New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-12
GENERAL NOTES.

Two courses are to be laid out on the
Thames at NewLondon for the race between the "u
Harvard crews One Of these VIII ioiio" the river '
M, and the other will be straight line from start 10
fnish The general expenses of the regatta are TO DC
borne by several railroad companies ana INC cuPaHs Vi
the crews are TO select sites for lighthouses
The towers of the ROtunda on the exhibition
grounds Will be tho highest look-onts in Paris They
will contain lifts, be worked by hydraulic power Tor
the elevation OF visitors by hundred or two N time
The view from the top them will take in the valley OF
the Seine for miles on either SIDE and prominent
blildng in the city win be easily seen The srlre OF
Nore Dame will stand ont az clearly III the pam peo"
as the distant green slopes OF Meudon.
An English sculptor, p. F. Connolly, has
gone TO the summit OF TongarirO. the burning mountain
of NewZe aland The volcano is regarded as sacred by
the Maoris. who have hitherto resisted all attempts 10
explore the mountain the part OF the coons's Is
situated nearly in the centre OF North Island, and
though 800 feet high is inaccessible than either
Mount Edeecombe or Ruapehu both Of which exceed
10000 feet in height. Though he did not meet with any
personal resistance Mr. Connolly found every obstacle
nlaeed in the way of his progress by certain OF the ma
who took possession OF his horses, guns, saddles
and nearly an OF his outfit, including his sketches lie,
howeyer OVercame all resistance, ana ny the hep OF
some chiefs more friendly than the rest succeeded IN
fSoronshly exploring the crater, took a number OF
sketches and photographs OF the Locality, ana ue'ef-
mined the positions of the most Important peaks
Mr.. Bryce did not find NOah's Ark on the
suwuit Of Mount Arara nor angels who keep watch
,bo maintain and as he remarked at a meeting OF the
ROYAL Geographical Society fortnight ago. If he could
not prove piece OF the ark 1t was perfectly I'M
possible TO prove it not AraTat. he said could not
be identified with any particular mountain mentioned IN
the Bible where the word is used name for Armenia,
or its northern part At the same time this mountain
was so much higher than any other summit in ARMENIA
that he could hardly dOubttha il the Biblical writer had
any mountain in his mind must have been Mount Ara
rat As ST Margaret's Church looked beside Wesfmin-
lna1ra lNrflQ nr1lN
its greater ncighbOr Mr. Bryce describes the view from
the summit more tamely IN his lecture than n the glow
ING pages of his book He IL was extensive ana
wonderfully grand but in point Of beauty 1t suffered
from being too high
The Episcopal Convention in the diocese OF
Quincy ILL.,, succeeded unwittingly in electing two
bishops The practice clergy elect bishop,
and TO present his name the lay confirmation,
the latter voting by parishes, and parish losing its
vote whenever the lay delegation is equally divided On
the thirteenth ballot the clergy chose Dr. Knight and
sent his to the lay delegates. OF the fourteen
parishes represented in the convention one, unable to
agree cart blank vote, and the ballot STOOD to concur
u to reject 6; blank, l. The chairman ruled that Dr.
Knight had not received constitutional majority, and
the clergy retired and began voting again. After
number of ballots, DR.. Burgess, now of Springfield,
both bodies Now the friends OF Dr. knight that
he was fairly elected, and ought to have the place but
cept it, and the friends Of Dr Burgess are
from motives Of decacy he will also decline 1t does
elect bishop without friction OF some KIND
The Moftatt bell-punch is not to be intro
duced ST. Louis At the second meeting OF the joint
committee of the Council and the House OF Delegates on
the reduction Of city expenditures, held last Friday MI
Campbell told how well the little machine had worked
In Virginia and predicted that within year after Its
introduction in his city, fifty squares OF granite
streets could be built with its earnings. 1t would be
80 TO speak, labor of love, and the wealthy
tax payers would be those who drank deep III
the cup and made the crank go around the most.
Mr. Comrades crossed his legs and swcre by the gabefnd
NJ the tbrenie house that be wanted no Moatt punch
IN hisn lie didn't propose TO grind out granite pave.
ments in any such way. He would take his beer in an-
other cause if the committee pleased There was l9li
IN the talk Mr. Comrades took his head out OF ms hands,
uncrossed HIS legs and laid them out Under the table ana
renewed his gable-end oath Inc other leHoeIs OF ns
the subject dropped with significant aDTuptness
THE TRIBUNE received Sunday night,
too late publication in yesterday issue, statement
concerning the recent troubles at Princeton from DR.
McCosh president OF the college Pending the ipvest-
cations no member of the Faculty felt at liberty TO
correct the gross exagge1aons and caricaturs that
were published" but to the parents OF stu ens
and friends Of the college may he given plain ate
nent OF the case Dr. McCOsh is prepared to cOntro-
diet fatty the statement that hazng is popularity at
Princeton that IL s prevalent evil there" lie de-
scrbes real character Of the recent outbreak and
the measures taken in consequence by the Faculty,
already correctly given in THE TRIBUNE He says
Owe feel quite competent 10 meet the evil, ana we
mean 10 take advantage Of this SAD occurrence TO put
down hazing which he in another place, charactcrzes
its very nature an interference with the God
granted right OF man" With reference to the carrying
OF Firearms he SAYS that the college laws forbid It, but
there are pistols small that only personal search
from which his whole nature shIinks" would dis
cover them He concludes follows: :" II parents VIII
only with and not allow their SONS 70 kefp re-
arms al an carly age we hope that this EVIL will also
disappear and college quiet ana Sa1e as IL
Usually Is, and as it is at this moment"