New-York tribune., 1878-11-23
GENERAL NOTES.

Wet pepper, it seems, throws off great
quantities OF carbonc acid gas. On board an English
steamer in Chinese port lately. quantity OF pepper
was taken board, part OF which had been wet win
rain Next morning Chinaman went into the hold ana
fell senseless -Four English sailors went down to rem
der 8sstance they, TOO, became senseless ana nnay
all five after ventilation OF the hOld were iOunu ueau
Alas what will Mr. Murphy say to thisf
Miss sae L. Patterson was a sweet singer in Brown
County, No. Last July she lost her voice. Electricity
failed to restore it, Various other remedies were tried
in vain friend advised her 10 try ardent spirits and
sad to say that MISS Sae mbbed to ntOxcatiOn. But
while thus halfseas over the high c. and all the other
notes OF register returned The proverb must be
altered. In uinO rOI!
1t is confidently stated that the cOnsump
ton of opium is largely on the increase in the state Of
Maine druggist gives an account OF lady who buys
$40 worth of the drug OF him once year She comes
he does not know from where, nor does he know her
name She does dare to purchase at home for fear
OF detection And this the only OF the kind
with which the Druggist ~ acquainted Rum, iound
Is not the Ouly nuisance.
Breyity is thought to be great merit in a
Thanksgiving proclamation; but that Of Governor
Thayer Oregon. really TO be little too short
The substance Of is contained IN about four lines The
Governor appoints day of THANKSGIVING, but he ne
elects IN overeagerness be brief TO mention to
whom the thanks be offered. He appeals TO the
popular OF gratitude, but forRets 70 state TO
whom the gratitude Is due The only intimat2n Of a
religious kind In the document Is to be found III the "a
~. 1873" WIN winch IL cohcluuth
The approaching disappearance of the old
and honOred name Of Phelps. Dodge & Co. from
the list of Hew-YOrk mercantile firms was
yesterday a general topic OF talk in business
circles The retirement OF Mr. William t.
Dodge, the most widely known member Of
the firm. attracted especial attention
In social. philanthropic, religious and reformatory
ENTERPRISES, no man in the country has been more
prominent. or more universally esteemed. There
is no doubt that in pushing ASIDE business
long NE now fully entities him-Mr. Dodge viii avail
himself Of his increased leisure to give :s1 issrr
Dos Deen se .ong identified. The formal dissolution OF
the old partnership takes place on the lst OF January
next
Men who undertake to do more than they
can do well will be sure to get scrapes There for
example the case Of the Hon. Charles A. Bray. For
many years he has been the official Caleb QuOtem Of
East Haven, COnn.-Judge Of Probate. Town Clerk.
Special Town Agent Representative in the Legislature.
State Senator Of the district Now 1t is said there
are errors In his accounts Town Agent and
deficiency Of some thousands OF dollars. The
Judge. like honest man, courts rigid in
yestigaton which is 70 Very likely II
will be found that be has only bundered Then there Is
the recent case OF Massachusetts, bank president Mr.
VIM =. DAVIS, OF Plymouth. He kept the books OF the
bank, and there are deficiencies IN ms accounts. lie
that he has been OveFwoTked and ILL., ana that the
cause This shows II the statement be true that book
keepers who are Oyerworked and i'll should take rest
the highest respectaDy. In trouble because. as he ad
Dlts, he did not know where to stop
The robbery Of the Stewart vault in st.
Marks Churchyard recalled the minds OF the older
residents Of Albany a similar sacriiege committed IN
that city forty years ago upon the vault Of the famous
Van Rensselaer, family. The vault was at that time
more tasn hundred years old. and besides contain
ing long line Of Van Rensselaers was also the last
resting place of General Ten Brock and Gen
eral schuyler The robbery took place May June,
1e4S' but was not discovered until January Of the
Ioho"lag year. when men were seOt TO the vault
60 prepare 1t for the reeepton of another casket.
The motive for the act WAS the hope OF obtaining
treasure. the vast wealth OF the Van RensseIaers
having gwen rise to opinion that large amount OF
treasure had been placed there. Years afterward one
OF the seven robbers made confession Three of the
nesaid, wer, placed on guard 20 give warning of any
SlseOvery, whe the remaining four rifcd tine vault
1no hour was about midnight Each coffin was moved
hem IFS place. the covers were torn away ana the