New-York tribune., 1878-01-19
GENERAL NOTES.

One Of the Philadelphia theatres has lowered
its prices of adgison The best reserved seats at Mrs
John Drews Arch street Theatre are now to be had at
81 and corresponding reductions have been made Tor
seats in the galleries The policy OF reducing the prices
OF admission has resulted fayoraDy at me Academy
of Music in that city tina. The experiment Is now 10 DO
repeated AT tneaIe'
The Standing Committee of the Protestant
rncoul Diocese Of Indiana has confirmed the election
~ Dr seymour as Bishop OF Sprnghl d. This is gain
for e High Churchmen forin 1S7ithe same committee
,oted AGAINST the confirmation OF Dr. DeKoyen What
T. still more singular the recent action Of the committee
was taken with unanimous vote Dr. W. N "eDne'ot
IndIanapois wrote letter IN defence OF Dr. Seymour
and ibored earnestly to secure reversal OF the pre-
vious Judgment of his colleagues In explaining ms
course he referred DR. Charles Hals recent letter IN
THE TRIBUNE the best reply hat cou OS ine 20 % ,ho
beams acctscrs and argued that man VINO was al INC
head of the leading theologlcal SEMINARY oI lhc nonF
nation could be promoted 10 the episcopae without I'M
propriety. -,
One can understand how, rs Shenstoue says.
"A bocknead with me!oi'o"s voice. In neutrality-suspicious.
,ocv have his choice" -; fIow oft the dancnsmas-
rs art Climbs from the toe to touch the heart; but it
IL NOT easy 10 find how little lean stunted rurt OF
erocer'4 clerk can win the affections OF country heir
ess over six feet tail, and weighing 2O1 pounds Hex
father farmer hale and hearty and rich, living near
Indianapolis, and weighing 22j pounds, could not under
stand it, "Why, Sarah" he would say, the ette chap
oip big enough to snoeze" But Sarah liked her lover
ing rose at dead of night. joined him the road and
bastened TO a clergymon's house. Ten minutes after
they were married the brides father burst into the loom
and drawing revolver ordered his daughter home.
The ice lie chap" touched the arm of Stalwar friend
and ia the twmklng Of an eye sho:gnn was 1yeed ~
thc stem father, "Guess not. dali said the blooming
BRIDE as the old gentleman dropped his revolver. n
you OF with uhe nc Inuttcreu Us He Went ou' W
LOOK for his horse.
A Wisconsin subscriber. who has read TiIE
TRrBtNE for thirty years aud likes 1t well ever.
although lac is afraid il is ga little severclon Western
nacy" is anxious learn the total amount OF the IN
lebtedness OF the United States. including National
State municipal corporation and personal lie says no
has been worrying over the problem for many years
The National debt on December l. 1876 less cash II tae
Treasury was 50 0s9 336,O99 The State debts AT tho
close of 1876 aggregated $500 l709S6 the bulk being
held I'm the South The municipal debts OF 130 cities
the close OF the year, amounted to S6li5'eoo''
and the remaining local indebtedness will not bring he
figures beyond 81 000, 100000 There are no satl'ues
from which the debts of corporations and individuals can
be estimated with degree Of assurance Inc punn
County subscriber will be quite right II he tells his heisl
bOrs that their country and MS Is heayly IhOgsa
and cannot afford 10 damage its credit by any nnssy ry
mugger such the Bland silver BiIl YANKEES hu ay
ceyer they can invent almost ans thing; but the1 o
not discover any new principles OF finance
The preparations for the Paris ExhlDhlon
indicate That British will be the most intercsnss
ton next to the French and that the next in order N
La the Austro- Hungarian and the Italian sections nus
sin and Turkey have done their best and will be isnv
II not brilliantly represented special feature wui
tLe number OF japanese exhibitors. Not fewer 'ns.
thirty have ALREADY secured spaces; ana the Miha"
Government Ia going TO send national collection I"
ohacts which IA stated TO be at rich ana pesun
whether it be true that thousand Chinameh are kOs
to Paris, under tho protection OF an en'si"'0"