New-York tribune., 1877-03-10
GENERAL NOTES.
The london naners are complaining Of the

The London papprs are complaining of the
extraordinary arrangement by whIcu the British Gov
erlnent has contrved exclude all the fastest steam
er that cross the Atlantic any participation i'll the
carriage of the mails. Letters which last year were dc
vcIcG IN NcW-iOfk nlnc or ten Qdyslcr Iclns rostta
days, and are frequently even longer on the route
The Examiner, in repeating the rumor of an
understanding between British Government and Rus
sia Oh the basis 1.-the independence and integrity not
of Turkey but of the suez Canal intimates that may
lead to the realization of the dream OF Dcr0ndas irend
"To protect the canal from TIE danger OF an ATTACK
through SYRIA and Palestine in the event of Russas
seeking extension of territory in Asia Minor 1t Is pro
Jewish Kingdom guaranteed on the model OF Belgium
1t is MOrdeca's plan Win frehch rooi anu so'oi"i
modern improvements
The mansion of the Hon. Thomas c. Perrin
OF Abbeville s. Co. which recently burned was the
scene of the session Of the Confederate Cabinet
Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet passed through the
town on their retreat from Richmond ana were enter
tanned at this house. where after final cosnltation'
tlcy determined disband. Mr. BeIJaInn secretary
OF state consulted with the host who had been Inc ISt
man 10 sign the South Carolina secession ordinance o
1860 as the disposition to be made 3 inc Ereat sea-
of fhe Coneteracy. Col Perrin urged him 10 cast O
fc savannah RIVER which he was to cross the next day.
and il believed tnat this was done rms louchg re-
it,l of the last SESSION Of MIR. Dayiss Cabinet ~ taken
fl0m The Charleston Necs and Cour,er, and ths para
aub ia dedicated 10 the fastdIOus Democrats, east ana
west may not read about the first session OF
Mr.. Hayess Cabinet.
Another student has committed suicidc-a
Gil
ing school at the Normal School OF Geneseo N " aied
IN nas the examination at the completion OF the rstyear
and was greatly troubled with the fear that she woudhave
no better the second year This Thought o falue
soemed to be constantly in her mind ard there can be no
doubt that the fatal dIaught was swallowed Whlc sue
Was under temporary alteration OF mnd, induced by
constant brOoding She procured quahAiy ol eii}ch
nine at one Of the drug stores III the village bu holhing
unusual was noticed in her manner She continued o
feel greatly depressed at tine Thought OF the comm eh
animation. and on Tuesday night uriNeh tel'Polhin!
insane by her morbid fears OF failure she swail0Wed
portion OF the srychnne She was found dead IN htr
room She was 20 years OF age ana hau he'eI 'ee e
garded az unusually dull glrl.
The Herald publishes a sketch of the scene OF
the mystcrous wreck Of the steamship George wash
ington near Cape Race There seems to be no ground
for the that this vessel or her faied sister
ship the George Cromwell, destroyed through plot
of the Thomassen order. The marks of burning and
cadpo OH the bodies that washed ashore more
naturally explained the suppostion that the vessel
st1ck Mistaken Point in storm ana fog ana tnat Tue
boilers exploded while she was % iounuedins; no
hodps which drawn ont OF gucn underneath the
cliffs where they had been washed by the sea- were par
boiled and terribly manged The coast me- according
=" tLe correspondents description, presents an iron
bound front TO the ocean, wilch forms an mpieghaoe
lch IL about $50 feet in depth from the coast me- Inc
chGs which are 200 feet Ugh, oyerDang the water so
fnat there is possibility Of reaching The top except
'n'. When southeast southwest gale Is blowing
te waves roll with frgntful force into this casm ana
break with thunGer0us sound ou tie great cnh.. iLo
hs guch the reckage and the dead were swept by the
winds and the sea-
About noon last Monday a man passed
,roue the upper gate OF Prospect Park, Niagara Falls
ana walked along the bank to a point just below the
tail-raco" that empties INTO the river One OF the
qudes who followed him to tell him where he could get the
best views astonshed to see him wading out ihto
the raps "COine back, you fool you VIII 80 over the
fasv The stranger paid no heed to the warming put
,in bimself forward on his face struck out for the
brinE of the cataract Just below where he entered
there Was a small cascade, which he was carried
w. he emerged his hat was Off and moment later ne
ATTAINED foothold the rapids and stood waisi-deep
In fe fnamiug water. The guide was Dy TINS tiic u.
Pro.nect Point whittier he had nstcned Ia the nope on
being able 10 reach the The stranger standing IN
thr rapds instantly struck out again, swimming Justify
ot further from the shore, and successfully placing u
self beyond the aid OF The man Oh The DanK ne tIsIgu
his hands over his head and went Gown 10 nls ucatn
THIS suicide Is as extraordinary an that OF the Cahadiis
chenist near Detroit who two days boore had ehaeu
hs life In ordr to test the efficacy OF resurrection
powder.
An old French grocer named CourtefOis,