New-York tribune., 1870-04-27
GENERAL NOTES.

In Hamilton, Canada, a few days since. man
named John Connolly nearly GO years OF age, only ieu
of being murderer by being too atrocous about IT, Eion
Morrison and he boarded at house OF Mrs Matthews
Their landlady being absent John got OUT 9i tepoL M
Ellen, knocked her down. and kicked ana aite mat
her until she inscnsible then, 10 compt.e na
ters he took bucksaw and deliberately unaetI@on @ 70 20
and excited her failing strength to such an
extent that she succeeded In escaping rom .lo INA
sawbones and found refuge with a neighbor Her re-
covcry and Johns imprisonment are Doth anticipated
II is curious to notice how fast the primitive
simplicity Of religious organizations slips away with the
coming OF worldly prosperity. Or ths' tho society oi
Friends furnishes notable xampe In the changes many
of them for the beter which have been lnade IN he ns
cnIine as established by George Fox We wonder what
the some ascetc John Wesley (who preached ~ te
and the or to cations in the very plain
est chapels would have said TO the pomp ana crcn %
stance of a fashionable wedding celebrated few days
since Methodist Episcopal Church In ST. Louis. i1e
great preacher who at his own request was carried % ~
hardly have recognized his own connection II he had
present at these performances TO ms horror ne
He would have seen the meeting house filled
with the aristocracy OF the city" He would nh haye
clothed He would have marked M the have fSpmsF sGn%d
supported by four bridesmaids ne Woa @ hnVe noops pI o
Divinity with four other clergymen AZ spernumerares
an and as H Ge Wo%d have said to the carpets
from the church door to the farrages passes M an c0eG
the married state and we can imagine him. at the sigh
of all this spendor breaking out with some cynical
Latin auotaon and afterwards translating II rather
sterny for the benefit of the companys souls for he
would have seen in this scenic display only an aiaTng
demonstration of the improper Old Lady OF Banyoh H.
is evident that there Is both iii thls country anu III
grSSsb Srbas When owe their Very existence
to a of the Roman ceremonial are 10 te best OF
their ability, initiating the forms and modes me pops
and shows of the Qioman) Catholic Church The precise
religious value OF such change Is not easy 10 ueleI
mine but it very certain that there Is large casS OF
plain thoughtful and unpretendng men ana women 10
whom excess OF ecclesiastical display Is eAcecusy
distateful
Modern astronomy has unquestionably made
its greatest advances the application OF spectrum
analysis 1t will remembered that of the three or four
varieties under which the spectra Of the fixed stars in
n s GT @ TG c s Sssh aPrs n as
the body of that lumnary and large proportion seem
to be be s sha G the during eepes The
stance that many OF the ncbue are similarly consti-
Saa. now, at last the definite link which connects
star with the ne6I Tne ni9Tgacn t Is Gf M
observations on the great neDu9 in Argo ITSELF PERHAPS
he almost focal point of the spenors of the southern
sky. In the heart Of this nebuln lies Eta Argus hGrto
described it as star OF the fourth magnitude; Lacaie
subsequently observed II as OF the second magnitude
i'm 1883 and writes respecting this star In 1885.
IL then approaching ITS climax, ana Is repre-
irregular variations In appearance, its bancy gradu
ally increased until 1s3 when none of the fixed stars
creased until it became almost invisible to the naked
eye, and described of the sixth magnitude It's
now again Increasing. But the nebulD Immediately sur
rounding il undergOes precisely converse changes when
the star most brilliant the nebue near IL Is an 10 the
point Of nvisbilty when the star Is fantest the neb
attains its utmost brightness The sect0sc0pe recently
II Is rrrounded with blazing hydrogen other gases also
giving evidence Of their presence. In Short u la star
in flames Should the identity OF nebnle ana the soar
Argus the discovery may mark new w. era IN
the growth and decadence of worlds
A correspondent of The Cincinnati Gd.ette,
who attended Mr. Charles Dckens's Readings" in Lon
don Is kind enough to tell us that there is nothing in
his physognomy expression to lessen confidence in
his possession OF argeness and sensibity of soul -"
which is gratifying piece of information. His face is
"unObectonable" Hi; jaws are prominent and
and muscular" His nose makes a bold push to the
front" His eyes are light blue" He is . bald on the
fit, or come within few hairs, breadth of
It either way" The general shape of the
clined plane the back end somewhat thrown up which
gives the sSsa a @ s
directly behind the ears particularly when the
..fnncss behind the ears" does hei But the brain
after ALL is the important point The great noveists
within its low roof and moderately wide ncosure."
There is lack OF hight, but perhaps MT. Dickens
out so as to harmonic the proportions by conceal
ing the deficiency behind the ears and thus marked
As for or IN oweT vT dpa told ha
MI Dickenss figure Is moderately well propcrtoned'
sufficiently eapaeious;' his hands are large and
broad-not what ladies would call shapely hands"
Here the description suddenly stops. Not one
word about Mr.. Dickens's legs! What an oversight
Is this, considering that Mr. Dickens is greatly cele
brated pedestrian But we consoed by the IN
formation that Mr.. Dickens appeared in black dress
suit with large expanse Of shirtbosom," with "pearl
studs and inevitable nosegay in the button hole"
II he wants to be appreciated says this writer, he
must come to America" To which may add that
when he came tO America last, this same journal, OF
which this correspondent is one OF the editors,
offensive In s of columns Of editorial abuse 1t
IL in its Jenkinsism.