New-York tribune., 1870-10-01
GENERAL NOTES.

A Canadian paper thus deals i'm the luXuri-
ance Of exuberant the telegraphc announce
ment of Marshal MacMahOns death at SEDAN 90 fear.
fu day at sedani misfortunate day for France! o
day Of misery! day OF sorrow, that this great evil
fan upon her! Art thou dead, MacMaboul Has thy
mighty spirit flown from scenes of strife and carnage
Is itpossibe that thou who escaped thousand balls
hast been struck down. Hast th0n 100 Deen sacnccd
in this horrible wari O, we would fsin hope against
cr6aked lie when told Us Of thy death! We can hardly
believe thee dead o lion ofmany battle" " Who Will
learns that the gallant Marshal "stilliyes."
every door is barred with gold" sings the
Laureate but in this country can be stated matter
OF fact Independent OF poetic aid that every house is
built gold. 1t is estimated by rigid and careful anay
sis that every medium brick house has in its brick
material abOutt60 in gold, which cannot be eXtracted rs
science 40 far, has moi suggested cheap method
whereby the precious grains be extracted so too
eminent chemists have demonstrated that silver abounds
largely in the waters the ocean, which might be ut
Zca means could be discovered TO separate the metal
conducted measurement is calculated by Field that in
the there Is absolutely not less than 100000 tuns,
or go OOOOOpo Of silver worth SlOO,OO0OOOOOO
John OConnOr, blind and BOstOnian, living
FOR years past the precarou proceeds of pennies
dropped into his hat by the charitable multitude retired
TO HE tenement recently IN YouDgscourt Boston, and
with his wife and daughter INDUCED IN oyerpowering
quantities Of whisky. At midnight the maudlin pair
began smoking IN bed and soon spark falling on the
clothes set the apartment fire The unhappy wretches
were utterly helpless from liquor and could not move.
could not reach them from without. The daughter
reached the door ightully burned, but the drunken
father and mother burned a crisp, The bodies
taken 10 the deadhouse and the papers express the
hope that the public may not its charities because
OF the unhappy expose.
Chicago's giant energies do not, it would
seem crowd out the eenter and articles Big tun
nels, big depOs and big divorces make room for scen-
tlfc distractions worthy Of the sleepy atmosphere OF
German town. 1t has been announced with great salts.
faction ny The Times of that city, citizen has dis
covered the lODg-sOught scientific enigma perpetual
notion, and furthermore that the machine has
IL ceaseeHs operation for months and more This
announcement eXcites the Of New Haven Journal
which forthwith declares that NewHay possesses a
piece Of mechanism which has been visited by thousands
peces put together changed 10 another table in.
sulaed II in glass watched IL by day and up with it
by night Tor weeks together and no has yet been
abe TO detect any trick" any external agency Of
motion.
The Archbishop of Cincinnati, it is said, in his
lste pilgrimage TO Rome bethough him OF a relic TO
e nome Tor the edihcation Of the faithful and chose
OV remains Oh ST AureliaDa sufficiently impressive
nOw ST Aurelana Is stated in Roman records 30 be n
'yi, Dnt IL known pTofane chronicles as a
W the Roman Emperor Aurean and II Glib
.3 eiy ,stoIy s 10 DO trusted, she was not OF the
~ P1 80 siio IN her day and generation However
ue ieoN NsI OF nor remains Cincinnati from he eaf
combs a Rome has inspired great the Ohio do
ceee Ine ctts bones not eomuete hnt are a. far
AZ tbey 80 ibtdned In wax IN the relative nositions
ana the outlet Dled out carefully as nossis har
joints 6c are laekng As is usual with saintIv Honas
these jOnts oi ~ Aurehana are ecacous i'm tbe nirc
cure or prevention OF Laf the lila that aes1 ~ h