New-York tribune., 1870-04-16
GENERAL NOTES.

Dyspepsia cured for $2' is the cheerful
announcement of an advertisement emanatng from that
city Boston, and unlike certain Others from
the same quarter the idea animatng this advertisement
meets our hearty approval 1t Is indicated in two neat
atent wood-saw and the sawhorse thereunto pertain
ing This treatment Is recommended TO De De taken once
funded" Everybody knows that dyspepsia Is e source
Of half the lis OF humanity and expect the most
hopefu results from this Bostonan remedy. Let the
cynics of that city first take hold and saw themselves
into good appetite and bunor and the rest OF mankind
viii follow their example.
The high ridge of land a quarter of mile
toward somervlle from the monument, the original
Bunker I which the coloniss sent to forfy and
did not but passed 70 Breeds Hin. IS to have Its
crest cut Off If authority 20 can be obtained from
the Legislature by the City OF CharlcstOwn, Mass. On
the hi in the 81 that the plan includes there IS
the Catholic Church OF St Francis dc sales 70 Drick
buildings, and 49 wooden buildings The highest point
of Bunker lst will be lowered 5i ieet and there Is
ground on the east Of it, IN tho center o the Doc, wt
is dozen feet higher. The lot on the top OF the MI
where the graveyard ia located has washed away from
time TO time and two years ago the bodies were SO mneh
exposed that IL was found necessary To bmid WALL Inc
S5 900 of which $4,000 the estimate OF the damage
and cost Of lowering buildings. This lowering OF the ter
hin from Mainst TO The Mystic enable the city TO build
better and durable drains and add vastly TO the
taxable property OF ChsTlestoWn
The address presented to the Duke of Edin-
burgh by the Chinese community Of Hong Kong
of hord rhetoric 1t described him personally
being fair the pumos Of the phonix that sits in the
perfectly safe there being specimens hand to YER
iy the Smiles His mental requirements were euogzed
CTcRton to shame with books well acquainted" with
"a literature military affairs and the art Of "phi-
pishments your mind full stored with learning you still
panted," like Oliver Twist for more" Therefore he
faro SGS paiaceNGoS a % great Your tcy Al view
Hong Kong, doubt like one of Naples renders further
may learn that is limit our affection for you"
warmth almost equal to that Of the flames that en-
hp m nall Pei
I'VE blush" they say In deprecaon OF this literary
around u.s. STILL though smiles arise, how decline
to EXPRESS feelingsl" How indeed Is IL strange
that not was with difficulty prevented, when the Duke
made his appearance, and they perceived that he
not they had been led to believe seventeen feet hight
We cannot be uninterested in the gold mines
of Nova Scotia and of the Hastings District OF Canada
their proximity has attracted the attention, and TO
a considerable extent, the money OF citizens. In
Nova Scotia the number Of mines in operation Increased
from 6 in January 1862 to 81 at the close of the year
The amount Of quartz raised seems rather to have dimn-
ished but the yield OF gold from 1t improved during that
time at least 40 per cent the amount Of gGaqa crushed
gold nearly Oneha ounce TO the tun This is far bet
ter than IN. quart m oi nsnrd ~ere ood r % ol
richest quartz in Nova Scotia found in the Montagu dis
trct curousy enough gives the exact prOp0rt0nabout
o. dws per tun of of the best California mines,
the Eureka of Grass Valley k0m which more than halfa
million dollars was taken in 1861 But there is a great
variety Of fortune in mining to the north of In
district the island the quartz only yielded two penny
weights per un and the London assays of the Hastings
ores are equally divergent from each other Two of the
latter taken the lots varied from $40 $l7
$3.50 per tun Aud may be added that the wisdom of
experts respecting WreS and quartz as 10 the cOmpar
atiyc value ~ different aud mines, takes shape
opinions as diverse n the profits OF the miners.
| The committee of experts having reported
their views concerning the fall Of the roof OF the new
Court House In Chicago, aud also to the condition Of
it remains and the future probabilities the old Court
House OF which this wing IL supposed that all
the available knowledge these subjects had been com
muhlAttd. But now the youngest architect the
Dltcc comes forward with new report, which sheds ad-
diti0na light upon the ar lecture of this prominent
public building la thnt cnteTPrising city. The old
House. the pride Of the earlier days of Ch ago. although
years growth l. already spcrannuatod and feeble with
age. - think, siys this expert, "the building is
troubled seriously from stem to stern with the chronic
disease oi decay and old age. Yet 10 built of good
stone, brought from l0ckpur III this state though now
every taA paying cizcn In the county is secretly
not outwaTdy, ashamed Ot his county huldinC and IL.
entire demolition would be hailed with pleasure by all"
gives their CHEF cause, msy construction at the
outset" with regard 10 the hliding, his theory of
the fan Of the roof Is that the principals having
sufficient thickness, bucklcd, and the weight ~
the roof consequently upon six small half Inch
bolts" placed by the "buCkled chief fafter position
"A orsOn;" these bolts he thinks gave way under the
! strain. probably wrenchrd OH" But 1t was not the
roof only the interior foundations ~ the bnlldDg
utterly Inadequate. when he rccouuts how "a ltebtd
OF concrete nix feet wide. laid during frUtt aud covered
with to keep II from freezing, had 10 support
wat massc. of masonry which from time 10 time n left
standing must settle IN the mud" We begin 10 realize
tba facts may be- az bitter reflections. Then
Number. and gas iter- bored, and hacked, aud ham
LvTod UyJ aIch u pass Ler pipcS through, % That