New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-19
GENERAL NOTES.

The Pioneer Cotton Mandatory in Charles.
ton : c. I, now manned by trained operatives from the
North running on full time and making such quick sales
nj good prices that no stock i, accommodating The own
cr> are of course luplih at te present success anu
future prospects Of their enterprise
Apart from the great place which it occupies
among the industrial arts, photography Il yearly becom
ing more popular n diversion. AT an exhibition held
by the Boston Society OF Amateur Photographers last
week more than five hundred entries from all parts OF
the country competed for prizes. aud visitors were sur
prised AT the general excellence or the display
1t is not crcditablc thing to the country
that the consular service actually pays revenue TO The
Government. The Official report shows tnat the entire
expense of the service last year was only T>1o29O ana
that the fees Amounted S9l 1889 of which about one
seventh IA tax ON American shipping. ana about five
seventies are derived FROM invoice fees. II the foreign
service OF the Government were more efficient ana mch
less uiggardy, tie country would gam ID scut,ltcO
and the respect OF foreigners. ana would lose III h0thhS
Condolences inevitably form one of the news
paper topics of the London silly season." and Canon
Vcunbles makes public through The T,s which ho
considers as wonderful any OF which he has heard
Forty years ago h was riding with party Of iFlgld'
glass. They were about giving mp long search wien
one Of them remarked that the glass ought TO reveal f
threw n coin into the ar. \ sharp click heard ana
there lay the coin on the eye-glaSS.
In his official report for last year Mr.. Howard
Vincent the Director Of Criminal Investigations, declares
that the metropolis OI lOnuCh, WIN lclltoS " h'
700 square miles, covered by more than 100000 houses
and inhabited by nearly 100000 persons, l. the safest
capital for life and property IN the world summary "t
the report in The London Times concludes a. Ioo"S'
1.-THE extraditiOn treaties continue to operate most
benencally in rendering justice Continental s9ec'
fyng from the law TO through Great Britain IL 49,
however comparatively seldom that an EniShmaa
turns refuge any other country than the IDlle
States Of America, with whom the treaty Is stu the %
incomplete and the most defective OF any no" eAse
between civilized governments"
TO collect $137, 622, $40 of internal revenue
last year. the total cost was 7Osa little less than
cents on the dollar The elaborate tables showing tue
cost in the different States OF value, because Tue
very heavy payments made In few OF the states or ais
trcts do involve corresponding addition 10 'no
official or clerical labor In Mississippi and Alabama tue
cost is 25 cents the dollar but If the system were hO'
faithfully maintained In such states would not be pos
sble to collect $40 for every dollar OF expense IN ILLINOIS,
or S55 in New-York or $40 in Ohio The cost VIII ee
materially reduced, moreover, by the consolidation VI
districts recently effected by the Presldent-tnc Columns
soner estimates at least $1250O0 yearly But me Ie
peal many and the reduction or taxes on ~.
he Judges, will reduce the receipts to Sl2Vooo'VvV ~
the current year.