The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-27 00:00:00

INCENDIARISM IN THE WOODS.
Fires in the woods after a drought are not unusual,
fires such as those which lately raged in several of
river counties, directly on the heels of the spring
are less common. The timber burned during the last tsc.e:
or three weeks in Ulster, Dutchess, and Orange
was probably worth a million of dollars, and it is $23, d,
that many head of cattle have also been destro3eid
Saturated with water as are the trees and brush, it o'nf
seem that this deplorable mischief must be the tc'r',;%,
incendiaries, and that they must have taken extraordin'''ods
pains to make it effectual. It is difficult to fix on rnetb,l:s
of checking a spirit of wanton destructiveness whichra'as
down hundreds of square miles of uninhabited forest tit
its prey ; but as we are told that hundreds of men Etretn°si
" fighting fire" and striving to arrest its progress, we
freshets
suggest that the expense of a mounted patrol might orio
sionall be worth incurring. Incendiariem is very
be epidemic, especially among boys, and a few contrtculija
and sharp sentences would have a wholesome clec
saving the woods for the future.—New York Tin"

THE GREAT FIRE IN VIRGINIA.
We have to record another public calamity in Ifirgii
The beautiful town of Fincastle in Botetourt Conn.
has has been laid in ashes, The fire-fiend laid his cons-0°
hand on it on Friday night, and under his blighting t°oll
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homes melted away, until nearly the entire too f,e,
swept from existence. The loss is a dreadful one. eyes
tween thirty and forty families are rendered WO to
by this fell blow, and are, many of them, in a sad
of destitution. The loss, it is estimated, will aPP';vas
mate, if it does not exceed, $300,000. On this there
an insurance of not more than $14,0000 or $15,00 •
c' ~rei-
s indeed a terrible loss to fall on one sm alls,iia
munity. All the stores in the town, seven in number, fine
contents, we learn, were consumed. The two large, ed,
hotels, Price's and the Western, were also destoYeo
Thirty odd dwellings fell before the devouring elegy tire
The court-house and churches were spared. I;r“tera
broke ont in the stable of Mr. Luster, of the to
Hotel, in a thickly-settled part of the town, and 0017'0
the inflammable nature of its contents, was soon im
ablaze. The wind was high, the sparks flew the of
about, and soon fire was commuicated to the roofs „
several adjacent houses. In this way it spread f1.°0.0,5'
house to house, until the greater part of the tow n,,,,31-
wrapped in a grand conflagration. The scene was 3,/ ;Tor
ling and harrowing. Women and children fleeing ba of
for their lives ; the men working with the energY
desperation ; the flames roaring and crackling ; the
lurid with thick clouds of sparks—altogether mad before
iler,,re
spectacle at once grand and appalling. A note ever
us from a citizen of the -place says that be even
witnessed such a scene of destruction and desolation s.,
in the war, and he saw some of that in its worst pbsee
Lynchburg Virginian May 10.

• DRIFTING AWAY. Ica
Some of the Australasian papers are very outsP° ,nt,
their denunciations of the present English Governs
and make that dangerous comparison between En,," 'yr
and her colonies to-day, and England an'. 05
colonies a hundred years ago, which has so ointlitbe
a sound. One of the sharpest of these journals—
Launceston Examiner—declares in a late issue ths'4ot
tactics pursued by the Home Government in the pre ter
day—let Lord Granville deny it as he please—lead as, or
tainly to dismemberment, as did the tactics of gr.
ville and Lord North in the last century. It adds t,':`,fr
difference may be observed in this, that whereas wiee IS
tion in 1770 arose from hatred, in 1870 it has its sourcipt
contempt. These may be words and nothing more, jest
their constant repetition, and the fact that
such bitter murmurs preceded our own ',ft'ner
independence, indicate a possibility of a ,a's—viesi
berment of the British Empire, and whic". „, one
be nearer at hand than is generally supposed. Fr°—ther.
extreme in colonial policy, England has gone to 31.1° that
First she would scarcely allow the colonists to sgto let
their souls were their own. No she is not ashaolecla $
it be thought that she is anxious to shuffle them '3'lo
moment's notice. We shall most certainly be the Pc" go
in the end by this policy, and the Australians lonaas-al
perceived that fact, and in consideration of it they e ore.
reconcile themselves to the timid counsels which
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vail in the " mother country." The new route N't,
tell its tale on colonial affairs. Possibly Englawl 4., to
not have to stand much longer imploring the colonist the
cut themselves away from her, nor be reduced
t°
ignominious necessity of trying to estrange t
insults and neglect.—New York Times.

THE DARIEN CANAL

Although the various surveys of the Isthmus of -L-facoir
have shewn that great difficulties exist in the way rteao
structing a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
they have also proved that those difficulties are ne,V.,.:01
perable. The abandonment by Commander Selfr'n'teee,
the Caledonia Bay survey was nothing more than 3 rtiM
of judicious engineering strategy. The line betweeil
point' and the Gulf of San Miguel was tolerably
understood to be nearly, if not quite, ilutlini°
ticable, and various engineers at different for
reported against it. It must be presumed that n° off
ther attempts will be made in that direction. Tt. or
starting-point which seems to be adopted by tnled;
veying party is one of two which may turn out 13 ie
cable. The harbour of San Blas is a very fine en
e' tare
would accommodate all the ships that could ever reclol
anchorage. The distance across is shorter than 11,00
other route, and the engineering problem is not
difficult to solve than is presented in any rival scheuleviiS
At the same time, the line of the Panama Ra,res,
one which will be preferred by many. The river Cb3crid,
fine
however, though a one, is in parts exceedinglittli,
and navigation is not very easy on that account; forf,
the region through which the canal would paselsbealw
favourable in point of cultivation, fertility and OP
than either the Caledonia or the San Blas route...ll,oc
last consideration is one of considerable
tance when the nature of the climates 1 caret
membered. Especially is this of CO
when we remember the large mixed populatiedoolir
would be collected at the mouths of the canal-3 P title
tion (like that of most marine cities) naturally suscelLoti
to dangerous epidemics. It is to be hoped that theilog
will turn their attention to both routes. One te a°
clear—that the cost of the undertaking is the chief, rloitte-
the only, serious obstacle to the completion of sonl,.e,
The Suez Canal was constructed in ste of difficnibillad
greater than a mountain range couldoppose,for it
of - as
be extended through and across moving masses at, j
The reports from Aspinwall become of intere
great
comparisons of the two great enterprises were TOha
they will be still more interesting when the survey CIF
indicated where the new canal is to be constructed-
York Times.

"DRAPERY MISSES."
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A French journalist, M. Bertrand, has discovere-g,
profession which, it is interesting to know, is Plir'soaC
London. He calls it a strange, eccentric prOfesoteo'
" bizarre " is his own word—and, as regards its Cllsroa
zation, he is not far wrong. It consists,
plains, in picking out pretty girls of low station, grayA
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them, dressing them like young ladies, giving 001301
lessons in deportment, manners, and the art of 51)
English, and then exhibiting them in the parkton
gardens, and theatres, until they attract the atten,cuoilloi
gain the heart, and ultimately the hand, of some 11 iOO5.
Little by little," we are told, " the poetic illna_d
the honeymoon disappear until at last the husbal4. ere
covers that he has married a girl without positionit'lip tflio
cation. So much the worse. But in the inc
bargain has been struck, and the matrimonial ag- g
pocketed his premium. These improvised Youga P 6
are, it appears, called " drapery misses.' -
Gazette. M. Bertra

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On the 24th inst., at Godalming, the wife of W. .
a daughter

BIRTHS.

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MARRIAGES. 113 r
On the 21st inst., at Bremen, John Carpenter Saitl;o6s,
mingliam, to Ant,,iue, third daubgter of George , 3
Bremen. Geortie,to
On the 24th inst., at Sr. Saviour's Church, St.,ligo.
Fquare, Abraham Martin, Esq., of CleveragiutghL—
Captain 11th Regiment, to Florence, only dar
John Pitt Kennedy, late R.E.

DEATHS. Ole
On the 23d inst., at Folkestone, John Down, FA'A
On the 21st inst., at Wood-green, N., Ada
first and dearly beloved child of ames and 01.'
in the 10th year of her age.