New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-01

F11RAoRDINARY APPEARANCE At SEA The Pers
svetaQ cd twelve knots ont and home. She nads Tue
passage from Malta to Southampton in seven days and
fUurtsen hours and frem Gibraltar to Southampton
In three dsys twenty-five ADD half hours On her
outward voy age when approaching Alexandra on the
Sd ult., extraordinary phenomenon was witnessed
from en- board Of her. At noon day the sun became
almost invisible and dense fog obscured the firms-
mept; the ship with her spars aud rigging were COW
cred with fine powder, which ent'red the ears and
months Of the passengers causing the greatest lncon
vtIieLce The umos. alarm was felt board and
some Gre caariiy was apprehended. The hatohes
were hateneo down and Capt Soy, the commander OF
zoe packet, tuDed her bead and fl TO again.
During the ii ne OF this amos complete darkness the
wind blew from the south aud the sea frightfay
disturbed Although the Peia proceeded 10 % mites
out TO again still the dense fog prevailed far to
seawsrd end toward The coast darkness literally
spread the land Of Egypt This phenomenon lasted for
egh, hours when the toy cleared away the wind ued,
and the sea we1t down. This extraordinary appear
al CO owing 10 chat Is called the kh.mpseen or
saId Storm and its extending so far to eos is most
upusual circumstance. From the direc' ion OF the wind
the kbsmpseeD have originated In the Great Sa
tara 1t rsises the sand there in masses which move
in spir,l figure, aud the heavy particles of sand
drop TO the earth, willis the smaller ones or the
puverized sand, is carried away TO dtstance. The
u pie board the Pera found afterward the khamp
seen had blown down trees, turned over railway car.
risgss and forced cattle into the canal between Alex
andria and Cairo.
LITERARY GossIP-Mr Charles Dickens has been
superntsr ding the publication OF translation of hs
works in Paris- orbs that perhaps as difficult of
& anslaon any that ever have bsep written. TIE
PsrtiaDs who are unable to read English have very
Indefinite notion OF the modern FEEL ling and even
me tIanslstons have msled them. There was re-
Gently, for instance PUBLISHED in Paris little book
called "Douze Contes Nouvelles, par Charles Dick
ens This supposed TO be selection Of dozen
tales from Household Words all from the pen of the
great novelist. Those, however, who were in the Sc
cret of the authorship knew that out OF these twelve
tales ess thar eight were from other pens. 1t is
20 In and
i'll the papers al tie beet papers set down mat
Ter of cOurse TO be Mr. Dickens's A glance at the
which will JUS, jo down for your readers will
h viewer, shoy that possibly some OF the conn uors
night occasionally be able 10 produce article worthy
OF beii thought to be Dickerss: Mr.. S A. Saa, who
has lately sold bis book of Russian Exoerences for
E4CCl, Mr.. Charles knight, Mr.. Merry Moreey Mr..
Leigh Hunt, Mr.. Horne, Mr.. james Hsnnay Mrs Gss-
he'll, and Miss Harriet Msrtineau Mr.. Tnsckeray,
whofe lecturipg has been stayed for time by i'll
ness which it is to be hoped is but casual has been
gaining golden opinions from all sorts of people, 10
al sorts OF places can give you on good authority
the ierDs # Yemunerati which he nov has for his
popular lee urts on the -Four Geo. ges" The worthy
lecturer is reading his disquisition on sys'em which
msy be called High farming the farmers being
Messrs. Beae Il Co, and the Il rms being one guinea
per mrufe fer the time actually occupied In delivering
the lecues Not bad pay this. Wet Sussex Gazette.
PRIMITIVE BARoMETER.-7he Mobile Register
says:
''Op board the Mexican steamer 10 barometer of
Inc most elpe CuDsluclOD, Out OF tne greatest accu-
rscy II consists only of long strip of cedar very
thD about q feet In length, about inch vide, cut
with toe grain, and Get in block 70 IT. Ths cedar
"trip Is backed or lined with one Of white pine cut
across the grain, and the two slightly glued to-
gt.ber To bend fhese when DRY is to snap them but
on the approach of bad weather the CEDAR curs
until at times the top touches the ground. Tois simple
INSTRUMENT Ia the invention Of Mexican gutar-msker,
and such 1. il accuracy tina. it will ndicste the coming
Of norther full "a hours before any other kind of
barometer known the COST. Had this been the
production of Yankee ingenuity Ii had been patented
long ago, and a fortune made by its inveotor.'
Who WRITES The SosGs THE principal writer
- stephen {. Foster, author Of Uncle Nee, 30,
e1ssnsh," &C. Mr. Foster resides near Pittsburgh,
ehsre ne Occupies q moderate clerkshp, upon which,
sno percentage on the sale Of his soDgs he depends
ioi hvlng' He writes the poetry well a. the music
ior DIS sopgs. These are sung wherever the English
language spoken, while the music Is sung wherever
me Sng In the cotton field of the South, among the
MINES OF Cahiorpia and Austrais, in the sea oosst
oiies Of China In Paris In the Loodon prison every
where, IL fact bis melodies are heard :" Uncle Ned
was the first This vas publshed in 1885, aud reached
a sale unknosn I'll then in the music publishing bust
nes. o." The Old Folks at Homs,h roo 900 60 pies
have been printed To this oouatIy and q many more
IN EDgIsnd: my Oid Ksrtuoky Home" "Old Dog
Irsy." and al bis oAa songs have had . great run.