New-York tribune., 1877-01-08
GENERAL NOTES.

A correspondent of The Chicago Tribune
thinks that the moral the Ashtabua accident isiron
cars Let cars" he says, built entirely OF iron
Ike many OF the baggage and express cars now IN use
on the Nev-York Central Railroad Let them be heated
by steam from the engine or 10y a underneath the
arranged hat ny nc means can nre get It9 Ine
body OF the Use less glass surface for windows
MANY persons lost their lives By being pierced by the
sharp fragments Of glass left IN the frames IN
they may be blocked and fastened by anything that
might face against them We nave ron steamships 'hd
iron buildings why Not IRON railroad cars
A special agent of the United States Treas
ury Department arrived at San Francisco on Dec. 27
arcoupaned by seven clerks and detachment Of eight
soiers and nearing 100000 in greenbacks Tor the
suTreasury. He was instructed 10 return to Washing
Ton with $40 600 Of Cancelled fractional currency. Ex
perence has shown that exchange OF currency FOR
silver In San Francisco results III its immediate absorb
by the mOneybrOkers The consequence Is that the
Government has prohibited all such exchanges III san
francisco and those who have greenbaeks on hand must
nay the brokers' charges there or 20 To the ex
pense Of sending their money to Washington ana paying
The other hand mas to meet heavy express charges
large OF silver which sent to Washington
frank Ethridge of No. 10 Broadway calls
attention heartless hoax which has caused clergy
mans family great pain. The following appeared among
the deaths" In Saturdays TRIBUNE: "GREGG-On
friday Jan. s. 1877 Robert E, of Rev. David and
Kate Gregg, years Relatives and friends OF the
randy invited to attend the funeral on saturday at
from the residence of his parents 244 West Forty
eghtn-st." The advertisement was presented at lhe
Gd s'r M EncS @ now states that
there death IN the family and that the relatives
are at loss understand what motives could have i'm
PEELED any one 10 perpetrate senseess joke. News
papers cannot guard against hoax OF TINS klnu lu
this glOush fellow get his dollars worth OF fun out or IL
The japanese Government has put gag on
the mouth local press 1t prohibits the newspapers
from printing the war news from kumamOtO. One Of
tie journals this remarkable historical para
.e: When Spain sent the Invincible Armada-the
famous fleet which consisted OF 13O shps-t was thought
that ia might was sufficient TO conquer The whole Of
England. And owing the fear caused by the expected
attack the English were IN such state OF c0nfs0n that
this Is Queen Elizabeth's Government did 1t
Jermted newspapers 10 be established and TO publish
connected with the intended invasiOn ana
this greatly relieved the minds OF the peOple?" This
japanese editor waxes indignant In S0rtny cause
obuse The influence of the press in Queen Elzabeths
tune, when there newspapers worth mentioning,
We not appreciaDle
he Chinese Congressional Commission,
wuc4 spent several weeks in San Francisco and exam
r Two hundred Witnesses may like to make note Of
has prophecy IN the latest file Of The Celestial Empire
immigration Of the Chinese into California has
0c,n accompanied by the gravest complications. The
working Of San Francisco have in many walks OF
le found their occupation gone. They nave been ell
bow ed Of the field by colony OF hardw0rkng, aD-
stemOus and economical Cinnamon, for whom the cock
OF the country has charms, and who are abe 10
live, and 1--we well, upon fraction OF what naive mas
pay What has happened IN California may happen IN
other country whittier the Chinese may emgrate SO
that there possibility OF our even regrelng the en-
ergy With which have striven 70 rouse the dormant
nation into life. The prophecy Of Wensians may some
day be realized TO cost and the western wOrIu De al
most oyerrun by the black-haired race
Soon after the first Chinese railway was
opened Summer, lunatc threw himself in front OF
s..eomotiye and was run over and killed 1t was per-
fecty evident that the corporation in wise re-
spOns BILE The eugnedrver had stopped the train the
crazy soldier stepped aside and when the engine
was again in notion he resumed his position upon the
track The en21nedrver was prosecuted in the courts
a criminal charge and promptly acquitted The cor
poistiOn eDjOined from running any more Trains
and according 10 the text OF the MOOsunS hWaS con
venOn signed late in November by the Chinese officials
and the secretary OF the British LegailOn al ftKhe inc
shareholders VIII have To pay heaVy uanagcs % ~ c s
family OF the lunatlc emma Is not promising neiu & io
railway enterprises. The company IL allowed thc PRIV
ele OF operating the road for single year. after when
WIZ become the property Vi tpe Cuinese I, E
II does pay expenses, the rails VIII pr0oaDly Do
WI! be- checked One OF the articles of the agreement
limits the traffic the transportation of passengers
When the conductor of the tram that was
wrecked In the Ashtabua rayne was told that about %
Of the passengers had been saved, he exclaimed, My
God have the rest of the 200 been burned upl When
he before jury lie testified that there
only I31 passengers the train The CIereldnd
Ledder very sensbly remarks that the absolute truth
ought ~ be brought out without Misrepresentation anu
pettfoggiug We do not charge that the conductors
testimony before the jury inspired by his ohcai s
DcrOs do point out the fact that u Is already IN
Dached by tbe evidence of another conductor and by
other Witnesses and that u IT, therefore, not only nCI-
1eclual bat damaging We have placed no aith IN the
absurd story officers of the company forbade the
use of its pump and hose. winch stood ready on
the shore beside the wreck 10 qucnch the fire tat was
Consuming the and the wounded within them, buG
we want 10 that charge OyerthrOwn and buried ny
testimony which will convince every one. Plain Ian
guage aud perfect IraHkn the part OF Witnesses
and COOL judicial fairness the part or those who hear
and Judge essential. Nothing else viii suffice"
What is good policy on the Atlantic would
seem 10 be equally sound the Pacific. AT least SO
think tie managers Of the Occidental and Oriental
steamship Company who ask the POs;Otfce Department
10 give them reasonable remuneration for carrying the
mails u China and Japan, and thus establish semi
monthly between those countries and Tie United
States. think also many Of this first merchants OF
sau Francisco. who have pettioned the department Ia
support Cf the cOmpany's ciain They say: " We most
fesieculy petition Government OF the United States
that the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company be
placed the footing with other ocean mali con-
tractors giving reasonable compensation for the trans
portOu OF the mails. thereby securing To tins cOun-
Try emmOnthy mail with the Orient, the steamers OF
Tie Occidental aud Oriental COmpanys line leaving this
city the 18th OF each month, aud those OF the Pacnc
MAIL Steamship Company the lst- The Occidental
and Oriental Steamship line. established with fu un-
orstandng OF cooperating with the railroad system OF
Tie United States guarantees not only dispatch, but
every pOs5be facility 10 secure the faithful
AND speedy transmission Of the nails and regard IL
put simple Justice that IL should DO placed upon an
eiual footing with other steamship cOup2Qos doing THIS