New-York tribune., 1879-05-19
GENERgL NOTES.

The Nihilists are not sharpening thoir oag-
r and primng their guns IN order 10 wrest Const'u
,iop frem the Government Their orgae' Lana az"
T,, uroclaims that they do not want Constitution
.yhat would we do" it asks, with Constitution
dr prcsent circumstances SO long as the country Is
-, o,, iustice Constitution would be OF no use to IT.
no given iustice without distinction of persons ana
shall he satisfied But IL the state chariot goes on as
before en- Old programmes niaSt S 4, On ri,,i ,i,ol
Iotb IN the court oamaIlla ana 10 an erHha' ocl's'
o. Of the nilgrims who went TO Liberia 1u
:, ~ ,.-o, .NIavAower" tho Agor, has returned to
|,,.r,os,on with a wOebeGoDe co1ntehancei Ills sum
- :, n s that OF those who went aooSs the sea over
oncbalf is dead plenty Of others reriShing to death
l,,os, and heap would come baok they could" HIS
i, bod died of the coast fever, his son Pete fine
ae,r,r of nhvsical development. dropped dowr dead
~ 30 own door one morniDg, and he himself had just
Ol nls & eft 70 form he Intention OF gon home
f, Iecue goin 10 work and retiring fIom all nigger
business
An extraordinary army joke has found its
WAY, into the columns of The Coart JOar'aL The dirt
moss Of the Afghan prover6al, and ii is said that upon
one occasion General R0berts captureda Moneol, who
was so reternatrally dirty that it thought neees
r for the safety whole camp. that he should be
WASHED Two genuine Tommy AuInses were told OF for
this purpose. They stripped him. and scrubbed him
with formidable brushes and large quantity OF black
soap for two hours. at the end OF w1ich they threw
down their brushes IN gust and went to their Colonel
what is it, menl" "Weh sir we've washed that
Atsb@n Tor two hours, but 1t wasn't good. Aftor
If we didn't come upon another suit clothes"
Old fees, and very bitter ones, too, have
been brought together in the Radziw Palace oVerto
bseco and ODe of the most conspicuous figures at
the recent Parliamentary sorees which the German
Chancellor has gwen order TO promote the passage o.
tne Tariff Act has been Wmdthorst the leader OF
the Jtramontanes or Catholics the champion OF The
Csicuhs ana the UncOmprom!siug foe OF Dr Faik ana
all his laws What VIII be the outcome Of the reconel
ot,,r uobo5g in Berlin seems 10 know. The only
-I.IT L.
frum. uua sslus." This may have the significance OF
unfortunate commentary upon the Anti-Socal1st bull
which became LAW IN the lace OF the oposon Ol Inc
ContTe.
There has been mysterious digging on the
north bank Of Deep Hollow Cteek. near Rochester, IL
has been done at night by the light of dark lanterns
They are digging for buried Uoldthrce caItoads Of IT.
once upon a time gentleman. now deceased dreamed
the same dream three tunes the same night The spirit
Ofan old squaw appeared unto him, ana told MIN that
three loads of specie had been buried in thatregOn
She had been left in charge of it, hut found it lone
some place, and anxious 10 be released from such
iksone Guardianship. In the of the dream she
conducted him to the SPOT where the gold was hidden
when woke up lie went TO the bank of the creek and
found tho place. He engaged man TO prospect for
him. and while they We're driving steel rods into
the ground blue flames up out Of the holes THIS
iacdnt was rather unpleasant but in the next instant
Their hair began TO curl IN earnest. On the wooden
bridge over tie creek appeared wagon drawn by two
tpry stetdsthe idcutical vehicle which had been
IN the dream. There was tremendous rumble, as OF
wSen il was driven ofr here was no roise--nauglt
but " musical hush" The TWO men lO0Aed aJ eacn
other. shook their heads and walked nome very sol
emuy, and they never went BACK TO l0ok I0r me bur
led gold. But the legend las been banHed Gown Dy
their neighbors. and now the digging Is going on WIN
out interruption.
Judge Cooley's lecture on "The Evils of
Municipal Indebtedness deserved larger audience
than tie students Of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Baltimore. he remarked that there are
of mn
debtedness n this country but the estimates
range. between SIO0OOOO,OO0 and $1,jO0O0O,-
OOO and even this latter sum Is believed TO be below
the The opinion has been expressed by
many that the municipal indebtedness of the country
is equal to the whole national debt. But even If the
aggregate were smaller 1t is enough threaten the
peace, tho proper government and the honor OF the
country very much tnan the national debt Tor the
ressons l. rational debt s spread equally over the
whole country and affects equally as may be all the
people Municipal debts however, are not even spread
equally on al localities that are subject 10 them. 2
Tie origin Of the debt is not uuimportant. national
debt OF any great magnitude not likely 10 be created
except undcr tho pressure great nccessltyj but In
directing TO the local debts of the country one
finds that nothing more noticeable than his-that as
rule they have been contracted under the pressure
.. TtS me & ia,inycr ennmeTe1eG some OF the
eVi. that spring from excessive municipal Indebtedness
l. such Indebtedness teuds TO create distIust uneas
uess and 0t last resort 10 doubtful measures on the
part of those who the creditors. 2. II extreme
against municipalities prove successful mere
is uuoter discUntencd class that makes Its appearance
which embraces all or the most Of those who are c0m
ptl!cd 10 make payment. 3 Large muulcipal ueDts
cripple the ability TO make tine necessary annual I'M
prGVemcnts repairs needed ior the city Heavy nu
ncpal debts to weaken tho sense OF public honor
Itls tuc who Owls but lrtle or none at All who
Keenly the sacrcdness OF promise TO paw
Tie i0ea YepudmtOu only springs up IN mems minus
whfn the debt has become burden D. Ihe existence
heavy debts is constant temptation Tor me cty 10
dispose OF its valuable property ana franchises. o.
Ioayy city debts tend TO drive people from Inc city
INTO tne country ana thereoy dninlS Inc c"I PoP"
lauOn and resources.