New-York tribune., 1878-07-23
GEAERAL NOTES.

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Of POplars, which originally covered his remans inn
wreath chiefly composed OF his favOrite flower,
the peTiwnke. AS they had boat by which TO reach
the spot one of them stripped and swan ACROSS with
| the wreath
There were cool things done even during
so blazing tims as last week postmaster Morgan
County, Ill., suspectng that the correspondence OF
| interesting young lady not above reproach and
really need of critical revision, detained her letters
and read them surrepttouslY.... young. beautiful
but uncertain gentleman in Springfield Mass, who had
exhausted his credit at his clearinghouse hired an ex-
pressman to move his effects The goods put into
the wagon and carried several houses, the
after going aud stopping few moments, returning
and telling the expressman drive another place.
where he intended to board We'll don't know YETI
was the reply, " am looking for place now" the
dsgusted expressman took the goods and packed them
| up in his barn security for his half days work
Twilight in dreamy Spainl The express
train was bowling along between TarragOna and BARGE
Iona, when suddenly IL brought to staDdst by the
alteration OF a signal and in few minutes twentysx
armed possession OF It. They did not belong TO
Civil Guard. They brgands. Some of the pas
sengers and thoroughly searched.
and all money watches aud yauaOes foreiDy taken pos
session Of The brigands then removed the cushions
from the carriages and made minute inspection TO SEQ
that nothing valuable was concealed in them The ladies
of the party had their torn om their ears An
English victim writes: lost all the property had
with me- consisting Of at least $3.50 WORTH which com:
also nv portmanteau winch was in luggage van. and
contained many valuable papers" Ihe Drigabds even
win merely the clothes he wOTe and those partly torn
| from the rough treatment he received
| Bishop Hare, of Niobrara, apologies to the
United States Army, rank and file. friend has called
his attention extract from his speech before the
Church Congress- the effect that the private soldiers
were recruited Trom population OF New-York
and other Cities and that their pfeseDce IN the Far
West tended the pollution Of the Indians. He now
sends TO The Ohurehm0n this manly retraeton OF Whai
was at best, extremely injudicOus remark: When
consider the army is in many parts Of the Indian
country the only representative Of lawful power put
forth I'm behalf OF order and that the battles which II
tbankessly fights often those which Others have
! provoked, and particularly when recall bow many
manly fellows have known among the rank and ME OF
fron the ranks win pain read me words above
temporaneOus does alay, and wish to express my
| regret that used theD"
The literary style of the advertisements
| in the Chicago Journals is chaste and beau
| tilu. For instance If the gentleman and min
ion Of the moon who having peculiar idosyncFasies as
TO the laws Of mine and thine, walked into bedroom al
No. 200 West washngton-st this morning at o'clock
and conveyed entire wardrobe OF Frank Jervis,
together with his total stock of filthy ucre, W wnea was
IN only bank viz: his pants pockets, would kindly
return the pocket-knves, mateh-case, and ayone old
pipe none OF which OF value at mine unces ne
would at least show that he is entirely uneducated
from the fact that he could read this announcement
The mniOn Of the saw this advertisement and
called the extmonng at daylight Mr. Jeryis, hear
ing some noise downstairs calmly rose aud lookeo out
berately OF the basement window with bundle OF
female apparel in his arms. The " mnion smiled
again. MS In 10 the writer of the advertisement
that he had persed IT, and walked on The SECOND haui
consisted OF all the wearing apparel OI the hred girl
| A mountain climber, T. G. Thompson, de-
scribes in letter to The Times Qondon) remarkable
| tIo On Iuf,oI he m
on the Rothhorn and climbed up point on the roch
from which dared attempt to descend That 10
say he shrDk for tnan five days nom making tue
attempt submitted to the agonies of starvation fo
that period. " drank water at BROOK, he writes ob
Monday about p. M and again about sunset ON satur
day In the interval had only the rainwater could
collect from my umbrella and my hat had nothing
of any kind TO and only earth 70 suck That delf
cious air was food me-" Yet during all this time MT
Thompson retained composure enough to write to bs
wife two three times day, telling ber how be iare1
and how he elt" and he fnshed the story on the loh
after his escape which sngulaIy enough, he achieved
virtually without assistance. Uirleh Gertseh IouH
by house. totterins down III The DARK TO the u1
fenced planltbrdge OF the Alpbach, about an hours
walk from Grndelwald." BY TINS man be was taAe9 ~
5ha 81. hSe SEfn O0' anu was "0'0'u O''A '"' '''
There were hours and days of giddiness
and ell husasm in London after the news about Cyprus
was town talk, but Pail MaH maintained its seheom
! mand admirably II for n fow hours" 1t exclaimed
treaty triumph, even that It more than counter
balances In respect the influence WELD in the East
anything that may have been lost or mepaeed p9 '1'
victories OF Russia the Porte, few hours more
will leave the country wiser than it's instructors IL
cluug tenaciousy the opinion that che new engages
ments with Turkey and troublesome, ana
that England was far delicate and trouble
some position IN the East aud particularly IN iar
worse position with respect TO Russia than was Deore
the war began. But it maintained that there was no
choice between taking the burden imposed upon Eng
land as consequence OF the and Of abandoningIw
key utterly Russian influence and the whole East 10
Russian conquest and authority. It argued that hence
forth England is bound the defence OF Turkish 'effr
tory in Asia much If il belonged to the Queen"
while Mt the time there manv risks ana ma"'
temptations to intrigue and interference there, thate
st nov here else under the English nag. And as the re-
sponsihhtes are. SO the righs must be: No doubtim
rights, decatable privileges no dubious ahtaSni1 ~
eau be tolerated under such eireanstaasSs laress
mind, the loss OF the good VIII OF toe naOns heaiSs
noighbor is much 90 be deplored and the more ,s ~
more forethought and consideration In the manner o
DONG a thing which, under existing ciroumsi
must at all costs have been done, tho blow 10 FreueH
feeling might have been considerably mitisated.
An old-school English gentleman, who was
recently begued INTO attending performance OF "fnH
D0minOes" at "a Manchester theatre was horiioH
shocked. His pent-up indignation finds vent IN ie''o'
TO local paper, ru inning thus: "Wbat were the pre-
vang-it seemed TO me the only-lessonsn so io'clpv
taught spectators consisting of lads and girls young
mon and maidens t0a largo extent, well older per-
sons Lying encouraged welded iuhdclisy oonnl'ea
at and sOndoned, deception in a direction most npu'
sye openly pFacsed, and drunkenness paraded n tn0
persons Of an old and q stylish yOung How miser
ably insipd that attempt at virtue OF young ana
nding wife being reconccd TO her unworthy husoahul
In vain dd watch for one redeeming pont-one reie1
enco nobler aud better part in manoue sen'e"o'
gesture condemnaofy OF the scenes reproscntcd Ivy
not hesitate TO affirm that such an exaggerated
OF ali that is Diackcst aud deprayest to tho eSc