New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-16
GENERAL NOTES.

| A canary has made the rounds of New-En9-
land by mall rt was In small wicker csge. ana In
some manner found its way INTO the newspaper bas.
This bag was thrown or at Brunswick, Me-, and tho
| bird went to Wiscasset and returned TO Brunsvfck
again. where 1t taken out uninjured and r. lively
! az ever.
The Christian Union, whose local habitaHon
has hitherto been No. ~ Park place. has taken the house
No. 90 North Washn9tonequare, few doors west Of
Ffthave. where Its editorial and business departments
will hereafter be conducted. announcing the change
Editors amisbly extend hospitaes OF their new
home, to enemies as we'll as friends Of the paper
A violent Tory elector In London was made
the victim Of practical joke the Of the election
He had been the rampage since the contest DO
gan. and had made himself 80 obnoxious that few
dent Liberals determined 10 pay him back On the Sat-
nrday evening before the election the worthy citizen
went to bed usual perhaps to dream OF the Tory
Jority of about 100 which In his waking hours he
speoulated Conceive his horror therefore, when on
rising morning he foundthat the front Of HE resi-
dence had been covered with Liberal placards inviting
electors to vote for opposition candidates The Victims
fact that he was unable to aot a.ssSnes 70 Axe down
the placards found himself Obliged 20 them
ehoss the ates and The public vending
their way to chapel and church were much edited With
sc G,,s away a hs
20 the wall with great tenacity. The job not IN
ished under two hours.
Dr. j. William White, one of the donkeys
in the Philadelphia duel moralzes with Telegraph
porter to this extent, ~ do not think would send
accept challenge except in case Of the most extreme
prOvocati0n. There where gen tieman would
bec0mpeled however, For instance. IL person,
physically weak to insult grevously offend
of superior strength 1t would the strong man TO
be called q bully were he 70 thrash the other, and
coward he to refuse or decline challenge or
meeting In such might feel called ia par
ticipae in duel but would much rather have all differ
ences between gentlemen settled by some con-
genial and ess barbarous means look upon duelng
relic Of VIII wSn the ess aS9
you dos" "were the man my equal physically would
vo m smack 70 make n
Hy and ssp cas mould 1sHegs the
himself could not have doue &c better
The American double iron rope system has
been adopted by the constructors Of the railway up
Mount vesuvius There are two lines Of rails. each
provided with a carriage divided into two c6mpart-
ments, and capable Of holding six persons While one
carriage goes mp the other down. thus establish
ing counterpoise which considerably economies the
OF stationary traction engine The incline Ia
extremely steep commencing at 40o increasing TO 63
and continuing 800 to the summit. Every possible
precaution has been taken against accident and the
railway itself protected against possible flows Of lava
by enormous wall. The ascent Will DO made In
eight to ten minutes To Obtain the necessary supply
Of wafer large covered csterns have been
often falls heavily vesuyius This snow Will Do
quickly melted by the internal heat and, besides the
water thus Obtained the frequent rainfall Will also b6
conducted the esterns An elegant caf6
capable of accommodating 100 persons, will be at
tached TO the station. sAbOve the entrance 20 the
latter is an ample terrace supported on columns.
whence enchanting view obtained not only OF the
Gulf OF Naples also of those Of Bale and Gaeta,
each dotted with Its islands
A BOstOnian, who was an officer in the Union
Army during the war, visited the battlefield Of Seven
Pines last Saturday panied by his wife and two
virginiaus. On the way from Richmond he gave his
companions graphic account OF his retreat from that
historic field. The preparations made by him and his
comrades were simple, such smashing their china,
throwing trunks into we'll and hurredy drinking
o bottle OF champagne which they had kept for many
months, intending to enjoy IL In Richmond Arriving at
Seven Pines for the second time the ocer recOg
nzed several landmarks made familiar TO him during
the One Of the party said half in JEST pointing TO
spot distance of There some OF the pieces
Of china enough there the bits Of china scat
tered about, and upon closer examiuatit II was found
thar there two knds-French chin . and common
wareof which the crockery that broken during the
consisted. But nirG6le dietni not far or lay the
neck OF the bottle from which the sparkling champagne
had been drunk in such haste eighteen years The
officer told the old negro who Is the professional guide
Seven Pines that there three trunks filed with
clothes in the we'll near b. Yes sah" said the old
man, allus 'spected thar was suihiD In dat we'll"