New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-08

held The fate Of this met, working like Arcbimedes
IN tie very antechsmber OF Death, feeoly attempting
10 busy himstlt with bic mo iels Of inventions
one, eve, Of immense value 10 TIE construction OF
locomotives--ahecs much. For years he oad
abored and the verge Of fame, with sncccs "a ms
gTaspfor his t1actiOn-engne is 81 length approVSd-
he d,es a victim the sysIem by which the entrance
80 Die Government Departments in England ls Strewn
with the bones OF inventors, and cArpe1ed win she
sAinf For one Armstrong there are hundres BOY
dells. Womb that mamwoth traction engine might
NOV No Inc ate Of Admiralty and Hont Guards, aad
tba duepe, of the iedtape aubkeys who srangle tbs
birth OF great things
in the annual report Of Mr.. Si5ley, the Librarian
of Harvard College ii ia stated that JAN 90 lStS
Mr.. Prescott inside catalogue Of books, and with bic
own hand wrote it; To 10 TO the library Of liar.
ward College after my death" More than eleven years
aterHrd on the Sd Of June last all of these voiumes
with TIE exception o. five which could not be found
were transferred 10 Gore Han. They are two buudred
and eigkty-two in number comprising FIVE large vol
umes Of manuscripts. They constitute all that portion
of Mr. PrSecotts library which related exclusively 70
the reign Of Ferdinand aud Isabella On this subject
il i undoubtedly the best caeoti, in the world Mr..
Prescos history Of the reign contsins full photograph
icai notices Of ersat part Of the volumes.
When Mr. Mason of Virginia, our late Minister 10
France attended for the rst time levee the French
C,urt. Re was accompanied By the English Embasss-
dor and when he was about TO be eft by that gentle
man be felt embarrassed by his inability to speak the
French language. The English Minister however,
rsisved him by informing him that the Russian Mimic
ter understood English and then introduced him TO
that functioDary. After the ceremony of Introduction,
the Rassisn Minister addressed Me- Al. with Z" Porief
cons Fyaneais, Mcnsiepr?" " Un per-" replied Mr..
NJ, sne Their said q Do you Fpesk English Sir :" A
schnSl !" replied Russia, with soifsa-isiied air Mr.
NJ stood AZ sose MIR. Faulkner knows sill less OF
French than Mr. Mason did Il is probable that when
ssked by Eugene il be speaks the language, he will
reply, pass 5orkOrP Vo-tree may gestee."
The Easton PENN Express says:
Nj and Ma Amin residing the High Bridge OF the
New Jersey Central Railroad supposed to be the largest
e1rle IN country. The gsuemsns weight 100 pounds
and the ls5ys weight 500 M Anin' about 49, and Ma
Anns SPOUT requires M yards Of cashmere for Mr. As
p.nts sra nine yAIds Of cloth for cost He and s wife keep
public house place called Pegs Pebble 1t is said hd th
New Yotk Museum offered ~ SO per yoar md tseE
expenses they would New York but they refused
the esus they did wish to be looked much They
began increase in size about sevsntees years ago
Abiding 70 the statement in The london Times,
that "no Conservative Of note present at
Maeaulsys funeral The Press says that. but for the
efforts of Lord Lyndhurst " MacanlAy would not have
been in Westminster Abbey at all"
A marriage is on the tsps between the Prince Of
Orange, the fature King of Holland, aged ~, and
Marie Teresa, daughter of the Arch6uke Abrechs of
Austris aged Isl also between the Duchess Mathllde
Of Bavaria and Count Trani brother Of the King OF
Naples.
An observatory is to be built in Zurich at the eI.
pense Of the heirs Of tho famous weaver Kunz, tie
town prescribing the site and the Canton taking care u
the organization
The painter Lndo has found collection Of north
ern antiquities Traced 10 period Of SO year, b. G.,
on the island OF Rdgen.
Gov. Wise of Virginia drew the superb painting,
"The Vilsge Blacksmith, which was on exhibition
by the agent of the Cosmopolitan Art Association In
Troy.
TIE Hosana Journal Of Feb. says that the
health OF the Hon. Charles Cook is gradually improv-
ing. Although be is yet in feeble conoinon' nus
physicians author re the gratifying intelligence 10 the
community that they may cou identity hope for Mr..
Cooks final restoration to health.