New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-13

been traced to misconcepon OF signals green lamps
being mistaken for red. and either for white similar
cause, rs lie well known. has frequently operated with
dentcaliy caamitOus results. at sea- ships being oon
fused with another and beacOns Of alarm being con-
founded with those OF safety
An eminent Chinese official, who was making
a special study OF international law. sent order to a
Picking bookseller for many American works on the
subject OF piracy could be obtained he received q
large library the OF time The books quite
carefully selected but in two instances tho zeal Of the
books were three novels Scott's Pirate" @. r. X
Jamess The Smuggler,' and Ouldas " unoer , Two
burgh librarian whose catalogue ran: mil on
Liberty =" " Ditto on the Floss"
Christmas week was sorry time in Merrie
England and Aud Scotland There was hurlyburly Of
storm. freshet and thunder ships foundered and werc
dashed ashore from the Humber to the Orkneys; the
srcwn with wrecks, and hundreds OF seamen
snowfall 'na ooeK an nm, me
floods capped their hands cmbanknents were swept
away villages were nnndatea sheep an cS and
while the elements were at war the engines on the rail-
ways running of the track or into one another
California traveller, who has been riding
through the mining regions OF the Pacific slope. has dis
covered of the disciples Of Col Sellers BY the side
of a there log hut, and in potato patch
hey Ond It were woman and five bare-legged children
ali digging for dear life and cheap breakfast The dis
cple TO the door ill hand and was only too glad
give the stranger few points about the mines PVe
I've cot ali want I'm not working now but reckon
I'm worth million and half. Plating. SIR plating
only stopping our health. like Fine air.
Sir, fine air fines, in the world sir Where Is the mne
lOcnteii over yOnder, and be- vaguely swept the mort
with his thumb " It's kvered up with brush, STR
now. Needs capital ST.. to develop IT. But ! kin com
mand it, KIN. Like you 10 see piece Oi the ore, or
The down to the toll-gate, he's got some OF YOU
ask him. and he'll show You it Of rock as s SURE cure
thing in the Territory. Sir don't mind letting you In
ClItx 40 "A q
no. SIR Wen e"oa gay ssahgersee s y"" you 10
A member of the London Stock Exchange
became defaulter in April 1875, and, OH being qucs
toned at meeting Of bis stock Exchange creditors TO
the amount Of hs assets stated that he had $4,000 at
his bankers. He then required TO give up this
distribution among his Stock Exchange crcd
and consented to do lie had been asked whether
any creditors outside the stock Exchange and re-
Piled that he had "none of any Importance" He
had received advances the extent Of 100000
from his father-inlaw. and appeared to have
imagined that these advances would be re-
garded rs q gift. Unfortunately, his iather-ln-aw
instituted proceedings The result being that the defaueg
adJuiiCated bankrupt The trustees IN bankruptcy
required the Stock Exchange assigLces 10 repay the
$4,000 to him The Registrar declded that the payment
Of the IS valid, and against this decision the
trustee in bankruptcy appeaieo Inc Ju. gment Oh tne
James who said that the trustee in bankruptcy
TITLED to the $4,000 refunded on the broad prln-
Cple that cesso 6onOrm made by an ns0Vcn on tEo
eve OF Bankruptcy the benefit OF Of his creditors
was plain and palpabie fraud upon the other creditors
1t was SAID that the bankrupt made the payment for his
own benefit with view to his being reiustaed the
Stock Exchange. In plain language an insoVent pad
away some his creditors money i'll order TO Obtain for
hs elf a comfortable resting place after his bankruptcy
SOME of the creditors. in effect said TO the lnsoyent
Cheat your creditors for beneht and we
VIII, after your bankruptcy reinstac you IA member
Of body. The Justices logic was wholesome ana
sound, although ii was not swallowed with relish Dy the
members OF the exchange.
A writer, who seems to have made the needs
the middle classes in NewYOrk special study drops
evils OF the house system of the upper part of
NewYork are the limited size narrow width
of the island on which NewYork is built generally
supposed nor they due ovcrcrowdng but to the
nAexble depth Of 100 each of the uptown lots The
fourrfhs of tho island rorc laid out in lots all of
one uniform depth These Ots about 100 feet deep
each This is much larger than persons of moderate
means afford to build on. W NH It not be well Tor
owners OF real estate TO consider whether it would not
be to their short streets through their
properly from north south, say of the width or
and furnished like that with gates at the
erty right in the street such stree ct like rue III
Paris could be lighted and kept in order and pdrod ny
the cty and the lots along its sides could be OF 5uc
shallow depth might be found convenient lOf thOse
desiring lots siaOwGr than the customary depth III the
CITY such lots could be leased on ground rent IKE I0s
OF Columbia College the Sailors snug liarior, &c,
Would be well for those iii charge OF Inc interests
of the institutions just named and Others ike tho 10
consider whether by acting ON this suSgCsllon tley
would not he Introducing reform which would III inc
Ocnp1t to all classes Again. III pldhnhg
fats tenement houses and the like, would not be well
to plan them shallow buildings, or blocks run through
to street, ewing light and ar 10 every room
each fiat, tenement and divided from ono anothcr
by such streets above dcscribedF
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