New-York tribune., 1880-07-01
GENERAL NOTES.

The newspapers of the Far West are conf.
dent that fifty goodooklDg girls will DO more tow-rd
| ctyizing n mining camp than all the preachers 10
CnristendOm.
The census in California indicates an IN
crease OF 100000 In the aggregate population o ,Se
State The population Of San Francisco VIII be bfouGh
far below the estimates OF the directories The number
of Chinese in that city has also been greatly oyerc,n
mled Some OF the interior towns, s9cn as 9'oc"l'n'
have receded IN population during the decade.
John X. Davidson left Norwich, Conn,
twentyeieht years ago to sal the and make bii
fortune or never TO return to his fathers roof. Ht
landed I'm New York last week aud at directed bh
steps TO the old home Connecticut from which ht
had received news during all those years In the
house where his parents had lived he found an
oyster counter and by his fathers sign board ~"
F. Davidson, Shoemaker" He entered The shop. found
his father barganed pair OF boots. talked about
the mans son. whom he pretended to have known IN
Australia The old gentleman was delighted TO meots
man who ld his boy and talked viyaciOusly ol
to be tne SON. the father was ot at irs ready believe
IL bur toe proof was positive me son had pfoSpeie'
Gambettas speech at the Parliamentary
Conference witch preceded his greater one In the
Chamber il outlined the London journals Of the last
foreign mal. He assured the i'nlentiai men OF DIS
party that there real change IN mems mihd7 lof
ten years had elapsed since the acts To whlch ihe
amnesty was applicable and acrimOny and passion mad
opinion accepted the necessary as shown by
he COnseryative-R Republican papers In Paris which
during the last days had almost all pronounced LOT
the amnesty while, being In the habit OF reading all
the provincial papers, he had found the RepuD'ican
organs almost unanimously in favor OF It, The pardon
system would have all the iDcOnyenionces OF the am
nesty without its ADVANTAGES Four thousand amnested
persons in Paris, and their quietude had re-
Lted the fears expressed by certain persons as To the
maintenance of order. Why shrink from releasing few
hundred more He dwet ON the necessity OF clearing
the electoral ground question before the general
elections had for time cropped mp at every by
election and at the dissolution there would not be one
election but would hinge upon IT, thus creating an am
bIguOus position, for anarchca programmes mask d
fusion must be avoided aud anarchists unveiled 50 thdt
they could be combated openly Wnat mad gwen ihe
Ihat union Oud be preserved especially now, WAtn
all the parties striving TO Join hands
the common ground Of the Clerical question; rus
OF the which ought TO lead t. the Yot
ing of the amnesty, u keep down tue germs "
division whIch this unsettled question might create
The leaders of the two great parties in
Great Britain present strong contrast they are
from the galleries Lord Beaconseld when IN the Com
mons, accustomed, particularly IN the early hour
dinner, unbend under the spell OF the converse
ronal powers OF Lord Burlington. A remarkable con
of the lower portion of his grim vsage relaxed
as sprghtly Vice Chamberlain poured MS gossip in
and astonished Senators said to one another
DIZZY is laughing" Later in the HOnse OF Lords, AT
time when his relations with the Marquis OF salisbury
were growing closer he OstentaOusly cIatted with the
peer. For the rest he sat wrapped IN his own
thoughts with folded, legs crossed head bent but
withal still large br ght eyes wachfuly surveying
the house. As lie is he has abandoned his at
unde OF watchfuness. II IS enough that he should
sometimes come and show himself TO his party but he
evidently feels that his work is done. H sits silent and
mOOness on the front bench with face more tnan
de void OF human expression. Nj. Gladstone, On the
bench, must needs talk to some one or he
would burst. lie holds animated conversations with
anyone him. from colleague in the Cabinet 10
Lord OF the Treasury. During the ODCunel episode he
sat IN place scrboug piece of paper ned on
blOng pad and working out the problems of his bud
get From O'Clock TO he lett his seat while
other members less less responsible. spent
pleasant hour dining. At o'clock he went out for
minutes snatching "A basy meal IN the dininXTOOm
From time ne returned I'll O'clOCb next morning
Treasury Bcnch except for divisions,
speaking frequently, aud writing almost continuously
When out 10 the DIVISIONS he cIIIled ms paDcr
aud red blOIDg pad with him, and the tnrolE flied
along lobby record th'r votes they passed thG
Premier sitting in one OF the rec"sses Dusliy w1tng
When the over, Mr.. Gl IdsOne i, IL AT iho
rear, walked 10 the wicket without delay, and re-
corded with the proud CONSCIOUSNESS that IL mad
precious minutes that might Otherwise have