New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-29
GENERAL NOTES.

Thibet is as impenetrable as ever. From
letters Of Colonel Pr leydsh received In ST. PeerspurS
three weeks appears that the Chinese authorities
objected TO- hut did not actually prohibit MS Journey 10
Thlbet He crossed the lie River and entered InoHt
by the plateau Of Tana. AT dist nee OF $50 yersts
from Hlassa met by special enis5aries OF the
Dalai Lama telling him In the most courteous OF Tau
age tnnt the people, taking the Russians for sorcrrers
would not permit their entering the CAPITA lest they
should injuro or abduct their idozed hign priest
Wtchcra i appears. was attributed 70 them rom inc
havoc their rifles made among band OF brlgands I'D the
Thbet Hills There remained nothing for Colonel
Preevas aud mis- twelve Russian associates Out 10 re-
trace steps BY the md lie of February ne urned
Tsaldan. and toward the end u Mdrch recnfn onr
TIE Chinese authorizes, amer Hi@uS - 90 n 60
permitted to travel along tue 1e low kVet W. cnce
he intended to to siberia BY Da cum AIaschIh
and Ougra. While ryng out this intention nc was
arrested somewhere near the Yellow RIVER.
The hidden treasures of the British Museum
are soon to be exhibited. A timely b. quest falls in 10
enable the trustees possess Jewels TO acquire jewel
cases and TO make the Greek antiquities which re-
manned tor so many buried near Athens and
for so many years buried near Bedfordquare open to
public admiration. The difficulties Of obtaining access
10 the prntroom Will now, perhaps, disappear aud che
liberal MANAGEMENT which has made the readmgr0om
a source OF comfort and inst, ueHon be extended to
other departments. There Is something peculiarly
parverse as The Daily News remarks, in set OF
regulations that admit public TO take down handle
and copy from valuable books and at the same tine sur
round the iuspecion OF prints with restrictions and
formalIies IL Is only few months since the trustees
sold portion OF the rarest prints OF Whlcn they nae
dn Ucate5 i'm order to acquire "A collection of eXtraOr
dlnary local interest. Tn II the bu lang III BOO Ds1y
should literally be cOngested WITH trea'hTes ms i0ng
been kind OF stupid national boast The S3OOOOO LETT
by White bcquest Will b. well spent III allowing
LoudOners TO enjoy what they nave 50 long ana 80 u
lessly Possessed
A brave woman, disguised beyond recogni-
tion followed her husband for week in order TO re-
cover enid. Finally she discovered that the little
one had been left in a convent at A'chsOn She drove
at once to tbs retreat Not knowing who she was or
what she came for sisters opened the door at her
bidding aud allowed her to enter the house. She stated
that she wanted little girl. She very rest
less aud uneasy. refusing seat and walking the noor
continually until the child appeared Disguised as the
woman was, child recognized her az once and ran
into her outstretched arms. crying on, nv mamma"
The woman Rugged the child her breast with one arm
and with the tried to open the door Failing IN
this she called the driver outside TO kick the door In
scene OF exc ensued, and for few moments
there desperate struggle between the sisters ana
the determined woman. the sisters endeaVorpg To re-
tam and the mother struggling TO rescue IT,
The driver finally succeeded Ia forcing the door
free she placed the child In the carriage Tered her
self drew pistol and pointing Il at the terrified sisters
| sad. d" Come and take my child ana the haeEman
drove of.
| One of the London journals, The Globe,
gives currency abroad to blunder originally made IN
America. We are informed by our German contempt
ares that General Garelds ancestors were citizens Of
Hesse Darmstadt which borders the great Kingdom
of Prussia as the tourist Is reminded when the Rhenish
railway crosses the bridge the Maize The possible
future Presidents grandparents emigrated from this
district and his parents could speak pure German.
Shortly before the birth or the present eminent repre-
sentative of the old Hessan house OF Garfield the letter
was slipped into the surname in order to Angicze-or
perhaps should say Americanze-it. Brother iona
! than stOutly denies that Hessian composer wrote
Yankee Doodle and possibly the American journals may
produce contradiction OF the German claim to General
Garfield and bring proofs or his English origin We do
not know whether, In the event OF General Hancock
the Democratic candidate carrying the day against
General Garfield the German psychologists prepared
To annex the Hancock family Tne fact IL that there Is
noe ernan blood IN the Garheds. HIS parents were full
blooded Americans, his IN tnef being OF French extrac
ton and his fataer sprDgins from New-Fngand stock
which had been dOurlSing for more than two centuries.
The first Garfield in New Eng aud came from Wales.