New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-14
GENERAL NOTES.

Captains jackson and Windham, lately OF
Her Majesty's service, admit thar TIE IRAEs cuts of
the scat In AfgnaIstau the haudsOmest and
most c,uIate newspaper maps that have been pub.
hsled but contend that sketch map which tLcy have
lust prepared Is more cOmDete-in matters OF detail.
Tn"ir map 10 certainly most excellent and Is
COmpanled by some useu notes on The causes OF the
The general features Of the country aud the organ
IZLtiOu al the military forces.
Mr. GladstOne's foes attempted to break the
force of his recent speeches lis constituents Green
witch and Woolwich by dis rIbutug handblIs of this
sort: what is free country do with traitors We
do not wish OF Old 10 cut OF their heads on Tower
nl nor hang, draw and quarter them. aud bury them
at cross roads With executive 50 gentle It is the
duty Of the Tree people OF England individually to hooi
down traitors when they dare to show their faces in
public. MI adstOne traitor 10 his Queen, rIt0I
10 MS country, traitor TO liberty, traitor to his party
traitor TO poor Greenwich and servant Of that pie
nnd lying despotlsm, Russia People OF Greenwich anG
Wuolwlch! outside toe SHIP itOte GIccuwIr, anu
graIrfil traitor good sound Euglisn houuug" They
had tOeT lob printing bills Tor their pains.
Connecticut creditors cling to municipal VIC
Tins Ike cockroacnes to damp wall. Last Saturday
morning Norwich man took his dinner-basket under
MS arm and walked into the offices or one OF the city
officials. He said good morning, sat down. opened hli
new spaper and read. He read night through 10 noon'
occasionally spicng his perusal with an ausoD 10 the
object OF his visit He hs Luncheon, and read again.
N'e'NNNN'
the OF ner tenant OF the Office six o'clock came and the
reading was still going on though the conversation was
dragging IamentaDly. At length officer was sum
moucd clear the rOOn ana the uIelcss creditor theu
cOusentcd 10 depart 4Itrr statlug MS intention 70
Monday and sit right through I'll Spring OF e
,payment VI l.s dues.
Queen Catherine, of Arra9On, pattern OF
fou alo excellence Is daily walked over and trodden on
not only by tho clergy aud choristers Of Peterborough
Cathedral by Oil persons entering the choir from Ds
Ill. IN tha.a sIa and. Nv
der similar black marble slab, inferred the bead
loss body of May Queen Of Scots Her remains Ea'e'
however, since been removed to Westminster Ao0e!'
and a fitting monument erected over them Vleeu
GATHERINGS Testng-pace has not been changed -
now marked by rude aud rough BLACK maToiesi A"
with the words Queen Catherine on MI lnsighhe'u'
brass ~ ate A correspondent OF The TinS LOpuODl VI
rec attention to the daily indeniy OF tLo udDPus
Of the choir and the careless step OF every
tainly this the spirit OF the hnes n nah
wife TO NV grave; emDalm me, then idy ne loIth
although unqI ehed' yet INC f1'''' ~
pecuIior interest attaches to the election OF
On, rc.r, OF the new Assembly, for they will De the
rrst NJ long line Of incumbents in the new CapltOi
Mr. Alyord's election Speaker 10 strongly urgeo W
b friends on the ground that his many years OF service
IN the Assembly the first being away DaeA III 1854
would make him very appropriate pFesia'nE Olu'oi "
the new CAPITOL And for number OF the oHces th'Io
90 keen competition among men who are anxious 70
be able TO tell their grandchildren WHAT they uu III '
big building ut Albany the first year II was opeheu.
Among the candidates for Observation-Disclosures ONCE
which Will come next TO speakershp IN the contest,
for Mr. Johnsou's reelection Clerk Is assured-oneo
the most deserving Is Charles A Orr, OF Erie COUNTY
Mr. Orr mas been a member OF Assembly rs wen as ooi
oa,ntatArms already and ia therefore dOuby Qualned
or th duty of preserving order In discharge OF tne
duty last year he the regard OF both parties ThSn
ia thing for any officer TO be able to say a
Orrs friends base bis CLAIMS principally, however nR
the Republican gain Of Jour AssenbIymen IN b liz
Couuty-a gain which deserves recOgnltl0n-anu wy
are confident OF his success.
A lecture has been read by an English judge
70 the club managers OF London. Major Lewis W. f'u'
brought action against the trustees and commIWeo
tho Army and Navy Club to compel them to nunnp
resolution expslng HIN from the club, and TO res'S