New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

The correspondent of TIE LOnd0n T.mcs, al 81.
Petersburg, say twenty Thousand men are at work
ON the -. Petersburg and Warsaw Hallway, aud
other lines are progressing For the moment, kussia
desires peace which is indeed almost necessity for
her.
letter from Consantinople states that such is the
prodigaity Of the Satan, that though his civil LIST !.
.. ,0ODO coo franCsthe ninth OF the tota' revenue o.
Tmkey-hs debts amount 10 nearly 600 200 OOO francs
As examples Of his Maiestys extravaganza the letter
states that in 1855 he borrowed 10 GOO francs, al ii
per cent to pay for e given to two OF his dausneFs
Tie Bg.ldefs NeTS says of the builders strlkel IN
London: We have the best reason iOI believing that
not more than sixty firms have closed, and the num-
Der of men shut out mas been greatly exaggerated
According to weauthenticated Information, the mum
Dor of skilled artisans engaged in the uildpC trades IN
the metropolis does exceed 90 U and rom the best
authority we know that not more than ~ OOO are now
out
nine builders have admitted men to work, ard no
doubt Others have given in their adhesion to the Asso-
citation and that the masters have gained strength.
The number on the stand ont was reduced one-hal.'
The NoyfkcyR Times Of Aug. T. say: Tie hitherto
unaccomphsbod feat of trotung twenty mics WITHIN
an hour lin England, was performed yesterday by
horse called Jack ROsser ian AmCric9n.) lie was
handled by a Yankee jockey specially brought over
for the occasion.
Marseiles and Oran, IN Algeria, is now in coarse OF
manufacture in England. 1t viii probably be laid IN
November next. - SO
A Paris correspondent says: The silly custom OF
seizipg the English papers en- mssse appears 10 nave
ners that came on Sunday have been conhscaed, aud
for the first tine for many months EneIshmen nave
been reioced by the sight OF that brilliant ana pun
cent pci odcal The SG'aTdQy Lcrtt"
me continental Journals have of late frequently con-
tanned accounts of most destructive fires 10 various
parts of Europe, caused in great measure oy rae
drouth and excessive heat that have preNaued' Inc
a,est instance recorded the destruction O. tue town
of Klosterle, in which, according to Ihe P,egDe
Co-r,,c fearful tire broke on, on the afternoon 81
July y, and in short tine, II consequence q IsH
wind no less than 10 houses were reduced 10 asueS
and several persons burned 20 tetn. ~ e,ars
ipc and are supposed TO he suiiocaled III she cea.
An eiIo,ts 10 extingush the flames were useless IN
consequence Of the high wind, the narfo"hees o .ne
streets and the Circumstance that 80 many ol we
bonses were built of wood; beside winch, sVNeisi u
r. -, oro;nes which had been brought too near the
o,Goorotiop were obliged To be abandoned, am Ncv
corsune i But few of the mhaDiaLtS sas. any =,
their coo3s and al were 81 iast ophsti 10 ~ -
ssve teir lives. About 600 persons are mus NI'i'V
rNof ,.boni pourishmeI', and without CLONES. ~
the whole town but very few houses remain ny
snS ven the psw town house. which was buut y ire
rrcof has been destroyed, the names hHVins -
their way into il through the opchhSsH' I'0 '"'''
~ IT.. toen vas DESTROYED by tire IN L.
IT, Tpirrrs resumes is lrmentaiions on lIe 49,
ofthe add,ona field afforded 10 Protestan' IIVp.01.
,ts bv the annexation OF lomoatS 70 %
i,.css the RataZz' Cabinet for the liberty cohVSd.i
-, tI srarts of heresy. Their pro.esscd respect -.
Tbe,tv Of conscience Il says, ossht 70 nave az
b,, 10 sfIord protection TO cOn>c enceS asaNs' 80
mo NV ssduclions and fasehoods, spread the Iyi.on
" e,roy. Aresdy, it declares letters from oeIevS
onronnce that the sccts OF fnS!snd ana >"NI, aal
CO o~erirT the campaign. that the kyan 5cAc3I So
o. Of Cepeys hiss last sent OF 10 l.omoardy -"
;ss,onsries and hsw kefs, ADD thai the biikA "a
ID,ern Bible society has di>paicnt sever II '.io -
t.y,fsJ EIbles and New Testament 10 MAAh, % 'g
thence spread by agents through the PROVINCES o.
P-,.sian expedition to Japan has been rcs3Ne %.
mo, The expedition viii las: three yeS's' anu i -
W. sccounaned by diplomatic persona e. ,.,l;.,
IRE b-oke on. in the night Of tue - IN 'le lI'- .
&C. Of ,be Hotel De VIE az Hamburg ana o-.' - u
on,d h, 90: under number OF oiiicia' pAPe'S "''e
~ "a mail from Sylpy brings aceounts 81 me
"le.iion nv the hallo, Of the Parliament Q. NSN
nls u.s. Wass The bsl,ct Law Is i3etucal N lfro &c
Sou tbst of Victoria snd is working hAs oe'n e'-'
pently successful. ii er,,,, Alexandria 20 the
az. ~, According 10 agreement eiiecIei %" =
A. ossens and The VicerOy, thC I-ns Sua i'Iolet,!
- The SueL Canal Company shoI.l ,. w ~ .
% .ns 80 are n be transferred 10 the NlTe4oy, EJo
..i undertake. TO repay the shaIehoiiefS u -
W., ia I+ inst took place the iIaus urN'io %
fS'd 81 Miuden Of monument So ~, ~ a.,
brce Of tie victory gated ' y lie lie uISi ;.oCs