New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
GENERAL NOTES.

One advantage Of lighting vessels by cleo.
tricy satisfactorily demonstrated on Tuesday night
when tho steamer Carolina Of the old Bay Line between
Baltimore and Norfolk, into the British steamship
Riyerdae In dense fog off Cedar Point Chesapeake
Bay The electric lights OF the Carolina extngushed
only In the damaged part OF the boat and officers
think tdat IL she had been lighted In any other way
conhagra1on would have followed the collision.
A vast ice-gOrge blocks the YOughogheny
River for distance OF thirty miles from Its mouth. At
various points the ice has been heaped fsntas
Ito shapes Here level plain stretched above the
rounding mass there the upurned edges of huge foes
present succession OF surfaces regular and smooth
paving stones. and in place the rlses like
on walls on either side OF clear channel cut out by
the impeuous current n equabe weather allows the
heavy rain continuing FOX several days might result In
enormous injury to the low lands along the river.
Charles Foote, the first exponent of the
virtues OF the reesabshed penalty OF the lash for Mary
land wifebeaers felt very and penitent after his
whipping in the Baltimore jail last Monday. and on
the following morning he assured q reporter that tho
moral influence or that experience would last for the
rest OF his life He regretted exceedingly that bis vito
still had doubts OF his Information and had caused him
be arrested again che charge that he had threatened
to give her another heating mt liberty
Such thought he declared had never entered his head
he very fond OF his wife and would not have beaten
her In the hrst Instance II he had been sober.
The British Museum has just acquired an in.
teresting collection OF thirty nine silver objects which
fOund together the site OF ancient Babylon.
The collection consists of fragments silver Dishes the
broken handle OF vase. and coins, most OF which have
been clipped 1t Is easy TO see remarks The Academy.
that all have been broken purposely by practised
hand, with the view OF using the metal again. and
may fairly conclude that the collection is the remains 0f
sversmhs or cOiner's shop Among the coins Ia
Lycian one in good preservation. 80 far as can be
Judged from the vase handle and dshes the art dis
tinctly BabylOnan under Persian Influence, and tho
wOrl shop date from the conquest OF Alexander
The London pOstman who was found tho
other day duty too drunk to any questions
and with large number OF letters and postal cards In
his possession. got OF easily with fine of $40 Tho
traditions of the English post office preserve the story OF
ovial person who the principal letercarrier in
provincial town. and who was found one day by friend
sitting on the curbstone playing imaginary game OF
whist and gravey dealing the letters partner
and adversares of whom he conceived sitting
In the oyerfowing gutter. Fortunately the game had
only Just begun and the drunken carrier was in the
possible Thanks to his luck he still performs his day
round.
The Berlin VOlksreitung relates with many
details and full OF their accuracy the following
extraordinary story which repeats under reversed con-
dtons. the experience OF Enoch Arden. Prussan
airy officer. Herr - OF the distinguished
strAtegist fell iC love during the late war with
France with a young French woman and married
her against tie wishes OF her fanaca Catholic parents
She accompanied him 70 his post on the Rhine where
after time her parents. who seemed be reconced
paid them visit AS the officer about 10 depart
for the annual military inspection and they
suggested that his wife should return with them TO
France for few weeks 10 which he willingly consented
aerward he received letter saying that she was
sick and this followed by dispatch which declared
that she dying He hurried TO France but arrived
late and had only the melancholy satisfaction OF
weeping with her parents at her grave. He returned TO
his garrison and when time had assuaged his grief
married lovely and accomplished German girl,
who bore him several children. Not long ago,
they seated evening supper with
Jolly company. pale, poorly clad woman
entered the who IN an instant proved herself to be
his first WIFE by the persuasons OF fanatical
priests her parents had shut her up in aid
published 10 the world that she dead After years
Of VII tual Imprisonment she hal escaped and aided by
friend had at last found her husband OF whose second
marriage she had not heard only to bring misery and de-
spair with her II this story Is true and the VOiseti1
sOlemnly asserts it, truth In every particular at
least be hoped that way will be found To up tho
parental hends IN France and feed them to German
chickens.