New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-22
GENERAL NOTES.

North CarOlina'S amateur volcano is again
wheeling and rumblinG. Last Saturday sounds like
muilod thunder proceeded from the nnermost depths
Of the mountain and those who lived in the valleys be-
low were crazed with excitement, hundreds Of them
fleeing To the lOwlands for safety On Sunday morning
the range IS said to have beel split in twain chasm
500 feet in length and twenty IN width hing followed
out. The natives believe that bOtt0mless pit mas
opened and expect smoke lava and general destruction
The unhappiest of her sex lives all foTlOrn
in Tscarora, New. To begin with. her Christian name
is Marancy which Of itself is overwhelming affection.
Next she and her relatives not on speaking terms,
for she fell in love with gay young stranger, whose
looks they did not like, and in spite Of their prayers and
threats eoped with the same and married. Finally
her husband has turned out to be woman ana MADE
her the laugngstOck Of the town. The real name OF
the who trcked her into this mock marriage IS
sarah
4 January and May have had to run for their
lives before the fury Of English mob Hanley.
fortnight ago bridegroom OF led TO the altar
girl of eighteen The villagers regarded the marriage as
an unnatural and dreadful act and manifested their In
dgnaOn by attacking the couple at the d00rof the Meth
odist chapel tearing their wedding clothes and treatng
them generally Tie mob then rushed into the chapel,
Notwithstanding the efforts of n small body Of police TO
exclude them, broke Of the windows and such a
scene Of violence ensued that required all the exe
tons OF the police TO protect the objects OF wratn rom
Dprsona injury Ultimately, the old escaped ITou
tine building by one door. his newly-narred VIE ~
another and by aid of police escort succeeded in
reaching their home IN safety.
The London journals are not disposed 20
exaggerate the evils of COmmuni,c and socislse az
itation in the United States The Times traces the origin
OF the the stngency OF the times, remark
ing that when trade is bad when wages are low. and
when industry consequently depressed It ia diheuI
for men poor and struggling TO acknowledge the
Justice or TO acquiesce the necessity Of the economical
laws which permit Of their neighbors TO be rich
The Pan NGV Gazette convinced that the present dan
Ger is oyCrr,ttod and that the overwhelming majority
NIL ray but contends that il is certainly Tho
duty OF the Administration 10 take steps for strengthen-
OF riot either in San Francisco or elsewhere
One of the minor episodes of cOeducation OF
the sexes is boating adv n;ure on one OF the beaut
full lakes which eHclrcle tac charming City OF Madison
Wis At the STATE University Badgers Of either sex are
trained to improve each shining hour Two OF the
youpg gentlemen have paying marked attentions to
two of the Young ladies' aud in order to quote poetry Dy
the Light Of the moon, invited them one night last week
TO take boarido on the lake The young ladies con-
sented without saying word to the preceptress, ana
met the gentlemen the shining shore OF the lake.
Two boats were hired, for each couple, and the
spoonng went on, hour after hour, until the time oF
the closing the ladies' building passed At 1880 PM
the students reached the wharf and in their extreme
haste, the young gentlemen neglected TO fasen ln'
boats securely so they were carried against rocks
aud badly injured But tue grlsl The doors were sbns
and there was CONSERVATION The young men asspi f
a HsG na and a seemed 10 be Well
AlacR The boatOwner found HIS craft stranded on tn
rocks and entered complaint at the college, The s1s
was let out Of the bag Great scandal The two elrl.
were sent home 10 their parens aud the two boys wefo
suspended for their unseemly behavior.
There is gold in the Land OF Mldiah'
Captain BurtOns expedition returned to AlexandnaOa
April 90 after an absence of eighteen weeks he ioun
evidences Of ancient mining operations aua
brought back with HIM twenty-five tons OF specinen
including all the precious metals, turquoise, aaoas
sulphur. COINS inscriptions fragments of glass sns
potteries and variety of relies from thirtytwo rnes
cities He discovered important traces OF goia Gu
quartz threaded with veins Of silver yielding aecV
| ing 10 a correspondent OF The Tunes uondon). 40
cent to careless process. The inhabitants Oh ~
have been brigands for hundreds Of years. ana are
exceedingly hostile to strangers; but the hheu
tends to work his new property and to prosee' W.