New-York tribune., 1880-06-14
GENERAL NOTES.

According to a French writer the profession
of arms is held in very low esteem IN China, and as
consequence the officers ignorant or the mlary arr
and tho soldiers unnstruced though brave Chinese
saying runs: You wond not take good iron to make
INTO nails, aud you wOnd not take man Wortn any
thing at oil to make INTO sOluier'
The Massachusetts Historical Society at its
last meeting subscribed 800 toward an American mo
umeut to Sir Walter Raleigh whose grave In St MarHa
res Church. London Is marked only by an insignfcant
memorial Canon Farrar has suggested That wlndOW
from the people OF United States since his name Oc
cupics so prominent place in colonial history
The hOrsefOOt is an esteemed sheil-ilsh,
somewhat resembling q turtle, and armed with sharp
s2lncs Within the last two weeks they have appeared
in great numbers off smeon's Point, Long Island Ihe
Rcv Mr. Wilkinson saw his opportunity, and wading
into the water landed wagOnOads OF them In few
bOurs. Tue Who'll" parish followed MS example anu
$500 hOrsefeet were caught III a single hlght'
A clergyman Of Galveston whose p1cty Is
not bashcd by his want OF book learning executed the
following unGuc marriage certificate, which has just
come TO light through legal proceedings GaVcstOn'
Texas Sd May 1879, A. d. OF our Lord.-Kn0w all per-
SONS by thcase presence that Mr. JuOns Johnson anu
Miss Mackentre. applied to me at ana at their reSe-
dence and wnero Duely Joined together III hOy Weu'
lock in the presence OF Witnesses According to the law
OF God and hease United States the mutual Bond mat
God Ordained and was bcauyed With the presence OF
our SAVIOR, canan OF Gaalee, and is co1nadrd oi
81 Paul, BE hOnOurablc, among Al men, 10 vince sct
my hand and Seal as minister I'D charSe Vi 'he etuo
dcst Church"
The father of the missing Charley Ross, now
six years lost has had hope Ickndled by letter from
lady Of Mcndon in ST. Joseph County, Mich bordering
Indiana She says that IN the Autumn OF 1879 man
came 10 NorthpOrt Mch and sccming anxious to AVOID
nube ulaces engaged board for himself and 'on with
her brother The man looked like italian, while Tie
bov WAS very light little freckled and had hair Light
brown md rather curly. The styled himself Pro-
fessor ScIonOVcr. aud engaged III teaching VOCAL
,,usc 10 children. She had seen photograph OF
Charley Ross, which had been scnt 10 hcr Dro!nrr
man and the boy again n few days ago. ana being more
Than ever elk with the resemblance wrote letter 10
the PhIlddelpGla Chef OF Police.
A letter from Montreal to The IOrO ntO
Globe describes the TERRIBLE adventure OF the crew OF
raft I'm descending the Lachiuc Rapids. The pilot was
Daebout the Indian lacrosse PLAYER He miStOok the
channel md Instead OF going over the smoother con- Sc
got into the sault" or jump the channel part OF the
r,ps IA called There were thirteen Of the aud
e raft had hardly touched the rough water before 1t
began breaking up There was more than half mile
vet for the raft to co before tho fate Of the crew could
be oscertaincd; and seen from the other raft which
took the correct course the spectacle terrible
Long logs OF TIMBER would hit high into tho air, and hui
man beings would be seen clingng TO them, the next
moment TO be- dashed down and buried in tho seething
waters Other logs continually uphcavcd with then
living freight looking ike bundles OF weeds. Some tim
brrs while upheayed would touch bottom at one end
and the fearful velocity Of tho rau would shO0 the
bonilv into the AIR, 10 fall among the men VINO were
struggling for their lives and tOHdd new terror To those
when already faced thrm. IA the raft or all mat was
lcIt of reached clear and smooth water ine h
remnant OF the crew managed 10 Drug Etr
rnit To tac shore repair damages for three or the
crew rafting the 81. Lawrence rapids was over