New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-05
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Or. Harriet n. Austin, late Of Boston but uow Of
Dsnsyils, N Y, delivered the principal address at
the meeting Of the National Health Association in
thst place, on the 18th and 18th ult.
The London correspondent Of The Manchester
Guardian has the following:
The death Of Isambard Brunei bis excited much 'ympshy
TIE verde. hin might Killed by the Gres, Eastern
but es By the anxiety consequent the comPetoa and s
Ing Of the big p than BY Modification and dsippoin,ment
Of the ard bunsng of her launching With thn d,ns In
Dependence or rather defiance Of settled opinon, which du
yd Brunei be had made srrsrgsment' for tho m'vins Of the
Leyishan 70 the which In contradiction with many
doctrine, hitherto accepted s,ioms Ia shpsanehing Mr.
Boot Russell made the Company conrsc. for tbs
snohpr for expense Of f5 0o Mr. Brunei poohpoohed
the figure reedsssy costly His COS; the
close fo0tO0 Yet be swerved, after
deennins his Audsy leading feature o!
Burers engineering character heard anectOte w;h IL
Is:es srkingy Brunei held views In contradiction
those his brethren the employment Of peculiar kidd Of
Roman in railway bridge building. Other engineers OBJ
ieced hardened fast 10 allow the work settle
ptopry Not Brunei Trusting 70 his vw he used this
mortar the frs. large bridges consuc.ed by them for
the Great line. IL fell after It's erection Bruno
entered where the Directors assembled dcom
flied ooncave discuss the accident Il congratulate you gen
tiepuen On the fall Of - bridge Bunes entry the
subject Copsstus:e accident involving disaster and
the oss Of poundsr the and amazed ejoinder
Certainly Branel coy Il JUS: about pr; up
hundred bridges on the same principle"
THE KnickrJocker teils the following good story
OF an interview OF American with the Emperor of
Brazil:
"Iws, suddenly by hearty voice addressing 10
French obstinate mule there look
front OF young in cooked ha and dark undr"
uniform upon animal which, from then con
fused condition. feel Of the nature Of Some
of had passed others were endesvong 70 force
The nar,w passage aide Whs. replied TO this
mark or whe replied all know not Use Jour spurs
said the voice. IL suddenly sware Of desi
tute predicament added We'll try lance An order
given 10 soldiers aide who dropped his lance to
the position Of charge and obsyed at once A. the application
of the cold steel my made bound the counterpart OF hi,
acrobstic performance the way up remember striking
heavily against somebody /. msy have besn the En-
psror or only Of the guards heard loud laughs and
sous and have dim perception Of seeing
baggage, and many mnles. Something was overturned,
AID then ell dark before my eyes. How long TO
manned unconscious cannot telprobaby not than few
minutes. On opening my eyes, found myself upon the
ground my shoulders supported by Of the soldiers while
second soppng head with handkerchief wet with cold
water Hy muddy and torn In several places In
the middle Of the path nothing had hap
pened or thought, with disboOa eer IN h eye, stood
the wrshed cause my troubles Al my side surrounded by
several ladies' officers in Uniform the same person who
had addressed me Just before the accident As looked round
And made attempts 10 rs said Alb you feel better II
no. much after wh,tever have though; conceded
In the opinion by replying trhe Monsiedr Ed.
zish asked Eon Monsieur, Ameri ,sn Where are you
going ITO Rio Monsieur 'AoneF No, Monsieur have
somewhere
few minutes ago other side Of the mouatain Baron
Wa with them Well take Of yodrsef for there place,
on the way where fall viii hot be pleasant as here.
Adeu with these parting words And hesrty leush the EN-
peror for be mounted and In few seconds the cavscade
was hid from nay sight BY turn in the Ps.h way
Mr.. Charles Mathews is sharply criticised in The
london Daily Netcs Owe find him now scarcely
recognizable as his former self, and falling short in
every single point in which he WAS formerly great.
He has lost his vivacity, his FIRE, and actually hs
marveOusly quick perception and reproduction Of
the ludicrous has apparently failed him.
-Sigpor Verdi, the celebrated musical composer
was one Of the deputaion from Parma who proceeded
10 Turin TO ask Victor Emanuel 10 accept the annexa
tiou of Parma to Piedmont When the carriages Of
the deputies we're proceeding to the royal palace the
populaticn Of Turin singled out that OF Sgnor Verdi
for especial notice, and cries of Vava Verdi were
heard all along the line Of procession 1t VIII De
recoected that it under this cry of Piua Verdi
that the people Of Italy, before the war, expressed
their wish to have Victor Emanuel their kiog, the
letters of the word Verdi composing the initial letters
of "yctor nmsnuele Re dltalia.'
"A letter from Berne states that on the 4th OF
September Mr. Carpenter of the Bank-Note Engrav-
ing house of Philadelphia was ascending the Murren,
and fell from Ills horse III enc OF the ptecpous passes
and both dslocsted aud fractured his shoulder BONE
Robert C. Winthrop and his party. On being taken
hack TO Interlachen he was visited by the physician
of the dowager Empress Of Russia, and was made as
comfortable as could be hoped. lie viii probably be
confined for four weeks at least.
"A translation into French of the songs OF Heinrich
Ueipe. by NJ. Nancy, has just appeared in Berlin
under the title Of P0fsiss Choisies de Henri He'ne
The mother of Hene died on the Sd of September at
Hamburg in the arms Of her son. Gustavus Helne, ed
tor and proprietor Of the Fremdenbidh. She was
nearly pnety years old, and not only celebrated on
account of her sons fame, but as being herself one OF
the most eminent tepames dsspra Of Germany.
We have news from Muoch of deporsbe acct
dent that has happened to Justus Liebig. The great
chemist, who has been travelling in the interior OF Bi
yaris was unfortunate enough while passing through
.sman village, to fall down aaS break his kneecap.
He WAS at once conveyed to the town of Passau where
two of the most emn.n Mt physicians Of Munich are at
tending him.
The Berlin Volks :eitNHg denies tue statement
made by many German and English newspapers, oil
the library of Alexander Humboldt havicg beeu
sold to Lord Bloomfield sccoont OF the Trustees OF
the British Museum. The psper adds THAT several
gentlemen are still busy making a catalogue OF the
library, which will rot be flushed before the end OF
December, the books turning out 20 be much more
numerous than was at FIRST believed.
M. Charles Blanc, brother Of Louis Blanc has
inst issued the first part OF magnificent work edited
nv him. and entitled L. q Wvre compLet de Rembrandt
IL contains some 40 engravugs, in the highest style oil
art Of the chef deavye of the great Flemish psinter,
beside biographical and critical commentary snt