New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
GENERAL NOTES.

The Presidents Message, the reports OF the
heads Of departments and selections from accompany
documents submitted TO the two Houses at the opening
h cpd session of the XLIvth Congress.ha been com
rled hy Ben Perley POOre and now appear III conVeh
lent volume There excellent topical lndex az te
end but strange to say there is no taoe OF coh'e d"
the beginning. ,
SIGNAL poles. covered with pitch and guarded
nv sents are placed along the Danube to give warning
., IN eapproach OF Turkish monitors from Rustehuk or
IN arrange concerted movement by the Russian FORCES
hut there has been attempt to adopt the auhraoie
system introduced during the civil war n America DIV
means OF which hign trees and hilops were utltu, 50
a. to telegraph signal for many miles I'D le" minutes
Two Seventh-Day Baptists have recently
been prosecuted in town Central Pennsylvania Tor
working on Sunday. They defended themselves by
Heading that their religion taught them TO observe the
seventh day and that the Of the First Day OF tho
Week is an unrighteous innovation, never sanctioned
by SCRIPTURE They also claimed that the law OF 1874
unconstitutional, and that It is opposed to any saDoath
at ALL since it aboshes the Sabbath Of Scripture and or
dains new one which is really sabbath at all The
two seventhDay Baptsts were found guilty and hned
81 each. whicn they refused 20 pay on account OF 'hs
REFUSAL they were sent 10 Jail for four days
When the failure of the State Savings lnsti-
tuition Of Chicago was announced, last Wednesday the
working people, whose earnings were swept away, gath
ere IN front Of the doors mutter grOan and swear
chad good farm out in Injianny" exclaimed mel
anholy farmer but sold the durn thing, and there t
iS-lu
sympathetic voice close by. Are you really from InG
arpa4 Why so am l. Yes. had 5000 in blamed good
b,uk down there but / drew her out last May
and nut her in here" An old lady, quiet and
dmure as her quaint Quqrker dress said that she was
alone i'm the world and every penny that she hads much
a. II o0C in fac-Was stored in the bank, and would
some kind gentleman tell her II there was any nope OF
eettug H. more cynical sister her elbow suggested
that thin feers nd have big drunk out OF all there
was i'm there" burly fellow with a race Ike ui
dogs and with forearms buried in his breeches pockets
g wed hs
body whose toes he crushed with ms hoois. IDfee
millions we're due to fifteen thousand depositor'' ana
nature came out strong
A war correspondent of The Daily NelCs
describes Biea time headquarters of the Russian
army in Bulgaria as sink of unuterable abomn'tions
There is not drain in the place dirt lies where 1t falls
TIL the heat exhausts its nOxious exhaatOns, ana hen
Il crumbles into dust-a dust made up OF thousand
abOminatOns, animal and vegetable, which nils throat
eyes ears Clothes clogs in the hair, makes eammy the
hands with its nastness and makes man ioathe life
and himself The members Of the Imperial suite were
uuartered all over town some in the cabins OF the
Buigaians-most, however, in the abandoned Turkish
houses The floors were OF mud or rather DUST there
was no glass in the windows. and there was not scrap
Of furniture OF any kud. Poor Prince Gaatzn lay on
little campbed racked with the pain OF acute lever
wbrn almost a skeleton able 10 artculdte from
weakness. He like three more OF the generals, bis
brother aduants 10 the Emperor were poisoned 3y the
malaria OF Biea The Emperor himself looked pale anu
wan although tine Romanohs are healthy ana salwart
glow Of color had LEFT his cheeks his eye heavy
dim his hand burned with yet exercised. For
three days aud nights he had suffered terribly with what
from his description appeared 10 have been acute gastric
feyer.
, A correspondent of The Pail Mail Gasette
states that the Farnesina Palace. well known TO all
visitors to Rome for the story Of Cupid and Psyche
told in fresco by Raphael aud his disciples is in great
danger Of collapse owing tine works going for the
improvement OF the channel Of the TibeT The commits
sion appointed Immediately after the great food OF 1870
devise Of preventing the Of similar
disasters suggested the widening OF the bed OF the
river by cutting of wherever practicable. and
giving the stream freer The Farnesna garden,
forming 4 IN the river besides being ground
was pitched upon at to be removed The Duke Of
Ripalta 70 whom property belongs, applied to the
Academy OF ". Luke the great authority all art
questions The st OF the agreed 70 by the Acad
emy that after careful examination OF the palace walls
and the which they stand, the deputation believe
that the digging OF foundations for the ryerw3ll VIII,
producing strong undercurreHts the water TO
wash under least filter through 10 the foundations
OF he palace and that the walls would then sink crack
AMI the escO drop OF that, unless the greatest care
aud attention bestowed the work tie paintings
would be not only damaged, but uretreyaDly ruined,
and that such care Is not now taken