're Washed ashore. The islanders had
scarcely enough provisions for themselves but they gem
erously shared what they had with the 10 casiaways
Starvation stared them all in the face Mr. sands wrote
containing tis Information, ana lanlDS h
bottle 10 Hfe-buoy and rigging small sail, cast it
49,. RI littIo cr,,8 Jrftei In the OrEnevs and was
picked up by the Islanders The guboat JacKaI was
dispatched the island with store or provisions, ana
arrived not day for the Islanders anu thcr
ylrss we're starving The arst ana sailors were LANDED
al GreenOck about March l, after dangerous voyage
The LoHdD IeeGrGh states that 81 kida Oelongs 10 ue
Macleod of Macleod, whose ianit ms "neu II LOT t"o
centuries over the estate he rccns with despOtisn as
uuqucsiiO that Oi the Car Inc wloic tide oi
people is his factors monopoly, Iof ulti MI
sands cot A boat for chem few months agO they were
unable undertake passaSc To Lewis ana sell ultr
roduce Tor themselves They attribute 10 his neglect 20
send them supplies this season, when their corn crop
was failure stTaitcncd state o tnelf resources "cn
the Austrian castawayS were thrown on their charity