New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-30
GENERAL MOTIFS.

The Rev. George 0. Barnes, the Kentucky
evangelist, has ended his work in Frankfort and de-
parted During ms preaching in the city, l249 persons
were converted" Thirty three Of this number were
convlcts the penentiary on sunday last these men
were placed IN wagons ana. suIrouhCed WIN eu,Ius
armed with rifles, were then taken to river and Dap
tzcd
The ice companies are tempted to raise the
price Of ice. Already along the line of the Hldson
River owners OF ice demanding 81 ton for their
believing that there IA scarcity Of the article. Reports
arr ndustrio5y spread about the exhaustion Of ice in
thi, cchOuse Agents Of the Ice companies
of This city travelled along the Hudson lately OBJ
tanning estimates Of the quantity OF ice still In the houses
These agents everyw say that II possible that the
shOrtnes Of the heated may prevent increase
in the price OF ice.
The centenary of tn founding of the City
Of Bangkok and of the present dynasty OF the Kngsof
Siam took place On April 81 TO commemorate the occa'
sion the King ~ siam had 5000 medals struck on in
England which worn at the centenary celebration
of these medals are in gold, and others in sil
yer gilt with yellow gold svered bronze and pure
bronze On the the busts Of the five sOyercgns
OF siam Of this line, with the full state robes OF their
times around the busts inscribed in Siamese the
names and titles under which the were respectively
known Surrounding the medal spreading outward, are
100 rays, typical Of the century, winch form very
effective bordering On the reverse is an INSCRIPTION IN
Slame-e
In view of two successful balloon VOYAGES
across the glish Channel by Englshmcn the
IN order to maintain their reputation Tor courage in
navigating the air. At their request the Municipal
Council of Paris has ed the money for series of
bao ascents to be lie July II for scientific OBJ
iect= II been arranged that two OF the balloons
shall be connected by telephone by the Of which
bal communication VIII be kept up during the ascent.
Observations will be made the velocity OF sound at
different attitudes the differences o. temperature and the
changing directions 81 the wind During its last voyage
across Channel balloon Is said To have travelled 40
miles hour ana thr, c-quarters There il some
doubt II he wind Itself travels rs the balloon Ia
represented to have done.
Recently The Noc- Orleans PiCaWne stated
that General W. h Lee, Of Boston, hai been held as
hostage for certain Confederate officers charged with
piracy" Jefferson Davis in letter to Tho Iteayi'ne,
takes pticn this OF the word piracy saying
during the persistent effort was made 10 misrep-
It's defenders by the use of aaYprO
pirate terms our priyateers were called pirates our
cruisers called priyaeers, and Admiral Semlnes,
though regularly commissioned was sometimes called
pirate by Northern officials and writers. find this
word even now, when time and reflection should have
corrected the isnomer is used in the paragraph copied
into your paper know nothing OF the person referred
to- but the story ballot having been drawn with
premature sentence OF death Is reuted by the statement
OF the pursued by tue Confederate Government ON
the question III retaliation IN the event of the threat 10