New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-08


Gotta lamp with the wick composed Of ssbss.O,
left there by lis former Pcssessors. It has bee.
question whetAer The Greeks or Romans used
asbestos for wicks-this settles it.
"A new sort OF epidemic fever has appeared
in Greece where /. is quite as fatal as the ChOlea
Some villages at the last harvest had not single
laborer able to work.
"A workman at Paris the other day a. the IN.
mnent risk of bis life arrested pair Of horsesu
they were running away In the Rue ST Hoaefs
with a carriage containing several persons BE
seized the horses BY the head and for some minutes
was borne along by them in their iurioa. career
gentleman got out Of the carriage a. soon as tia
danger was over and took the workmsa BY tbs
hand, warmly expressing the gratitude Of those
who had been saved from danger; bat as he gu
about 10 give him a generous compensation, tia
workman said, Monsieur, no accident has han
pened, am paid" aud disappeared in the crowd.
He could not be found afterwards, nor his mama
discovered.
- There are now 2o4 periodicals in Switze,
land of which Bern possesses 90 and Zurich %;
1872 are printed in German. 10 in French 5 In TIA
lian and l, FL amitg de! PlereL in Romantic. III
and Nidwalden have bat one each. Obwaldos
and Appenzell have none.
A theatre in Vienna has advertised for.
prize comedy, and is now receiving the repliesd
competitors One, school master, sends 6rn
his biography in detail, in order that the commit
tee may be prepared to judge bis piece fairly
| when it shall arrive; another recommends hl
play as adorned with full collection Of ali tbs
abusive and Backyard words in the German
language another has sent tragedy with the
information that it has already been refused BY
twenty.sx theatres and the one satisfaction be
asks is, that the committee will read it.
II Young Dutch officer arrived AZ J ava fresh
from the mother country and hastened 70 pay his
respects to the Governor Before the door lay
black ball, which he thought proper to wipe his
feet on. but no sooner had his boots touched il
than an angry hiss escaped from the mass and a
mighty boa rose against the intruder. Forgetting
all ceremony he rushed into the house, but there
new terror awaited him in the shape Of tiger
which leaped growing toward him. His only
weapon waa slight dress sword, which he was
about to draw in sefdeiense. when the Governor
stopped him by saying, Don't be frightened, my
young friend this cat will sit quietly By you,
| if you will honor me with your company to
dinner He is only disturbed by seeing you ran.
ming so from his old friend the boa. The boa never
hurts any body, and has lived peaceably with US
for years, along with the tiger, which has never
tasted blood and has always been the playmate
Of the children. You will learn here to smile At
many things that terify people in Europe"
The Austrian Minister of Trade mas taken
such measures that it is expected the Vistala and
the Dunajec, one of it's tributaries, will be nan.
gated by steamers next summer.
| The tax on Windows Ia England yields an
nually at present about e., 500, GOO, a sum equal
to one-third Of the income tax, and falls on 400,
900 to 100000 of the most wealthy inhab tants.
| Wilhelm Meinhold, the author of the An.
Der Witch" lately the pastor of parish in Pome.
rama, is now at Berlin, preparing for admission
into the Roman Catholic Church. His works ex
hibit the strong antipathy no always had to the
philosophical rationslism Of an influential schoo
of German theology, and his friends have long AMI
ticipated his conversion.
The Portuguese Cortes assembled on the
usual day, the I'd of January, but there was nc
speech from the throne, Us the Queens delicate
situation did not permi! her to appear.
Some sixty thousand ptsrmigan are sent to
London from Laplsnd and Norway every winter
The quarterly return of the vaae of exports
of colonial produce from Adelaide, South Austria
liza, for the period ending tho 5th of July last
shows an amount Of f99,759, against G96,0l2, In
the corresponding period of ls49. The exports Of
copper are seen to have very much increased,
the quantities exported during the period men
toned were 700 tuus in 1850, against IS tuns in
1s49 Tallow shows a decrease of 900 casks
against 2,2l5i and wool an increase of 6,792 balef
against 5,7sl bales in lSi9.
Lola Monies memoirs ceased to appear for
week in the Partisan newspaper lie Pays, and the
rumor was circulated that there was a negotiation
going on between her and the Minister from Baya.
ria, to prevent their publication and that large
sum Of money had been offered for their supper
sion. This was most probably puff obliqus,"
as they do not threaten either much mischief or
much amusement.
The total quantity of port wine exported 10
Great Britain in the year is stated TO have been
s5,4oO pipes total quantity exported to ports out
out of Great Britain, 1e,O57 pipes; total export
37,4s7 pipes.
John Wroe, the founder of sect called the
"Besrdies," because they wear their boards, has
arrived in Melborne, Australia. He is described
ASIA man of eighty years of age, bat hale and
strong and announces that be has divine mis-
sion TO preach in the colonies
Paris is by no means SO gay as usual at this
season; and great fears are entertained that the
Carnival, which is about to commence, will not
exhibit wonted merriment and enjoyment. Par
ties are few in number, and the ladies toiletteE
are not so splendid as last year.
The literary event Of the week in France has
been George Sands new drama, Claadie--per.
formed with immense success, and, according to
Jules Jsnin, the success was deserved Itis,
dramatic idyll the action nasaaa wholly amid