New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
FOREIGN.

EIGHT Arabs. escorted by four gendarmes, re-
Gently passed through Touon for Nice They had been
condemned to imprisonment for me on chaISC ol 10
nlbasn and were on their way 10 Llse de ST. MarEuo
rite where they 10 undergo their punishment N
wretches, mpelled by hunger, fed frequently on to
flesh They carried of children, of whom they appSaIt
have deyOured great number IN preference famine
They deserved death, but the Tribunal TAXING II STten
into consideration, gave them tho benent Vi 'n"' w
Mating circumstance. -
The subject of capital punishment is l9SI 0d now oo
fhe Minister of justice NJ Bara proposed to InG Ohan
bers that this punishment should Dc nsnr ~ eonod
pOsal was thrown out, but since the ~ at ,onaItv
fI no execution has taken place, ana tne S"Pa P5
considered to be virtually t for Shooting his SUI
sergeant lies under sentence OF ueAt dUi w., S1,cn
Derior ofcer lie was tried ana cohuehhea ny Souo
Of war the military Sassation has been rejected 1t
nevertheless hoped that the royal preIoBhuNe VII D1 -
poi, almost without exception ask that the PUNISH
lent NAV DO committed The military authoIitcS o Wy
a. & hencefortb be impossible TO maintain discipline IN
the army council OF ministers mas Deen eae" " N0
eide upon the case
Il apnoars that Paris is the best market in
Enrope Tor eeches and that an extensive business
Transacted In this commodity l9iy ~ rov re hest
fshing ground and from Trieste no less han @l19vV
value OF leeches are annually sent up 20 o. nstrolia
leech most In fashion Just now is and does
he is said 10 be endowed with hveler qusties anu oos
his work IN shorter peHC oc boWSver Serious com
petto for SO great are powers Of absorption that the
srs ch arc annually TO be found in the bed Of the Nile
after the periodical nundation OF that river to French
ouired for active duty sent to GENTLY, where they
are lodged reservoirs comfortably furnished with the
greasy mud in which they specially delight, and filled
with gTeensh water Each reservoir is Oh leet Dy 81 ee
The correspondent of a Chicago paper gives
the following particulars about the circulation Of the Lon
don Journals The Times is believed TO still circulate
about copies daily selling them TO the trade AT two
-halfpenny each The Daily Telegraph announces
In letters five feet long, the walls, that has the
largest circulation ia the world The actual sale from
100000 to 900 daily The Standard, which adyertses
each week above its leading article, its average daily cir
cuaton during the previous week. shows total OF about
10000 but this includes The EreliRg Standard ana me
Morning Herald and Of these totals vast number are
returned their hands. The numbers gwen
are the numbers printed which is very an
ierent thing from the numbers sold The Dday
Netcs, which started at penny on Monday last,
and which has not got all its machinery in perfect gear
Baugune it will be at the head before many months
have passed. The Morning and Erenin9 Stdr sell To-
Rether about $4,000 daily The Morning Post lmgh-
priced scarcely reaches 1000 day. The Morning Aaoe
Ser 5000; The Express, evening paper tthe dr9PeI
The Ddiiy NetOS) is about 15OOO The Fdl mae 0aeue
l2OO and The Globe There is no really WeWIlteh
weekly PAPER in London selling at a penny. All the
papers Of that price Of inferior character ana are
sOd exclusively among the artisans and mechanics:
They reach however large numbers ID the amount OF
their sale Papers which you have never heard OF IN
Chicago sell some 100000 weekly The papers which are
read bv the ruling classes dor OF better phrase
are all fvepenCc sXpence each. OF the number, the
richest The Saturday ReUietC. doubt, however, II
The Saturday Rere0 reaches sale OF 10000 copies
The Spectator averages probably 1000