New-York tribune., 1881-12-28
GENERAL NOTES.

The Maryland Historical Society proposes to
address petition 10 the next General Assembly asking
that the Colonial and Revolutionary archives Of the state
may be transferred from annapolis to Baltimore land and
accessible 10 the public.
Daniel Hale Haskell, who was one of the
founders of the express and banking house OF Adams
Co.. San Francisco, and at time had income OF
$40 900 year, died in the Amshouse in that city ten
days ago In the failure OF the bank his private fortune
was swallowed up. He was brokenhearted man and
his courage disappeared with his wealth In the
OF years he became drunkard and street beggar and
finally he arrested for mendicancy. Half an hour
after he taken to the AlmshOuse be died.
A female rat had the misfortune to be
caught alive in a Plilaieph trap not long ago. and
the following day she presented her csptOr with five
small pledges One Of these escaped and into bottle
from which could get owing 20 the smoothness
OF it, prison walls There found, and the old rat
and bottled young placed together in cage.
Since that time mother has fed her offspring by drop
plng bits OF food down the neck OF the bottle and
ducnched It's thirst by sticking INTO the same orifce her
tail dripping with water from the pan provided Tor her
own use
As an advertisement of the whale which he
was exhibiting, a ST. Louis Snowman last week sent
man up In balloon with quantity OF hsndbills which
he was to distributor his hgnt from the trapeze upon
which he Everything went right untl the aeronaus
was many hundred feet above 'the earth,
when suddenly everything went wrong. Tho
| balloon began 70 fall with great rapid
y TO the horror Of the spectators and to the terror
of the aeronsut who be desperately Jumping
about among the ropes His Judgment did not quite de-
sert MIN, however, and when the balloon was within
upon the Of high building and threw his arms
| around q chimney beside which be olghted. He was
moi injured aud the whale was undoubtedly well adver
| tised.
That ex-SeCretary Blaine's report upon the
Consular Courts Of China and Japan will be appreciated
by American citizens in those countries s indicated In
advance by letter recently sent THE TRIBUNE by
Mr. George Wallace Hill. Mr.. Hill has resided for
eleven years In Japan counsel for Ross IN the strk
ing (which Mr. Blaine citod AMI g generally familiar
with the extraterrtora Judicial system is there ap
piled TO resident Americans His letter covers sub
stance, the ground Mr. Baines report and his
yge5tion OF practical remedy Is worth cOnsldera-
ton Mr. Hill writes: 81 do not indeed suppose or ex-
pect that Congress will devote the time aud labor
sary 70 the compilation and enactment Of code pre-
pared expressly for requirements, nor Is that
course necessary. There codes of law already pro-
pared and at hand and there would seem be very
grave impedimcnt 10 the enactment of some body OF
statute law already compiled, the statutes OF some
one OF the States OF the Union Tho codes OF California
might be extended citizens of the United states in
Japan land China aso) that they should apply muta
As mH GHdis TO similar The changes neces-
sary to make tle law applicable to the different cond
tons and the peculiar machinery existing here for Its
enforcement could be effected it would without
more time and labor could justly be devoted
that work by committee commission under the au
thnritv of Congress- The course suggested of extending
the statutory of OF the states Americans
In Japan would have this further advantage, that there
would then exist for them In the reports or thecors OF
the State whose law extended an authoritative
exposition of the law IN most OF It's essential partsa true
body Of common law, ever growing and expanding-a
body Of Jurisprudence OF practical value and sufficient
as a guide TO the courts which are admiuster the law
here, in all ordinary concerns and CONTROVERSIES"