New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

he new work by NJ. Victor Hugo, Les Coatempla-
saa, is announced to appear very shortly
/ lie Austrian Government purposes, 1t 10 SAID, 10
lsrceuoe ito ell parts Of the Empire uniform sys-
m OF weights ana measures.
1 NJ A. Dumas has been appointed by the French
svsnuent to collect all the popular ballad poetry OF
te South of France.
The late NJ Salomon Rothschild of Paris has left a
lrupe Of f2,5OO 900 sterling which Will be divided
lswoen bis two nephews.
Tho marriage of the Grand. Duke Nicholas, brother
/ he Emperor of Russia, to the Princess OF Olsen.
kuh caue hter OF Prince Peter OF Oldenburgh VIII
lac place very shortly.
NJ Louis Bafssier Vice Consul Of France at Suez,
ls Just sent 70 the Museum of the Louvre pspyrus
b6rly 600 wears old. lt contains fragment Oi 'no
lah book Of Homers HAD
letter from Msuenengro states thai Prince Danleo
b. obtained leave from the Court OF St. fetersDurg
bat sx Young MOntenegerisns snail DC receiver gIa-
ltously into the military institutions OF That city
some alton Jts have been made to retute the accu'
kcy of the allegation which mpuies 10 Russia the IN
knion of encouraging Carlist demonstrations IN
hahn but General Elo on whom the documents were
kmd has not denied their authenticity
A ei,l has been born in France with two heads-the
e being placed on the spot where heads usually are
laced, and the other at the precise spot where
hsbkeys and other creatures wear their tals Inns
ier has been amputated, anu the chnu Is sun aNe.
| letter from Constantinople says that the Sultan
L. ordered agnhcent ne kaces in bnlllants 10 be
lade IA pr, sents for Queen Victoria and the Empress
eenie and saddles also embroidered in bnl'ants TO
j made for the Emperor, the King OF SARDINIA anu
hnce Albert
The frst volume of Gervnuss long-expected work.
History of the Nineteenth Century since the Vienna
bCongrcss Las JUST been published by Eugelmsnn Of
bIipsc The Introduction alone occupies na te VOi-
kre and IA written with ali that intensity OF thought
bad philosophical research which distinguishes al
krilinngs Of the celebrated publicist.
| Bson de Dietrich Of Vienna, who has Just dled
bas left fortune of 20 900 horins about 1000 OO0
Ftnesl consisting chiefly Of landed property. Ine
l. aff,t Ia
| The Enperor of Russia, saws the Post Ampt GA
Eat Of Frankfort, has just ,made present OF Two
diamond rings Of great value, one 70 M. bindenoerg,
Iae Editor Of the WestpkGha Gazette aud the other
DDr, HeeckeI, oLe Of the Editors Of the Ne0 PrH'
fes Gazette.
The remainder Of The submarine telegraph cable re-
l;sred 10 complete the communication 10 AlSers via
Coisrs aud Sardinia has just been shipped ifom tne
l1srufsctoy ct Greenwich. 1t s log mues IN iengsn
bcisin,ng ak conducting wires, snd weighing ,SoO
tus IL Will be- laid from the southernmOst poirt OF
Vd1is to the coast Of Africa, near Algiers and u re-
ired by the parties connected with the uhdertaAng
v Ae commencement OF line TO INDIA ana AuSiFsha'
Iva Malta.
he SCOTSMAN states that arrangements ere making
building 40 iron steam vessel OF 1000 tuns and l5O-
lsee power, 20 trade betsren Scotland and canada
West with Ruthveds improvements IN propeling ana
fnlgaling steam-yeesels.
Mad lt. Rosa BOnheur's picture of The Horse
Psr" which she sold for & ,00o has been rosoli TO
& Englishu an-but no, a resident IN EHgland-'or
ne under EsoO0. Mac'le. Bonheur has painted
lsGueed copy for the engraver, which is now IN Mr.
Ilemss Landseers hands. The second picture has
len purchased by Mr Jacob Bel.
| A AAiddlesborouxh on-Iees there exists a singular
lak OF nature, "a boy with real tall He Is
ssvi four months ole and in good health. lie has
tct caudal appendage four or five inches in longth.
'gsipgs from the verebre Of the os socrRm not the
a~rygis, a. does the tail of an animal, which is
Swotnuation Of the spinal structure. Ii has caused
ast interest among the faculty, who have had con-
sssien whether would be proper TO take II oif;
f'Hs upon examination II is found to possess the
fTsrt<s Of limb, having bono, muscle, feeling,
Y, and Can be moved at the will of the child, il is
10 the operation might endanger the chids life by
s'erg be spinal cord. II may prove Of great IN
Svsrlence TO the possessor in after life.
Marquis do Vileneuve Trans, a gentleman OF
Sa tariiy, who had commenced diplomatic ca
20 Wa lately captain on the stall OF the Ma
sSSesrd Of Paris. FELT irresistible impulse to
,sSas az country In the Crimea, and quitting al the
sr7ssets ~ OF brilliant position, he, few months
~. ss'ed, ct the ege OF twenty-five az private
d ~ lHt regiment Of Zousves He soon rose TO
so,sS - = sergeant. and bsing stll nonoommis-
Snex. vss nortsiIy wounded while on duty as